Issue - meetings

Report of the Managing Director – Alexandra Palace Trading Limited - To advise on progress made into the potential instigation of car park charging at Alexandra Palace,  and of indicative timeframes and consultation methods for this activity.

Before taking the report the Chair asked that the Board turn its attention to APBO132 and formally welcomed the new Chief Executive Duncan Wilson to his role at Alexandra Palace.

The Board received a report updating on the car parking project, introduced by Duncan Wilson, Chief Executive, Alexandra Palace, as laid out on pages 31 – 33 of the agenda pack.  The Board briefly discussed the proposals, the main points being:

• Data on car park usage for all the car parking areas in the Park was being collected and more information would be brought to the next Board meeting, including specific options appraisals.

• It was possible that different charging policies would apply in different car parks within the Park, if the decision was made to go ahead with charging.

• Board members emphasised the importance of considering the impact of any parking charges such as displacement of cars in residential areas around the Palace where there was already limited car parking.

• The Board also recognised that commuters parked their cars in the Palace and would normally have to pay for parking near other train stations.

• It was important to have good transport links into the Palace for people visiting for events and not to make parking difficult for people who visited the Palace regularly.

The Chair then summarised and it was:

RESOLVED that the progress made to date be noted and that the direction of travel of the car park charging project be approved and that further details be provided at the next meeting.