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File #: 210624    Version: 1
Type: Order Status: Approved
File created: 9/21/2020 In control: City Council
On agenda: 9/24/2020 Final action: 10/28/2021
Enactment date: 9/24/2020 Enactment #: 210624
Title: That the Director of Finance, the Director of Parking and the Director of SPCD discuss scaling parking permit fees with automobile size and efficiency.
Sponsors: Katjana Ballantyne, Ben Ewen-Campen
Attachments: 1. How Cities Can Reclaim Their Streets From SUVs - Bloomberg, 2. GHSA-Pedestrian-Spotlight-FINAL-rev2

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That the Director of Finance, the Director of Parking and the Director of SPCD discuss scaling parking permit fees with automobile size and efficiency.

 

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That the Director of Finance, the Director of Parking and the Executive Director of the Office of Strategic Planning and Community Development (Mobility) discuss the option to incorporate scaling parking permit fees to the Automobile Size, efficiency standards. (see links: <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-17/how-cities-could-push-back-on-pickups-and-suvs> and <https://www.ghsa.org/resources/Pedestrians20>)