I think this issue of selling curbside parking to commuters is worth repeating 3 previous posts from different FPFs. As others have posted, selling curbside will allow developers to continue building more apartments without enough parking, using the street as their excuse. So, whether you live by a campus or not, you may be effected in the long run. Please spread the word, and join us in solidarity at DPW, corner of Pine St and Lakeside Ave, Wednesday, July 15th at 6:30pm.
Chris Hadsel's Hill Section's FPF post from June 21 (chris.hadsel@gmail.com, South Willard St):
There is basically an effort to revise how parking spaces are counted to make them available to developers and "stakeholders"* such as Champlain College and UVM. It will allow them to provide less parking (or no parking at all) because our streets will all have spots for sale, whether you are a student, a resident, a commuter, live in Burlington or not.
Here's who to call or email:
ROBERT ALBERRY:(H) 863-5452 ralberry@comcast.net
TIKI ARCHAMBEAU (H) 865-4927 (C) 734-2423 tikiskis@yahoo.com
ASA HOPKINS (Chair) (H) 540-1038 (W) 828-4082 (C) 626-354-3141 asa.hopkins@me.com
TOM SIMON (H) 860-6638 tps@mc-fitz.com
SOLVEIG OVERBY (H) 863-1024 (C) 557-1340 soverby@sover.net or soverby@burlingtontelecom.net
JEFF PADGETT (Vice Chair) (C) 999-8128 jeffpadgett10@gmail.com
JIM BARR (H) 860-9926 JLBarr@aol.com
Karen Paul's post of June 20th: The next DPW Commission meeting is July 15 at 6:30pm in the DPW Conference Room at the entrance to their building at 645 Pine Street. The Commission's July agenda will include a discussion of the resident only parking study. An agenda of the meeting is posted online no less than a week before the meeting. Here is the link to their page when the agenda is posted: http://www.burlingtonvt.gov/DPW/Commission/Agendas
I spoke with Chapin Spencer, DPW Director, and can assure you that the draft will be just that and there will be time and opportunity for discussion and input from the community to the Commission. If you would like to offer input and cannot be at the meeting in July, please do not be concerned that your voice will not be heard. You can email me your thoughts and I will pass them along, anonymously if you wish, to the Commission and DPW staff. Or you can email the members of the Commission directly. All their email addresses and phone numbers are listed here: http://www.burlingtonvt.gov/DPW/Commissioners
Dan And Amy Feeney, amyfeeney@comcast.net, South Prospect St, June 17th Hill Section FPF:
In addition, based on my understandings as expressed below, I would also ask that two Commissioners recuse themselves from voting on the parking reform issue due to apparent conflicts of interest.
#1 - Jim Barr, the Director of Transportation for UVM. UVM will benefit if their students and employees can buy permits to park in areas currently designated as resident only parking. It is a clear conflict of interest for Jim to vote on this issue. Also, Jim was on the Parking Advisory Council that helped develop the proposed revision of the residential parking ordinance. So if he is allowed to vote on this issue, he will be approving his own work.
#2. - Tiki Archambeau. My understanding is that his primary income comes from owning 9 apartment buildings in the old north end and that he intends to buy more. Clearly he will financially benefit if the city approves (1) for-pay public parking and (2) does not limit the number of on-street parking permits per house. Landlords in the RH (Residential High Density Zone) will be able to increase density in each tenant building without having to provide off-street parking for their tenants. A direct conflict of interest.
*Champlain College and UVM are non-profits and therefore don't pay taxes, and therefore are not really stakeholders but are being called that by the city.
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