City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: MAY 8, 2019
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 Temporarily Reduce the Parking Fees Collected at City Parking Facilities During the Metro Platform Improvement Project. [ROLL-CALL VOTE]
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ISSUE: Consideration of a resolution to temporarily reduce the parking fees collected at City parking facilities during the Metro Platform Improvement Project.
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council adopt the resolution (Attachment 1) to approve the reduced parking fees after 5PM at City lots and garages for the duration of the Platform Improvement Project.
BACKGROUND: Currently the City owns and has a contractor operate four parking garages and three surface parking lots in Old Town. These are listed in Attachment 2 and the location is shown in Attachment 3. The hourly rate at these facilities is currently $2.50/hour.
With the upcoming Metro Platform Improvement Project that will close all Metrorail stations in the City during the summer, staff have been working with the community to identify mitigation strategies. Once such strategy recognizes that there will likely be some increase in the number of people who drive to Old Town and seeks to encourage parking in off-street facilities rather than on-street and within the residential areas. To accomplish this, staff has proposed a temporary change to the parking rates at City parking facilities.
Data-gathering associated with the Old Town Area Parking Study has identified more than 8,300 publicly-accessible parking spaces (on-street, garages and surface lots) in the 85-block area between King Street Metrorail Station and the Potomac River, and between Princess Street (to the north) and Duke and Wolfe Streets (to the south). Adding privately accessible parking spaces in Old Town to...
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