Agenda and minutes

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Items
No. Item

1.

Declarations of Interest (5:31 pm)

At this point in the meeting, Members are asked to declare any disclosable pecuniary interest or other registerable interest they might have in respect of business on this agenda, if they have not already done so in advance on the Register of Interests.

 

Minutes:

Members were asked to declare at this point in the meeting any disclosable pecuniary interest or other registerable interest they might have in respect of business on the agenda, if they had not already done so in advance on the Register of Interests.  No interests were declared.

 

2.

Public Participation (5:32 pm)

At this point in the meeting members of the public who have registered to speak can do so. Members of the public may speak on agenda items or on matters within the remit of the committee.

 

Please note that our registration deadlines have changed to 2 working days before the meeting, in order to facilitate the management of public participation at our meetings.  The deadline for registering at this meeting is 5:00pm on Thursday, 23 June 2022. 

 

To register to speak please visit www.york.gov.uk/AttendCouncilMeetings to fill in an online registration form.  If you have any questions about the registration form or the meeting, please contact Democratic Services.  Contact details can be found at the foot of this agenda.

 

Webcasting of Public Meetings

 

Please note that, subject to available resources, this meeting will be webcast including any registered public speakers who have given their permission. The meeting can be viewed live and on demand at www.york.gov.uk/webcasts.

 

During coronavirus, we've made some changes to how we're running council meetings. See our coronavirus updates (www.york.gov.uk/COVIDDemocracy) for more information on meetings and decisions.

 

Minutes:

It was reported that there had been two registrations to speak at the meeting under the Council’s Public Participation Scheme, both on Agenda Item 4 (the Called-in Item).

 

Stephen Macey, a resident of Osbaldwick, stated that the source of the problem needed to be addressed; namely, the displacement of parking from the University, which was operating a pay to park arrangement contrary to its planning approvals.

 

Amy Reynolds, on behalf of residents of Cavendish Grove, expressed concerns about the lack of consultation on the parking restrictions, stating that they would just move the problem, have no impact on safety, and were the precursor to introducing Respark.

 

Written representations signed by 12 residents of Cavendish Grove objecting to the restrictions were received; these had been circulated to Members before the meeting.

3.

Minutes (5:38 pm) pdf icon PDF 212 KB

To approve and sign the minutes of the two meetings held on 9 May 2022.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Resolved:  (i)      That the minutes of the meetings held on 9 May 2022 be approved, and signed by the Chair as a correct record, subject to an addition to the minutes of the second meeting to record that Cllr Baker left the meeting before the vote, and that 4 Members voted in favour of the approved proposal and 3 voted against it.

 

4.

Called-in Item: Consideration of Results from the Consultation about Parking restrictions in relation to Cavendish Grove, Tranby Avenue and Moore Avenue/Osbaldwick Lane Junction (5:40 pm) pdf icon PDF 305 KB

To consider the decisions made by the Executive Member for Transport on 17 May 2022 in relation to the above item, which have been called in by Councillors Warters, Doughty & Rowley in accordance with the Council’s Constitution at the time of the call-in.

 

A cover report is attached setting out the reasons for the call-in and the remit and powers of the Customer & Corporate Services Scrutiny Management Committee (Calling-In) in relation to the call-in, together with the original report and relevant annexes, and the decisions of the Executive Member.

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Members considered a report which set out the reasons for the call-in of the decisions made by Executive Member for Transport on 17 May 2022 in respect of the above matter, along with the Committee’s remit and powers in relation to the call-in.

 

The decisions were contained in the extract from the relevant Decision Sheet at Annex A to the report.  The original report to the Executive Member Decision Session was attached as Annex B, The decisions had been called in by Cllrs Doughty, Rowley and Warters for the following reasons:

·        “The decision fails to respect the views of the majority of respondents to the ‘consultation’ and therefore once again brings the term ‘consultation’ into disrepute by CYC.

·        The decision seeks to impose double yellow lines onto sections of carriageway that are already covered by Highway Code obstructive parking that is adequately covered and can already be enforced by NYP who work closely with the Parish Council and Ward Councillors already.

·        As residents have already pointed out after the webcast of the decision session the double yellow lines as passed by the Executive Member will make the parking situation worse for them.

·        The reason advanced for introducing such restrictions is supposedly ‘safety’ and yet the restrictions as passed by the Executive Member clearly fail to address the problem of University related parking, which if parked where it should be would remove the need for any restrictions, fail to address genuine safety concerns further down Tranby Av which will likely be made worse by this imposition as parking is just moved.

·        Passing of the double yellow line restrictions by the Executive Member so soon after Scrutiny was assured that CYC would be engaging with York University to seek solutions to the problem of University related parking is an admission that the Executive Member and Highway regulation staff have no faith in that initiative and have previously misled Scrutiny as to the likely effectiveness and/or sincerity of those involved in promoting such an approach.

·        There was absolutely no consideration throughout this process of the use of single yellow lines for example with parking restrictions imposed from 9.00 am to 5.00pm which would effectively stop the long term dumping of University and school related parking whilst inconveniencing residents the minimum.

·        The whole process has degenerated into a face saving exercise for highways officers to daub useless double yellow lines to carry on the long term aim of not solving the University related parking chaos the very same staff and Executive Member have deliberately transferred into Osbaldwick and Murton and to create as much disruption as possible in furtherance of pursuing Respark expansion - this is not how a responsible Local Authority Highways function should operate.

·        As call in Members who have followed this process closely and the many other traffic related matters under the Executive Member’s portfolio these last three years we have no confidence in the ability of the Executive Member to reach impartial decisions on matters like this and see this  ...  view the full minutes text for item 4.

 

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