Title
Delivery/Work Vehicles - Ticketing in Neighborhoods (NB)
Explanation
At the February 19, 2009 City Commission Meeting, the City Commission referred the issue of delivery/work vehicles being ticketed in residential neighborhoods to the Public Safety Committee for review.
The Public Safety Committee began its discussion of this issue at their March 18, 2009 meeting. At that meeting staff was instructed to come back to the Committee with suggestions on what can be done to improve this process; including sending out decal information when the annual occupational license information packet is sent out each year, and to have an organized outreach strategy to help businesses understand the Ordinance.
At the May 26, 2009 Public Safety Committee Meeting, Public Works Supervisor Trish Everitt gave the Committee an update on the steps City staff is taking to inform the citizens and businesses in the area of the decal regulations in certain areas of Gainesville. Public Works staff has been working with the Finance Department to provide decal information when sending out its occupational license renewal packets to area businesses and will request media assistance from the Communications Department to make citizens are aware of neighborhood and delivery decals that are available for purchase through the City's Finance Department and the Ordinance regulations.
Fiscal Note
None at this time.
Recommendation
The City Commission 1) approve the staff recommendations on methods to improve the decal process; and 2) remove this referral from the Public Safety Committee's referral list.