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Downtown parking may decrease
Downtown parking may decrease to one hour
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A final decision on changing two-hour parking spaces in downtown McMinnville to one hour is being sent to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen for its consideration, but increased enforcement for the current parking time is on its way.City Safety Committee members met Tuesday and could not come to a decision on the time limit change, opting instead to allow the full board to decide. However, after concerns were raised during the first meeting March 8 that people are getting far more than two hours due to the officer not making regular trips down the street, McMinnville Police Department is going to increase enforcement. According to Police Chief Bryan Denton, the officer who patrols the area also has other duties that limit the amount of time available for that one specific task, but he has plans to correct that.“I have a plan and I think I can get her downtown about every day to increase enforcement,” Denton said.