
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, November 9, 1993                   TAG: 9311090225
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C3   EDITION: METRO 
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ROANOKE CITY COUNCIL

Discussed parking for police and other city employees who work downtown. Council asked City Manager Bob Herbert for a report within 120 days on a request to provide free parking downtown for police officers and other employees in the municipal complex. Jeff Rudd, an attorney for a group of police officers, said at least 200 parking spaces a day are vacant in the 860-space Municipal Parking Garage on Church Avenue. These spaces could be made available to police officers and other employees without any cost to the city or the loss of revenue, Rudd said.

But Herbert said city officials will have to check with the garage's management company to see if Rudd's figure is correct.

Besides 250 police officers, several hundred city employees in the municipal complex must provide their own parking.

On the other hand, the city provides free parking for nearly 500 public works employees, 245 firefighters and employees at other outlying locations as the Parks and Recreation Department, water filtration plant and sewage treatment plant.

Welcomed back Councilman Howard Musser, who has been absent since August because of a stroke that affected his left side and arm. Musser was in a wheelchair, but said he feels good and has therapy three days a week as an outpatient.

Delayed action on a rezoning request on Maddock Avenue, off Williamson Road. The request by Berglund Chevrolet would allow the car dealer to expand its business. Some residents on nearby Noble Avenue are opposed to the rezoning, although they didn't object when the Planning Commission considered the request.

by CNB