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City outlines downtown parking overhaul: $1 hourly meters, $1.25 premium on Kansas Avenue, and reserved spaces for businesses proposed
Summary
Public works presented a plan April 15 to simplify downtown parking zones, raise meter rates, add reserved spaces for businesses/food trucks, and address an annual parking fund shortfall of $400,000–$500,000. Council discussion focused on impacts to seniors, residents and garage usage.
City staff on April 15 proposed a package of changes to simplify downtown parking rules, raise hourly rates and add tools for reserving spaces for business uses as part of a bid to stabilize the parking fund, which staff said currently operates at “a revenue loss of 4 to $500,000 per year.”
Deputy Director of Public Works Jason Tryon presented a multi-part plan that would: increase 10-hour on-street meter rates from $0.50 to $1.00 per hour; make most on-street paid parking $1.00 per hour and establish a $1.25-per-hour “premium” rate on Kansas Avenue; increase some monthly garage permits (example: $67.75 to $74); convert temporary cone-marked…
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