April 8, 2005 MLPA eBlast - Dogwood Fesitval Parking

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Dear residents,

Morningside-Lenox Park Association, in cooperation with the Dogwood Festival and Atlanta Police Department, will be making major efforts to  bring traffic and parking under control during the Dogwood Festival. Our  streets close to Piedmont Park have in past years become all but impassable due to traffic jams and rampant illegal parking.

Extra patrols  will be added to the Morningside Security Patrol, and APD will be greatly  increasing traffic and parking enforcement. No Parking signs will be placed on  Thursday and Friday to reinforce existing parking rules. Traffic direction, and ticketing and  towing, will occur throughout the weekend in the four neighborhoods adjoining  the Park.

Visitors are asked to be respectful of residents’ needs and park only where permitted. Residents near Piedmont  Park are encouraged to use  their driveways where possible for parking needs. The  Dogwood Festival is a great event for the City of Atlanta and we welcome the thousands of visitors to  Piedmont Park and our  community. Working together, we can enjoy a major event and minimize the  impact on residential street accessibility.

Please note that parking on the 'wrong side' of the street is  illegal. We are communicating to the police that we want their efforts spent on more serious problems, but please be careful to park facing in the direction of traffic
flow.

Please read the proposed treatment of your street and if you have a significant concern about that treatment, either Email me at billellis@mindspring.com  or call me at 404-874-0216.
 
Streets are listed from south to north, in order of probable congestion and parking problems.
 
Thank you,
 
Bill Ellis
Chairman, MLPA Traffic  Committee
 
 
Amsterdam Avenue
Place more prominent No Parking signs on both sides of the street at the Monroe Drive entrances. Patrol the street from  Monroe to North Highland and from Monroe to Amsterdam Walk for parking and  traffic compliance. Pay special attention to driveways and curb cuts,  including east of Monroe Drive.

Courtenay Drive 
Patrol the street from Amsterdam Avenue to Wayne  Avenue.

San Antonio Drive 
Patrol entire street.

Kings Court
Patrol entire street. Place one No Parking  sign to reinforce the one at the San Antonio entrance.

Dutch Valley Road, Dutch  Valley Place, Worchester Drive (all east of  Monroe Drive)
Patrol the streets for parking and traffic  compliance.

Hillpine Avenue 
Patrol the street from Monroe Drive to Greenland  Drive.

Yorkshire Road
Place more prominent No Parking signs on the south side of the street and on both sides at the Monroe Drive entrance; patrol entire street for parking and traffic compliance.

Cumberland Road
Make the south side of the street where parking is permitted only at certain times a No Parking 10 AM - 7:30 PM zone for the  weekend. Patrol from Monroe Drive to North Morningside Drive for parking  and traffic compliance, paying special attention to the area around Sidney  Marcus Park.

Sherwood Road
Patrol from Piedmont to Bridle Trail for  parking and traffic compliance. Place one No Parking sign to reinforce the  one at Smith Park.

East Morningside Drive
Place more prominent No Parking signs on both sides of the street at the Piedmont entrance. Patrol the street from Piedmont to Bridle Trail for parking and traffic compliance.

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