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City of York Council |
Committee Minutes |
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Meeting |
Decision Session - Executive Member for Economy and Transport |
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Date |
12 December 2023 |
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Present |
Councillor Kilbane |
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In Attendance |
Michael Howard – Head of Highways and Transport Graham Titchener – Head of Parking Services Patricia Barrett – Transport Programme Officer
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26. Declarations of Interest (10:00am)
The Executive Member was asked to declare, at this point in the meeting, any personal interests not included on the Register of Interests or any prejudicial or disclosable pecuniary interests they might have in respect of the business on the agenda. None were declared.
27. Minutes (10:01am)
Resolved: That the minutes of the Decision Session held on 12 September 2023 and 19 October 2023 be approved and signed by the Executive Member as a correct record.
28. Public Participation (10:02am)
It was reported that there had been 1 registration to speak at the session under the Council’s Public Participation Scheme.
Andy D’Agorne spoke on item 5 of the agenda and stated to the Executive Member that Millennium Bridge became inaccessible every winter due to flooding and expressed issues for accessibility as waterlogged pathways prevented access for wheelchair users. He urged the Executive Member to liaise with the Environment Agency over work on Millennium Bridge.
29. Review and Decision on the Parking Permit Emission Level, Daily Property Permit and City Parking Waiver Policies (10:05am)
The Parking Services Manager presented the report and issued a correction to the agenda, confirming that the third recommendation of the report was for the Executive Member to “approve that residents, property owners, as well as trades people will be able to purchase the daily property parking permits”.
Resolved: That the Executive Member approved:
i. That the emission discount level will only be available to Ultra Low Emission vehicles (those with an emission level of 0 to 75g/km).
The Executive member also approved option iii/C as outlined in paragraphs 34 and 37 of the agenda.
Reason: To deliver the required savings as identified in the budget.
ii. That all “annual parking waivers” used by businesses e.g., window cleaners to be time limited to 2 hours only per parking event, currently there is no time limit.
Reason: To free up the road space for those that need it most, 2 hours should be sufficient for these business types.
iii. That residents, property owners, as well as trades people will be able to purchase the daily property parking permits.
iv. Approve that daily property parking permits can be used in occupied properties as well as unoccupied properties, where currently these are only available for use in unoccupied properties.
v. Approve that the maximum number of daily property permits issued per day be increased from 1 to 3.
Reasons: To respond to requests we have had from customers and where officers feel there is room for flexibility. Gives residents flexibility when tradesman don’t buy their own permit and reduce the impact on residents having to use their visitor vouchers. To recognise the need to have more than one trades vehicle per day per property where trades jobs may well require more than one vehicle. However, to protect the parking capacity it is deemed to extend this only to 3 trades vehicles per property per day from the current 1 trades vehicle per day.
30. Directorate of Place 2023/24 Transport Capital Programme (10:15am)
The Transport Programme Officer presented the report and noted that the majority of capital programme funding was received through external grants.
In response to public participation, they noted that there was a need for the Environment Agency to approve of the council’s design for Millennium Bridge, which could have been approved by the end of the financial year.
It was noted that Active Travel Schemes would be included in the transport plan which would be developed in the upcoming year.
Resolved:
i. That the Executive Member approved the proposed programme of schemes to be delivered in 2023/24.
Reason: To implement the council’s transport strategy identified in York’s third Local Transport Plan and the Council Priorities and deliver schemes in order to achieve these aims.
Cllr Kilbane, Chair
[The meeting started at 10:00am and finished at 10:20am].