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Downtown merchants urge commission to reverse or revisit railroad-lot metering; DDA chair and residents urge measured approach
Summary
Downtown business owners and the DDA urged the City Commission to reconsider recent parking changes that include metering the railroad lot, arguing the move was advanced without adequate merchant outreach and would harm downtown visitation and employees.
Downtown merchants and business managers pressed the City Commission to reconsider a downtown parking plan approved at the prior meeting that included metering the railroad lot and other surface lots.
Why it matters: Downtown merchants said the plan was advanced without adequate outreach to merchants and argued that metering the railroad lot would deter customers who expect complimentary longer-term parking, and would burden employees who would have to pay to park to come to work.
Multiple speakers from the same businesses presented similar concerns. Shavon Baroian, who identified herself as…
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