{"id":14138,"date":"2024-03-15T10:22:24","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T17:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/?p=14138"},"modified":"2024-03-15T11:20:52","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T18:20:52","slug":"downtown-parking-community-meeting-is-thursday-march-21st","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/downtown-parking-community-meeting-is-thursday-march-21st\/","title":{"rendered":"Downtown Parking Community Meeting is Thursday, March 21st"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The City of Yakima will host a Downtown Parking Community Meeting next Thursday, March 21<sup>st<\/sup>, from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm in Council Chambers at City Hall, 129 N. 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meeting will include a presentation by City staff regarding history and preliminary recommendations regarding four City-owned parking lots in Downtown Yakima. This is the same presentation that was made to the Yakima City Council during its <a href=\"https:\/\/yakima.novusagenda.com\/agendapublic\/CoverSheet.aspx?ItemID=11105&amp;MeetingID=1134\">March 12<sup>th<\/sup> study session<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the presentation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>City staff will be available to talk with community members Thursday in small group break-out sessions at City Hall about policy issues, maintenance and upgrades and enforcement of parking regulations in the four City-owned parking lots in Downtown Yakima.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Input and feedback received during the community meeting will be incorporated into final recommendations regarding parking in the four City-owned downtown Yakima parking lots. Those final recommendations will be presented to City Council at its March 26<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;study session.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Council is tentatively scheduled to act on final recommendations regarding parking in the four City-owned lots in Downtown Yakima at its April 2<sup>nd<\/sup>\u00a0regular meeting, although the schedule could be adjusted based on Council direction.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The City staff presentation will air live at 5:30 pm Thursday on Y-PAC, Charter Spectrum Channel 194, and streamed live at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/council\/live-stream\/\">https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/council\/live-stream\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A moratorium on enforcing parking violations in the downtown area of the City of Yakima has been in place since December 2023. Yakima City Council <a href=\"https:\/\/yakima.novusagenda.com\/agendapublic\/CoverSheet.aspx?ItemID=11021&amp;MeetingID=1125\">extended the moratorium<\/a>&nbsp;during its regular meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 6th. It applies to time limitations on streets and City-owned parking lots in the Central Business District.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On January 23<sup>rd<\/sup>, Council held a <a href=\"https:\/\/videos.yakimawa.gov\/CablecastPublicSite\/show\/13165?site=2\">study session on downtown parking<\/a> and received public comment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-15eeeab0-d831-43ac-b278-4b01968e9870\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Downtown-Parking-Community-Meeting-News-Release.pdf\">Downtown-Parking-Community-Meeting-News-Release<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Downtown-Parking-Community-Meeting-News-Release.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-15eeeab0-d831-43ac-b278-4b01968e9870\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The City of Yakima will host a Downtown Parking Community Meeting next Thursday, March 21st, from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm in Council Chambers at City Hall, 129 N. 2nd Street. The meeting will include a presentation by City staff regarding history and preliminary recommendations regarding four City-owned parking lots in Downtown Yakima. 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