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Parking meters coming to Garnet Avenue this month
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PURPOSEFUL LIFE
By DAVE SCHWAB
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year-long pilot parking meter program on a portion of Garnet Avenue has been approved by the City Council and is likely to take effect in September. Approved unanimously on July 20, the parking pilot has proposed putting 321 high-tech metered, two-hour-or-less-timelimited parking spaces on Garnet Avenue. The pilot plan would be limited to the densest part of Garnet’s commercial district. The parking pilot will also create the Pacific Beach Community Parking District. It is now up to the district to collaborate with the City on determining what type of meters are used, what hours of operation will be employed, and the rates that should be charged for parking spaces in the new metered district. The City Council action caps a years-long quest by some merchants, local residents, and community planners who contend paid parking is a management solution and tool that will help solve traffic problems. Supporters claim paid parking will provide a continuing revenue stream for Pacific Beach that stays in the community. They maintain that the benefits of paid metered parking include reinvesting PB parking revenues to fund community improvement projects, increasing turnover for prime parking, increasing space availability, reducing traffic congestion, and enhancing pedestrian safety. In a newsletter, District 2 Councilmember and Council President Jennifer Campbell said of the new PB Parking District: “For years, community members and businesses have advocated for parking meters to help with parking turnover and provide parking improvement to the business areas. The See PARKING, Page 3
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Volunteers Reyanne Mustafa and Michelle Ost enthusiastically bring bags back filled with trash after participating in one of the Purpose First Beach Clean Ups this summer in Pacific Beach. COURTESY PHOTO
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