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McKinney plans 2026 parking study, garage feasibility near Central Park; LPR enforcement technology under warranty review
Summary
Staff reviewed results of 2019 and 2021 parking studies and the 2021 parking action plan, highlighted wayfinding and a new trolley, proposed a 2026 comprehensive parking study and a feasibility study for a garage near Central Park, and reported issues with license-plate-recognition enforcement hardware that the city is pursuing with its vendor.
City planning staff on Oct. 21 reviewed downtown parking studies and recommended next steps including a new parking-count study in 2026 and a feasibility study for a parking garage near Central Park to support redevelopment on Tennessee Street.
Cassie Bongwerner, downtown development and preservation planning manager, told the council that the 2019 parking counts showed total public parking occupancy below 70 percent even at peak times, while on-street spaces immediately around the square often reached near 100 percent occupancy but had high turnover and brief stays.
Bongwerner reviewed three categories of the 2021 parking action plan — wayfinding,…
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