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COUNCIL MINUTES TUESDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2012 DV12.142 ACCESS AND PARKING STRATEGY - PART TWO - PRECINCT PARKING MANAGEMENT PLANS - ENDORSEMENT OF THE STRATEGY AS A GUIDING DOCUMENT FOR THE FUTURE CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT OF PARKING AND ACCESS IN THE TOWN SUMMARY: To accommodate growth in the commercial centres, the question of access becomes an increasingly significant issue. How employees and visitors will travel to these centres will be dependent on their access to a wider range of transport modes. A greater level of management will also be required to ensure that there is maximum use of available facilities. Sole reliance on the motor vehicle simply cannot be accommodated. The ability of our roads to carry continually increasing traffic and the cost of providing parking do not allow this approach to the demand for parking and better access to commercial centres to continue. Instead, use of alternative modes, such as public transport, walking and cycling are becoming increasingly necessary. In early 2011, the Council commissioned a study to look at how these future access needs can be met. At the present time, the main areas experiencing growth pressures are the centres along Cambridge Street in West Leederville and Wembley and the medical zone, around St. John of God Hospital. Whilst requiring a general review of the Town's Off-Street Parking Policy, the study brief also required particular attention to be given to these four centres. Strategies can be fairly broad, however, this Strategy looks at the detail, as well as how the actions recommended can be effectively implemented The Access and Parking Strategy was undertaken in two parts. Part 1 involved developing an understanding of the issues associated with access and parking and current policies, examining possible options and solutions, and developing short, medium and long-term recommendations. Also, to support the first part of the Strategy, future parking demand (based on the uppermost estimates of development yield for the four centres over a 20 to 30 year timeframe) was assessed and impacts on future traffic volumes examined. Part 2 of the Strategy includes the future access and parking requirements and policies for the four commercial centres (including the Medical Zone) and provides practical Precinct Parking Management Plans which provide detailed guidance on how to implement the strategic direction over a 5 to 20 year timeframe. In addition, the Strategy has also addressed parking management, enforcement, education, information systems, private parking, future parking ratios and parking surveys as they apply to the Town as a whole. Further progression of these aspects of the study will be integral to the development of a long term parking strategy and inturn the Town's transport strategy. The Strategy's recommendations in this regard will be further progressed as the transport strategy is formulated. The Strategy has been guided through the Town Planning Scheme Review (TPSR) Steering Committee. H:\CEO\GOV\COUNCIL MINUTES\12 MINUTES\NOVEMBER 2012\B DV.DOCX 75
COUNCIL MINUTES TUESDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2012 BACKGROUND: The Access and Parking Strategy forms part of an on-going review of Town Planning Scheme No. 1. Further to the commencement of the Review, many development applications received were highlighting the need to also review the current parking policy. Car parking is increasingly becoming the critical issue in the redevelopment of existing commercial areas and applicants seek Council discretion to allow shortfalls in on-site parking. In some cases, Council has required the payment of cash in lieu for parking shortfalls. However, this has not been consistently applied and there is no systematic clear plan for the use of these funds for providing alternative parking/access facilities, or for supplementing other transport initiatives. In response, a consultant brief was prepared to undertake a detailed examination of future parking and access needs for the Town as a whole and, in particular, the four main commercial centres along Cambridge Street, namely the Southport Street and Cambridge High Street commercial nodes, the Medical Zone and the Wembley Town Centre. The proposed consultant brief was presented to Council in March 2011 (Item DV11.18) and following requests for quotations Luxmoore Parking Consulting (a division of ARRB Group Ltd) was selected to undertake the Study. The consulting firm included sub-consultants from Planning Consultants Australia Pty Ltd, Team Architects Australia Pty Ltd and Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM). DETAILS: The two parts of the study are summarised below. Part 1 - Access and Parking Strategy Report Part 1 provided the long term strategic direction for future parking management. The Report also incorporated a detailed analysis of cash-in-lieu contribution schemes and the land, construction and operational costs of supplying new car parking facilities. The first part of the Strategy concentrated on the proposition that if the uppermost level of development potential envisaged for the four commercial centres along Cambridge Street was to be achieved, there would be a need to change the way in which parking is supplied and managed. The challenge being to find a balance between adequate supply of parking to ensure vitality of the commercial centres and managing the demand for parking. The Strategy stresses that continuing a demand satisfaction approach (based on a 'predict and provide' model) is unsustainable and therefore recommended moving away from the more conventional approach of ‘predict and provide' towards a 'demand management approach' to the supply of parking. A number of recommendations were highlighted and these are summarised later in the report. A summary of Part 1 - Access and Parking Strategy - Issues, Options and Long Term Strategic Directions is attached. A copy of the full report is available on request. Part 2 - Precinct Parking Management Plans In Part 2, a Precinct Parking Management Plan is developed for each of the commercial areas. The broad aim is to manage and control parking through a process of phased implementation of specific measures in each precinct and the Strategy outlines the measures to be implemented in the short, medium and long term. H:\CEO\GOV\COUNCIL MINUTES\12 MINUTES\NOVEMBER 2012\B DV.DOCX 76
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