Dear Editor:
I have followed with great interest some of the comments regarding paid parking at the new Trailside Medical Facility off the Beatty Line.
We had our first visit there last week and I was shocked that “paid parking” had come to town for such a facility. I noticed in your article that some of the businesses have a provision to reimburse the customers for the parking fee.
I fundamentally oppose the imposition for a parking fee for the line of businesses that occupy these premises. If the owner wants to depreciate his costs for the parking lot they could have built them into the rental agreements with the various businesses rather than pestering the visiting customers.
This was the first and last time you will see me at this facility.
Interestingly, no one has commented on the design flaws of the parking lot. When entering, the parking ticket dispenser is located poorly and I could not reach it without partially opening the car door.
The next surprise was that on exiting I could not reach the ticket slot to feed in my parking ticket from my car with the window open. The road slopes the wrong way which makes it impossible to reach the ticket slot without partially exiting the vehicle.
Lou Berger,
Amaranth