What: amendments to the High Street and School Street garage leases (R-26-078 and R-26-079) and garage parking permit ordinances (O-26-027 and O-26-028).
Where it stands: First readings on October 27. The Personnel committee tabled the permit ordinances on November 2 to its December meeting. The Finance Committee tabled the lease resolutions on November 4.
Next: Personnel committee in December, with staff present; then a vote of the full Board.
Details
See the log below for each meeting where this came up.
O-26-027 (High Street Garage permits) and O-26-028 (School Street garage permits) were tabled on voice votes, to the December meeting. No parking office staff attended; the Director of Administrative Services described the permits as a housekeeping companion to the High Street Flats lease before the Finance Committee on November 4. Members, including Thomas Lopez and Ben Clemons, wanted staff present and a fuller discussion of downtown parking, citing recent garage upgrades and parking lost to the Riverwalk. The Chair said she would arrange a broader parking discussion.
Approved a moratorium hardship exception on Garden Street so Greenman-Pedersen, for National Parking Services, can reroute Eversource conduit for the Elm Street Garage project. Excavation is expected in late November and the garage is to open in spring 2027.