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Council hears update on downtown parking plan; staff pushes tech fixes while council urges faster capacity gains
Summary
Planning staff reviewed progress on 31 recommendations from the 2021 parking plan — including license-plate recognition, numbered parking stalls and a proposed digital parking guidance system — while council members pressed for faster action and short-term wayfinding solutions.
Cassie Bonegarner, planning manager for downtown development and preservation, updated the council on staff work to implement 31 recommendations from the 2021 Downtown Parking Action Plan, saying 10 recommendations are complete, seven are ongoing and four were tabled as not currently viable.
Bonegarner described enforcement improvements, including bringing license-plate recognition (LPR) software back online and plans to number three-hour parking stalls so LPR photos can show the numbered space and reduce GPS-related errors in violation evidence. "License plate recognition is gonna take a picture of that license plate, but it's also gonna have the ground... the…
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