City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: JANUARY 8, 2014
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: RASHAD M. YOUNG, CITY MANAGER /s/
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Consideration of a Resolution to Establish a New Development Parking Standards Task Force. [ROLL-CALL VOTE]
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ISSUE: Consideration of a Resolution to establish a New Development Parking Standards Task
Force.
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council:
(1) Accept this update on the New Development Parking Standards Study ("Parking Study");
(2) Approve the resolution establishing a New Development Parking Standards Task Force ("Task Force");
(3) Request that the Chairs of the Planning Commission, Transportation Commission, Traffic and Parking Board, each nominate a member from their groups to serve on the Task Force; and
(4) Authorize the City Manager to appoint the remaining members and to designate the Chair of the Task Force.
PARKING STUDY PROJECT UPDATE
The scope of the New Development Parking Standards Study is to 1) evaluate existing City parking standards in light of current demand, and 2) propose revised parking standards, demand-based ratios, for new development. The project will be conducted in two phases with the first phase, residential development study (Phase I) already underway. An evaluation of the parking standards for new retail, commercial, and office development would be Phase II of this study. New residential development was chosen as the first phase study focus area, since that is where significant development pressures are occurring in the City, and expected to continue as the key development demand at least for the next few years.
As the initial stage of Phase I of this study project, fifteen residential developments were selected for data collection. Five sites each were selected within 0.25 mile of Metrorail stations, between 0.25...
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