Parking in Downtown Yakima Topic of Big City Meeting Thursday

Parking in downtown Yakima will be the topic of a meeting held by the Yakima Thursday. City council members who are planning a Parking Community Meeting Thursday, March 21st, from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm in Council Chambers at City Hall, 129 N. 2nd Street.

A SPECIAL PRESENTATION THEN A CHANCE TO TALK PARKING

City officials say the meeting will include a presentation by city staff about the history and recommendations they have regarding the four city-owned parking lots. After the presentation everyone is welcome to ask questions of city staff about the proposals. City officials say smaller break out sessions will also happen where you can talk about policy issues, maintenance and upgrades and enforcement of parking regulations in the four City-owned parking lots in Downtown Yakima.

 IT'S TIME TO GET YOUR IDEAS TOGETHER AND TALK TO THE COUNCIL

Your input and feedback during the 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 26th study session."

COUNCIL MEMBERS SAY THEY PLAN TO VOTE ON A FINAL PLAN EARLY NEXT MONTH

Yakima City Council members say they plan to vote on the final recommendations about parking at the April 2 meeting. A press release says 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 extended the moratorium 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.