City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: NOVEMBER 18, 2015
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: MARK B. JINKS, CITY MANAGER /s/
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Consideration of the Next Steps for the Food Truck Pilot Program.
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ISSUE: The Food Truck Pilot Program established by City Council on May 17, 2014 is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2015.
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council direct staff to:
1. Bring forward an ordinance for City Council's consideration that would remove the sunset provision from the current Food Truck regulations to make them ongoing, and add language clarifying when a Food Truck vendor permit is required and when Food Trucks may proceed pursuant to other City permits;
2. Remove the $250 fee for the Food Truck vendor permit; and
3. Request that the City Manager docket for future Council consideration establishing an advisory group in regard to whether the regulations should expand the areas where Food Trucks are permitted.
BACKGROUND: In the spring of 2013 the City Council directed staff to draft a proposal to amend the City's regulations to allow Food Trucks on public streets and public and private property. In order to elicit input from certain stakeholder groups, the former City Manager established a Food Truck Advisory Work Group which met from September 2013 through March 2014. In May 2014 staff brought proposed regulations to City Council that included both on street and off street vending opportunities. After a public hearing on the matter, City Council decided to limit the program to just off street vending and to make it a pilot program with a sunset. In the fall of 2015, staff reported to City Council on the status of the pilot program and recommended extending the program until December 2015 in order to allow a full calendar year permit to be issued for 2015.
The Food Truc...
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