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Vol. 33 No. 4
JANUARY 20 - 26, 2022
Can meters solve city’s parking woes? life, said he remembered parking meters in the 1960s and early ’70s. He said meters would boost The City of Long Beach had city revenues, but added that he parking meters in the 1960s, but would wait to hear more before they weren’t very popular, and deciding whether they should be the money, some said, kept disap- brought back. pearing from the machines. “The jury is out right now,” With parking even more of a Lester said. headache now, city officials are Parking has been difficult in considering installLong Beach for ing meters again, at decades, and the city least in the central has studied ways to business district. deal with it in the The parking garage past. In the early near the Long Island 2000s, the city spent Rail Road station $25,000 to study already has meters. installing multiThursday night, AlAN space parking after press time, the meters in commerCity Council was to sChwARtz cial areas and hold a work session Merchant requiring off-street to discuss the matter bicycle parking for and hear from a all new develop“low-bidder” parking meter com- ments. Nothing came of it. pany whether the project was Parking in the central busifeasible. ness district is easy compared City spokesman John McNal- with the jam-packed West End. ly declined to comment before Many homes are on 30-by-60-foot the work session was held. He lots, and narrow streets allow did say the city might hold a pub- parking only on one side. On lic hearing on meters, but usual- weekends, West End residents ly a public hearing is triggered must compete with visitors who by a potential change in a city visit the area’s trendy restauordinance. rants and bars. But at the Roy Lester, who was elected to moment, the city is looking into the council in November and has meters in the central business lived in Long Beach most of his Continued on page 12
By JAMes BeRNsteiN jbernstein@liherald.com
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’m a big advocate for that.
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DURiNg his tiMe as chairman, Ian Danby said, the Chamber of Commerce has “become much more relevant.” He will remain the group’s treasurer.
L.B. chamber chair steps down Ian Danby was group’s leader for four years By BReNDAN CARpeNteR bcarpenter@liherald.com
I a n D a n by, t h e L o n g Beach Chamber of Commerce chairman for the past four years, stepped down recently to devote more time to his marketing firm, but will remain with the chamber as treasurer. He will be succeeded by James Lynch and Leah Rosensweig-Tozer, who will serve as co-chairs. Rosens-
weig-Tozer will be the first woman in the role. D a n by, a n e i g h t - ye a r chamber member, said he had decided to step down last August to focus on Cyber net LLC., his Long Beach website design and marketing company. During his time as chairman, the chamber has “become much more relevant,” Danby noted, saying he has worked to rebuild its
membership and improve its visibility and reputation. Danby built the chamber’s website from scratch, rewrote what he called its “ancient” bylaws and mission statement, and worked to promote all businesses, not just retailers. Danby said he also worked to improve the chamber’s relations with the City of Long Beach. “We have a Continued on page 12