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Downtown committee recommends status quo on PBIA assessment, asks staff for broader review next year
Summary
The Downtown Parking Committee recommended the City Council adopt a status-quo Parking and Business Improvement Area assessment for fiscal year 2026 but asked staff to return next year with a strategic review, including possible inflation adjustments and structural changes.
The Downtown Parking Committee on May 8 recommended that City Council adopt a status-quo assessment for the Parking and Business Improvement Area (PBIA) for fiscal year 2026 and asked staff to return next year with a broader review of the PBIA structure.
The recommendation followed a staff presentation of the PBIA annual assessment report. Ethan Bitney, parking resource specialist, presented the report and said the staff recommendation is a “status quo assessment for fiscal year 26,” noting the proposal aligns with a two-year outlook that limits changes for the coming year.
The PBIA was established in 1970 as an agreement between the downtown business community and the City of Santa Barbara to support downtown parking. Bitney told the committee the district now covers more than 50 blocks, includes five garages and eight surface…
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