The Mount Pleasant Street Department is requesting no parking restrictions on Pearl Street. Director Rick Mullin brought the request to the City Council Street Committee meeting Wednesday. He said there is already a section that is no parking except for loading and unloading in front of the Iowa Wesleyan University mens’ dorm. However, he said there are vehicles parked all along the south side of the street up and down that block. This is creating a problem for snow plowing to the point where crews are no longer plowing the street at all. There is also a problem with traffic flow and accessibility. The committee agreed to recommend the no parking restrictions to the full council. The Street committee also discussed intersections where parking blocks visibility for example at White and Monroe Streets and at Jackson and Monroe. City Administrator Brent Schleisman asked the council members to drive the problem areas and he will get a police report on numbers of crashes at the various intersections.
School Supt John Henriksen attended the meeting to talk about paving the property the school district purchased from the city on Lincoln Street east of the Middle School. The lot is not square and the right away of way is unusually wide. Approximately 15 parking spaces could be lost because of this. The Supt is requesting a permanent easement for parking, sidewalks and access.