Downtown Parking

Urged the council to add resident parking permits to the near-term plan, saying residents have stopped going downtown because parking is too hard, and noted survey support and the empty Los Rios lot. Asked pointedly why resident permits were not included.

Called the plan complicated and expensive, noted the city lost $35,000 on the parking program last year despite $2 million in revenue, and proposed free lots with strict three-hour limits, leaving only the train station structure paid.

A downtown employee and lifelong resident asked for dedicated employee parking spaces Monday through Thursday and valet service on Fridays, praising the valet program as a game changer.

With UNIDO South OC, she documented 100% overnight occupancy of the 217 downtown on-street spaces and asked that new time limits apply only during business hours and that shared parking agreements be used for overnight permits.

Said weekend overnight parking on downtown streets and Camino Capistrano is used by high-density residents, urged weekend enforcement, and asked whether the train station parking structure's top level could serve employee parking.

Speaking for Capistrano Villas neighbors, asked the city not to restrict overnight downtown parking — which residents rely on as overflow — and to explore public-private overnight permit partnerships.