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It was reported that there had been 7 registrations to speak at the session under the Council’s Public Participation Scheme.

One registered speaker was unable to attend and one unregistered speaker was permitted to speak at the Executive Member’s discretion.

Chris Walton spoke on item 5, as a resident of the area in support of the ResPark scheme, citing people from outside the area and students from St Peters school parking unfairly in the residential area. People park to work, shop in town. Residents from nearby areas park additional vehicles in this area to avoid paying fees in their area.

Eric Graham spoke on item 5 as a resident of the area in opposition to the ResPark scheme, feeling it was no longer necessary. He noted that St Peters had started a bus scheme from various parts of the city which people did not know about when they were consulted. He had not seen a St Peters student in his street since June. He felt that this was a money-making exercise on the part of the council, as the amount of money paid by residents would generate the council a lot of money. Mr Graham was concerned about only having seven days of the decision session. He also expressed concern that the literature distributed by the council discriminated against those who were not computer literate.

Andrew Squires spoke on item 5 as a resident of the area discussing parking in his street by inexperienced sixth form students taking up space intended for residents, and damage had been caused to vehicles by cars accessing this awkward cul-de-sac.

Ciara Cecil spoke on item 5, supporting of the proposed scheme as a resident of the area. She discussed her concern that outside parking had led to no spaces for residents. As a parent she needed to park close to her house but often could not. There was also no parking for visiting workmen and overcrowding has led to residences being blocked.

Cherry Potter spoke on item 6, as a resident/owner of an HMO business who lived and ran a business housing people in the same building. She opposed the revocation of the Multiple Occupancy Permits since both her home and her business would be affected.

Andrew Mortimer spoke about general items in the remit of the Executive Member – resurfacing of Hull Road, the quality of which had been highlighted by the recent resurfacing of Tadcaster Road to a high quality. He also discussed 20mph zone for Windmill Lane and Millfield Lane.

The Executive Member addressed these points, acknowledging that ward councillors and residents had also highlighted the poor condition of these roads and she recognised this specific case. £10m was being put in to roads per annum and while it was not possible to bring all roads up to standard on this budget, Hull Road was definitely on the radar for next year.

Andy D’Agorne spoke on behalf of York Green Party, commenting on the council’s transport policy. He suggested that bus services remained in a poor state and improvements for buses had been scrapped in favour of funding the railway station frontage. He noted that York was still at the lowest rating of capability score. He also asked whether traffic marshals might be placed on Picadilly when the Castle car park closes, and warned that the £1m jubilee terrace/riverside path funds were depreciating.

The Executive Member addressed these comments, stressing that the council was on its way to delivering both a bus improvement plan and park and ride improvements. Rougier route consultations were underway and many of these issues stemmed from having a popular city that many people wished to visit, and bus prioritisation needed to be balanced.

She acknowledged that is had been disappointing for York to receive a capability score of 1, but this was in large part due to being unable to complete schemes such as the station frontage.

She advised that the Riverside path project was underway – although the collapse of the current riverside path needed to be managed as this progressed.