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The Municipal Code included this location before, as a street codified for pay parking, and the installation of the Pay Station was just the implementation of what the ordinance had in place for many years before. The Traffic Commission discussed the Parking Meter Ordinance back in 2008, to include certain areas near Lindell Ave and Forsyth intersection, as this area is zoned as Commercial. In December 2009, the Traffic Commission considered that revenue and finance related matters to parking meters are not part of this commission’s purview. However, Public Works continue to present to the Traffic Commission parking meter changes that require amendment of the Municipal Code. Most recently, the increase of the hours of operation (from 2-hour limit to 4-hour limit) of the Parking meters in the Delmar Loop area was requested by the businesses and was approved by the Traffic Commission in September 2010. Loop South from Leland Ave to Kingsland Ave is considered part of the Delmar Loop area. In order to consider the suspension of paid parking on Loop South, the Public Works and Parks Department requested information from the Finance Department to provide Vehicle Usage Data from the Pay Station from the month of its installation (January of 2012) to date, to identify any patterns in parking behavior, number of vehicles parked on this block per month, and the length of time parked (if available). The Traffic and Parking study in the Delmar Loop area will encompass this type of parking analysis, and will identify the parking areas provided in the public right-of-way and how the parking should be configured depending on the use and needs of the community. If parking becomes free of charge, the most probable reaction would be for residents from the immediate area south of Loop South to park on this block for extended periods of time, not allowing customer rotation as frequently as the businesses would prefer. Behind the 6600 block of Delmar, on Loop South, there is a recent installation of parking that includes two – 15 minute parking spaces, and four – 4 hour parking spaces that will be metered per the Loop Special Business District Request to encourage customers of all businesses to park in this area. These parking spaces that park perpendicular to the road, have been free of charge for over a year and the parking behavior shows that parking spaces are utilized for extended periods of time. The LSBD’s goal is to have metered spaces to incentive the highly desired rotation of customers. If there would be a need for free parking, there are two municipal parking lots just one block north of this location, which are free of charge and available for customers of all the businesses in the Delmar Loop. Regarding the recent implementation of the Loading Zone, the Traffic Commission approved the creation of a Loading Zone on the south side of Loop South east of Leland Ave at the December 2011 meeting and this zone was recently installed at that location as requested by the businesses via a Traffic Request Form submitted in November 2011 by Jessica Bueler president of the Loop Special Business District, submitted in November of 2011. For both requests, suspension of paid parking and elimination of the Loading Zone, Public Works and Parks has requested that Mr. Prince obtain signatures from all the businesses affected by the proposed changes. 7. University City Traffic Commission Bylaws Revision Please find attached proposed revision to the University City Traffic Commission bylaws to include subsections 2.3 and 2.4 to Section II, for your comments and approval. Cc: Richard Wilson, Director of Public Works and Parks Captain Michael Ransom, Police Department Paulette Carr, City Council Liaison www.ucitymo.org 3