HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/7/2023 Item 6a, Price
From:Seth Price <
To:E-mail Council Website
Subject:Please fix the parking rates
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As a 35 year SLO local who loves our downtown and what the city has done with it overall in recent years, it's very
disheartening to see parking rates soar to $4 an hour essentially overnight. It has kept me and other friends and family
members from going downtown on a number of occasions and will continue to do so. It's unfair to both businesses and
patrons. Bring back the first hour free in the structures and lower the hourly street rate to $2.50 an hour (STILL A 66%
increase). You're already gouging people for $40+ for a basic parking ticket so that's generating plenty of extra funds as
well. I understand inflation and the need for prices of goods and services to increase but what SLO has done here is
unreasonable. The City got this one WAY wrong and grossly overestimated what people might find reasonable. Keep
downtown thriving don't kill it.
Thanks for listening
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