Downtown Gainesville patrons may see fewer panhandlers if an ordinance addressing the issue makes its way through city hall. Then again, some don’t see those panhandlers now.During the last Gainesville City Council work session, council members broached the subject of an ordinance prohibiting panhandling downtown, with some seeing it as a proactive way to deal with a problem that could grow.“I’ve had more than one complaint about people coming up to people downtown and asking them for money,” Mayor Danny Dunagan Jr. said. “It’s something we need to look at, because if it gets worse or it keeps on happening, we need to have an ordinance on the books so that we can handle it.”Dunagan said though some council members have not received the complaints, multiple residents have called him.City staff will look into the matter, including the Gainesville Police Department, and recommend a possible solution to the council.“Unfortunately, we have a lot of people that hang around downtown — a lot of homeless — and I really feel for them, but also it’s very unnerving for you and your family to be walking around shopping or at a restaurant and someone to come up and ask for money,” said Dunagan.