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Mayor Johnson says city bought two downtown parking lots, leases Southern Hotel lot to add spaces
Summary
Mayor Mark Johnson told the council the city closed on purchases of Plaza Drive and Rutland Street parking lots to preserve downtown parking, arranged a lease of a Southern Hotel lot to add roughly 35–40 temporary spaces, and announced a police annex open house and a downtown restaurant map to be installed at the trail head.
Mayor Mark Johnson reported to the council that the city closed on the purchase of two privately owned downtown parking parcels—Plaza Drive and Rutland Street—to prevent potential development that would have reduced parking downtown.
"So we now own the Plaza Drive parking lot and the Rutland Street parking lot," Mayor Johnson said, summarizing the completed transaction. He said the…
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