City of Madison
Legislative File ID   08820
Type:   Ordinance    Status:   Passed
Enactment Date:   10/28/2008    Enactment No.:   ORD-08-00127
Title:  
SUBSTITUTE - Creating new Section 12.1335(4)(d), renumbering current Section 12.1335(4)(d) to Section 12.1335(4)(e), creating Section 12.1335(6), amending Section 12.1339, amending Section 12.141(2), creating new Section 12.141(3), renumbering current Sections 12.141(3)-(9) to Sections 12.141(4)-(10), and amending Section 1.08(3)(a) of the Madison General Ordinances to further deter snow parking violations and more efficiently allow for cleaning of the streets.
Controlling Body:   COMMON COUNCIL ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE
Introduced:   1/15/2008    Version:   2
Final Action:   10/28/2008    Contact:   dalthaus@cityofmadison.com
Name:  
Snow Parking Violations
Extra Date 1:  
Requester:   TRANSIT AND PARKING COMMISSION
Sponsors:  
David J. Cieslewicz, Marsha A. Rummel, Satya V. Rhodes-Conway
Legislative History
DateActing BodyAction TakenMotion
1/15/2008Attorney's Office/Approval GroupThis Ordinance was Referred for Introduction
Notes: Transit and Parking Commission
1/22/2008COMMON COUNCILThis Ordinance was Refer to the TRANSIT AND PARKING COMMISSION
Notes: Additional Referral(s): Pedestrian/Bicycle/Motor Vehicle Commission, Common Council Organizational Committee, Board of Estimates, Public Safety Review Board
1/22/2008TRANSIT AND PARKING COMMISSIONThis Ordinance was Refer to the PEDESTRIAN/BICYCLE/MOTOR VEHICLE COMMISSION
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1/22/2008TRANSIT AND PARKING COMMISSIONThis Ordinance was Refer to the COMMON COUNCIL ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE
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1/22/2008TRANSIT AND PARKING COMMISSIONThis Ordinance was Refer to the BOARD OF ESTIMATES
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1/22/2008TRANSIT AND PARKING COMMISSIONThis Ordinance was Refer to the PUBLIC SAFETY REVIEW BOARD
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1/28/2008BOARD OF ESTIMATESA motion was made by Bruer, seconded by Brandon, to Rerefer to the BOARD OF ESTIMATES. The motion passed by voice vote/other.Pass
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1/29/2008Unpublished Meeting Data Pending*
2/5/2008COMMON COUNCIL ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEEAld. Robbie Webber noted that there are ongoing snow removal discussions and believed that this should be part of a larger comprehensive strategy. She also noted that Board of Estimates had re-referred this item. George Twigg noted that this version needs to reflect that fines would not be raised relating to alternate parking (section 7). Ald. Tim Bruer stated that there seemed to be a number of housekeeping issues with this ordinance and supported re-referral. A motion was made by Ald. Brenda Konkel, seconded by Ald. Robbie Webber, to rerefer to a future meeting of the COMMON COUNCIL ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE. The motion passed by voice vote/other.Pass
Notes: This item was re-referred to a future CCOC meeting.
2/12/2008Unpublished Meeting Data Pending*
2/18/2008BOARD OF ESTIMATESA motion was made by Bruer, seconded by Rhodes Conway, to Rerefer to the BOARD OF ESTIMATES. The motion passed by voice vote/other.Pass
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2/27/2008PEDESTRIAN/BICYCLE/MOTOR VEHICLE COMMISSION
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3/11/2008TRANSIT AND PARKING COMMISSIONKnobeloch reported that three other committees had not acted on the resolution, because of lost quorums and because some issues had been raised about the current proposal; and TPC was the Lead. The Mayor’s Office and others wanted to review and modify the item. Webber added that she was tempted to place the item on file, because it was likely that the proposal would be made part of a larger set of recommendations. However, she opted to simply re-refer it. A motion was made by Webber, seconded by Hinz, to Rerefer to a future meeting of the TRANSIT AND PARKING COMMISSION. The motion passed by voice vote/other.Pass
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3/11/2008PUBLIC SAFETY REVIEW COMMITTEEMayoral Aide Joel Plant explained that the impetus for this was the removal of snow starting in December of 2007. It serves to 1) increase the fine from $30 to $60 and 2) expand the clean streets/clean lakes ordinance to become year-round. Judge encouraged the Board to move approval - public parking lots and municipal lots have been made available for free parking during these dates from 9:00 pm - 7:00 am. Getting the word out on these policies needs to increase however. Amy wondered if a $60 fine was enough since it is $110 to owners who don't clear their sidewalks. It was felt the Mayor would support the higher fine if the alders backed it, but this is a doubling of the current fine. It is part of the deterrent model. Smith moved/Scott seconded to have ordinance amended to increase the fine to $100 to align it with that for sidewalks. The motion failed on a vote of 5 nays, 1 aye. A motion was made by Scott, seconded by Judge, to Return to Lead with the Recommendation for Approval to the TRANSIT AND PARKING COMMISSION. The motion passed by the following vote:Pass
(6:0)
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3/25/2008PEDESTRIAN/BICYCLE/MOTOR VEHICLE COMMISSIONA motion was made by Strawser III, seconded by Compton, to Rerefer to the PEDESTRIAN/BICYCLE/MOTOR VEHICLE COMMISSION. The motion passed by voice vote/other.Pass
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8/25/2008BOARD OF ESTIMATESA motion was made by Clear, seconded by Verveer, to Return to Lead with the Recommendation for Approval to the TRANSIT AND PARKING COMMISSION. The motion passed by voice vote/other.Pass
