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53% of parking meter revenues are going to salaries & pensions at the same time <br />curbs haven't been painted in 20 years. The funds should go to keep the area <br />clean, safe & to beautify the "zone" that it's being generated from. <br />Benefit of Suggestion #1: <br />- Having the meters stop at 6pm will attract more dinner service and early evening <br />activity. When times changed from 6pm to 10pm with NS-2880 (2015), midweek <br />nightlife and dinner service got crushed in Downtown. <br />- Sundays need to be free. Civic Center, city hall & the courts are closed on <br />weekends, no need to be charging on Sundays. People are getting nickel & dimed <br />just trying to get to Downtown. This is an addition from the 2019 ordinance NS- <br />2978. <br />Suggestion #2: <br />Remove all parking meters and make street parking free. Every neighboring city <br />has free parking figured out for their Downtowns. <br />- You can enforce overnight parking. Same way it's done in a lot of S.A. <br />neighborhoods. <br />Benefit of Suggestion #2: <br />Eliminates the cost and expense for maintaining all the meters & payroll attached <br />to all the meters. How many city employees does it take to maintain the meters? <br />A lot of repairs & maintenance going on with techs constantly repairing meters <br />throughout Downtown. How many $1 & $2 hourly meters need to be used to <br />offset just the labor & repair cost for the meters? Is it worth it? Move the meter <br />techs to another position. The city is hiring for a lot of other positions. <br />https://www. ca reersi ngovernm ent. com/company/236969/city-of-sa nta-a na/ <br />- Makes it easier for people to get in & out to spend money on goods & services <br />which equals MORE TAX REVENUE!!!! M <br />- MORE TAX REVENUE!!!! M With less overhead. <br />- MORE TAX REVENUE!!!! M With Measure "X" while it's still in effect. <br />Questions & Comments: <br />- How is the credit/debit card processing fee split? $0.40 charge on $1.00 is <br />excessive. Where is the processing fee going? Is all of it going to the processor? <br />- Are there meters on South Main Street in the "South Main Business District". <br />- OCSA parents have dinner & drinks in neighboring cities due to the current <br />evening parking situation midweek. Another LOSS OF TAX REVENUE. <br />Business owner and resident of Beautiful Downtown Santa Ana. <br />Jeffrey J. Jensen (JJ) <br />