Looking east toward Falconer at Second and Fourth Streets, the city’s Finance and Public Works committees will discuss a resolution to add striping for a bicycle lane in the eastbound lane with the widening of the westbound side to allow for bike and car shared lane. P-J photo by Michael Zabrodsky

The elimination of parking along East Second Street in Jamestown to make room for a dedicated bicycle lane will be discussed by City Council members Monday.

On the agenda for the council’s Finance and Public Works committees is a resolution calling for changes to about 1.75 miles of East Second between East Fourth Street and Tiffany Avenue.

Specifically, the city Department of Public Works is asking the state Department of Transportation to add striping for a bicycle lane in the eastbound lane with the widening of the westbound side to “allow for bike and car shared lane,” the resolution states.

“To accommodate the dedicated bike lane, parking on the southwest side of the road will need to be removed,” the resolution continues.

As noted in documents attached to the resolution by Mark Roetzer, acting city DPW director, the state DOT is scheduled to undertake work on East Second in 2025.

The addition of a dedicated lane, as well as the shared lane, would “encourage bicycling, make bicycling safe and more appealing,” the resolution states.

Lanes specific to bikes are nothing new to the city; the recent overhaul of Washington Street included the addition of bike lanes painted bright green.

It’s not yet clear if the bike lane sought for the eastbound lane of East Second will also be painted green.

A review of street parking utilization by city staff found that more than 90% of properties possess off-street parking, “rendering street parking on both sides of East Second Street unnecessary,” the resolution states.

In other business, the Finance and Public Works committees will again discuss cameras and lighting upgrades for the city’s two parking ramps. The project’s price tag — $178,910 for lighting and electrical work and $70,770 for 44 cameras — was brought up during a work session last month.

At the time, Mayor Eddie Sundquist told the Finance Committee that the city had applied for a grant toward the purchase of the cameras.

“We have to figure out where we’re going to pay for it,” Finance Chiar Kim Ecklund said in December. “It’s an awful lot of money.”

The Finance Committee is scheduled to meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the mayor’s conference room on the fourth floor of the city Municipal Building; the Public Works Committee will meet at 7 p.m. in the Department of Development conference room.

The City Council will meet for a full work session at 7:30 p.m. in the police training room.