(UNTITLED) [AGENCY COMMENTS ON GOVERNMENT PARKING]

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1. This Agency has reviewed the OMB circular on
parking and provides comments in the general sense of
overall policy and a few peculiar issues faced by CIA.
The CIA fully supports the President's program aimed at
the conservation of energy resources. We have for many
years operated a vigorous carpooling program providing
prime parking to carpools.
2. The intent of parking fees is to reduce travel
and thereby conserve energy and is not established as a
revenue matter. Use of carpools and public transportation
are the major means of travel conducive to energy savings.
This means of travel is reasonable for personnel assigned
to Agency facilities located in the downtown area but results
in serious drawbacks for personnel working in lightly populated
suburban areas. As such, while the Agency supports parking
fees as a realistic means of achieving the goals for densely
populated areas, such fees become a punitive measure in lightly
populated suburban areas, particularly since there are no com-
mercial equivalents in the area. In these areas, prior U.S.
Government/local community planning has created extensive
parking areas. Charging for such space will drive employees
into the neighborhood areas, which have adequate off-street
parking, resulting in harassment and little or no conservation
of energy. For most of our employees, there is no adequate public
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transportation available to and from their homes.. Carpools
are difficult to arrange to meet varying work schedules and
frequent requirements to work extended hours. In effect,
most of our suburban employees do not have an option. Use
of a private vehicle is essential.
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4. One major issue of concern presented in the circular
relates to the administration of the parking fee program.
Costs and the administrative burden associated with the program
will be extensive and in this age of tight budgetary restrictions
cannot be absorbed without serious impact. For this Agency,
STAT security
must be added to normal
burdens of fee collection, issuance of permits, and space
assignment. Because of matters of security
Agency must adminster the program internally or employ a
fully cleared contractor force. The latter, a.poor substitute,
is a continuing problem as contractor personnel turn over, and
security clearance and associated costs continue. It is clear
that this Agency will be required to dedicate full-time personnel
to the management of the program.
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5. While this Agency supports parking fees as a reasonable
program to reach these established goals, it will only be
effective and fair when applied to areas properly served by
public transportation. Even at that, this Agency's peculiar
security problems present other areas of concern.
6. We wish to thank you for the opportunity to comment
on the proposed circular and would be pleased to discuss the
matter in detail at your convenience.
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A Survey to Sep D. Parking 'ho
By TOM PIIILPOTT
Times Staff Writer
WASHINGTON - The General
Services Administration will send
ppraisers to military installa-
ions throughout the country in the.
ext few months to determine
cials said, at installations where
the appraisers judge the space
rental value at less than $10 per
month.
aid Office of Management and
Budget Director James T.
ZcIntyre in a letter to executive
apartments. However, he said,
Troops Fume Over Paris
arking fees for military and "The pricing policy primarily
Cher federal employees who will affect federal facilities in
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ve to work, downtown locations and.in densely
Parking will. remain free, offi- populated suburban locations,"
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at "more stringent car-pooling
quirements will affect all loca-
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be affected by the parking plan
except in Puerto Rico, the Canal
Zone and U.S. territories and pos-
sessions, officials said.
OMB officials estimate that the
government subsidizes $17 million
worth of parking spaces in Wash-
ington and up to $40 million
throughout the U.S. each year.
They estimate about 130,000
spaces, beside those on military
installations, will be subject to
charges under the new plan.
The plan calls for phasing in full
rates over a two-year period
beginning in October. Based on
the latest surveys, GSA officials
said they expect Pentagon park-
ing rates to be $19 per month. Only
half that amount, however, would
be charged in October. OMB offi-
cials said the rates will be adjust-
ed annually.
Other estimated monthly
parking rates in Washington in-
clude $68 at the New Executive
Office Building, $60 per month at
GSA, $59 at the Forrestal Build-
ing, and $44 at the Transportation
Building that soon will house all
Coast Guard Headquarters em-
ployees. No estimates were avail-
able for military bases.
"In an increasinglyencrgy-con-
scious era," Mci.ntvre said, "it
does not seem prudent for the na-
tion's largest employer to subsi-
dize employee parking."
Federal agencies, including the
Defense Department, still can
propose changes in the parking
plan. But, they-said, few changes
are. expect ed. II ~
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value of parking at military facili-
ties. OMB, however, said parking
spaces at military housing units
will remain free.
A certain amount of visitor
parking also will remain free at
most federal facilities, OMB said.
Fees for parking will be set
without consideration for the
effectiveness of surrounding pub-,
lic transportation systems, OMB
said. This will encourage transit
authorities to provide better serv-
ice to federal facilities, officials
said.
phasing out of subsidized fedora
parking in a televised address or
energy conservation April 4. The
main impact would be felt it
Washington, D.C., where the
executive branch provides more
than 27,000 spaces to federal em-
ployees within a three-mile radius
of the Washington Monument.
