City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: JUNE 7, 2022
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
THROUGH: JAMES F. PARAJON, CITY MANAGER /s/
FROM: YON LAMBERT, DIRECTOR, TRANSPORTATION AND
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
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Consideration of the Creation of Residential Permit Parking District 14 in Potomac Greens.
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ISSUE: Consideration of the Creation of Residential Permit Parking (RPP) District 14 in Potomac Greens.
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council amend the Residential Permit Parking District Map to include District 14 to cover the area shown in Attachment 1.
BACKGROUND: Staff worked with a subcommittee of the Traffic and Parking Board (T&PB) and the community on the RPP Refresh Project in 2018 and 2019 to develop code amendments that were approved by Council in December 2019. This City Code update included language allowing staff to initiate new RPP districts through a resident ballot. Per updated Code Section 5-8-73(b), the City must receive responses from occupants of more than 50% of the residences in the proposed new district, and at least 60% of the responses must support the proposed district to continue with the process.
Last fall, the Council approved a new RPP district for Potomac Yard using this process. Following that approval, the Potomac Greens Homeowners Association (HOA) approached staff with concerns about commuter parking issues that may arise from the future Potomac Yard Metrorail Station, anticipated to open in Fall 2022. They requested staff initiate a ballot process to create a new RPP district in the area shown in Attachment 1. The proposed district boundary is the area with the highest expected impact from the Metrorail Station and was developed in coordination with the Potomac Greens HOA. If District 14 is approved, residents of abutting blocks could, in the future, petiti...
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