Agenda item

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It was reported that there had been nine registrations to speak at the meeting under the Council’s Public Participation Scheme.

Martin Davis, a resident of St Lukes Grove, spoke in relation to agenda item 4 (Lumley Road/St Luke’s Grove Ward Committee Scheme, Residents Parking – Traffic Regulation) in support of the proposed restrictions. He stated that the majority of residents favoured a full time residents parking scheme to tackle parking problems which in the past had caused problems with access for ambulances and delivery vehicles.

ArifKhalfe, another local resident and director of a shareholder for two properties on the street, also spoke in support of the recommendations for item 7. He expressed concern about delays in progressing the scheme and asked that, if approved, the scheme be taken forward as quickly as possible.

Councillor Craghill had registered to speak in relation to agenda item 5 (North York Bus Improvement Scheme) but was not able to attend the meeting due to illness and submitted a written representation instead which was considered by the Executive Member.

Councillor I Gillies spoke, as Ward Member for Rural West York, in relation to item 6 (Low Poppleton Lane Experimental Traffic Regulation Order – Decision on the Continuation). He expressed his support for option 2 so that officers could investigate options for opening the road up to all traffic during evenings and weekends and asked that motorbikes and scooters be permitted to use the road during the day as some Manor Academy pupils travelled to school using this mode of transport and it was a much safer route than using the ring road. He asked that an update be provided to the January decision session.

Five people had registered to speak in relation to item 7 (Consideration of results from the consultation in Danesmead Close Estate, Broadway West, Westfield Drive and Fulford Cross following petitions received requesting Residents' Priority Parking) as follows:

·        Keir Brown spoke on behalf of the Steiner School and explained that the start and finish times of the school day varied from class to class therefore parents were dropping off/collecting children for extended periods of the day. He stated that 10 minutes was not sufficient length of time to drop off if parked further away from the school and asked that a longer drop off time be allowed or restrictions be applied 10am-3pm instead.

·        Kate Ravilious spoke in objection to the recommended option for Broadway West and surrounding area. She expressed concern that introducing residents parking could push the problems with parking onto access routes and asked the Executive Member and officers to consider access arrangements for the area as whole rather than individual streets.

·        Mr Iggulden, a local resident, spoke in objection to the proposals for Fulford Cross. He raised concerns that the consultation had been carried out in the absence of hard facts and data. He suggested that a range of solutions was needed to tackle the parking problem and that a traffic survey should be carried out and further dialogue take place with the two schools before a decision was made.

·        Ben Thorpe, a local resident, also raised concerns about the proposals for Fulford Cross. He stated that the proposals which were now being put forward were not what residents had been consulted on and that it hadn’t been made clear to them that residents would be excluded from using the drop off zones.

·        Councillor D’Agorne, as Ward Member for Fishergate, expressed his support for option 1explaining that he had managed to allay some concerns which some Danesmead residents had had about the scheme. He expressed concern however that residents of Fulford Cross were not clear about the operational details and suggested that it may be beneficial to have further discussions in relation to Fulford Cross and to encourage the schools to provide up to date travel plans.