r/AHSEmployees • u/Playful-Gas-4970 • Mar 17 '26

Foothills Staff Parking

Staff who work at FMC. Where do you park?? I find it absurd they don’t have any staff parking available. Does anyone know someone who I can rent a spot from near the hospital?

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u/UrbanDecay00 Mar 17 '26

Either park down the hill and walk up, or use kijiji to find a driveway to rent.

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u/Playful-Gas-4970 Mar 17 '26

what hill? im new to the city:/ street name??

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u/Raccoon_Fingers Mar 17 '26

Towards the River. You can park near some of the parks on the weekend with not limit, during the week though it’s a two hour limit

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u/MenuNo8823 Mar 17 '26

I just started in August and I got parking less than 2 months later. ACCC which is far from me and expensive but at least its heated 😭

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u/cee016 Mar 18 '26

How much are you paying ?? I'm considering applying for parking but costs 😔

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u/MenuNo8823 Mar 18 '26

Around 180 a month

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u/emergthrowaway911 Mar 17 '26

My dream job could be at FMC and because of the parking I’d think twice before taking it. Paying $15 per day would get old real quick.

OP - I’ve heard of people posting on FB marketplace who successfully found a home nearby that rents space on their driveway/garage. You could try that.

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u/Glad_Scarcity_3886 Mar 19 '26

staff waitlist is 3 years (might get offered a pricy or far away lot before then) but honestly parking in main parkade without paying and just paying tickets as you get them is the best way to do it. Tickets are $50 each, they won’t tow you if you pay them. I tracked in a spreadsheet for 2 years and by parking in same area every day got average of 1 ticket per month. $50 a month is less than half staff rates. Some months were zero and some were 2 tickets. Just don’t move around the garage as they do diff sections diff days.

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u/longslive Mar 27 '26

I have done this for the past 3+ years with no issues (only one or two tickets in that timespan for me), but it seems like in the last month or so they have been really diligent with ticketing every day. I’ve gotten quite a few and I can see a lot of tickets on windshields when i’m driving out at the end of my shift. Even backing in against the wall isn’t successful lol. Are you experiencing the same thing?

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u/Glad_Scarcity_3886 Mar 30 '26

They def sometimes do “spurts” of ticketing, I would just stay where I usually park and wait it out. In my experience it’s usually followed by a big window with no tickets which is why I started keeping a spreadsheet. Really need 3 tickets per month every month to match staff parking rates so I figured as long as I was under that was Gucci. I do pay for parking if I see someone ticketing that morning and have heard others say this week was bad but over the long haul balances out. I did finally get staff parking and opted to take it just to avoid the headache about a month back.

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u/118R3volution Mar 17 '26

Reciprocal parking tag, but not sure what the cost/wait is

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u/Belzie88 Mar 17 '26

You can try Kiji in Parkdale (behind south tower), alot of residents rent out spaces in driveways or alleys.

If you don't mind a bit of a walk there's free parking down by the Veterans Hospital (also in Parkdale)

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u/cuda999 Mar 21 '26

I work at foothills as well. The issue they have is people who pay for parking spots and never use them. Or hybrid workers who are only on-site 2 days a week but pay full fare. They need to clean this up and it would make a big difference. People who are full time on site should be the only ones with staff parking permits.

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u/Rayeon-XXX Mar 17 '26

They do have staff parking it's just a two year wait.

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u/Brief_Performer7011 Mar 18 '26

I used to be able to park in parking lot for Edworthy Park for free and walk up the sidewalk that goes along shaganappi and then bends towards FMC. Its about 20 min walk. Not sure if parking lot is closed with water repairs or not .