JAMESTOWN – The Jamestown City Council will be holding its monthly voting session tonight in city hall with a public hearing involving the closure of a downtown street also scheduled.
The council is inviting the public to come in and offer its thoughts on closing Lafayette St. between 2nd and 3rd Streets. The closure is being considered based on a request from three businesses in the area: the Jamestown Savings Bank Arena, Shawbucks, and the BWB business center.
According to the property owners, closing the street will allow for increased parking. Their plan is to make the street one-way, and convert the parallel parking spaces to diagonal spaces, thus increasing the total number of parking spots available.
The city’s planning commission has already reviewed the plan, talked with the property owners, and has given its preliminary approval – although commission member Jim Olson voted against the plan.
The public hearing is scheduled to begin at 7:20 p.m. tonight. The council meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. and the council will vote on the street closure at that time.
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