Parking Services Member Working Party - 30 March 2016, 7pm

NOTICE AND AGENDA

For a meeting to be held in the Dickinson Room, Three Rivers House, Rickmansworth, on Wednesday 30 March 2016 at 7pm.

Members of the Working Party:-

Councillors:

Rupert Barnes        Phil Brading        Ralph Sangster        Ann Shaw OBE

Martin Trevett      vacancy

Steven Halls, Chief Executive
22 March 2016

1. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

2. DECLARATION OF INTERESTS

To receive any declarations of interest.

3. DRAFT NOTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON 29 FEBRUARY 2016

To agree the draft notes.

4. FURTHER DISCUSSION

The following areas for discussion were raised at the previous meeting. The Head of Regulatory Services will give a verbal update on these at the meeting.

• Parking in Croxley Green
• Parking in Abbots Langley
• Carpenders Park Station Car Park / other side of railway line in Carpenders Park
• Woodhall Lane, South Oxhey
• Moneyhill Court Car Park
• Tradesmen permits
• Parking around garages

In addition, at the meeting of the Sustainable Development, Planning and Transport Committee on 10 March 2016, the following recommendations were agreed:

a)         To investigate whether to produce a Parking Strategy.

b)         To provide a report on smart parking.

c)         To investigate the options for differential parking costs across the District.   This could include commissioning a report.

d)         To agree to implement the new residents’ and visitor permit charging scheme detailed in Appendix A, Table 1 and Table 2 from 1 April 2016.

e)         To agree to implement the new charging scheme for the Rickmansworth business permit detailed in Appendix A, Table 3 from 1 April 2016.

f)          To undertake with Watford BC sufficient market testing for the future management of the parking service and enforcement service beyond 2018 before entering into any new arrangement.

g)         To undertake sufficient market testing for the management of the parking service and the enforcement service independently during 2016/2017 before entering into any new arrangement.

h)         To investigate whether additional research and consideration of parking provision would contribute towards meeting the Committee’s objective; and

i)          That the Working Group be charged to look at the Terms and Conditions of Visitor Parking Permits.

5. ANY OTHER BUSINESS

6. DATE OF NEXT MEETING / FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS