From: Jennifer Cline

Sent: Mon Jun 22 10:18:52 2015

To: David Gambell

Bcc: Dan Huff

Subject: RE: No parking curb side @ Columbia Bank

Importance: Normal

Hi David,

Thank you for taking the time to email the City. So often we hear of citizen issues through other means and don’t have the opportunity to respond with information.

Addressing your first concern regarding the parking along the curb. Prior to the improvements, parking should already have been restricted from the curb return for 20 feet to provide adequate intersection sight clearance. This was not the case. Now with the improvements, restricted parking is necessary to provide the through lane width and public safety. In the case of the bank, the bank has available on site parking for all customers. If the business did not have available parking on site, the City would provide a public notice of the impacts in advance of the changes for comment.

Regarding your next concern. The travel lane widths are designed current street standards that meet the minimum specified lane widths, however we do understand the NB lane feels narrower than typical even though it is not undersized. In the future, when restriping the intersection, the City will reduce the center turn lane about a foot.

Again, thank you for your comments. Please let me know if I have not addressed your concerns.

Sincerely,

Jennifer Cline, P.E.

City of Molalla

Public Works Director

O: 503.759.0218

F: 503.829.3676

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From: David Gambell [mailto:daveanddog@molalla.net]

Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2015 12:45 PM

To: Jennifer Cline

Subject: No parking curb side @ Columbia Bank

Hi Jennifer,

I want to discuss the recent change made to the no longer allowed curb side parking on the West side of the Columbia Bank. As a customer of the Bank since 1977, there has always been parking available to the customers curd side. This changed after the city had performed some utility work to some of the streets. After the contractor paved the street in front of the Bank, the stripping contractor reconfigured the layout to no longer have curb side parking, and also made the left turn lane (to go to the East) incredibility wide. I'm not sure that was really needed, as it now makes it very difficult to make a right turn off of E. main to Grange St. due to the undersized lane width.

Hopefully you can explain to me the thinking that was behind this change. I also understand talking to the Branch manager of the Bank that they were not notified of this upcoming change. This is horrible to say the least for non communication for a change of this impact. Anyway, please give me the details to this matter.

Regards, David Gambell