Pilot would start with public forum, petition period and quarterly reviews

Staff described a multi-step community participation process that would kick off the pilot once the committee approves further work: identification and sponsor, staff due diligence, engineering layout, a public forum and then a petition period to collect signatures.

Andy Hill said a sponsor (an elected official or staff member) nominates a neighborhood for a residential parking permit zone; staff then define a reasonable, walkable boundary, perform an assessment, and present a program proposal at a public forum. After the forum the petition typically stays open for about 14 days to gather signatures; if sufficient positive signatures are collected staff would proceed to issuance with an appeals process. Hill emphasized that the pilot would feature quarterly monitoring and an annual forum where residents can review results and petition for semi-permanence or changes. "you would have to have x number of signatures in the affirmative in support in order to sort of take this program into the next level," he said.