CITY OF ALEXANDRIA TRAFFIC AND PARKING BOARD PUBLIC HEARING MONDAY NOVEMBER 16, 2015 7:30 P.M. 301 KING STREET, 2nd FLOOR COUNCIL CHAMBERS D O C K E T 1. Announcement of deferrals and withdrawals. 2. Approval of the October 26, 2015, Traffic and Parking Board meeting minutes. 3. PUBLIC COMMENT PUBLIC HEARING: 4. ISSUE: Recommendation by the Hack Inspector’s Office that Mr. Abbasi’s driver’s permit, #1037, be suspended for 20 days for violation of City Code Section: 9-12-60 (A)(13) Rude or discourteous conduct towards a passenger 5. ISSUE: Consideration of a request to expand the taxi stand on the north side of the 2000 block of Ballenger Avenue. 6. ISSUE: Consideration of a request to convert a grandfathered certificate of public convenience and necessity (Certificate) into a permanent Certificate. 7. ISSUE: Consideration of a request to post “No Thru Truck” restrictions on West Rosemont Avenue between Russell Road and Commonwealth Avenue. 8. ISSUE: Consideration of a request to install Stop signs on the Potomac Street/Pommander Walk Street approaches to the intersection of Potomac Street and Franklin Street. 9. STAFF REPORTS AND UPDATES
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CITY OF ALEXANDRIA
TRAFFIC AND PARKING BOARD PUBLIC HEARING
MONDAY NOVEMBER 16, 2015 7:30 P.M.
301 KING STREET, 2nd FLOOR
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
D O C K E T
1. Announcement of deferrals and withdrawals.
2. Approval of the October 26, 2015, Traffic and Parking Board meeting minutes.
3. PUBLIC COMMENT
PUBLIC HEARING:
4. ISSUE: Recommendation by the Hack Inspector’s Office that Mr. Abbasi’s driver’s
permit, #1037, be suspended for 20 days for violation of City Code Section:
9-12-60 (A)(13) Rude or discourteous conduct towards a passenger
5. ISSUE: Consideration of a request to expand the taxi stand on the north side of the
2000 block of Ballenger Avenue.
6. ISSUE: Consideration of a request to convert a grandfathered certificate of public
convenience and necessity (Certificate) into a permanent Certificate.
7. ISSUE: Consideration of a request to post “No Thru Truck” restrictions on West
Rosemont Avenue between Russell Road and Commonwealth Avenue.
8. ISSUE: Consideration of a request to install Stop signs on the Potomac
Street/Pommander Walk Street approaches to the intersection of Potomac
Street and Franklin Street.
9. STAFF REPORTS AND UPDATES
CITY OF ALEXANDRIA
TRAFFIC AND PARKING BOARD PUBLIC HEARING
MONDAY OCTOBER 26, 2015, 7:30 P.M.
301 KING STREET, 2nd FLOOR
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
M I N U T E S
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair, Jay Johnson, Vice Chair, William Schuyler, James
Lewis, Randy Cole, Elizabeth Jones, Melissa McMahon and Kevin Beekman.
BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT: None
STAFF MEMBERS PRESENT: Bob Garbacz, Division Chief, Traffic, Ravi Raut, Civil
Engineer IV, and Cuong Nguyen, Civil Engineer I.
1. Announcement of deferrals and withdrawals: There were no deferrals or withdrawals.
2. Approval of the September 28, 2015, Traffic and Parking Board meeting minutes: Mr.
Lewis made a motion, seconded by Ms. McMahon to approve the minutes from the
September 28, 2015 meeting. The motion carried unanimously.
3. PUBLIC COMMENTS: No one from the public provided comments
PUBLIC HEARING:
4. ISSUE: Consideration of a request to extend the existing permit parking boundary of
the 800 block of Green Street to include the entire 900 block of Green Street.
PUBLIC TESTIMONY: Mr. Nathan Barry, Mr. Clifford Willeninc and Mr. Webster
Ye opposed the request. Mr. Robert Neary, Mrs. Maureen Dvgan, and Mrs Carla
Baglione, Mrs Holley Neary, and Mrs. Casey Keplinger spoke in favor of the request.
