The City may expand parking districts if "Yes" wins

Some may have heard claims that the Mayor and City Council plans to expand the parking districts in the near future if "Yes" wins on Measure 02-88.  The City took down the City webpage about parking districts when the referendum qualified for the ballot and there is little public information available that might address this claim.

Section 6.15.030 (p. 2) of Ordinance 2014-05 does specify a public process for designating a new parking district.  However, Section 6.15.030 also includes an exemption provision that allows City Council to expand the parking districts upon request until Sept. 1, 2017 to any area shown in the map of "Collaboration Corvallis Project study area" without following the specified public process.   The City has not made publicly available any information about if and how this would be done.