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Milford council tables contract review for proximity-based parking app after public questions
Summary
Council heard a presentation on a no-cost parking payment platform that includes proximity-based advertising and enforcement features; councilors and residents raised questions about scams, kiosks, enforcement and impacts on short-term visitors. Council moved to table the ordinance pending contract review.
Councilors and residents on July 15 discussed a proposal to implement a proximity-based parking payment system in downtown Milford, but the council tabled action so staff can review the vendor contract.
Grant, a presenter for the company (identified in the meeting as the company representative), told the council the platform would be free to the city, provide a back-end parking-management suite and offer “proximity-based offers” that let local businesses target customers using parking transactions. “It costs nothing. There is $0 in setup fees or monthly fees of any kind,” Grant said during his presentation.
The presentation…
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