REPORT ON COUNCIL
Mar. 30, 2016
Committee of the Whole Meeting: 9:00 a.m. – 3:09 p.m.
Regular Meeting of Council: 6 p.m. – 7:18 p.m.
All Members of Council Present: Mayor George Cornell, Deputy Mayor Steffen Walma (absent after 1:45 p.m., but back for the Regular Meeting), and Councillors Cindy Hastings, Richard Hinton and Gibb Wishart.
PILOT PARKING STRATEGY: According to a report prepared by Steven Harvey, Chief Municipal Law Enforcement Officer, and Dawn McConnell, Engineering Technologist, staff was to be guided by the following principles when developing a pilot parking program for implementation this summer from Concessions 8 to 12 and west, roughly, from the Nipissing Ridge (see the map attached to the report under Staff Reports/Administration and Finance):
- Major beach parks should be made accessible to all residents and visitors on a permit or pay parking basis.
- Parking at major beach parks should be managed and controlled to minimize negative impacts on surrounding residential areas.
- Other smaller public beach areas must be made accessible to all residents of the Township and to a limited number of residents (150 permits available) from surrounding municipalities on a permit parking basis only.
- All “open parking” which provides access to shoreline areas should be eliminated and replaced with permit parking.
- Parking Permits are to be limited to 2 per municipal property.
Each road used as an entry and exit point to the area would have signs posted to indicate that open parking is now converted to permit parking. Communication regarding the pilot project would be through the Township’s website and bulk mail-outs. Residents, visitors and beach associations are to be asked to submit comments regarding the pilot strategy by e-mail or letter or, possibly, an on-line survey, up to September 30. Two additional part-time bike staff would be hired to focus on by-law enforcement and parking related issues from Friday to Sunday in the pilot parking area, and the two current bike part-time positions would be expanded to include Fridays.
Council approved the recommendations in the report.
Special Occasion Parking in the pilot area will be considered in a subsequent report.
