Board of Aldermen 11-10-2020 Page 20
Alderman Lopez
OK | didn’t see it, maybe you sent it to a different e-mail address.
President Wilshire
I’m sorry?
Alderman Lopez
Maybe you sent it to a different e-mail address, | haven’t received that.
President Wilshire
| sent it to the entire board.
Alderman Lopez
| didn’t get it.
President Wilshire
Ok. Alderman O’Brien.
Alderman O’Brien
Thank you, Madam President. It’s with some difficulty, | cannot support Alderman Lopez’s amendment.
The intention of O-20-035 is basically verily narrow focused on Zone 3 including the Elm Street and High
Street Parking garages. That means we have Zone 1 and Zone 2 Parking that is unaffected by this. What
Alderman Lopez’s amendment, from what | understand and what | interpret, will include a greater
geographical that is much more intended than this. And if we are going to get into that, that would require
maybe | would recommend that it go to a Committee to be heard. The intention of for the suspension of the
rules for a second reading, we have done this particular motion in the past, it’s pretty rout, it seems to have
benefit to a lot of our constituents, particularly and for the businesses in the Zone free area.
So, therefore, | think we should remain focused on what it is we do have a pending, as many of you know,
Director Cummings has come forward and saying that he is going to have a parking study that will be done.
It will be able to look to many of Alderman Lopez’s concerns which | strongly encourage. But! think, again,
| cannot support it because | think this will be too unyielding and ruin exactly what we are intending to do for
Zone 3 only. Thank you.
Alderman Lopez
Just so that everybody is aware, the parking garages don’t have overnight parking fines attached to them
so the purpose of this, as discussed in the meeting previously was that there wouldn’t be any lost revenue
from those areas.
President Wilshire
So the motion is to amend, is there any further discussion on that motion? Any further discussion?
Alderman Caron?
