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Committee expands downtown‑mall permitting area to seven malls and reports bill out to council
Summary
The committee amended the ordinance that governs permitted uses of downtown malls to include all seven downtown malls, directed staff to coordinate maintenance and permitting with Parks, and reported the amended bill out for third‑reading consideration.
The Committee on Planning, Infrastructure and Transportation on Thursday amended and reported Bill 56 (posted as Bill 56‑2024) to expand the set of downtown malls covered by an existing ordinance from a single mall to seven downtown malls.
Council Member Dos Santos Tam explained the change would broaden the existing permission to use City‑controlled malls (previously limited in the draft to a single downtown mall) to all seven downtown mall spaces. Department of Transportation Services said it supports the amendment, and that the Department of Parks and Recreation would continue maintenance responsibilities under a memorandum of agreement.
Why it matters: the change is intended to simplify permitting and allow events and programmed uses in more downtown mall locations; city staff said permitting can be implemented quickly although an interdepartmental memorandum of agreement between DTS and Parks may take weeks to finalize.
Committee action: the chair recommended the posted CD1 be adopted; no objections were recorded and the committee reported the bill out for passage on third reading.
Details: the committee record notes DTS will enter into a memorandum of agreement with Parks for maintenance responsibilities; the committee did not record remote or in‑person public testimony on the item.
