The Atlanta City Council on Monday will consider setting up a Midtown Parking Study Group, which would review the issue and decide if a newly created regulatory entity should oversee parking in that part of the city.
To serve 43,000 daytime workers, 13,000 residents and more than 9 million visitors a year, Midtown has 64,795 parking spaces, all privately owned; there are no publicly owned and operated off-street parking facilities in the area, according to a resolution approved Wednesday by the Council’s Transportation Committee.
The resolution, which credits the Midtown Parking Assessment and Action Plan by the Midtown Alliance for its information, calls for creating a 17-member study group. The measure now goes to the Council for a vote.
Members of the study group would be appointed by the mayor, Council, neighborhood planning units, Midtown Alliance and private parking operators. The city’s chief financial officer, police chief and public works commissioner also would have seats at the table. The group would expire 120 days after its first meeting.
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