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DECLARATION OF INTERESTS Minutes: 20.1 Councillor Maybury declared an Other Registrable Interest as the Chair of the Lavenham Traffic Working Party but confirmed that she had never voted on matters regarding the proposed car parking tariffs and had come to the meeting with an open mind. The Monitoring Officer advised that Councillor Maybury could partake in the meeting as a committee member.
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TO RECEIVE NOTIFICATION OF PETITIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COUNCIL'S PETITION SCHEME Minutes: 21.1 None received.
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QUESTIONS BY THE PUBLIC To consider questions from and provide answer to members of the public on any matter in relation to which the Committee has powers or duties and of which due notice has been given in accordance with the Committee and Sub-Committee Procedure Rules.
Minutes: 22.1 None received.
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QUESTIONS BY COUNCILLORS To consider questions from and provide answer to Councillors on any matter in relation to which the Committee has powers or duties and of which due notice has been given in accordance with the Committee and Sub-Committee Procedure Rules.
Minutes: 23.1 None received.
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BOS/23/10 PROPOSED CAR PARKING CHARGES AND ROAD TRAFFIC ORDERS PDF 1 MB Additional documents: Minutes: 24.1 The Chair invited the Interim Monitoring Officer to set out the governance arrangements for the committee meeting.
24.2 The Interim Monitoring Officer advised the Committee that the recommendations as set out in the report were for the Cabinet to vote on, that the Committee’s role was to scrutinise the engagement process and the research that had led to those proposed recommendations, and reminded Members to approach the item objectively and with an open mind.
24.3 The Chair invited the Leader of the Council and the Officers to introduce the item to the Committee.
24.4 Councillor Dave Busby, Leader of the Council, introduced the item to the Committee outlining before Members: the £6.7million budget deficit, the current costs of subsidising car parking at £400,000 a year, the need for full cost recovery, alternative options concerning outsourcing of car park management to town councils or selling/leasing the car parks to a third party for operation, and the reasons why these alternatives were not considered further.
24.5 The Director for Operations and Climate Change presented the item to the Committee outlining before Members: the decision made by Cabinet to go out to public consultation on car parking tariffs, the public engagement process undertaken, the feedback report constructed by the Strategic Policy team, the current net cost of subsidising car park charges, the two different tariff options proposed to the Cabinet, proposed reductions to all-day parking tariffs, differences in short and long stay tariffs, the reasons for ruling out a free parking period, proposed changes to parking restrictions, the proposed hiring of a parking projects officer to assist with the implementation of charges if agreed, and invited the Committee to provide feedback on the report.
24.6 Councillor Maybury queried why all car parks within Sudbury and Lavenham were not listed in the table as set out in Point 6.22. The Director for Operations and Climate Change responded that this table detailed the car parks that would be charged for and clarified that this did not include all car parks in key towns across the District.
24.7 Councillor Whyman questioned whether the processes for determining parking tariffs had been shared with neighbouring councils. The Director for Operations and Climate Change responded that the Parking Services Manager frequently attended a regional parking forum and engaged with officers from neighbouring authorities concerning parking issues and tariffs.
24.8 Councillor Whyman requested that the absolute net cost be clarified due to differing figures within the budget. The Director for Operations and Climate Change responded that the figure for national non-domestic rates (NNDR) payable, as listed in Appendix B as £297,428, was accurate and had been reviewed and confirmed by the manager of the business rates service.
24.9 Councillor Grandon queried if the split between short stay and long stay spaces available in Hadleigh was an appropriate proposal. The Director for Operations and Climate Change responded that an increase in long stay provision would help address pre-existing confusion within car parks in Hadleigh and that residents would benefit overall ... view the full minutes text for item 24.
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