Board of Aldermen 03-09-2021 Page 37
So | don’t understand where the flexibility of - you know — once it is determined what the parking spaces, once
the barriers go down, that’s about it. | think Mr. Cummings can tweak it but there isn’t any really major work
that could be done because of the problems with the barriers. We do not have the equipment to move them.
Alderman Jette
May |, Madam Chair?
President Wilshire
Alderman Jette?
Alderman Jette
So this Ordinance just talks about the parking, the timing of the parking pretty much. Whether or not the
barriers could be moved, you raise a valid point, probably not. But the timing of the parking, you know, how
long people can park, what time it goes into effect, what time it ends, those things can be changed without
moving anything. Your comment about last year things being done, | don’t know how that was done. | think |
and more importantly Attorney Bolton is telling us that flexibility is not there. And he recommends that we
make a slight amendment to provide for that flexibility. You know whether or not, how things were changed
during the summer, | don’t know whether that was done legally or not, | don’t know. | am just looking at it now
and right now it doesn’t appear that that flexibility would be there. | think that’s why Attorney Bolton is
recommending that it be amended to provide that flexibility which | think is what we want.
President Wilshire
Alderman Lopez?
Alderman Lopez
So in reference to the last Ordinance that we passed which is the one which allows DPW and Parking to
advise the Mayor on moving those barriers around, it was indicated and it was the case last year, that DPW
can move one or two around or adjust them as needed. They do that all the time when they are trying to do
construction. They are going to have to do it when it comes to the construction happening at Alec’s. They just
can’t move a couple of hundred of them. So that is what the contractors are doing. If they are not able to do
that, then that’s why | was voting in favor of having DPW having a say. Like the Mayor is not going to tell her
to do something that is impossible and they will bring up the concerns on their behalf, that’s their job they know
what they are doing. So | think Ordinance and this amendment is really just about the parking and if we did the
other one it doesn’t really make sense to hamstring it now. | think we should let the Parking Department advise
on whether it is a good idea or not and then let the Mayor make the decision. The entire purpose is to pull
ourselves out of micromanaging this and we are kind of trying to do all of that right now.
President Wilshire
Alderwoman Kelly?
Alderwoman Kelly
Thank you, if | could ask a question through you to Corporation Counsel?
President Wilshire
Yes.
