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Council hears parking-management study, directs staff to work with Mill Street residents on overnight permits
Summary
A consultant presentation recommended stepped parking management — education, license‑plate permits, more signage and possible paid parking for events. Council asked staff to meet with Mill Street neighbors, explore residential overnight permits and plan implementation steps, noting a PG&E power/lighting delay at the Mill Street lot.
Grass Valley — A parking management study presented at the March 25 council meeting recommended incremental steps — education, improved signage and enforcement, virtual license‑plate permits, and possible paid parking for targeted lots or events — and the council asked staff to work with neighborhoods on next steps.
Julie Dixon of Dixon Resources Unlimited summarized an operational needs assessment and urged a phased approach. She recommended using license‑plate recognition (LPR) already in use locally to run a virtual-permit program (no hang tags), collect anonymized occupancy data and measure when on‑street supply reaches 85 percent occupancy — a common industry threshold for capacity decisions.
Dixon recommended…
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