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Councilors, residents urge Boardman to plan for parking as TSP map advances
Summary
At the workshop, council members and residents raised parking and growth concerns tied to the TSP classifications, suggested exceptions for businesses and schools, and asked whether the city has considered buying land for public overflow parking. Staff said parking implementation would be a separate later step.
Multiple council members and participants raised concerns at the Nov. 4 workshop that the proposed TSP functional-classification map could indirectly reduce on-street parking in areas without adequate off-street options. Speakers said businesses, a school, a dentist office and a trailer park rely on curbside parking and asked staff to consider exceptions, time-limited parking, or public overflow lots.
One council member asked directly: "Has the city considered buying some property and turning it into public parking... so that we can keep people off of these roads?" Staff replied the TSP map itself does not implement parking changes and that a separate implementation program would be required to create parking rules or acquire property. Council members and staff discussed longer-term standards for new development to require more on-site parking and for targeted exceptions where community needs warrant them.
Why it matters: members warned that rapid growth and new developments (for example, a proposed mobile home community) will add parking demand and that decisions about parking policy will affect businesses and residents’ daily access. Staff said these are implementation issues to be resolved after the TSP adoption process and that the TSP is intended as a 20-year planning framework rather than an immediate parking ordinance.
