Regulating Roadside Memorials

in a car wreck. abc-7’s stephanie guadian shows us what some alternatives could look like. she is live in our newsroom. stephanie? everyone grieves differently. for some, placing a memorial where a loved one died is a way to work through the pain: :06-:12 1:00 -1:05 city council members worry the practice can be unsafe– and have asked staff to come up with some alternatives. 6:24 lily limon says: then there was also presented the possibility of having a tree– you can actually have a tree planted at a park. and then you can pay for the tree or pay for the plaque. you can even have a park bench out there. so really a lot of options. 6:38 there would be a one time fee for a permanent memorial tree ranging from two hundred to 350 dollars. the one time fee for a permanent memorial bench could range from two to three thousand dollars. the city would maintain the trees and benches located at any city park or trail. impromptu roadside memorials would still be allowed– but they could not be left up indefinitely. 5:14 the city was bringing to us let’s allow– the spontaneous memorials for 15 days. and i think really the concensus of council is 15 days is not enough. we want to look more like 30 to 45 days. 5:30 #3 ted marquez — director of streets and maintainance— 8:32 they want to make sure that we touch base with the people who do the impromptu memorials and notify them that we are going to remove them or they can remove them themselves and keep those materials. 8:40