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Committee approves staff recommendation to change City Hall parking limits and reallocate spaces
Summary
The committee voted to forward to the City Council a staff recommendation to free up visitor parking near City Hall by converting some adjacent staff spaces, reduce time limits from 90 to 60 minutes on certain on-street spaces, and reassign staff parking to other spots; the measure aims to increase turnover and accessibility for visitors.
The Government Operations Committee on Monday voted to forward to the full City Council a staff recommendation to reconfigure parking at and near City Hall to improve visitor access and turnover.
Staff described the proposal as freeing several spaces next to City Hall for visitors, moving some staff parking to permitted spaces higher on Center Street, and reducing the time limit on five spaces in front of City Hall from 90 minutes to 60 minutes to boost turnover. A staff presenter said the 60-minute limit allows parking enforcement to act; "they can't enforce those those spaces" under the current configuration, the presenter said.
Staff said freeing the lower lot would "free up, 6 additional spaces there, and those would just be general parking," and that there would be "6 additional spaces up along there for visitors" in addition to a few at the top of the lot. The plan would leave roughly six designated staff spaces near the retaining wall for department heads and school staff, and could add an additional accessible parking spot. Councilor Palos confirmed the on-street time limit would remain 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Council members expressed appreciation for the effort and asked staff to confirm the number of accessible spaces; staff said there are currently one accessible spot and one mobility-challenged spot and that they would seek to add at least one more for a total of two accessible spots plus a mobility-challenged spot if the plan proceeds.
The committee moved and seconded the recommendation and recorded no objections; the proposal will be on the City Council agenda for final consideration ahead of the city's planned move back into City Hall.
