Committee backs short‑term parking changes as alternative to $1.8M median reconfiguration
Staff recommended reconfiguring 19th Street to add about 34 on‑street spaces at a projected $1.8 million; commissioners pressed for lower‑cost alternatives and the committee voted to return the item to the full commission with a recommendation to convert nearby on‑street spaces to 3‑hour maximums and work with the Holocaust Memorial on parking solutions.
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David Gomez, the city’s director of capital improvements, told the Finance and Economic Resiliency Committee that a feasibility study shows reconfiguring the median on 19th Street between Meridian Avenue and Convention Center Drive could add “an additional approximately 34 spaces” but that the project’s estimated total cost is about $1.8 million.
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