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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>=2025-05-19 Livable Lynchburg Meeting Notes=<br />
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'''WE KNOW THE FORMATTING IS VERY BAD'''<br />
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* Round Table<br />
Gioia: Finance decoder from Strong Towns<br />
New guy: Is moderating housing panel for CVPDC<br />
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Let's get representation from our group<br />
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* Parking Requirements<br />
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''' What is the desired ordinance for parking requirements change?<br />
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Nathan pulls up the [[https:''library.municode.com/va/lynchburg/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=CH35.2ZOOR_ARTVISIDEST_S35.2-62.4RENUPASP][current parking requirements]]<br />
- one space for dwelling unit<br />
- 1 per 4 persons of rated capacity<br />
This makes parking lot several times larger than building<br />
Unless you make a garage<br />
Right now walkable restaurants are currently illegal<br />
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Should we change "required" change to "recommended change?"<br />
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Fiscal argument: Reducing parking requirements will help reduce the burden<br />
on small businesses<br />
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It works downtown. Lets make it citywide.<br />
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Where did the parking requirements come from?<br />
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[[http:''shoup.bol.ucla.edu/PrefaceHighCostFreeParking.pdf][The High Cost of Free Parking]] by Donald Shoup talks a lot about this<br />
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There is currently a "Mass Transit" Provision that allows exceptions<br />
when near Mass Transit.<br />
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It would be great if we had a Case Study / Personal Story.<br />
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The guy who does "Rebuild and Restore" has an [[https:''newsadvance.com/news/article_2d68a6f3-60e2-54cc-9a6e-8819b314e176.html][article]] in the News and Advance<br />
about development<br />
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They had to tear down the shopping strip by Kroger so that they could<br />
build some extra parking to meet parkign requirements when building the<br />
gas station.<br />
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We should possibly consider telling them to do away with parking requirements<br />
entirely.<br />
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We should talk to any city council member about this. Sterling Wilder was<br />
worried that reducing parking requirements for the hotel on Rivermont would<br />
cause issues for the neighborhood.<br />
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''' Cities we could use as examples<br />
there are 3 cities in VA<br />
- Charllotesville<br />
- Roanoke<br />
- Richmond<br />
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*Take pictures of the empty parking lots* With this we can show that<br />
the parking requirements are ridiculous<br />
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A few similar cities that also got rid of parking requirements:<br />
- [[https:''en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastonia,_North_Carolina][Gastonia, NC]] (eight lane highway?)<br />
- old manufacturing city<br />
- now a suburb of Charlotte<br />
- going through renewal now<br />
- but maybe don't mention<br />
- [[https:''en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson,_Tennessee][Jackson, TN]]<br />
- Population 68,000<br />
- Got rid of parking requirements in 2021<br />
- [[https:''en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunwoody,_Georgia][Dunwoody, GA]]<br />
- [[https:''en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fayetteville,_North_Carolina][Fayetteville, NC]]<br />
- Was on a podcast and said that they have barely noticed<br />
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Parking Reform Network has a [[https:''parkingreform.org/resources/mandates-map/][map]] of which cities have done this<br />
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Show a long list of cities rather than trying to pick a specific city.<br />
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* Pierce St Renewal <br />
Skip this because those people didn't make it<br />
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* Finance Decoder<br />
We should do it. Crash analysis studio was too big. Maybe this will be better<br />
Do this on a 1st Saturday?<br />
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* CVPDC Housing Panel<br />
SCHEDULED: <2025-06-25 Wed><br />
Probably at the Lynchburg Regional Business Alliance Building<br />
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* Lynchburg Road Issues<br />
At Corner of Oakley and Lakeside Dr dangerous intersection with poor visibility<br />
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Pictures of the Sidewalk that was unearthed on Pierce St at 5th st<br />
This project needs to be finished at some point<br />
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The bus bench on Fort Avenue at Langhorne Rd was sagging but is now fixed<br />
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Mobile Repair Cafe<br />
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* Bus Service<br />
Make bus free?<br />
Make specific stops free?<br />
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* Things we need to do<br />
- Branded vests<br />
We can buy regular vests and print them ourselves at Vector Space<br />
- Attend a council meeting<br />
- We are currently a Stage 1 Strong Towns Group<br />
When Gioia becomes a full-fledged leader, we become Stage 2<br />
If we get more members, we can get to higher stages<br />
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* Next Project<br />
SCHEDULED: <2025-06-13 Tue><br />
Attend a council meeting in June<br />
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We need to pick a good one to go to. Lets figure out whats on the agenda.<br />
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