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<br /> 4 <br /> Public Works Department <br /> Transportation Division <br /> City of Eugene <br /> 858 Pearl Street, Suite 300 <br /> N E W S R E L E A S E Eugene, Oregon 97401 <br /> (503) 687-5216 <br /> September 9, 1991 <br /> CONTACT: Kay Kronholm, Transportation Parking Supervisor, 687-5218 <br /> From Sand a Gleason, Public Information, 687-5523 <br /> FOR MORE NFORMATION <br /> CITY TO IMPLEMENT AUTOMATED PARKING ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM <br /> A ne parking citation system will help the city of Eugene parking <br /> enforceme t personnel decrease errors and be more cost effective in issuing <br /> parking tickets. On Monday, September 16, the city's seven parking control <br /> officers ill switch from a manual system of issuing tickets to handheld <br /> 'I portable omputers. Parking violations will be entered directly into the new <br /> computer and a ticket will print out automatically. <br /> Acc rding to Kay Kronholm, Public Works parking supervisor, the new <br /> system will be much faster and easier for parking control officers to use and <br /> I <br /> will all w them to track outstanding parking citations more quickly. <br /> "Us ng the old system, the officers had to enter the time, date, and <br /> citation number by hand; now it will be done automatically. With a single <br /> keystrok the officers will be able to identify types of violation and bail <br /> data. T e street location and the make, model, and color of the car can be <br /> selected from a standard list using only one or two keystrokes. All the <br /> officer as to enter is the license number and state," said Kronholm. <br /> I <br /> I The new citations will look different than the old tickets. Each <br /> I <br /> citation will be about the size of a small grocery receipt and will be <br /> preprint d in red. The computer will print the vehicle license number, the <br /> i <br /> <br />