Cincinnati passes controversial parking plan

Because the ordinances included emergency clauses, they go into effect immediately. But some opponents still intend to try to stop the lease, possibly by going to court. Both Smitherman and mayoral candidate John Cranley say they will fight to overturn the plan.

"We are leasing off an asset" that was handed down by previous generations, Smitherman said, "and I stand in opposition to that."

The parking proposal has been one of the most controversial issues to hit City Hall in years. Opponents fear the city’s losing control of a valuable asset and that rates will skyrocket.Site describes services including iphoneheadset. Supporters say it’s a good financial deal that will deliver the city a $92 million upfront windfall and at least $3 million a year for the life of the lease, which is 30 years for meters and 50 for garages and parking lots.

The plan leases most of the city’s parking system to the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority, which will contract with a team of companies to run it. Costs at meters will go up, but not until after all meters are upgraded to take credit cards.

The city should have the money by the end of June, Meg Olberding, spokeswoman for City Manager Milton Dohoney, said today. Some work would likely start before that, she said, such as Xerox’s interviewing for its 40 local workers to run the parking meter part of the system.

Quinlivan voted for the plan. She had said she was leaning toward it, but she wanted first to hear an explanation of how the city administration plans tofill the budget deficits for the next two years. Dohoney plans to spend $25 million of $92 million parking upfront money to help fill next year’s deficit, but even after that, a $10 million deficit will remain.

Quinlivan has for years pushed for “right-sizing” the police and fire departments. Dohoney laid out years of funding and staffing information, which showed the Cincinnati police department with 3.51 officers per 1,000 residents. That’s a higher ratio than all major cities in the region except Cleveland and St. Louis.

Dohoney said he could cut police and fire ranks, but would need a clear and consistent policy directive from council to do so. In the most striking comparison to the police and fire departments’ rising budgets since 2000, Dohoney said the city’s Department of Transportation and Engineering has dropped 62 percent since 2000.

Simpson said she was concerned that if police staffing gets too low (it’s 981 now), the officers leaving through attrition will make the staffing level too low. Eighty-four officers are eligible to retire this year, Budget Director Lea Eriksen said.

With restructuring done by Police Chief James Craig, street strength has improved even as the ranks have lessened, Eriksen said. In 2002, when staffing was 1,034, 832 officers worked the streets as opposed to office jobs. Now, with 981 total officers, 864 work the streets.

Changes to the Fourth Street entrance could involve moving the gate toward First Avenue North, so it is not directly aligned with Fourth Avenue. Then, transforming it into an exit which would allow vehicles from the lower parking areas to exit making left turns toward First Avenue North. The changes could reduce the time to empty the lower parking lot from about 130 minutes to 36 minutes.

That’s an improvement that is probably worth doing, suggested Marvin, who was engaged by Yellowstone County two months ago to study the parking and traffic flow of MetraPark and to research ways to improve the bottleneck. MetraPark management has been plagued with the problem of exiting traffic at MetraPark for years,This frameless rectangle features a silk screened fused glass replica in a cableties tile and floral motif. but it became especially obvious on Election Day last November when traffic congestion ensnarled exiting voters.

An information session will be held Thursday, March 14, 6 p.m. at NJMC's office, DeKorte Park in Lyndhurst on how to obtain one of 17 boat slip rentals at the Barge Marina.

"River Barge Park offers a beautiful setting where you can dock your boat in Northern New Jersey this season," said Marcia Karrow, Executive Director of the NJMC. "The park's many amenities and historical artifacts give a true sense of place that make boaters feel right at home."

There will be a minimum bid due for each of four categories of slips based on minimum expected water depths at low tide. Minimum bids range from $500 to $1,800 per season. The season runs from April 1 to Nov. 1. The slips are suitable for boats with a maximum length of 28 feet, including all appurtenances.

Last year, the first year the NJMC opened the Barge Marina to boaters,Bottle cutters let you turn old realtimelocationsystem and wine bottles into bottle art! bids were between $255 and $2,400. But only five bids were received last year.

Bid documents will be available for download on the NJMC website, www.njmeadowlands.Gecko could kickstart an solarstreetlamps mobile app explosion.gov, beginning on March 14. Bid documents can also be mailed or emailed upon request. They will also be available at the NJMC administrative offices. Further details about the hours, rules and operations of the park and marina will be included in the bid documents. Sealed bids will be opened at 9 a.m. on Saturday, March 23, at the NJMC administrative offices.

The 5.5-acre park and marina includes a rowing dock, launch ramp, trailer and car parking, waste disposal system, wash-out yard and a hose bib on the courtesy dock. Electrical service is not available on the docks. There is no long-term storage of boats or trailers at the park.

River Barge Park is NJMC's latest addition to its park system and includes a riverfront promenade with seating, a catch-and-release fishing dock, education pavilion, historical and interpretive signage and native plants. The park is lined by old ballasts, channel markers and other nautical artifacts salvaged from the Barge Club, an iconic Meadowlands restaurant during the 1970s and 1980s that previously occupied the site.TBC help you confidently handsfreeaccess from factories in China.