Parking Forum This Sunday

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Somerville Voices will sponsor a public forum on Sunday, Nov 15th, 7-9:30 pm about our city's changing parking regulations and how they will affect residents, visitors, businesses, and the city budget.

Courtney Koslow, director of the Somerville Parking Advocacy and Reform Coalition (SPARC) and member of the City's Parking Solutions Task Force will address your questions and concerns in a moderated Q&A session. The forum will take place in the 3rd floor community room at the Visiting Nurses assisted living facility, 259 Lowell Street. For more information, email info@SomervilleVoices.org or call 347-525-5635.

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Here's an email that SPARC sent to people who signed up for updates.

I don't understand what "The City has said they won’t be enforcing the 2HR parking at night. I’ve pushed them to have the signs reflect that but that is not likely to happen." means -- will they not be enforcing the 2 hour limit between 6 or 8 pm and 2:30 am?


From: Courtney Koslow, SPARC (somervilleparc [at] g mail)
Hello there,

Permit parking changes are coming. The City has officially set Monday January 4th as the enforcement date for citywide resident permit parking. Signs will begin to go up in the next few weeks and the City will make a citywide CTY call announcing the changes. Parking Control Officers will flyer cars and then give out warnings, before beginning to ticket on January 4th. I am pleased that the City agreed to engage in this level of notification before issuing tickets and to postpone the implementation date from the initial August 1st date.

Over the summer the Traffic Commission vote to designate 21 streets as Major Thoroughfares that will be 2HR parking from 8am-2:30am and resident only from 2:30am-8am. The City has said they won’t be enforcing the 2HR parking at night. I’ve pushed them to have the signs reflect that but that is not likely to happen.


Parking Changes Discussion at Somerville Voices Forum – Sunday November 15th, 7pm VNA 259 Lowell Street

This Sunday, I will be discussing the state of parking changes in the City at a forum hosted by the community blog, Somerville Voices. Please join me there to hear more details about the parking changes and to ask any questions or voice any concerns you may have. The event will take place at the VNA at 259 Lowell Street at 7pm. You can find more information at http://www.somervillevoices.org/2009/11/12/events/parking-rules-forum-this-sunday/



SPARCs Push for Tweaks to Permit Parking- Wins to Report

The City, particularly Tom Champion, the City Spokesperson, has spent many hours with me and Ward 6 Alderman Rebekah Gewirtz to create a list of modifications for the Mayor’s Parking Solutions Task Force to vote on. I cannot thank him enough for all of the time he’s put into getting our concerns heard. I've attached the list of those items here. Unfortunately, the Task Force was only amendable to a few of these modifications. However, there are some likely wins to celebrate.


Some of the things that we are proud to say will likely be put into place, with the Mayor’s approval are:

* Creation of small gathering visitors passes (likely for up to 4 people) for $1 that can be downloaded online- it may take some time to upgrade the website to allow this, but the City is open to the idea
* Creation of artist parking permits- the specifics are still being worked out, but the City is committed to ensuring artists renting studio space will be able to park near their space.
* Flexibility of the hours of Business Permits- The permits are generally available from 8:30am-6:30pm or 6:30pm-3:30am. The application now says that the hours can be flexible. Talk to Traffic and Parking Director Jim Kotzuba if your business requires more than a 10 hour window for a Business Permit.
* Additional Landlord Pass Available to Absentee Landlords- this would allow a landlord to have a pass to provide to prospective renters, or to a contractor working on their property.
* Centralized Correspondence to Traffic and Parking issues and Improved procedures and staffing for Business Permit Program
* Process for Adding Streets as a Main Thoroughfare- Traffic and Parking will devise a protocol for how people can petition to get a street, or portion of a street, added as a main thoroughfare.



Please continue to let SPARC know if there are concerns you have that we have not yet tried to have addressed, or that you are not getting successfully resolved by the City. Also, if you’re still unhappy about these changes, let it be known! Call the Mayor’s office, contact your Alderman and the Alderman-at-Large. Tell your friends! Contact information can be find here: http://sparcfaqs.blogspot.com/2009/07/make-your-voice-heard-and-sign-petition.html

Cheers,

Courtney

2HR parking on main thoroughfares at night

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At this point, I'm not exactly sure what the non-enforcement of 2 hour parking on main thoroughfares at night means either. It's been something that has been discussed at the Parking Solution Task Force meetings but at this point it's still a vague concept. If it is indeed the policy (likely an informal policy) it would may reflect the 8pm expiration timing of the meters. I will keep trying to get them to pin down what this means and to put it in writing.

-Courtney

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