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Council debates second VCARE parking space on High Street; seeks legal language and agency input
Summary
Councilor Jenny Rivera asked the Ordinance Committee on Feb. 19 to allocate an additional parking space on High Street for VCARE, a transport provider that uses vans to carry elderly and disabled clients.
Councilor Jenny Rivera asked the Ordinance Committee on Feb. 19 to allocate an additional parking space on High Street for VCARE, a transport provider that uses vans to carry elderly and disabled clients. Rivera said the group now operates two vans and that drivers and the mayor’s office had expressed safety concerns where the vans currently load and unload.
Rivera described the need as operational and safety-related: “Now they have 2 vans. They have much more participants,” she said, asking the committee for two adjacent spaces and signage so drivers can pull in and out safely. Rivera also said the Social Security office lot behind the site is not available for VCARE use because employees occupy that lot.
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