HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/7/2023 Item 6a, Laursen
Peter and Jill Laursen <
To:E-mail Council Website
Subject:Parking - please change it!
This message is from an External Source. Use caution when deciding to open attachments, click links, or respond.
Dear City Council Members,
I sincerely hope you are aware of the impact that the parking is having on our downtown and you are willing to rethink
things to make significant changes. I know two retailers personally and they are only making $200 a day! They won’t
survive. One of the charms of our downtown is that we have a variety of corporate and local businesses. We need to
keep that balance!
The parking fees are literally keeping many people away from downtown. I hear again and again, and I work with people
who are 20-75, that they will no longer go downtown. How sad! I was downtown for 3 hours and just discovered it’s
cheaper to get valet parking at Hotel SLO than park with the city fees. How can that be right?! I am so disappointed in
the Palm St parking garage being a pay before you go system - the whole point of a parking garage is to stay as long as
you want and them pay when you leave. You’ve essentially just made it a giant parking meter location.
Your choices have truly impacted the charm of our downtown because businesses are so hard hit and many of the
people I know are no longer going downtown. It’s so very sad BUT it’s reversible. Please do something now and long-
term, not just free parking during the holidays, to bring people back to downtown!
Thank you,
Jill Laursen
80-5458-2878
1