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City Planning budget includes on‑call planning and a curb‑management pilot using ALPRs; council asks for details
Summary
City Planning is budgeting larger professional services for on‑call planning and a new curb‑management pilot that would test automated license plate readers (ALPRs) on light poles to measure curb usage. Council members asked why ALPRs are under planning and requested written details of the contracts and pilot.
Interim Planning Director Marca Fields appeared in committee as the city planning commission's 2025 budget lines were reviewed. The budget shows a notable increase in contractual professional services tied to on‑call planning services and a $100,000 line reportedly for a curb‑management pilot.
Planning staff told the committee the on‑call funds cover outside consultants when internal staff capacity is insufficient and that the curb‑management allocation is a pilot to evaluate feasibility of "smart loading zones" and automated license plate readers (ALPRs) to collect curb usage data by mounting sensors on existing light poles.
Council members pressed the administration to explain why ALPR technology and license‑plate data collection fall within the planning commission's budget rather than public safety, and asked for a detailed explanation of vendor responsibilities, data retention, privacy safeguards and a fuller written scope of the curb‑management pilot and on‑call contract amounts.
Councilman McCormick noted the on‑call planning services had been debated in development committee previously; planning staff confirmed that one element (on‑call services) had prior committee review, while the curb pilot is a new item for committee information.
