Kingston parking working group to be created

KINGSTON – Mayor Steven
Noble announced that he will establish a parking working group to gain
community input as the planning moves forward to create strategies to
improve and expand parking infrastructure in Kingston.
In his first year as mayor, Noble said his administration has researched strategies to improve and expand parking infrastructure, identify opportunities to make parking more convenience, and develop plans to sustain the city’s current parking infrastructure without increasing taxes.
“While we have made great progress on this issue by shifting closer toward a user-based fee, this is a difficult issue, one which we all recognize will not be resolved overnight,” the mayor said. “Instead, it will take the time, energy and creativity of an entire community to establish long term goals and strategies that work best for our city.”
The mayor’s work group will be tasked with discussing the short-term and long-term options for improving the availability of parking, evaluating the use and efficiency of current parking infrastructure, researching and reviewing options to improve and maintain off-street lots and other parking infrastructure without adding a burden to taxpayers, and offering recommendations to be considered by the mayor and common council with respect to proposed changes to the city’s parking management system.”
Applications to be considered for the task force can be found at www.kingston-ny.gov .