May 6, 2026 3:40 a.m.

The Roseburg City Council’s new Downtown Parking Committee will begin meeting soon to develop new recommendations to improve the parking program.

A city release said the committee’s 10-person membership took shape after the city solicited applications in April from people who live, work or own businesses downtown or in the Laurelwood neighborhood.

Starting at 5:30 p.m. this Thursday, the committee is expected to meet at the Public Safety Center four times every other Thursday to review existing parking operations, develop new recommendations and serve as community ambassadors for an updated parking management program for downtown and the Laurelwood neighborhood.

Community Development Director Stuart Cowie said, “I’m hoping that they provide City Council with recommendations about the parking program and how those adjustments will help to balance the Off-Street Parking Fund”.

Committee members include City Councilor Zack Weiss as chair, Cowie as staff liaison, and Umpqua Community College representative, and seven other people. Those seats were filled by a Laurelwood resident, and six others representing types of businesses in the downtown area.

The committee will consider different parking management strategies and the best way to balance the Off-Street Parking Fund, an enterprise intended to pay for off- and on-street parking enforcement as well as the maintenance and security of parking meters, parking lots and the downtown parking garage.

Meetings are open to the public. For more information, contact the Community Development Department at cdd@roseburgor.gov or call 492-6750.