Sites considered were the Maple parking lot on 5th Avenue across from City Hall, the City Hall lot adjacent to 6th Avenue, and behind the Historic Courthouse between 1st and 2nd Avenue. Projects on each site ranged from 58 to 176 spaces and costs from $1.2 to $2.3 million

A four story deck with 300 spaces was designed. Project costs estimated at $7.4 million.

Total supply of parking is ranked as #1 issue and the one if solved will be the largest positive impact on parking availability in downtown by survey respondents. Parking garage on-site of existing lot, purchasing additional property for surface lots and shared parking partnerships ranked 1, 2 & 3 as the solutions to best support the parking issues. Respondents ranked "parking bond" and "increased # of meters downtown" as top ways to pay for parking improvements. General tax increase placed last.

 The study included in district surveying of parking, automated parking utilization surveys, a variety of stakeholder outreach sessions and comparable community analysis. Recommendations the report suggested for immediate implementation included: parking ambassador program, improved customer service & efficiencies in permits and ticketing, parking permit program and penalty schedule changes, parking kiosks vs meters, wayfinding & parking branding, and adding spaces on King Street. View Study. 

City plans to replace that parking via a deck associated with the hotel. Public access to the garage is a pre-requisite of the property sale, but the City is open to the deck being privately owned and operated.

February 7-11 Sheet pilings are completed, the most impactful vibrations are completed. - February 2 (2 weeks) - Deep foundation work starts on Feb 21. Should be less vibration than sheet pilings were. This will be for about 2 weeks. The contractors have pivoted on the foundation work and it should be less vibrations than we experienced last week. They will be monitoring vibrations during work. TO PREPARE - if you have valuable, breakable items on your walls or shelves, take precaution to secure or take down. If items do break, we'll work with you, but please partner with us to take precautions on high value and fragile items.

February 1 - Downtown Economic Vitality Team reviews the initial analysis from Walker Consultants (parking management consultants) February 8 - Downtown Advisory Board reviews analysis from Walker Consultants - provides feedback for City Council -  AGENDA PACKET  March 23 - City Council Workshop - Parking Rates & Fees

Downtown Advisory Board reviews feedback from businesses and recommends updates to City Council.