Health & Fitness
Recap of Wallingford Center and Simpson Court Parking Discussions for Tuesday's Town Council Meeting
Tuesday 9/11 is the Town Council meeting that will be discussing options with respect to the Simpson Parking Lot Wall at Holy Trinity School as well as the private parking area east of that.
I want to remind everyone that I have the for Tuesday September 11, 2012.
Of special note regarding that, I want to make sure to call out the following point; the Simpson Court / Private Downtown Parking Lot issue returns to this upcoming Town Council meeting.
You might not know it from this agenda item but the issue of Wallingford paying for the private parking lot at the rear of the businesses at Simpson Court uptown is going to be discussed.
8. Discussion regarding:
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Report from the Town Attorney on the Simpson Parking Lot Wall
Possible options for the Town to pursue
The “Possible options for the Town to pursue” regarding the “Report from the Town Attorney on the Simpson Parking Lot Wall” is to apply for a state grant in the amount of $500,000.00 to “improve the Simpson parking area.”
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The above link provides you with some additional details and along with my thoughts on that.
I also spent some time doing some research on just how much parking there is in Wallingford Center, as part of the issue here is justifying why we really do not need to be locked into a 30 year agreement with private property owners for the use of their lot where the Town of Wallingford is footing the entire bill for the cost, the maintenance, and the upkeep.
You can read the results of my findings via my "And the number of parking spaces in Wallingford Center for PUBLIC parking is…" post.
