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Good Evening SLO City Council Members-
My name is Sara Vaskov and I own Hands Gallery. I am a part of the parking task force, a board member for
Downtown SLO and a member of the Chamber’s Economic Development Committee. Being a small business
owner, I am spreading myself very thin by joining all of these committees, but after the parking changes in July
of last year I had no choice.
The decisions that were made to double the parking rate are killing our downtown. There are businesses that
have closed, the businesses that remain are struggling and have a low morale and why would any new
businesses want to open now? As part of the task force, we came to the conclusion that Option B would best
benefit the community. It’s still not enough, but it’s a start.
Downtown is not what it used to be and it is going to take a massive campaign to win back our locals. I am
hopeful that the city is up to this task. Adopt Option B, admit to the mistakes that were made and welcome our
community back.
Thank you-
Sara Vaskov
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