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Steamboat Springs — Mainstreet Steamboat Springs hosts a meeting about downtown parking solutions at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Steamboat Springs Community Center.

On March 2, city staff and members of a local parking committee presented proposed changes to downtown parking zones and fines to Steamboat Springs City Council, spurring debate from downtown business owners about how to best provide parking for customers and employees.

The City Council is scheduled to review a new downtown parking proposal April 6. Tuesday’s meeting is a chance for public comment and input before that meeting.

Resorts offer deal for 2010-11 Super Pass Plus

Intrawest, parent company of Steamboat Ski and Resort Corp. and operator of Winter Park Resort, is offering an early deal for its 2010-11 Rocky Mountain Super Pass Plus, which offers unlimited skiing and riding at Winter Park and Copper Mountain plus six days at Steamboat Ski Area next winter. With a $49 deposit through April 5, the total price is $409, with the difference payable in September. The price is $319 for college students, $319 for those ages 13 to 17 years old, $219 for children ages 6 to 12, and $219 for senior citizens older than 70. Visit skicolorado.com or call 1-800-977-7669.

Staples offering free copies of tax returns

For the sixth consecutive year, Staples is offering free copies of tax returns. A news release stated that the company is providing 30 pages of free tax return copies, a boost from the 20 free pages offered last year. The increase is intended to help taxpayers who have additional forms for new tax credits, including the first-time homebuyers’ incentive and benefits from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the release stated. Steamboat Springs’ Staples store will provide free copies of tax returns from March 27 through tax-filing day, April 15.

City to close Lincoln Avenue on April 2

Mainstreet Steamboat Springs is reminding downtown business owners that city officials will close much of Lincoln Avenue through downtown on April 2, from 1:15 p.m. until late at night. Snow will be placed on Lincoln Avenue for the Hometown Heroes Celebration, which includes a parade and a stage in front of the Routt County Courthouse to honor local Winter Olympians. The parade will run from 11th Street to Fifth Street. Mainstreet said Lincoln Avenue would be closed until about 10 or 11 p.m., when all snow has been removed from the road.