Overseas installations would not
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WASHINGTON - President
Carter's decision to charge for
parking in government lots hit
many military and federal work-
ers like a faceful of exhaust
fumes. When the smoke cleared
they indicated they were sick
Twenty-five employees at the
Naval Air Rework Facility in Nor-
folk, Va., for example, filed forms
to stop their savings bond aliot-
ments and their contributions to
the local Combined Federal Cam-
paign.
The American Federation of
Government Employees and
several smaller federal worker
unions issued statements de-
nouncing the parking plan.
"We must strenuously object to
the President's decision to once
again hoist federal workers up a
flagpole as `symbols' of his com-
mitment," said AFGE president
Kenneth Y. Blaylock.
"We believe federal workers
" will suffer multiple problems of
added commuter costs, higher
prices for fuel, the continued rav-
ages of inflation while their justified pay raises are muffled at 5.5
percent," Blaylock said.
At the Pentagon, where the
monthly parking rate is expected
to go up to $19 a month in the next
two years, loss of free parking
seemed to dominate conversation.
"Oh, yeah, everybody's talking
about it," said Air Force SMSgt.
George Craig. "It's viewed as
another cut in benefits."
Craig and another member of
his car pool, SMSgt. Wayne Gil-
son, said it won't change their
driving habits.
"I can't stop driving," Gilson
said, "I have two jobs. I think any-
one here who moonlights would
have the same problem."
"The thing that bothers me,"
said Col. David Glanzer, "is that
most people are not here (at the
Pentagon) by their own choice.
We take free parking for granted.
It's not thought of as part of our
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p ` I don't see any purpose to it,"
said an Army private who asked
not to be identified. "To many
low-ranking families, $19 a month
is a lot to pay," she said. "Every-
one I've talked to thinks (the fee)
is stupid."
Air Force Capt. John Vloet said
the fee looks like more chipping
away at military benefits. "It's
another way of keeping the pay
raise down," he said, But, he con-
ceded the $19 fee sounds
reasonable. "I don't believe it
would keep anyone from wanting
a job at the Pentagon."
An Army sergeant said he will
continue to drive to work despite
the parking fee. "Taking a bus,"
he said, "I'd need a half hour
more getting to work and another
getting home. It's not worth it."
An Army officer said it was not
fair to ask his opinion of the park-
ing fee since he was on temporary
duty from an assignment in San
Antonio. .
"But," he said, walking away,
"I think its a good idea."
TOM PHILPOTT
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2 4 APR 1979
!EMORANDUM FOR: Executive Officer. ODA.
FRI
SUBJECT
in
James H. McDonald
Director of Logistics
Carpool Representative
ICE: Letter dtd 16 Apr 79 to DCI fm Regional
Administrator, GSA, same sub j (DD/A- 7 -
1333/1, OL 9-1570)
cs with carpools has been the assignment of park-
To date, the only involvement for the Office of
after the carpool has been organized. The
Office of Personnel has been the leader in organizing
pools and stimulating employees' interest through no-
tices and the carpool locator system. Rather than
ure a well organized arrangement, I believe it
more appropriate for the Office of Personnel to main-
eadership in the organization of carpools..
25X1
H.
cc: D/Pers
Distribution:
Ori.g Adse
- OL/P&PS Official
1 - D/L Chrono
1 - EO/OL Chrono
1 - OL Files
cDon
EO/OL, (23 Apr 79) OL 9-1570a
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OLC 79-14.31
23 April 1979
MEMORANDUM FOR: See Distribution
1e , egis ation Division, OLC
SUBJECT . "Parking Bills"
1. Attached for your information and review are two
bills which would require the charging of parking fees at
any parking facility owned or controlled or operated by any
Federal agency. In addition to this basic provision common
to both bills the following are unique to each:
--- I.R. 3376 contains a ban on construction,
alteration or acquisition of further parking
facilities by Federal agencies (Section 2, p. 2);
-- S. 871 exempts from the parking fee charge
"parking at military bases or other isolated
facilities where no nearby commercial parking
exists." (Section 13 (c), p. 2).
2. As you may know, the Agency has received a draft
0MB Circular on Employee Parking which is OMB's attempt to
implement the President's recently articulated determination
to require Federal employees to pay for parking to encourage
more energy efficient means of getting to and from work. The
Agency has been asked to comment on the Circular. Accordingly,
further action on the attached bills is precluded until such
time as in-house policy decision is made regarding CIA's
position on the draft 0MB Circular. The Office of Legislative
Counsel is responsible for coordinating Agency positions on
draft Executive orders, but we are not the focal point for
Agency action on 0MB Circulars.
3.. The attached bills are thus forwarded merely FYI,
requiring no further comment at this time. Should you,
however, wish to register a comment please feel free to
contact of my staff. Note that along
-with S. 871 we have for your convenience attached a copy of
Senator Pete V. Domenici's (R., N.-Mex.) introductory statement 25X1
as contained in the 4 April Congressional Record.
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