City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: JUNE 22, 2016
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: MARK B. JINKS, CITY MANAGER /s/
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Consideration of a Resolution to Continue Three-hour Metered Parking at the City Parking Lot on the 900 Block of King Street From 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., at $1.75 Per Hour. [ROLL-CALL VOTE]
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ISSUE: Consideration of a Resolution to Continue Three Hour Metered Parking at the City Parking Lot on the 900 Block of King Street from 8am to 9pm, at $1.75 per hour.
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council adopt the attached resolution (Attachment 1) to continue to allow three-hour meters at the City parking lot on the south side of the 900 block of King Street from 8am to 9pm, at $1.75 per hour.
BACKGROUND: At the June 18, 2016 Council meeting, the Council approved a revision to the metered parking lots section of the City Code (Section 5-8-111 and 112) to establish a new process for reviewing and approving meters in City-owned parking lots. With this revision, reference to seven specific City-owned parking lots were removed from the Code. Of these lots, the only one that currently operates with meters is the parking lot on the south side of the 900 block of King Street (east of Misha's Coffee). Since the Code now calls for each metered lot to be approved by resolution, this resolution formalizes the existing operations for this parking lot per the new Code.
DISCUSSION: The 18 space parking lot on the south side of the 900 block of King Street has operated as a metered parking lot since at least 2000. The individual meters at this lot were removed in 2010 and replaced with a single multi-space meter. This lot also includes one reserved space for a ZipCar vehicle and a Capital Bikeshare docking station. The lot is currently signed for parking Monday through Saturday during the hours of...
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