DISCUSSION: Mr. Garbacz presented the item to the Board. Ms. McMahon noted that
the docket was incorrect and that the Board would be making a recommendation to the
City Manager and not the Director of T&ES on this matter.
BOARD ACTION:
Mr. Beekman made a motion, seconded by Mr. Lewis to defer action and to have staff
meet with the neighborhood to address the concerns expressed by the speakers. The
motion failed with Mr. Beekman and Mr. Lewis voting in favor of the motion and Mr.
Johnson, Mr. Schuyler, Mr. Cole, Ms. Jones and Ms. McMahon voting in opposition to
the motion.
Mr. Cole made a second motion, seconded by Ms. Jones to install two-hour, 8AM to
11PM, Monday through Saturday, District 1 residential parking restrictions on the 900
block of Green Street on the block face portions that were supported by the petition. The
motion carried with Mr. Johnson, Mr. Schuyler, Mr. Cole, Ms. Jones and Ms. McMahon
voting in favor of the motion and Mr. Beekman and Mr. Lewis voting in opposition to the
motion.
5. ISSUE: Consideration of a request to add 2-hour parking 8 A.M. to 5 P.M., Monday
through Friday to the eastern block-face of 1100 North Fairfax Street.
PUBLIC TESTIMONY: Mrs. Suzanne Pyles, resident of 1727 King Street, Alexandria
VA 22309, spoke in favor of the request.
DISCUSSION: Mr. Garbacz presented the item to the Board.
BOARD ACTION: Mrs. Jones made a motion, seconded by Mr. Lewis to approve
staff’s recommendation to add 2-hour parking restriction, from 8 A.M. to 5 P.M.,
Monday through Friday to the eastern block-face of 1100 North Fairfax Street where
appropriate. The motion carried unanimously.
6. ISSUE: Consideration of a request to post NO TURN ON RED restrictions on all
approaches to the intersection of Commonwealth Avenue and Braddock Road.
PUBLIC TESTIMONY: No one from the public spoke
DISCUSSION: Mr. Ravi Raut presented the item to the Board.
BOARD ACTION: Mr. Lewis made a motion, seconded by Mr. Beekman to approve
staff’s recommendation to post NO TURN ON RED restrictions on all approaches to the
intersection of Commonwealth Avenue and Braddock Road. The motion carried
unanimously.
7. ISSUE: Consideration of a request to remove parking on the south side of East Glebe
Road between Clifford Avenue and the driveway at 411 East Glebe Road,
Boyles Motors.
PUBLIC TESTIMONY: Mr. Stephen Walz, Ms. Pat Miller, and Ms. Paula Winchester
spoke in favor of the request.
DISCUSSION: Mr. Bob Garbacz presented the item to the Board.
BOARD ACTION: Ms. McMahon made a motion, seconded by Ms. Jones to approve
staff’s recommendation to remove parking on the south side of East Glebe Road between
Clifford Avenue and the Boyles Motors driveway at 411 East Glebe Road; and add
stripping for the right turn lane at the eastbound approach. The motion carried
unanimously.
8. STAFF REPORTS AND UPDATES: Mr. Bob Garbacz updated the Board on the Duke and West Taylor Run project as well as
the proposed speed limit reduction on North Quaker Lane and Seminary Road that would
ISSUE: Recommendation by the Hack Inspector’s Office that Mr. Abbasi’s
driver’s permit, #1037, be suspended for 20 days for violation of City
Code Section: 9-12-60 (A)(13): Rude or discourteous conduct towards a
passenger
LOCATION: N/A
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: That the Board recommend to the City Manager that Mr. Abbasi’s driver’s permit, #1037, be
suspended for 20 days for violation of City Code Section: 9-12-60 (A)(13),: Rude or
discourteous conduct towards a passenger.
DISCUSSION:
Mr. Abbasi has received three complaints over the last three years. Mr. Abbasi received a one-
day suspension for the first complaint and a five-day suspension for the second complaint. The
third complaint against Mr. Abbasi, shown in Attachment 1, was raised by Ms. Jenah Zweig.
