....Letter sent to the organization from the City of Des Moines on August 31, 2012
On
June 29, 2012, we shared with you and other neighborhood leaders our plan to
request the City Council to restrict parking on all residential streets
Citywide until plowed. The plan includes the use of larger, more efficient
“wing plow” equipment to plow at accumulations of 2” rather than the current
standard of 4” on residential streets.
The
City Council has now approved the plan, and as a result, parking is restricted
until streets are plowed curb to curb. A
substantial education program is planned to inform residents prior to
implementation. We will be providing
information on how residents may monitor developing conditions via the City’s
website with quick links to radar and press release information. In addition, residents may choose to
subscribe to our email so they are notified when plowing begins, or follow us
on Facebook or Twitter for information.
Up-to-date information on snow removal operations will also be available
24 hours at our Customer Service Center at 283-4950.
To
help educate residents, warnings only will be issued during the first two snow
events. After that, however, vehicle owners will be ticketed if their vehicle
is on the street before it is plowed.
The amount of a parking ticket is $35.
Your
neighborhood association can participate in this education campaign by
including an article in your neighborhood newsletter regarding the new parking
restrictions. Soon you will receive an
article you can reprint in your newsletter with an explanation of the new
restrictions.
In
the event you would like someone to speak at your next neighborhood association
meeting to discuss the parking restrictions and possible alternatives for
parking, please contact our Street Maintenance Administrator, Sara Thies, at
283-4202, or email her at slthies@dmgov.org as
soon as possible.
Best
regards,
William G. Stowe
Assistant City
Manager—Public Works Director
