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Lane County approves parking fee discounts, free WIC passes and new accessibility projects for county parks
Summary
The Lane County Board of Commissioners approved changes to parking fees that add discounts and free annual passes for certain groups, and staff described related accessibility projects. The vote on board order 25022506 was 5-0.
The Lane County Board of County Commissioners on Feb. 25 approved a change to the county’s park parking policy that will add discounted and free annual parking passes for certain groups and fund accessibility improvements at county parks.
Parks Division Manager Brett Henry told the board the order (25022506) would amend Lane Manual chapter 18.0050.115 to adopt veterans and disabled-veteran discounts, free annual passes for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program recipients, and 11 annual “parking holidays” when public parking is free. Henry said the change applies to annual passes; daily fees would remain $5 while an annual pass currently costs $40. “The overall impact to our operating revenue is less than 1%,” Henry said, summarizing the department’s estimate of about $81,620 in lost revenue under the proposal.
The board approved the order by voice vote, 5-0.
Why it matters: Henry framed the…
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