Grass Valley city leaders to vote on implementing paid parking downtown

For the first time ever, Grass Valley city leaders are considering implementing paid parking downtown.

The idea is to improve parking turnover for local businesses, but there's been some pushback from residents.

"We don't have any paid parking, so this will be a first for our city," said Tim Kiser, city manager. "We're not here trying to make money, we're trying to do something for our downtown businesses."

City leaders say there's been discussion of paid parking in downtown for more than two decades. Aa of Wednesday, they're one step closer to making that happen.

"We're looking to do kind of a paid parking program to help with enforcement and having a downtown police officer," Kiser said.

The city is proposing charging people to park in the lots surrounding Mill Street, primarily Pio