Parking Garage on Hold

The City Council is holding a workshop today at 2pm to discuss the need for downtown parking and the location options for a parking garage.

The Georgetown City Council will meet on February 11, 2020 at 2:00 PM at City Council Chambers, 510 W 9th Street Georgetown, TX 78626

SUBJECT:

Presentation and review regarding the downtown parking garage project and discussion of options for further review of additional sites -- David Morgan, City Manager

ITEM SUMMARY:

This workshop is to provide background for the current work on the proposed downtown parking garage at 6th and Main and to discuss options for council direction on analysis of different sites.

FINANCIAL IMPACT:

The funding for the current garage was included in the FY2019 Budget at $5 million. A contract for $348,000 was approved in November 2019 with Wantman Group for the architectural and engineering design on the proposed structure.

Here is the staff recommendation:

There does does not seem to be a recommendation as to how the public will be involved in the site selection, but, it is recognized that a process has to be developed and presented to Council before moving forward.

This Weeks Hot Button Issue - Downtown Parking Garage

The proposal to close part of 6th street in order to build a 4 story parking garage behind the old Council chamers has generated a lot of heat for two primary reasons; 1. It violates existing city ordinances: 2. The placement and design has been conducted in secrecy.

Read all about the issues at this link.

If you are concerned about this issue, it is on the agenda for the Council workshop at 2:30pm on Tuesday, January 14 at City Hall and also the partial closure of 6th street is on the regular council agenda on the same day at 6pm at City Hall.