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Brazos County staff outline plan to take over downtown parking garage; court to consider lease terms and reserved-space rates
Summary
County staff described a transition plan for taking over operations of the downtown parking garage April 15 and said Commissioners Court will consider a lease and whether to raise month-to-month reserved-space fees from $50 to $70.
Brazos County staff told the Commissioners Court at a March 25 workshop that the county will assume operational responsibility for the downtown parking garage on April 15 and will ask the court next week to approve lease terms and a new billing schedule for 16 reserved spaces.
The discussion focused on short-term transition steps — service contracts, staffing for after-hours calls, ticketing-system replacement — and on how the county will bill people who now hold reserved spaces. County Auditor Katie Connor said the 16 reserved spaces are currently month-to-month at $50 per month and are not under contract, and staff will offer a lease running May 1–Dec. 31 to lock that rate.
Ed Bull, chief of staff, said the county assembled an ad hoc transition team after the lease was signed and that the team is led by a project manager. “Since the lease has been signed, we've gathered up a transition team and…
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