The next advisory committee meeting for the Harrisburg parking system will take place Tuesday, Feb. 24 at downtown’s Crowne Plaza hotel at 6 p.m.
The meeting will include an annual review of the parking system and discussion of community programs, according to a press release.
The meeting will be open to the public and the press, who are being asked to send questions in advance for consideration by the committee.
Questions should be submitted by email to HarrisburgAdvisory@spplus.com by Feb. 19.
Park Harrisburg took over parking operations last year, after Harrisburg signed a long-term lease of its on-street and off-street parking as part of a state workout of its historic incinerator-related debt.
The advisory committee has representatives from various parties to the workout deal, including the mayor’s office, City Council, the state Department of General Services and PK Harris Advisors, Inc.., an affiliate of Trimont Real Estate.
The group has no decision-making power, but does pass on recommendations to the system’s operators.
The Feb. 24 meeting will be the group’s third. The previous meeting, on Oct. 9, was private, but the first meeting, on Feb. 18, 2014, was open to members of the public, 16 of whom spoke at the microphone, mostly complaining about rates and hours.
As of Wednesday, the committee had not decided whether it would hear comments at the meeting itself or only consider those sent in advance, according to John Gass, Trimont’s director.
“We are considering whether we will allow additional questions at the public meeting so have not concluded on that point,” Gass said. “If we receive a large number of questions, we will probably not take additional questions.”
Park Harrisburg’s operator, SP+ Municipal, is an operating division of SP Plus Corporation and operates more than 4,200 parking facilities with over 2.1 million parking spaces, according to the release.
More information on Park Harrisburg’s parking operations can be found at ParkHarrisburg.com or by calling 717-234-2274, Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
