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Traffic Commission 6801 Delmar Boulevard, University City, Missouri 63130, Phone: (314) 505-8560, Fax: (314) 862-0694 Commissioner Warbin advised that a reasonable approach would be for the Traffic Commission to recommend that certain percentage of residents on Forsyth Blvd approve and sign a petition with the changes in parking. Furthermore, it would be worthwhile to have both sides of Forsyth Blvd come up with a comprehensive plan with a strong backing to make changes permanently. Commissioner Wofsey asked Ms. Gutierrez if on the South side that it was apartment by rd apartment 2/3 or property owner by property owner 2/3rds. Ms. Gutierrez advised that it is 75% according to by laws so it should be property owners. On the south side there are individual owners. Commission Wofsey asked Councilmember Carr to confirm if the restrictions on the south side are statutory and a petition is required. The Commission nevertheless could recommend to Council to eliminate the restrictions on the south side of Forsyth Blvd. Councilmember Carr agreed. Commissioner Wofsey explained that if the people on the north side of the street asked to put a petition together for residential parking permit, it would come back to the Commission to make a recommendation to Council. Commissioner Hales advised that it would be nice to have a consensus from neighbors about the south side restrictions. Commissioner Hales expressed that he didn’t feel as though a petition was needed to remove a parking restriction as it is unclear if the parking restriction was petitioned to begin with. Ms. Gutierrez advised that the petitioners were given two options. One option was to do a residential parking permit and the other option was to create a new parking restriction. Mr. Klatch suggested that the easiest solution to the problem is to switch/flip the parking arrangement of this block of Forsyth Blvd, thus eliminate the peak hour parking restriction on the south side and restrict parking on the north side of the street. Mr. Klatch feels that in doing so this would eliminate blocking driveways. Mr. Shaw agreed with Mr. Klatch that the parking restriction should be flipped. (7:00am- 9:00am to 3:00pm to 6:00pm restriction moved to the north side of the street). Commissioner Hales mentioned that he spoke with a resident who resides East of Manhattan Ave on the North side and his concern is that he is unable to park in front of his house. Commissioner Hales advised that he thinks that the Commission should get rid of the parking restriction altogether. Page 9 Traffic Commission Minutes – May 14, 2014