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9/2/2008COMMON COUNCIL ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEEAld. Michael Schumacher moved to adopt. There was no second. A substitute motion was made by Ald. Mark Clear, seconded by Ald. Michael Schumacher, to rerefer to the COMMON COUNCIL ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE, due back on 10/7/2008. The motion passed by voice vote/other.Pass
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9/4/2008TRANSIT AND PARKING COMMISSIONStaff explained that the Mayor’s Office had asked that the TPC refer the item to its October meeting, so that the secondary referrals could act on the item before the Commission (as Lead) acted on it. A motion was made by Solomon, seconded by Sanborn, to Rerefer the item to the October meeting of the TRANSIT AND PARKING COMMISSION. Though the item was being referred, Hoag mentioned some comments he wanted considered when action was taken. He found archaic the current provisions for alternate side parking in the winter. Madison was on the edge of becoming a non-attainment zone for air quality, which would be highly undesirable. Starting up a car to move it and shutting it off again was one of the worst things to do from an emissions standpoint. Most of the emissions from automobiles occurred during cold starts, simply dumping them into the air. As a progressive, environmentally friendly city, Hoag felt we should not have a plan that made everybody, regardless of the weather, start up their cars and move them to the other side of the street all through the winter months. He could not support making another change in regulations, while still having this archaic provision in them. He said he would prefer taking the definition of snow emergency that is used for the downtown area and extend it to all alternate parking areas; i.e., so that alternate parking would be in effect only in a snow emergency. He saw no point in starting a car even when the streets were just fine. He urged everyone not to pass any further resolutions that keep the awful rule intact. A vote was taken and the motion passed by voice vote/other.Pass
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9/23/2008PEDESTRIAN/BICYCLE/MOTOR VEHICLE COMMISSIONA motion was made by Conroy, seconded by Skidmore, to Return to Lead with the Recommendation for Approval to the TRANSIT AND PARKING COMMISSION. The motion passed by voice vote/other. DISCUSSION Conroy/Skidmore moved approval. It was De Vos’ understanding that this was going to be part of an overall recommendation from Alders Konkel and Rhodes-Conway about snow emergency parking, but this just deals with raising money. It appears the rest has been ignored. Webber advised that there were quite a few meetings with various City agencies (IT, Streets, Engineering. alders, and Mayor’s office). The main reason is not to raise money but to make it more imperative to people to move their cars when they are supposed to. Many people figure it’s worth a $30 ticket not to shovel out their car in order to move it. But then the streets don’t get plowed. The higher fine is a bigger incentive to move their cars. De Vos thought part of the proposal was to make parking in City ramps more affordable so people could get their cars off the street. Webber confirmed an expansion of the time limit when people can park in structures for free is part of the overall proposal. However, that change is administrative. The ordinance before the PBMVC only affects street parking during snow emergencies. Another part of the proposal is making sure there will be better communication as to when there is a snow emergency and alternate locations for parking their cars. Ray Harmon, Mayor’s office, and Chris Kelly, Streets, were present. Harmon stated he worked closely with Alders Webber, Konkel, Cnare, Clear and Rhodes-Conway to come up with the complete package alluded to by De Vos. Opening up the City ramps and Parks parking lots is part of it. Another element is a text messaging program to alert people when there is a snow emergency; the City is piggbacking on a messaging program set up by the UW. Streets is also developing a program to educate the public. Motion carried unanimously. Pass
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10/2/2008TRANSIT AND PARKING COMMISSION [PLEASE NOTE: This item followed Agenda Item D.2.] Ray Harmon of the Mayor’s Office and Al Schumacher of the Streets Department appeared before the group. Harmon said the resolution was the result of a joint effort of the Mayor, alders and City staff. Sponsored by the Mayor and Alders Rummel and Rhodes-Conway and supported by Alders Webber and Konkel, Harmon sought approval from the Commission. Schumacher described the legislation, which it was hoped would deter snow parking violations and better allow clearing streets of snow during a snow emergency, by increasing fines to $60 city-wide, both within the snow emergency zone and outside of it on streets with alternate side parking. The current fine of $20 would remain for alternate side parking violations when there was no snow emergency. He said measures would be taken to provide more off-street parking for residents: · By extending free parking hours in the City ramps; · By clearing snow out of parking lots at various parks, including Tenney Park, Burr-Jones and Olbrich Beach so people could park at these locations; · By setting up a text-messaging system for those who requested it; · By working with the UW to see if their email system could help alert students, at least once a year to inform them of winter parking rules and options. Solomon brought up the written comments from Hoag, who raised concerns about continuing the practice of requiring alternate side parking even when there was no snow, and needlessly throwing high levels of emissions into the air when cars were started. In his comments, Hoag urged changing the ordinance to require alternate side parking when there had been a snowfall to avoid damaging air quality and running the risk of becoming a non-attainment region. Harmon thought the resolution should be kept separate from the issue raised by Hoag. Schumacher added that he had met with Webber regarding