Battle expected at city council tonight over downtown parking

90 parking passes would be assigned to North Shore Tribal Council and District of Sault Ste. Marie Housing Corp.

The Civic Centre is pictured in this aerial photo. Zack Trunzo/Village Media

Former Mayor Joe Fratesi and Don Mitchell, interim chief executive officer of Sault Ste. Marie Chamber of Commerce, are expected to make presentations at tonight's city council meeting about a plan to assign 90 of the 199 parking passes in the Spring/March and Brock/Albert lots to big office users.

If council passes the plan, the 90 passes would be assigned to North Shore Tribal Council and District of Sault Ste. Marie Housing Corp.

Seventeen of the passes will be in the Spring/March lot.

Seventy-three will be distributed to the Brock/Albert lot.

Tonight's city council meeting will be live-streamed on SooToday starting at 5 p.m.