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Fairfax to begin town‑center parking inventory and community outreach; council declines immediate paid‑parking study
Summary
Fairfax will begin a staff‑led inventory of downtown parking spaces and merchant outreach rather than immediately commissioning a larger consultant circulation study; council asked staff to report back with a baseline and recommended next steps.
The Fairfax Town Council directed staff to start a town‑center parking inventory and outreach to downtown merchants and residents, rather than immediately commissioning a full parking‑and‑circulation engineering study. Planning staff presented a menu of options — from a low‑cost inventory using staff and volunteers to a full traffic and circulation analysis that could run tens of thousands of dollars — and recommended starting with a baseline inventory and public outreach.
Why it matters: council members and downtown stakeholders noted competing priorities: visible sidewalks, pedestrian safety and immediate merchant needs versus a larger, consultant‑led circulation study that would model intersection operations and…
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