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Show t, Wednesday, January S, 2000 The Park Record A-5 City Be&t CITY EDITOR: jay Hamburger 649-9014 ext. 1 1 1 Main Street leader enters Wyo. fray Steve Hooker offers insight about Park rp r r utys paid parking at jacKson meeting by Jay Hamburgsr OF THE RECORD STAFF Jackson, Wyo., last week was introduced to a face familiar to the Park City Council: Steve Hooker, leader of the Historic Main Street Business Alliance. Hooker traveled to the resort town to offer testimony as Jackson debates whether it should install a paid-parking system similar to the Pay and Display system that Park City uses. - -- - ' Jackson is now embroiled in a debate that virtually minors the dialog dia-log that Park City has gone through starting in mid-1 W, when the City Council decided to purchase the high-tech parking meters that are now on Main Street. Swede Alley and the China Bridge parking structure. struc-ture. On Tuesday, Dec. 28, Hooker appeared at an informational meeting meet-ing in Jackson that he estimates drew about 20 merchants. The Jackson Town Council did not attend the meeting. Also appearing at the meeting were a representative representa-tive from Schlumberger, the company compa-ny that manufactured the meters used in Park City, Aspen, Colo., and many other cities, and a representative representa-tive from Aspen's parking department. depart-ment. Aspen was a traiiblazer in what became a wave of mountain resorts choosing the Schlumberger system. Hooker says Schlumberger and Aspen were touting the system, but afterwards a Jackson businesswoman business-woman offered the floor to Hooker. "The merchants leader, she says, 'We have some information different differ-ent than the presentations," he said. He then gave attendees his opinion opin-ion of Park City V paid-parking system. sys-tem. ' "They cost us business. They cost us friends. None of our locals shop on Main Street anymore," the Jackson Hole Guide quoted Hooker as saying. He says his testimony was different differ-ent than the rest given at the meeting meet-ing "1 think the city was just shocked ! w as there with information. I think the city was in awe that the merchants mer-chants found someone to come up Wire? Hooker said T basically rebuffed them. They said the impacts are positive and they're not positive." He added: "They were getting the story from the other side. I brought the side from the street. 1 think my input was really important and it was not all positive." Hooker spoke for about 25 minutes min-utes and then took questions from Jackson's mayor and the town's police chief, who is Jackson's point person for paid parking. Jackson is the latest mountain resort to consider consid-er paid parking as a solution to overcrowded commercial cores. Besides Aspefl and Park City, the Colorado towns of Telluride and Breckenridge have debated paid parking. In Park City, parking meters were installed on Main Street, Swede Alley and the first two levels of the China Bridge parking structure struc-ture in January 1998 after a bitter debate during the latter half of 1997. During the summer and winter tourist seasons, parking had cost $1 per hour on Main Street and SO cents per hour elsewhere, but starting start-ing this winter, parking costs $1 per hour in all paid-parking zones. The system is year round on Main Street, but will only operate during the winter ski season in other paid-parking paid-parking areas. Jackson is witnessing a paid-parking paid-parking split: some are boosting its merits, while others, including at least one member of the Town Council, are questioning if paid parking is a right fit in Jackson. Carol Richardson, a Town Councilor, says paid parking will detract from Jackson's allure. "I personally am opposed to paid parking. It takes away from the hospitality hos-pitality of Jackson," Richardson said "We say 'Welcome to Jackson and by the way, here a parking meter." She is also cognizant of the opinions opin-ions stores have. "Merchants are up in arms about it," Richardson said, adding that Jackson has not yet researched other ways to make parking available, avail-able, such as building a new lot. "We have not pursued vigorously the alternatives." Some store owners are echoing arguments heard in Park City from Main Street merchants. Brooke Buttinget vlirj owns' Gifts bf the 'aimJac1Q'iinilut'ihe meters are being considered. Within 18 days, Bullinger gathered 1,200 signatures on an anti-paid parking ff .1 v J A T. r r m- I X Discover ytwitif MnaMinMJn ft - -- 1 1 OwMenC. Strang. matea Statemenc bd.WtDTn. J i W to Law Cm t'-'4 4 H'19 tnt MM J??JJ! a 1 New Year Resolutions 1 ROGER GtAZlERPARK RECORD Main Street merchants' leader Steve Hooker recently traveled to Jackson, Wyo., to offer testimony about Park City's paid parking system. Jackson's idea to install Pay and Display parking park-ing meters Is triggering opposition, as the Park City Council's decision did in Park City. petition. third I donl think it will solve the "Nobody wants them. I am total- problem." ly opposed to the electronic He is leery of the meters' history meters," Builineer said "My main in other mountain resorts. three points are I think it will hurt "We've heard they've been a dis-business. dis-business. No. 2, 1 donl think it fits aster in other towns, too," Bulimger into Jackson Hole . . . said. Police Blotter i i a 2 S s I c S I 1. Eat Well 2. Spend Less 3. Have Fun Well make it easy for you! Cops forced to deal with holiday revelers last week "Tltoosefound Park City an attractive destination last week. 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