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acting as representative of a committee who has studied the Washington parking situation. According to his report, the committee has addressed several components related to parking including: trying to resolve whether or not a parking problem exists, how members of the business community feel about parking, and the excess speeding that exists on Main Street.
Some of the committee recomendations included the allowance of a six-month grace period for people to comply with the new ordinance that will be implemented next year; tnai new businesses should comply with the county ordinance; that the town should consult with the Department of Highways to make Jett Street one-way; that parking should not alter the preservation of Washington’s trees; that the Rappahannock National Bank install more parking space; that county employees park in the lot behind the courthouse; and that there is excess speeding on Main Street.
The mayor stated that the present parking ordinance which, he believes, was originally drafted with good intention, “may not be in the best interest of the town." To stress that point he said that if his business complied with the current regulations. “my building needs 115 parking spaces.”
Attorney Frank Reynolds, who serves on the town Planning Commission, said that he wanted the council to address its concerns to the Planning Commission.
The mayor said that he believes it would be “helpful to amend the current ordinance” and adopt the Planning Commission’s proposals as .a paigt of the new ordinance. Mr. Reynolds urged the council to be very specific about what it wanted.
On another matter Joan St.Clair, speaking as a citizen, said that she has been having a problem with her water meter. She stated that her water bill had increased to a figure that was ten times what it had been the previous month. She expressed disappointment with what she felt was a lack of response to her problem. “Nobody wants to pay any attention to it,” she said. The mayor, in conjunction with Council member brad Fisher, decided that a new meter would be installed the next day. The mayor said that if that did not rectify the problem there could be a possible leak in the line.
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