Agenda item - Parking Annual Report 2013-14

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Parking Annual Report 2013-14

Report of the Executive Director of Environment, Development & Housing (copy attached).

 

Decision:

1)           That the Environment Transport and Sustainability Committee endorses the publication of the Parking Annual Report for 2013-14 under the provisions of the Traffic Management Act 2004.

 

2)           That the Environment Transport and Sustainability Committee authorises the Head of Transport Operations to produce and publish the report which will be made available on the Council’s website.

 

Minutes:

34.1      The Committee considered a report of the Executive Director, Environment, Development & Housing set sought approval for the publication of the Parking Annual Report 2013-14 to the Department for Transport, Traffic Penalty Tribunal and for general publication under the provisions of the Traffic Management Act 2004.

 

34.2      Councillor Theobald welcomed the presentation of the report however, he noted that there were several reference to Environment Cabinet Member Meeting that had been decommissioned and there appeared to be no information relating to Trafalgar Street car park.

 

34.3      The Policy & Development Manager clarified that there appeared to be an error in the report that showed a page as blank, likely to be that relating to Trafalgar Street. The Policy Development Manager stated that he would circulate this information to Members and details of expenditure and income were details on page 121 of the agenda.

 

34.4      Councillor Robins asked for the category or explanation for a Penalty Charge Notice (PCN) to be written off for other reasons.

 

34.5      The Policy & Development Manager stated that the other reasons category was hard to define as a typical scenario but could include for example, medical reasons that meant that people could not return to their car on time.

 

34.6      Councillor Powell welcomed the report, specifically the focussed work on Blue Badge enforcement in co-ordination with Sussex Police which was a huge problem nationally and welcomed the proposal for a dedicated Blue Badge enforcement officer.

 

34.7      RESOLVED-

 

1)           That the Environment Transport and Sustainability Committee endorses the publication of the Parking Annual Report for 2013-14 under the provisions of the Traffic Management Act 2004.

 

2)           That the Environment Transport and Sustainability Committee authorises the Head of Transport Operations to produce and publish the report which will be made available on the Council’s website.

 

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