Parking and Traffic Safety Committee

The Parking and Traffic Safety Committee consists of nine regular members and one alternate appointed by the Mayor and City Council. The Committee is composed of the City Manager, Police Chief, Fire Chief, Public Works Director or their respective designees as well as a member of the City Council and five residents of the City (4 regular members and on alternate). The City Manager, Police Chief, Fire Chief and Public Works Director (or their respective designees) serve during their terms of employment with the City. The City Council member serves co-terminus with his/her membership on the Council. Each of the five resident members of the Committee serve a term of three years from the date of appointment. At its first meeting of any calendar year the Committee selects a Chair who serves until another member is selected Chair at the first meeting of the subsequent calendar year. 

The Committee has the authority to recommend temporary parking and traffic regulations to the City Council by means of the presentation of written minutes. The acceptance of such minutes by the City Council constitutes the authorization to implement such temporary regulations for a period not to exceed one year. The implementation begins at the time designated in the Parking and Traffic Safety recommendation unless otherwise determined by the City Council. After any such change has been implemented for up to one year, or such lesser time as might be determined by the City Council, the City Council may consider making the temporary regulation permanent by means of a duly adopted ordinance. Failure to adopt such an ordinance shall cause the temporary regulation to expire at the end of one year at which time the prior ordinance in effect shall become operable.

The Committee may accept requests from any City land use regulatory body on any matter concerning parking and/or traffic safety. In response to such requests the Committee may issue written reports and recommendations.

The Committee shall have the authority on its own volition to issue reports to the City Council on any matter related to parking and/or traffic safety. In addition, the Committee may recommend ordinance changes to the City Council addressing any parking or traffic safety issue deemed appropriate by the Committee.