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Puyallup council weighs future of downtown parklets, staff: city cost about $1,500 per unit per year
Summary
City staff told the council the annual city cost to deploy, maintain and remove each downtown parklet is about $1,500; councilmembers debated whether to continue the pilot, set a fee, or extend one year while refining policy and geographic limits.
Puyallup city staff told the City Council on Feb. 25 that the city spends an estimated $1,500 per calendar year to install, maintain and remove each downtown parklet and that the total cost for seven parklets would be about $10,500 annually.
The council discussed three broad options: discontinue the program, make it permanent with a cost-recovery fee and defined operating season, or authorize a one-year extension while detailing operating dates, fee structure and geographic limits. Dan, a city staff member, told the council: “the annual cost to the city to deploy the parklets, maintain the parklets while they're in use, and then remove…
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