Hi Yupette,
County Board held a work session on August 15th about restricted parking in residential neighborhoods. Meeting was announced a week in advance and there were no open public meetings in advance. Supposedly, the work session was about "fairness" and who gets to park in residential neighborhoods, besides neighborhood residents. Actually, restricted parking was hindering County Government's "More Car Diet" and Smart Growth urbanization.
County Board members can't make secret promises to special interests like sports groups for neighborhood parks re-purposed into regional lighted athletic fields with synthetic turf if parking is restricted in the neighborhoods. County Government can't implement re-purposing McMansions into apartment buildings, child care facilities, and small businesses like yoga spas if parking is restricted in the neighborhoods. County Board members can't promise residential neighborhoods will be used for special events if parking is restricted in the neighborhood.
Consequently, the County Board decreed a complete moratorium on additional restricted parking, including neighborhood applications already in the pipeline.
In fact the "selfish" neighbors who want to restrict parking are only reacting to the reality that their residential neighborhoods were never designed for Smart Growth urbanization.
Again, this is what we get when one political party stays in power year after year for more than 35 years.
Here's a photo of Libby Garvey's and my Fairlington neighborhood which is already parked out while Libby makes more promises to more people and groups for more use of the Fairlington Regional Sports-Recreation-Activity Center.
Terri, Fairlington
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Time is long LONG overdue for a moratorium on charades like "Car Free Diet".
"We're now going to recess this open County Board meeting to hold a closed County Board meeting" (to approve the deal Libby made last week in a secret meeting over lunch at Busboys and Poets).
Residents who live near Abingdon School were recently told by APS and DPR that the school's playing fields will be reserved weekdays from March to November for soccer practice and Summer camp. A number of groups have contacted County Board members asking to reserve the playing fields on weekends, after field renovtion is completed this Fall. More than half the area of the former playing field was paved for more parking for parents.
Yes, it's more parking for parents at every new or renovated school in Arlington. A majot component of the County's "Car Free Diet".
Catr Freee Diet? County Board has also approved more trffic and more vehicle trips by Uber, Lyft, Zip Car, Car2Go, Express Lanes.
Future of Arlington's neighborhoods: parking lots for whatever extravagant indoor / outdoor regional park-recreation-entertainment infrastructure the County Board approves for the neighborhood.
If the County Board wants neighborhood parks to become regional parks it should go to the General Assembly for State funding.
Libby Garvey is a total Politrickster Hoe. She's spent all her time on the School Board and County Board (almost 25 years) buying votes from special interests (e.g. soccer parents) with tax dollars for extravagant programs and public infrastructure.
Residential neighborhoods near schools suffer enough because of increased enrollment. Why do neighborhood schools have to become regional parks?
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