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CABINET MEMBER FOR TRANSPORT – 24 APRIL 2008
ADDENDA
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Item of Additional Urgent Business Parking and Traffic Regulations Outside London Adjudication Committee - Membership
Recent changes to bus lane enforcement and proposed new legislation require a change to arrangements for the National Parking Adjudication Service Joint Committee (set up under the Traffic Management Act 2004) of which Oxfordshire County Council is a member. Manchester City Council (MCC), the lead authority for the joint committee, has indicated that in practice the change requires the existing joint committee to be disbanded and a new Parking and Traffic Regulations Outside London Adjudication Committee to be set up. There are no material changes proposed but in order to meet its statutory requirement of being a member of this new Committee OCC needs to complete a new agreement with other authorities The attached report recommends that the County Council sign up to the agreement for a new joint committee under arrangements broadly similar to the existing agreement and to nominate member representation. However, a decision needs to be taken urgently as MCC have advised that it is vital that the Agreement be signed by 28/29 April 2008 in order to take effect.
Under the provisions contained in Rule 16 (Special Urgency) of the Access to Information Procedure Rules of the Constitution the Chairman of the Environment & Economy Scrutiny Committee has been notified of the need to consider this Item as it is not currently in the Forward Plan.
Additionally the need to advise MCC by the 28 April does not allow sufficient time to invoke the call in process as set out in the Constitution under Rule 17a of the Scrutiny Procedure Rules. Therefore the Chairman of the Council has agreed that any decision should be exempt from the call in process as any delay would seriously prejudice the Council’s interests in that the Agreement would not come into effect on the due date.
Report by the Head of Transport attached.
1. Petitions and Public Address
6. Disabled Persons’ Parking Places – South Oxfordshire District Council
Councillor John Howell (local member Dorchester and Berinsfield Division) has submitted comments (see attached letter) (download as .doc file) with regard to specific proposals for Dorchester and Berinsfield.
A letter from the South Oxfordshire Housing association is attached(download as .doc file)
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