Issue - meetings

It was moved by Councillor Oakes and seconded by Councillor Davies that:

“This Council:

Acknowledges the very high level of public concern over the current proposals for parking schemes in the borough;

Acknowledges that the level of consultation undertaken by the Council with residents, businesses and elected members of this Council on these schemes has been entirely ineffective and is not acceptable;

Believes that parking schemes need to be seen by residents and businesses as a positive contribution to their immediate local environment, and not as the careless creation of a remote authority greedy for every pound it can get;

Believes that a ‘one-size-fits-all’ solution is not correct, and that proper consultation is necessary in order to ensure that in each area the parking scheme is tailored to meet local needs;

and mindful of the new Statutory Guidance on parking imminently expected from the Department of Transport;

Resolves to suspend the current consultation process indefinitely while this new statutory guidance is pending;

Resolves to further suspend the consultation process until such time as an effective and thorough consultation process has been undertaken in every area affected, to include public meetings in each area.

An amendment to the motion was moved by Councillor Haley and seconded by Councillor Cooke proposing :

Delete all after “Acknowledges” in the first line, and replace with:

… that the Council’s current parking strategy has several aims, in particular:

·        to improve the road safety of residents of Haringey;

·        to ensure residents may park close to their homes, for the security of themselves, their families, and their vehicles;

·        to ensure the proper movement of traffic on key routes through our borough;

·        to enable the rapid movement of emergency vehicles across our borough.

Notes that income generation is not a primary aim of parking schemes in Haringey unlike the schemes of some other local authorities;

Believes that it is important that residents understand that revenue from controlled parking schemes and their enforcement is used only for scheme administration and for transport and road safety improvements, and not as a general income stream;

Believes that feedback from residents is crucial to shaping future detailed proposals on Controlled Parking Zones in our borough, ensuring that a fair settlement is reached allowing parking for residents and providing parking spaces for visitors who support our traders;

Recognizes that the Council’s current consultation exercise, based on lessons learned from previous consultation exercises, is designed to secure the maximum amount of data and feedback possible from residents in order to shape future proposals rather than to impose CPZs against resident’s wishes and to ensure that in each area the parking scheme is tailored to meet local needs;

And therefore encourages residents and traders to engage with the consultation process and to feed their views back to the Council.

The Amendment was then put to the meeting and declared CARRIED.

The substantive Motion was then put to the meeting and declared CARRIED.