I don’t get it — there isn’t some meaningless resolution they need to debate instead? We have not just one but actually a second useful bit of legislation in the last month or so:

City Council member Simcha Felder, D-Brooklyn, wants traffic agents to grant drivers a five-minute grace period after a muni meter’s expired or alternate-side parking rules have taken effect.

“Tickets should be issued to encourage compliance, not to rake in bucks,” Felder said yesterday.

“People shouldn’t feel there’s a vulture waiting to give them a ticket the second they’re in violation. Agents are ticketing people exactly on the dot — that’s unacceptable.”

Felder’s proposal, which he called the “Gotcha bill,” could pass quickly: “I haven’t found one elected official that’s not in support of this,” he said.