COLOMBIA, Mon. (KMIZ)
The Columbia Parking Advisory Committee says it needs more information about the proposed hotel parking lot at the intersection of Cherry St. and Hitt St. in order to make a recommendation.
Columbia City Council asked the Park Advisory Committee to discuss the plan at its final meeting.
“Our job is to provide information to the council representing the park operator,” said Bill Moyes, a member of the park committee. “Right now we don’t know enough to do that.”
The hotel developers are asking the city to provide 99 parking spaces in the 10th St. and Cherry St. garages.
The advisory board met on Wednesday with new capacity figures from July, but not enough information to come to a recommendation for the council.
“We’ll be happy to work with them,” said Mike McClung, a member of the committee.
Last month’s figures show that on 10th St. & Cherry St. parking lot at its peak 151 of 276 parking spaces were occupied, clear for the hotel.
“There were 91 people on the waiting list on the 27th,” said Mike Sokoff, the city’s traffic and parking manager. “On average, we received one permit per month for this garage.”
The hotel developer’s agreement calls for the city hotel to be parked in front of those on the waiting list. It also says that if the hotel hasn’t filled the requested spaces for 90 days to complete, the city would have to make room for the remaining spaces.
Columbia City Council will next discuss the parking situation at its August 16 session.
