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Committee advances downtown parking plan to full council after mixed feedback from merchants
Summary
After meetings with downtown stakeholders, city parking staff proposed new zones, higher garage and meter rates and a Kansas Avenue premium; the Policy and Finance Committee voted 2–1 to advance the plan to the full council without recommendation.
Jason Fine, deputy director of Public Works, and Sterling Emerson, the city’s parking manager, presented a revised downtown parking plan on March 25 that would change on-street pricing, eliminate “leapfrogging,” and increase monthly garage and 10-hour meter rates to shore up the parking fund.
Staff said outreach included the Downtown Topeka Inc. board, the Downtown Merchants Association and one-on-one meetings with major stakeholders. Emerson told the committee that stakeholders generally supported policing the “leapfrogging” practice, designated 15-minute pickup spaces, and increases to garage…
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