Due to the increased parking congestion on our downtown streets due to the Blackburn Street parking lot re-construction, I, Aaron Kramer, do hereby issue an executive order as mayor to suspend the 3-hour parking ban in the downtown area, effective immediately. This order will be be in effect until November 15, 2009, at which time the city's winter parking rules will go into effect. City staff is also directed to cover the 3-hour parking signs in downtown Ripon with a material that prevents them from being viewed.