New Parking Enforcement Contractor Starts in January

Parking enforcement has been on pause while the City of Roseburg sought a new parking enforcement contractor. City Council awarded the contract to ACE Parking of San Diego on Monday and the company will resume parking enforcement in Downtown Roseburg and the Laurelwood Neighborhood on Jan. 3. Bill Kepp and Brandon Johnson from ACE Parking attended the council meeting on Monday to answer questions from the city councilors. Parking will mostly go from no time-limit to a 2-hour time limit. Two-hour time-limit signs will soon go up for on-street parking spots without parking meters in the downtown core – Jackson Street, Main Street and several cross streets. Residents and visitors who need to be downtown longer may be able to park in the Downtown Parking Garage at S.E. Washington Avenue and S.E. Rose Street. Parking on Level 1 is free. In addition, a free parking lot with 52 stalls is available at S.E. Cass Avenue and S.E. Rose Street. According to a press release from the city. The city plans on replacing old meters eventually. That will come after ACE Parking has been working in the city to establish the need and the revenue. Ron Harker, the Financial Director at the city said the revenue should exceed the operating costs. City officials expect the contract to benefit residents and downtown businesses by freeing up more on-street parking spots for short-term parking in the heart of Roseburg. Installing parking meters and new signage with an agency solely responsible for managing parking should resolve confusion about when and where people can park. There will be changes to the parking permit program, but those details are still being worked out. Monthly permits to park in the garage on Level 2 and 3 or in other City parking lots throughout downtown will continue to be issued by the Roseburg Finance Department through January. ACE will issue permits starting in February, according to the Roseburg Finance Department. Park Smart through the Downtown Roseburg Association held the previous contract that was terminated in April of 2020. In Mark of 2021 Rick Williams Consulting analyzed the parking conditions.