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A Resolution authorizing free parking in the downtown municipal garages on the Saturdays and Sundays of November 24 and 25, December 1 and 2, 8 and 9, 15 and 16, 22 and 23, 2018; and, free on-street metered parking in Old Colorado City on the Saturdays of November 24, December 1, 8, 15, 22, 2018
Presenter:
Charae McDaniel, Chief Financial Officer
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Summary:
For the past number of years, City Council has approved several days of free on-street metered parking during the holiday shopping season to help bolster sales. Again this year, the Old Colorado City Security & Maintenance District, and the Old Colorado City Merchants Association have requested that City Council grant free on-street metered parking in Old Colorado City. This year, the days requested are the five Saturdays in November/December between Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. All other regulations would also remain in force including the meter time limits, loading zones, meter hoods, etc. Parking Enforcement would cite parkers violating overtime or other restrictions. For 2018, the Downtown Partnership has requested that City Council grant free parking in the three municipal parking structures downtown - at Bijou/Cascade, Nevada/Colorado, and Kiowa/Nevada. This year, the days requested are the five Saturdays and five Sundays in November/December between Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. This request is for on-street parking in Old Colorado City and City-owned garages in downtown only and does not apply to private lots and garages.
Previous Council Action:
City Council has approved this request each year beginning in 2003.
Background:
In December 2002, the Denver Post published an article reporting Mayor Wellington Webb had authorized free on-street parking December 23-25, 2002. This action was in response to a decline in retail sales in downtown and LoDo. His intention was to attract more shoppers to these areas thus bolstering sales tax revenues.
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