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Lilac Ledge parkingLetter to the News Sun Editor I would like to take this opportunity to respond to a letter by Burton Setterland printed in Letters to the Editor Jan. 10. I was accused of placing parking meters in front of Lilac Ledge with the intent of intentionally hampering the ability of care givers and relatives to respond to their patients or loved ones who reside at Lilac Ledge. I was also accused of instituting costly apartment inspections at that location. The truth of the matter is, when I took office I began the task of restructuring the entire parking system in our city. I evaluated the parking needs in the downtown area as well as all the city parking lots. It was determined that on Washington Street directly south of Lilac Ledge employees of the Lake County Courthouse were parking their vehicles from 7:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. in order to avoid paying a parking fee. These vehicles were not moved the entire day. I was advised that the parking lot at Lilac Ledge was inadequate and could not accommodate the number of guests and care givers who come to Lilac Ledge on a daily basis. The residents of Lilac Ledge desperately needed parking space. A solution was to install parking meters on Washington Street to encourage non residents of Lilac Ledge to find an alternative parking location. Once the parking meters were installed, the parking spaces became available to guests and care givers of Lilac Ledge. After the meters were installed, the city-parking supervisor John Hacker and I met with the administrator and a large number of residents of Lilac Ledge to discuss their request to remove the parking meters on the north side of Washington Street directly in front of Lilac Ledge. An agreement was reached that would eliminate the parking meters at this location and place a two-hour parking restriction on the north side of Washington Street. This is the first parking complaint my office has received regarding parking at Lilac Ledge since we began enforcing it over a year and one half ago. To address Mr. Setterland's concern regarding annual apartment inspections not only at Lilac Ledge but citywide, the ordinance, which he was referring to, was passed by the Waukegan City Council; my office had nothing to do with their decision. My opinion however is that the current apartment inspection ordinance leaves many unanswered questions and should be reevaluated. Wayne Motley, Waukegan City Clerk Editor's note: The following was received from Burton Setterland: "My mistake, I attacked the wrong person. I spoke with Waukegan City Clerk Wayne Motley. He assured me that he personally had nothing to do with the apartment inspection ordinance. He also had 27 parking meters removed from the front of Lilac Ledge. I apologize to Waukegan City Clerk Wayne Motley. Best of luck on your mayoral campaign." 1/17/03 |
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