Appleton District 6

Greetings District 6 Neighbors, It’s another full council week, and while the agenda seems fairly light, I am sure that a couple of items are going to generate some discussion. Before that meeting gets started , we will have a special meeting of the Municipal Services Committee to vote on a request from Appleton Downtown, Inc. to have free parking downtown on Small Business Saturday (November 30 this year). The request is for free parking at meters and in the parking ramps, but, as we discussed last year, there is really no good way to make the ramps free for a certain amount of time without risking people coming in without having to get a ticket and then being “stuck” with no option but to pay the $50 lost ticket charge. I’m sure there will be some discussion about the economic justification for sacrificing parking revenue for the day, since we don’t have predictions of Appleton’s share of increased sales tax revenue for that day, but I think that the good will and potential for a ver