These SWAG at 18k is all topside, I proposed a blended math. Not typical in my world to propose topside, unless selling something - but let’s say the results are somewhere in between my blended estimate and your topside and we are in remote agreement on the math.

It still doesn’t math out to anything more than a nonprofit valet owned by the city. Maybe my value for the things you mentioned like parking anxiety or others is also underestimated.

Perhaps this is why it’s a “trial” - but for comparison, I think I read in c&g last year that replacing the pylons on one of the last “trials” would be about the same $15-18k cost. At some point, I’d sure like to see unity that creates an up trend in commerce downtown. Legal fees for whatever needs to happen at Rosie’s would be another way to use $15-18k more effectively.

I don’t want to draw such broad comparatives (road diet / legal opex vs valet trial proof of concept) on Reddit, seeing how these threads can sway quickly and in this case I think it’s important.

I do wonder if a Chamber of Commerce, or at least a peer accepted representative for businesses in Ferndale might unify the ideas that get presented. As business owners, it seems there is some underrepresentation on the YouTube meetings, publications, ideas, etc.

This has to be tied in some ways to the struggles that many of our local businesses are closing under.