- Call to order
- Agenda Items
- Welcome
- Alexandria Police Report
- Land Use Committee
- Parking Study Presentation
- Adjournment
- Call to order: 7:32 pm
- Welcome: Rod Kuckro, President
- DRCA Board Introduction: (Julie, Sean, Rod, Virginia, Elise, Lisa)
- Special guests: Councilperson Del Pepper, Vice Mayor Justin Wilson
- Alexandria Police Report
- Bike larcenies and items taken from autos
- North Ridge: Some break-ins
- Bike locks attacked. U-Locks superior to cables
- Be sure to register serial numbers; biker know their bikes
- Homicide in Old Town: domestic related
- Traffic: 16 accidents, 1 DUI
- Online reporting: helps keep officers on street
- Land Use Committee, Danielle Fiedler
- Motion by LUC to send City a letter in response to Spite Garage matter.
- Background on infill regulations which did not anticipate this particular outcome.
- Friendly amendment by Julie Jakopic, to wordsmith language to exonerate city staff
- Motion carried with amendment no opposition
- Parking Study, Katye North and Carrie Sanders, Alexandria Department of Transportation and Environmental Services
- Expanded study zone
- District 6, 11 already exist
- 2 week study
- Weekdays and weekend
- Turnover counts (included farmers market lot)
- Peaking at 77% whole area
- Just MVA Peak 86%
- Side street : 74%
- Raymond to Bellefonte: Peak at 97%
- Off-street lots underutilized
- Recommendations
- Shared parking: Big opportunity
- Extend 2hour limits to 9PM, not 5
- Residential Permit expand or create new zones
- Petition process, driven by residents
- Meters for farmers market
- Wayfinding aids to existing off-street availability
- Carshare expansion
- 18 bus stops along MVA that need ADA compliance
- Leverage opportunities for better crossings, reduce number of bus stops, use bump-outs to save parking (old style bus stop take away more spots)
- Many questions
- Price for multiple vehicle permits
- Enforcement needed (!!)
- Why private lots underused?
- Households with multiple cars an problem
- Meters will push parking to side streets making problem worse
- Enforcement
- Need list of SUP parking exceptions (problem with Variety Store)
- Problem with parking a sign of Del Ray’s success
- Adjournment
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