HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/7/2023 Item 6a, Hall
Carol Hall <
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Subject:Parking fees
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Please I volunteer at a thrift store , people simply can not justify the cost of parking to shop , or the cost to volunteer.
The less people shop and go to restaurants the less tax monies the city collects , so you gouge on one side and lose on
the other .
Also, people wind up paying for more parking than they need to insure not going over .
We used our ap to reload our meter , we did it 2 minutes ( documented) before we ran out of time and we were issued a
ticket exactly when the meter was to time out . You could not fight it online , according to the online rejection, the hours
of the parking office are not consistent , or never open ( multiple attempts to walk in) . They do not answer their phones
, probably understaffed , but I documented a 48 minute hold before some one answered and said, “ we will do this , this
one time”. We did nothing wrong there should be no condescending forgiveness . It was a lot of time and effort to
resolve a glitch on your side .
Please consider reducing the hourly rate and giving restaurants a break by stopping parking citations after 6 pm .
Thank you , Carol Hall
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