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Council OKs parking meter rate increase after downtown CID talks; staff to absorb app convenience fee
Summary
After meetings with the Downtown Community Improvement District, Columbia City Council approved a parking meter rate increase Sept. 15. Staff said the change updates rates not revised since 2013, and the city will absorb ParkMobile convenience fees to ease public confusion.
The Columbia City Council voted Sept. 15 to adopt an ordinance adjusting parking meter rates after staff briefed the council on outreach to the Downtown Community Improvement District (CID).
Shane Creech, director of public works, said staff and finance met with the CID board and explained the parking utility’s revenue and maintenance needs and the methodology behind the proposed rate change; the district…
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