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AGENDA ITEM H 102
COUNCIL COMMUNICATION
AGENDA TITLE: Provide Direction to Staff on Whether to Present a Plan for Council Consideration to
Implement No Parking Times for Street Sweeping Days
MEETING DATE: July 20, 2022
PREPARED BY: City Manager
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Provide direction to staff on whether to present a plan for Council
consideration to implement no parking times for street sweeping days.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: This item is on at the request of Council member Khan. As a reminder
to Council, the Council Adopted Protocol Manual allows any council
member to put an item on the agenda:
6.3b Placing Items on the Agenda Pursuant to LMC Section 2.04.180 "Preparation of agendas,"
matters may be placed on the agenda for consideration by request of 1) any member of the City
Council, 2) the City Manager, 3) the City Clerk, and 4) the City Attorney. Any reasonable request by
any person named in this section shall be honored, subject to the City Manager's discretion as to the
preparation of accompanying staff reports.
At the same time, the Protocol Manual prohibits staff from performing extensive staff work on a staff report
without the direction of the support of the majority of the Council.
7.5 Communications with Staff Pursuant to LMC Section 2.12.070, "Council to Deal Exclusively
through City Manager," the City Council and its members, except for the purpose of inquiry, shall deal
with administrative services solely through the City Manager, and neither the City Council nor any
member thereof shall give orders to any of the subordinates of the City Manager. A Council Member
shall not direct staff to initiate any action, change a course of action, or prepare any report that is
significant in nature, nor shall a Council Member initiate any project or study without the approval of a
majority of Council.
The above sections strike a balance between ensuring that all council members have a right to air their
concerns and ensuring that staff time is not monopolized by a single members concerns that do not have
majority support of the council. Accordingly, this staff report does not go into significant detail on how a plan
might best be formulated and requests Council direction on whether to attempt to engage in s public
outreach process to create a plan to present to council.
Provide Direction to Staff on Whether to Present a Plan for Council Consideration to Implement No Parking Times for Street Sweeping
Days
July 20, 2022
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The Council has considered and declined to create no parking days for street sweeping in the past. Council
member Khan wishes to reconsider the practice to address unswept street areas caused by the large
number of cars parked on the street in his district. While staff acknowledges that unmoved cars can be an
issue throughout the city, we are concerned that the remedy may well be worse than the problem. Many
neighborhoods in Lodi are significantly over parked. It is common to drive down streets and see both sides
fully parked for blocks. Councils in the past have declined to go this direction for that reason. Making people
move their cars many blocks, or facing having to tow many cars to begin the program, has ultimately been
seen as too problematic.
Staff also acknowledges that the sweeping program is less effective as a result of not having a no parking
program. As such, we are happy to take council direction on whether to begin a public outreach process and
bring forward a proposal for council consideration.
FISCAL IMPACT: Not applicable.
FUNDING AVAILABLE: Not applicable.
Stephen Schwabau
City Manager