HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/7/2023 Item 6a, McGrath
From:Sara McGrath <
To:E-mail Council Website
Subject:Parking!
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A?er not living within walking distance of downtown, I stopped going as much. Yes, I could park a li?le further away and
walk, but that was only for occasions in which I wanted to spend a good amount of ?me downtown. To stop briefly
somewhere to pick up some thing Became harder to do
Now that we are small business owners downtown, on a block with vacancies all around us, parking is a whole different
issue. We are a food business without a parking lot for our customers. I cannot drop off my teenage daughter at our
business to work, or drop off the forgo?en aprons and stop in the yellow zone across the street without having a permit.
We know parking fees fund wonderful things, and there are some fabulous things happening in our city. We love this city,
and it is doing amazing work with art and culture and DEI. But we really really really want to go back to some lower rates
or an hour free in the garage. I and I can understand parking fees ?ll 6 PM going ?ll 9 PM just seems excessive. I hear
nonstop from people about how we compare to other ci?es and it doesn’t add up.
Please help us out. Help out the families who want to go downtown, the individuals who want to be able to stop for a
quick errand, and the small family owned businesses that want to survive.
Sara McGrath
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