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Sedona council advances parking program planning, backs 'readiness‑first' approach to residential permits
Summary
Council heard a lengthy update on a coordinated Uptown parking management program tied to the June 2026 opening of the Uptown parking garage. Staff outlined five focus areas, including license‑plate recognition technology, a readiness‑first residential permit framework, employee parking solutions and a fee structure; council asked for tighter data-retention rules and ongoing public work‑group input.
City staff presented an update on Uptown parking strategy at the Jan. 27 Sedona City Council meeting, outlining a system‑level approach the city plans to phase in alongside the Uptown parking garage, scheduled to open in June 2026.
Amber Wagner, Sedona's transit administrator, said staff organized work into five focus areas: parking management technology (including license‑plate recognition, or LPR), a readiness‑first residential permit parking (RPP) framework for an identified Uptown zone, strategies to replace lost public parking and address employee parking, and a parking fee/fee‑structure framework intended to fund operations and debt service.
On technology, staff confirmed the city's draft…
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