The Salida City Council (SCC) is holding both its work session and its regular meeting on Tuesday, January 16, starting at 5:00 p.m. in Council Chambers at the Touber Building, 448 E. First Street.
Work Session
Image courtesy of the City of Salida.
The work session will cover three topics: candidate interviews for the Tree Board; a “wayfaring discussion,” which turns out to be about proposed new city directional signage; and a return to discussion of the F Street Plaza, this time with specific suggestions and cost estimates for possible improvements.
Regular Session features Paid Parking and STR rates
The regular session agenda begins at 6:00 p.m. and includes a public hearing and second reading on Ordinance 2024-01 (updated building and energy codes).
City of Salida Public Parking Zone Concepts as presented to a work session, Dec. 5, 2023. Image courtesy City of Salida
Two ordinances are of major public interest: a first reading for Ordinance 2024-02, entering into an agreement with Interstate Parking Management to implement a downtown parking program.
It will be followed by Ordinance 2024-03, which if finalized on Feb. 6, would lower the Short-Term Rental Room Tax from $15 per night to $10 per night.
Also on the agenda are Resolutions 2023-10, approving a development improvement agreement for 1030 Illinois Street and Resolution 2024-11, supporting applications for state grant funds for affordable housing in accordance with Proposition 123.
Resolution 2024-12, finalizes appointing the members of the Tree Board and other business includes appointments to the Chaffee County Community Fund Grant Review Committee; and the appointment of Sara Law as Interim City Clerk.
Agendas and packets for both meetings can be found here. Registration for remote attendance at the work session can be found here. The City’s Live Streaming session for the regular session can be accessed here.
Featured image: A Salida wayfinding sign concept shown at West Second Street and Monarch Spur Trail. Image courtesy City of Salida
