Democratic County Legislator Leslie Rivera has introduced legislation for a parking study for the Department of Human Services building at 619 St. Paul Street. A Legislature committee will take up the measure during its meeting at 5 p.m. on Monday, July 28.

In a memo accompanying the legislation, Rivera says that the parking situation at the office has created serious concerns for staff and clients. In particular, the lack of available parking is a problem, Democrats say. And on-street parking near the building is susceptible to ticketing and towing, the memo says.

“The issues at this location have been longstanding and have been in need of solutions for far too long,” Rivera says in the memo.

The study would determine the facility’s parking needs, the memo says.

A second Legislature committee will consider the legislation at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, July 30. BY JEREMY MOULE 

This article appears in Jul 23-29, 2014.

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2 replies on “Week Ahead: Dems want parking study for DHS building”

  1. This parking lot has been over-packed for many years. When free money is the product; What do you expect? And why are so many poor people entitled to cars?

    Let’s shut the whole place down. Social workers shouldn’t need an office. Clients would be much better served by social workers who exclusively made house calls.

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