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BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDA STATEMENT
Item No. B.i.
For Meeting of: June 6, 2023
ITEM TITLE: Report from business owners regarding alternatives for parking in
the downtown area
SUBMITTED BY: Robert Harrison, City Manager
SUMMARY EXPLANATION:
At the April 18th Council meeting, Ben Hittle, Steve Mercy, and Joe Mann stated they are working
to identify ideas and concept plans for parking in the downtown area. They will report their findings
to City Council.
ITEM BUDGETED:
STRATEGIC PRIORITY:
APPROVED FOR SUBMITTAL BY THE CITY MANAGER
RECOMMENDATION:
ATTACHMENTS:
Description Upload Date Type
0 Letter-downtown parking proposal 5/30/2023 Corer Memo
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May 30, 2023
Downtown Parking Proposal
a) 5 City Lots
b) 1926 on street spaces
First, Change lots to 60% monthly parking.
Second, change the monthly fee to$50.00 per monthly permit.
This would create 260 spaces at$50.00 per month $156,000 year with tickets and daily parkers another
$75,000 to$100,000/year for an approximate annual income of$231,000-$256,000. Very little cost to
do the change (No risk to the city budget) and would allow for dedicated parking enforcement person for
the duration (Approximate$50,000).Then we can start to maintain lots with these annual funds,over 10
years possible 2 million plus (Annually Improvement) while allowing to still have free two hour parking
for downtown customers and patrons. Some employers have expressed interest in splitting the cost of
parking with their employees.
Thank you,
Joe Mann
Ben Hide
Steve Mercy