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<br />Request for Action <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />To Item Number <br />Mayor and City Council 10.2 <br />Agenda Section Meeting Date Prepared by <br />Work Session August 3, 2020 Zack Carlton, Planning Manager <br />Item Description Reviewed by <br />Temporary Service Signs in Downtown Cal Portner, City Administrator <br />Reviewed by <br /> <br /> <br />Action Requested <br />Discuss the temporary use of signs to reserve parking spaces in downtown and provide staff with <br />direction regarding their continued use. <br /> <br />Background/Discussion <br />On June 1, 2020, the City Council discussed outdoor patios on city lots in the downtown area. In <br />accordance with the governor’s executive order, Council provided staff flexibility in working with <br />business owners to use the city-owned downtown parking lots through October 31, 2020. <br /> <br />Since that discussion, restaurants have been allowed to increase indoor capacity, but have not been able to <br />return to normal operations. Many restaurants continue to offer curbside takeout, which has been <br />challenging in downtown with the parking configuration and a partial parking lot closure. <br /> <br />With those limits in mind, staff has acted in accordance with the governor’s order to remain flexible. One <br />of those actions permitted restaurants to sign a space for take-out and pick-up orders. The decision <br />resulted in very few comments for a while, but staff has started to receive complaints about other, non- <br />food related, businesses placing parking signs along main street which state parking for “x” business only. <br />At this point staff has asked those businesses to remove their signs, and staff is seeking Council direction <br />regarding the placement of signs reserving parking spaces during the COVID-19 pandemic. <br /> <br />Financial Impact <br />None <br /> <br />Attachments <br /> None <br /> <br /> <br />