[MissoulaGov] parking meters

[Stacy Rye]

Me three - not a fan of the parking kiosks.  We have them up here at the U
and I hate them in this weather.  They stopped taking quarters this year. 
They are a really long ways from the actual parking most of the time.  You
have to stand in line out in the cold waiting for someone trying to load a
dollar with frozen fingers.  Also, it seems like they are broken quite
often, so you have to go back to the car, write a note and put it on the
dashboard and hope you don't get a ticket.  Also, parking meters are very
convenient bike parking.

It's confusing for tourists - there would probably have to be signs and
more signage is NOT what we need.  There's more than enough public signage
(see roundabout at Beckwith/Higgins).  I like our parking meters.  I think
the parking commission should come talk with council before doing this.

Stacy




> I'm with Pam on the meter issue.  A vending machine that dispensed change
> from dollars or cards would be handy at times.  In weather like today I
> want
> to be out of the car, pay the meter and get into the store ASAP not hiking
> to a card machine that is working at the time.
>
>
>
> David V. Gray
>
>
>
> From: Pam Walzer [mailto:pamwalzer at gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 12:45 PM
> To: Rod Austin
> Cc: Jim McGrath; David V. Gray; missoulagov at cmslists.com
> Subject: Re: [MissoulaGov] Committee Update 12-2-09
>
>
>
> Sorry - Several people in the audience commented on my face during the
> discussion. I for one am a fan of our current meters. I appreciate in
> large
> cities, there are so many that it presents a visual blight. Personally, I
> like how our meters look. They have an old-timey look and sometimes double
> as additional bike parking. I'm assuming that the talk is of a
> modernization
> to a parking "kiosk" that accepts coins, dollar bills, credit cards. This
> may be preferable to some, but I prefer to get out of my car, put a few
> coins in the meter located just in front of or behind my vehicle and be on
> my way. I know it seems like the epitome of laziness, but I don't want to
> go
> to a central location in the block, buy my parking ticket and go back to
> my
> car and put it on my dashboard. I suspect there are others out there who
> feel the way I do. Likewise, there are others who would probably prefer to
> not worry about having coins.
>
>
>
> Pam Walzer
>
> On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Rod Austin
> <raustin at missouladowntownbid.org> wrote:
>
> Actually, I would like to know what a scrunched face means! Pam? Didn't
> understand or didn't like?
>
>
>
> From: Jim McGrath [mailto:jmcgrath at missoulahousing.org]
> Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 12:25 PM
> To: Rod Austin; Pam Walzer; David V. Gray
>
>
> Cc: missoulagov at cmslists.com
> Subject: RE: [MissoulaGov] Committee Update 12-2-09
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
> From: Rod Austin [mailto:raustin at missouladowntownbid.org]
> Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 12:23 PM
> To: Jim McGrath; 'Pam Walzer'; 'David V. Gray'
> Cc: missoulagov at cmslists.com
> Subject: RE: [MissoulaGov] Committee Update 12-2-09
>
>
>
> One or two meters per block face. They would take plastic as well as
> coins.
>
>
>
> From: missoulagov-bounces at cmslists.com
> [mailto:missoulagov-bounces at cmslists.com] On Behalf Of Jim McGrath
> Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 12:20 PM
> To: Pam Walzer; David V. Gray
> Cc: missoulagov at cmslists.com
> Subject: Re: [MissoulaGov] Committee Update 12-2-09
>
>
>
> What's a "consolidated meter system"?
>
>
>
> From: missoulagov-bounces at cmslists.com
> [mailto:missoulagov-bounces at cmslists.com] On Behalf Of Pam Walzer
> Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 12:19 PM
> To: David V. Gray
> Cc: missoulagov at cmslists.com
> Subject: Re: [MissoulaGov] Committee Update 12-2-09
>
>
>
> One question we didn't ask during the committee meeting - will the parking
> meters be moved out to the new street curbing? There were some scrunched
> faces (mine was one) on council at the future possibility of a
> consolidated
> meter system.
>
>
>
> Pam Walzer
>
>
>
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Stacy Rye
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