this issue as well, but was concerned that there wasn’t enough time to address it before November 15th. People wondered if more time should be taken to discuss the idea of expanding the snow emergency zone, etc. Members were concerned that people be properly informed of the large increase to a $60 fine from $20. Schumacher described the citywide public information campaign being launched by George Dreckman, which included flyers on Metro buses and special info on the City website, esp. a new winter web page, point of purchase displays at libraries, and a press event. Webber talked about her involvement in discussions about the resolution. She had registered her concern about requiring people to move their cars when there was no snow. However, she had no problem addressing the issue separately, and hoped she would receive support from the Council when it came before them. She liked the idea of signing people up for email or text-message alerts, and also thought it important to alert people about the increased fines. She thought word would circulate quickly. Especially concerned about communicating with those in the snow emergency zone, she thought it would be no problem with the new technology. Durocher said that Hoag’s concern was mainly about air quality, which could possibly be mitigated by adding some qualifier, for only those times when there was snow. Or he thought it might also be okay to separate the issues; but if so, something was needed on a future agenda regarding a system-wide exemption except when there really was snow. Webber made a motion to recommend adoption of the resolution, but with the additional comment that it was the opinion of the TPC that the Common Council be urged to work towards expanding the snow emergency zone or eliminating alternate side parking when there was no snow emergency. She could see the need to pass the resolution now, but wanted movement on the other issue as well. Poulson didn’t want alternate side parking eliminated completely, and didn’t buy into the idea that people were inconvenienced since they usually parked where they needed to when they got home. He felt that people could learn to park on the correct side. Webber recognized that not everybody would support expansion of the snow emergency zone, but could see good reasons to do so in her district. Hinz said he would like to urge the Council to look at ways to reduce the need to move vehicles, but preferred not to limit the discussion to two options. Solomon offered a friendly amendment to Webber’s comments in the motion, to say that the Common Council be urged to review the potential benefits of expanding the snow emergency zone or eliminating alternate side parking when there was no snow emergency. Bergamini called the question, and a vote was taken. A motion was made by Webber, seconded by Solomon, to RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO ADOPT - REPORT OF OFFICER, with the following comments. It was the opinion of the TPC that the Common Council be urged to review the potential benefits of expanding the snow emergency zone or eliminating alternate side parking when there is no snow emergency. The motion passed by the following vote:Pass
(4:1)
Notes: Members recommended adoption with the added comment: It is the opinion of the TPC that the Common Council be urged to review the potential benefits of expanding the snow emergency zone or eliminating alternate side parking when there is no snow emergency.
10/7/2008COMMON COUNCILA motion was made by Ald. Bruer, seconded by Ald. Verveer, to Rerefer to the COMMON COUNCIL ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE. The motion passed by voice vote/other.Pass
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10/28/2008COMMON COUNCILA motion was made by Ald. Bruer, seconded by Ald. Verveer, to Adopt. The motion passed by the following vote:Pass
(17:2)
Notes: 1 Registrant(s) neither in support nor opposition wishing to speak.
10/28/2008COMMON COUNCIL ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEESarah Edgerton, Eric Olson (IT staff) and George Dreckmann (Recycling & Public Education Coordinator) conducted a PowerPoint presentation for the members of CCOC highlighting: * AlertMadison - new text messaging system * Winter Web Portal - one-stop informational website for winter regulations and tips Also distributed at the meeting was a copy of the Winter Parking flyer that will be placed on cars starting week of November 3, 2008 (prior to the start of alternate side parking rules November 15). George Dreckmann provided a breakdown of costs for this project: $10,000 for printing new materials (flyers) Text messaging contract $21,000 IT staff time $20,000 The text messaging software is a 1 year contract and the city will need to budget money next year to continue this service. Ald. Mike Verveer asked if it could be noted on the website and print materials that a snow emergency can be declared beyond March 15. He also requested that the text messaging sign up information be placed on the flyers. He asked about the possibility of doing an email blast to UW students. Ray Harmon stated that he would contact the UW about the email blasts and linking to the Winter Web Portal. Ald. Brenda Konkel asked if the city leaflets an area more than once. George Dreckmann stated that they do leaflet more than once. She requested that information on towing be placed on the flyers as well. Ald. Judy Compton thought the city should investigate having an autocall to residents when a snow emergency is declared. A motion was made by Ald. Satya Rhodes Conway, seconded by Ald. Mike Verveer, to RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO ADOPT - REPORT OF OFFICER. The motion passed by the following vote:Pass
(6:1)
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Approvals
ApproverDateApproval Status
Tim Fruit1/17/2008Approved
Michael May1/17/2008Approved
Daniel Bohrod8/22/2008Approved
Approver Note: extend
Michael May8/15/2008Approved

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