why the parking bans? why pick up both containers on the same day anyways...why not recycle on one day and trash the other day....there is no savings sending two different trucks on the same day as opposed to having alternate days for each of the pick ups...i am certain the residents could figure out to put the grren bin out on one day and the blue bin the next....perhaps the city could paint the name of the day on the cans as they distribute? certainly there is an easier fix to this situation than proposing a parking ban on trash and recycling pick up days...and then if the ban is in place i can hear it already, the poorer neighborhoods, whwere houses are closer together, will not be able to have recycle bins and the thought will be " that the lower class citizens are not intelligent or sophisticated enough to recycle anyways" oy vey!

Yeah. I think the parking bans are ridiculous. They handled it fine with the big garbage cans. And this whole thing of spending that much money....I know, I know, save the $ in the long run but that's a whole chunk of change that I think could be spent on other things within the city. There. Let the bashing begin.
I like Chris Olsen's ideas.

There are a few problems with parking bans though.... First and foremost is the fact that there is a lack of parking in general for the city. I live near Calannis (no flame wars please) and with the city ordering him to limit the cars on his property and basically telling him park on the street that causes a problem. Factor in the day care near his shop as well as the apartment complex there which utilizes only street parking, that is a major potential hassle. As is, a lot of people park on the side of the street they are not supposed to when picking up or dropping off kids at the childcare.

Another concern I have not seen mentioned is the potential for layoffs with the new system. They want to cut down on worker's comp claims, fine.. that means there may be fewer workers to file these claims.

I am all for the city trying to save money since they could use the difference elsewhere, however, it may end up costing the residents in the long run.

7 year payback? Lets see. $1.5 million divided by a denominator of $100,000 additional revenue per year. That shows me a payback of 15 years. Where is Shawn Juris getting the 7 year number.

Yesterday was a prime example as to why we need blue bins. I spent 30 minutes hunting down my blue bags full of recyclables because the wind blew it all over the city before it was picked up. I apologize to anyone if my used up cans of cat food landed in your yard and understand why my backyard looks like a ups dumping site full of someones well intended recycling of card board boxes. Our city looks like a dump when this happens so council do us all a favor and figure it out.

Good line of thinking on NOT having parking bans. The 2 day pick up is so logical & avoids creating problems. It would be interesting to see a chart with a pay back break down. The initial 1.5 million cost is usually suspect. This type of expenditure usually balloons. Does the 7 year payback take into consideration the life of the trucks? What's their lifespan & maintenance cost? Where can the citizens see the breakdown of this proposal?

What is going to happen to commercial apartment buildings recycling pick up? Is it going to be cut like our city trash service was with the automated system? There are 20+ unit apartment buildings in Lakewood that do not have off street parking. Where are those people going to park their car? I see cars being towed left and right on Clifton with the current parking restrictions, and they want to possibly add other parking band on top of it?
Also don't even think about having my neighbors put their trash/recycling bins on my property to be picked up.

If one gets hurt on the sidewalk or tree lawn, do they try and sue the city or the property owner?

I am extremely upset about the possible parking ban. Clearly the members of council can afford to live in houses that have access to driveways but that is not the case with many, many people citywide that live in doubles. It would be another reason to chase people out of the city.

Why parking bans for recycling? They don't have them for the trash pick up which is the same method. Where the bleep are people supposed to park? I'm sure all these council members live in big houses with huge driveways and never have to try parking on the street in high-density housing areas.

is the city of Lakewood pretending that there isn't already a huge problem with lack of parking? To even suggest more parking bans leads me to think that maybe city hall is way out of touch with reality.

Here's an idea. Most streets have one-side-only parking: have everybody puts their trash and recycling cans on the other side. No cars in the way of automated pickup.

People would have to put their addresses on their cans, but it seems like a logical solution.