Parking, moving and stopping traffic were topics of discussion at Truesdale’s recent board of aldermen meeting.Parking at Dieckmann Farms and Boone Hollow Estates has been an issue, officials said.Theresa Miller, a resident of Naomi Drive, addressed the board. She lives next to a dead end. She stated the neighbor’s brother parks his van behind her driveway, making it difficult for her to get in an out of her driveway.If she has a delivery, she has to ask the neighbor to have the van moved, and visitors can’t park in the driveway because they can’t turn around with the dead end and the van parked where it is, she stated.Miller said it is a safety issue because emergency vehicles wouldn’t be able to get through either.Miller left the van owner a note once but she didn’t hear back. He continues to park in the same place, she told the board.Parking issues at Dieckmann Farms and Boone Hollow Estates have been discussed several times at Truesdale Board of Aldermen meetings. Owners and renters were invited to a meeting held in March 2015. Two people, one from each subdivision, attended the meeting and one other person commented to the city clerk prior to that meeting.The board of aldermen spent time discussing solutions they can do now. They discussed restricting parking to one side of the streets, and then limiting parking so many feet from the dead end section of Naomi Drive.It was noted there is no parking on all the other streets in town.Board members said the no parking signs could be put on an existing city speed limit sign to save on the costs of installing new posts.The board asked the city administrator to work on a draft ordinance for Dieckmann Farms and also one that would cover both subdivisions.The city attorney said the city needs to have a resolution to detail the steps the city has taken to reach this decision and then the ordinance would provide the information on each street.In other news, the North Depot/Market Street project is scheduled to start soon. The project area runs north of the railroad tracks.The streets will be shut down Sept. 26 and reopen when the project is completed in two months, weather permitting, officials said.The railroad has notified the city that the estimated cost to date of its invoice is $28,650.59.The Truesdale Police Department will receive new radar guns, it was reported.Chief Andrew Huston said the department received a grant for $1,500 and the city will match that amount to purchase the new radar guns. The city’s portion was a planned expense as part of the police budget for equipment.To help slow traffic, the city is adding a stop sign in Heritage Hills subdivision, the board decided. City of Truesdale