On March 5, 2026, the Zeeland Planning Commission endorsed the Downtown Parking Assistance Report 2026 prepared by Rob Bacigalupi, AICP, Principal of Mission North, LLC. The report concludes that downtown parking is generally adequate but under pressure from growth, and it recommends a phased program of improvements, including quick actions (signage, enforcement, restriping), midterm strategies (residential permit program, fiscal capacity assessment, consideration of paid parking tools), and longer-term planning such as consolidating parking assets and conducting a parking deck feasibility study. Next steps described in the minutes are to return the report to the Parking Working Group for final review and then forward it to City Council for acceptance, which would authorize staff to develop an implementation plan. This creates future opportunities for consultants and vendors in parking management, signage and wayfinding, enforcement technology, paid parking systems, and especially firms that can conduct a structured parking deck feasibility study and support design if the city moves toward structured parking solutions.

A future parking deck feasibility study is explicitly mentioned as a longer-term recommendation, ind...