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THE
DN: PARKING.GPA
OF THE TOWN OF NEWCASTLE
Meeting:
General Purpase and Administratian Cammittee
Date:
Manday, May 4, 1992
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Subject:
PARKING MATTERS
Recommendations:
It is respectfully recammended that the General Purpase and
Administratian Cammittee recammend to. Cauncil the fallowing:
1. THAT Repart PD-110 -92 be received far infarmatian,
discussian, and far directian to. Staff; and
2. THAT the Bawmanville B.I.A. be advised af Cauncil's
decisian.
1. BACKGROUND:
1.1 At its General Purpase and Administratian Cammittee meeting
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repart an the variaus issues related to. parking.
1.2 At its meeting held an April 13, 1992, the carrespandence
fram the Bawmanville B.I.A. regarding "Caurtesy Parking
Ticket" was received by Cauncil and the matter was referred
to. staff far a repart.
2. ISSUES IDENTIFIED:
There are several issues related to. parking including:
parking meter vandalism, parking revenue and expenditure,
parking fine, request fram B.I.A., canditians af current
equipment. Each af the issues will be discussed as fallaws.
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2.1
2.1.1
2.1.2
2.1.3
2.2
2.2.1
2.2.2
Parkinq Meter Vandalism
until recently, vandalism af the Tawn's parking meters
has been a rare accurrence. Hawever, since the start
af this year, there have been aver fifty (50) meters
vandalized. This ranges fram the meter head being
smashed, the pipe being sawed aff, to. the extreme case
where the entire assembly has been pulled aut af the
graund and demalished. Almast in all cases, the cain
baxes are remaved ar smashed.
Pal ice reparts have been filed and two. (2) arrests have
been made by Durham Regianal palice. Despite this,
vandalism cauld be a cantinuaus prablem.
Excluding the last revenue in the cain baxes, the cast
af replacement af each parking meter is $530.00.
Replacing fifty (50) damaged meters wauld cast
$26,500., an amaunt nat budgeted and certainly wasn't
Parking Revenue and Expenditure
There are two. (2) saurces af parking revenue; fram
parking fine and fram parking meter (including manthly
passes). Tatal revenue callected in 1991 is:
$24,373. fram parking fines
$68,749. fram parking meters
$93,122. Total
The 1991 aperating cast far parking includes salary,
cammercial cancentratian tax and ather miscellaneous
items total $92,809. Therefare last year cast/revenue
picture is by and large a break even prapasitian.
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2.2.3
2.2.4
2.3
2.3.1
2.3.2
Any surplus will go. into. the parking reserve fund.
Canversely, in a deficit situatian, funds will be
transferred fram the reserve to. balance the ledger.
The current parking reserve fund as af year end 1991
stands at $228,385. which amaunt was accummulated over
the years, presumably since the day the Tawn introduced
parking meters.
Parking Fines
The parking vialatian fine structure is established
thraugh a Staff Advisary Cammittee at Durham Region
camprising af staff representatives fram all eight
lacal municipalities. A Public Works staff represents
the Tawn af Newcastle an the Cammittee.
The fine structure is unifarm far all eight (8) local
municipalities in Durham Regian and all municipalities
use the same Parking Ticket baak.
2.3.3
2.4
2.4.1
The authority far levying a fine against parking
violatian is cantained in the Tawn's Traffic By-law
91-58.
Courtesy Parking Ticket
This is a request fram the B.I.A. suggesting that a
special ticket be made up to. read as follaws:
"Yaur meter has expired. To. avaid the
inconvenience af a parking ticket, an additional
15 minutes has been allawed, caurtesy af the Tawn
af Newcastle, and the merchants af the Bawmanville
Business Centre."
In cansidering this request, Cauncil shauld weigh the
pras and cans af this request.
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2.4.2
2.4.3
2.5
2.5.1
2.5.2
The pros are obvious both from the viewpoints af the
shappers and the dawntown merchants.
The cons are:
a) printing cost of the ticket;
b) additional works required by the Town's Parking
Officers and the Police Officers;
c) patential arguments or disagreements from
matarists regarding the 15 minutes since there is
no. mechanical device to. determine when the 15
minute period starts and ends;
d) changing ar re-calibrated the metre mechanism to
show 15 minutes grace periad would cost $30,000.
at a per unit cost of $100.
e) lass of revenue.
Conditions of CUrrent Parking Meters
The current supply of parking meters have been in use
since the 1960's. Although there have been periodic
replacement of warn aut or damaged meters aver the
years, the current stock is now prone to frequent
breakdawn and repair cost is increasing.
If the Tawn were to. stay in the parking meter business,
a parking meter replacement pragram must be in place.
The Town's stock af 300 meters could be replaced
through a 10 year period. At 30 meters, it would cast
$15,900. annually and the amount will have to be drawn
fram the Parking Reserve fund this year and the same
amount set aside in the current budget in subsequent
years.
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2.5.3 Fram a cast/revenue paint af view, the added cast af
$15,900. to. replace parking meters will ensure the Tawn
in a deficit situatian year after year.
3. WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE:
3.1 The questians which arase aut af the previaus discussions
are:
a) What shauld the Tawn do. abaut vandalism and shauld
there be mare pal ice enfarcement?
b) Shauld the Tawn replace the damaged meters? If so,
autharizatian is needed to. draw fram the Parking
Reserve Fund?
c) Shauld the Tawn grant the B.I.A.request far "Caurtesy
Ticket"? If sa, what are the implicatians an last
revenue given the fact that the parking meter already
has a 5 minute grace after time expiry?
d) Shauld the Tawn eliminate parking meter altagether
since the balance sheet is a break even prapasition? If
sa, what are the alternatives and implicatians?
e~) ShaulLth~~wn i nCre<'l S8 t.he~g~cat:~e==andj=o~~vy a
charge tor emplayee parking?
3.2 The abave questians are raised far discussian and debates.
There may be ather questians arising aut af detailed
discussians af the issues. The issues identified are palicy
issues which cauncil is the ultimate decisian making body to.
decide an solutians andjar alternatives.
3.3 This repart is intended to. facilitate meaningful discussian
amang members af Cauncil. Since the parking issues are also.
af prime cancern to. the Bawmanville B.I.A., Staff suggest
that a special infarmal meeting be held between Cauncil and
the B.I.A. priar to. any decisian by Cauncil.
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Respectfully submitted,
Recammended far presentation
to. the Cammittee
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Chief Administ/~ative
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Franklin Wu, M.C.I.P.
Directar of Planning
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