The Eagle Urban Renewal Agency brought a downtown parking concept to the Eagle City Council on Oct. 28, proposing to convert excess right‑of‑way near the Idaho Power property into new angled and parallel parking, a widened multi‑use sidewalk, landscaping and historic‑style lighting.

Mark Butler, chairman of the Eagle Urban Renewal Agency, said the plan would take advantage of publicly owned right‑of‑way to add parking without buying land. Butler said the concept includes a 10‑foot multi‑use pathway, an eight‑foot landscape strip and 31 net new parking spaces adjacent to Idaho Power property; later in the meeting he and agency members gave a more precise split of 15 spaces on the north side and 19 on the south side for a total of 34 spaces after final striping.

Butler told the council the agency would fund the work itself unless costs proved much larger, and that the agency has already met with Ada County Highway District (ACHD), the police and fire chiefs and city staff. He said the agency plans to go to the design review board and coordinate with property owners whose informal parking use of the right‑of‑way will change.

Council members voiced general support for the concept and asked for city staff to help coordinate public outreach and design review. Council President May moved that the agency meet with staff, take the plan to design review for comment, and meet with neighbors — a motion councilmembers supported in discussion. Council members and agency representatives also discussed staging the lighting work to reduce upfront costs (e.g., installing conduits and later installing decorative fixtures).

Next steps: Butler said the agency will meet with neighbors starting immediately, refine the plan with staff and design‑review feedback, and return with construction drawings and cost estimates. The agency estimated completion could be possible before May of the following year, depending on final plans and any utility work required.