City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: JUNE 7, 2017
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 Install Metered Parking at the City Parking Lot at Union Station. [ROLL-CALL VOTE]
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ISSUE: Consideration of a Resolution to Install Metered Parking at the City Parking Lot at Union Station.
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council adopt the attached resolution to allow meters at the City parking lot at Union Station (Attachment 1).
BACKGROUND: The City owns the 40-space parking lot at Union Station (110 Callahan Drive) that is primarily intended to serve Amtrak patrons. Up until February 2017, the only restriction in this lot was signage designating the spaces "Amtrak Parking Only." This restriction was difficult, if not impossible, to enforce since there was nothing on or inside the vehicles to identify whether the driver was using Amtrak. Parking enforcement had no way of knowing if the spaces were being used by Amtrak customers, commuters or local workers taking advantage of the free parking near the King Street Metro Station. As a result, this lot was typically full early in the morning until the end of the day with many vehicles parking all day. This made it difficult for people who arrived in the middle of the day who wanted to legitimately use Amtrak services to drop off or wait for passengers, purchase tickets, or perform other related business inside to park in this lot. As Amtrak service has increased in recent years, this parking problem has been exacerbated.
To improve parking availability, staff worked with Amtrak over the last year to install a variety of restrictions on the lot to accommodate the different users. Signage was posted in February of this year to restrict parking to 2 hours, 30 minutes, taxi loading, ADA, Amtrak employe...
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