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Commission asks staff to return with cost for one‑way traffic option after lengthy debate on Casino Complex plan
Summary
Staff proposed changing traffic around the Casino Complex to one‑way southbound to improve safety and add short‑term parking; after concerns about resident parking loss, valet enforcement, and missing public outreach, commissioners voted unanimously to disapprove the full concept and directed staff to return with a cost estimate for only reversing the traffic flow to unidirectional.
Public Works and Leisure Services presented a concept to change the Casino Complex circulation to a one‑way (southbound) pattern, add lanes and short‑term parking, and create space for possible valet staging. Staff said the change could reduce stacking and improve fire/rescue access during peak events.
"This allows us to add an additional 11 parking spaces... and address some of the stacking issues we're seeing," Public Works Director Jamie Brown said, describing options for temporary 15‑minute stalls and potential valet stacking locations. Stuart Sword and staff noted the concept was a schematic and that further engagement with tenants, fire rescue and sheriff’s deputies would be required.
Residents and several commissioners raised strong concerns: losing resident decal spaces, whether valet operators were operating in city spots off‑policy, the absence of recent consultation with the current fire chief and PBSO, pedestrian crosswalk safety, and whether a broader master plan for the Casino Complex should come first. "I definitely am not for taking away any of the parking spaces up there for valet," Vice Mayor Mimi May said.
Commissioner Anthony Segrej moved to disapprove the item as written and direct staff to return with a focused cost and feasibility analysis that models only reversing the flow to unidirectional southbound; the motion was seconded by Vice Mayor Mimi May and passed unanimously. Staff will study the minimum work required to reverse direction and the cost to do that narrowly (striping/thermoplastic, modest site work, and any necessary curb/median adjustments) and return with a proposal.
