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Council member calls for employee parking relief, later requests batting cages review
Summary
A council member told the CRA that downtown business owners raised concerns about employee parking costs and safety and urged staff to explore circulator hours, employee parking permits or a dedicated garage; the member also asked Recreation Services to investigate adding flexible batting cages at the park adjacent to City Hall.
Council Member Wigter raised concerns that downtown employees face parking costs or long walks from distant lots and said some businesses discussed shuttling employees or using paid parking. He suggested the circulator’s hours could be extended or that the CRA consider subsidizing employee parking permits so workers would not need to feed meters repeatedly.
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