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Tigard advances phased downtown parking plan; council directs data collection and community outreach before citations
Summary
City staff outlined a phased parking management timeline for downtown and the Tigard Triangle. Councilors agreed to proceed with two months of baseline data collection starting March, followed by an education period, warning citations and potential enforcement in September, with return reports to council at intervals.
Community Development Director Samuel Krickman presented a phased timeline for a downtown and Tigard Triangle parking management program and the City Council directed staff to proceed with additional data collection and outreach before issuing citations.
Krickman described the proposed schedule: "spend the first 2 months, March 1 through April 30, basically allowing our third party vendor to collect the data daily on what the usage of parking is in both the downtown and Triangle area," he said. That baseline would be followed by May–June outreach and education for businesses and residents; July–August would be a period of warning citations; and full enforcement would begin Sept. 1 unless council directs otherwise.
Krickman said staff would return to council with reports at two-, four- and six-month marks so elected officials could review collected data and community feedback before moving to full citation enforcement. He also proposed a one-month business forum in April to present first-month data and invite more feedback.
Councilors pressed staff on how employee parking needs and business impacts would be measured. Councilor Shaw asked for caution on the Sept. 1 enforcement date and requested detailed reports on how many employees would be affected. Council President Wolf emphasized the importance of door‑to‑door engagement with businesses, saying some owners do not attend forums and recommend staff visit businesses directly to gather input.
Redevelopment Manager Sean Farrelly and Krickman told the council the vendor would gather turnover and duration data and that the phased timeline aims to balance parking turnover with business access. The council did not take a formal vote; Krickman reported that councilors were "comfortable with the proposal" and staff will proceed with the phased data, education and warning schedule and return with reports.
