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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />To: Honorable Mayor Adams and Council <br /> <br />From: Julie Feier, City Manager <br /> <br />Date: May 1, 2009 <br /> <br />Subject: Weekly Update <br /> <br />Last week we started implementing our booting protocol for parking violators. Vehicles <br />that have four or more outstanding non-moving violation parking tickets will be <br />immobilized with a boot <br /> when identified by the University City police. The boot is <br />removed by the police upon payment of all outstanding non-moving violations fines and <br />penalties including the booting fee of $50. To avoid getting the boot, vehicle owners are <br />encouraged to come to City Hall immediately and resolve any unpaid tickets. The court <br />clerk’s office is open from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday through Friday. Vehicles that <br />remain booted for more than 48 hours will be towed. Once towed, in order to release the <br />vehicle all fines, penalties and booting fees must be paid. The owner of the vehicle is <br />also responsible for the towing charge, which is paid directly to Hartman’s Towing <br />Company. This change, including increases in penalties was intended to make clear to <br />vehicle owners that breaking the law and ignoring City tickets is unacceptable. For <br />example, this week the first vehicle was booted. The owner of the vehicle had 23 <br />unpaid parking tickets in less than one year and owed $1130 in fines and penalties. We <br />collected over $5,000 in past due fines this week. <br /> <br />first parking attendant <br />We also have our who will focus exclusively on non-moving <br />violations. Her name is Shameika Thomas. This will free up the police officers from <br />patrolling for non-moving violations. Shortly, the City’s automated ticketing system will <br />be enacted which will instantly notify Ms. Thomas if a vehicle is boot-eligible ( holds four <br />or more tickets). If the automated system says that a vehicle is boot-eligible, Ms. <br />Thomas will call the Traffic Violations Bureau (TVB) to see if the tickets have been paid. <br />If not, Ms. Thomas will alert the police to come and boot the vehicle. The $50 fee is the <br />cost of the officer coming to boot the vehicle. Until the automated system is installed, <br />the process is manual. If an officer or Ms. Thomas are routinely issuing tickets to a <br />vehicle, they will make the same call to TVB upon their observation. <br /> <br />I attached updates from the St. Louis County Municipal League regarding the threat of <br />Swine Flu <br />. We do not believe anything outside the normal precautions are required at <br />this point. All University City staff and University City Schools (public and private) have <br />received notification from the City’s Director of Emergency Response. The City <br />pandemic plan is attached along with the correspondence to staff and the schools. The <br /> <br />