The short answer is NO, and probably why they skirted this move administratively instead of bringing it in front of the council where DTSF businesses could air their grievances in the public square. I supported this based on 1) That DTSF (the org) reassured the council that DT businesses support this* 2) it will ONLY be on Phillips and you can still park for free in the ramps (which I think will gradually be used more due to the Saturday metering on Phillips).
*At first glance I am hearing that only about half of DTSF businesses support this, the rest are ‘wait and see’. This of course is from random conversations I had with DTSF business owners, workers in DTSF and some city staff. Nothing scientific.
I have no idea what kind of support it has.
Which brings us to the crux of the issue. Besides being the council’s duty to vote on new taxes and fees, and a First and Second reading would have allowed people who own businesses DTSF and work DTSF to share their opinions. Maybe most of them support it? I don’t know, and we never will because the process was not followed and the council, once again, allowed a precedent by the mayor’s office. Tsk! Tsk! I sometimes wonder if Trump is our shadow mayor.
No monster trucks on Phillips Avenue and now metering on Saturdays, what are they up to?….. Perhaps, they only want nice cars and wealthy people strolling down Phillips, I don’t know, but it seems suspicious to me…. But how will the Lamborghinis and Ferraris fit in with a passing-by pedal pub? Or, maybe the pedal pubs will be the next to go, huh?…. But then if we are really lucky, the scattered around Jaunt ebikes will be the next to go… and hopefully one way only…..