Ms. Zweig states that Mr. Abbasi behaved in a rude and threatening manner when she requested
that he close the windows and turn on the air conditioner in the cab. Mr. Abbasi denies yelling
or threatening Ms. Zweig, but indicated that she was sick and needed to see a doctor. In addition
to the suspension, the Hack Office is accessing Mr. Abbasi a civil penalty for failure to keep
manifests for 12 months. The documentation from the Hack Inspector’s Office for the
suspension and the civil penalty is shown in Attachments 2.
Attachment 1
-----Original Message----- From: Jenah Zweig [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2015 5:04 PM To: Zari Karimian Subject: Formal complaint Zari, I'm filing a formal complaint regarding cab number 1648. I was riding home from the airport, and asked the driver to put up the windows (because I was having ear trouble from the plane and the air from the window was making it worse). I asked several times. At first, he ignored me. Then he said he couldn't hear what I was saying. And when I spoke up more, he then screamed at me, saying I was yelling. Then, the cab was stuffy, so I asked for air. He refused and started screaming at me some more. If it was not so late at night and if I did not fear for my safety, I would have gotten out of the cab. Instead, I had to listen to him scream and berate me the entire way home, leaving me truly speechless. I did not say a word because I was truly fearful for my safety and well being. When I got out of the cab, he screamed at me more, and called me mental, saying I needed a doctor... All for asking for the windows up and some AC... I have never been treated this way in my life. As a new DC resident who moved here from Atlanta, this encounter has left me shaken, upset and distressed. I hope for your sake you do not allow this man to represent this company any longer. He should not be driving a cab because I truly think he will blow up and actually hurt someone one day. Sincerely, Jenah Sent from my iPhone. Please excuse any typos or errors. Thank you.
ISSUE: Consideration of a request to install “No Thru Truck” signs on West
Rosemont Avenue between Commonwealth Avenue and Russell Road.
LOCATION: Unit Block of West Rosemont Avenue
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: That the Board recommend to City Council to prohibit through truck traffic on the eastbound and
westbound directions of the unit block of West Rosemont Avenue.
DISCUSSION: In June 2015, Mr. Norcross contacted the City concerning the large number of through trucks
using the unit block of West Rosemont Avenue. West Rosemont Avenue is a residential street
with single family homes on both sides of the street. The cut-through trucks are using West
Rosemont Avenue to traverse from Commonwealth Avenue to King Street.
Staff performed a study in September 2015 and found eight westbound trucks and six eastbound
trucks between noon and 3:00 PM. This is a total of 14 trucks in a three hour period, amounting
to nearly five trucks an hour. Staff performed a 24-hour study in October 2015 and found that
1,184 vehicles per day on West Rosemont Avenue, with 11 percent truck traffic. West
Rosemont was not designed to accommodate heavy truck traffic. This is out of character for the
street use and the pavement was not designed to take this loading.
City Code Section 10-1-1(b) states, “All definition of words and phrases contained in the state
law hereby adopted shall apply to such words and phrases when used in this chapter, unless
clearly indicated to the contrary.” City code has no definition of truck, so it reverts to Virginia
State Code which states in 46.2-100, “"Truck" means every motor vehicle designed to transport
property on its own structure independent of any other vehicle and having a registered gross
weight in excess of 7,500 pounds.” A “No Thru Truck” restriction will therefore prevent any
vehicle in excess of 7,500 pounds transporting property from using West Rosemont Avenue as a
through street.
The Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) has criteria, shown in the attachment below,
for posting truck restrictions on residential streets. The unit block of West Rosemont Avenue
meets these criteria.
From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 2:40 PM To: Justin Wilson; Nancy Lacey Subject: Call.Click.Connect. #75716: Councilman Justin Wilson Through trucks on W Rosemont Ave. Large
Dear Call.Click.Connect. User A request was just created using Call.Click.Connect. The request ID is 75716. Request Details:
Name: David Norcross
Approximate Address: No Address Specified Phone Number: 202-365-2277
Request Description: Through trucks on W Rosemont Ave. Large trucks using Rosemont as A cut through from King St. and Commonwealth Ave (and Vic versa) are a problem of increasing frequency. May we post "no through trucks signs"? I am talking about tractor trailers,auto carriers and the like. Trees and the center island are being increasingly damaged. I have photographic evidence.
Expected Response Date: Wednesday, July 1
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