Official Information Request - 21 March 2019

As per the Act, we are obliged to advise that you may contact the Ombudsman at the address below if you have any concerns with the response provided by Council, by writing to:

The Office of the Ombudsman

PO Box 10 152

WELLINGTON 6143

Alternatively, you may email info@ombudsman.parliament.nz or use the online complaints form available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/make-a-complaint.

Regards

Follow-up response:

Sent: Friday, 3 May 2019 12:52 p.m.

Subject: LGOIMA request - parking in Pukuatua and Hinemoa Streets

I refer to your follow-up request for the number of 'transactions' for the below parking fees/period, and for information which demonstrates that since the price increase these streets are now virtually and consistently empty.

We can only provide the number of transactions through the new 'parking machines' as the old machines were mechanical and did not provide this information, therefore there is no comparable data. However, for the new parking machines, the transactions are:

Machine No.2075 - 239 transactions

Machine No.2043 - 566 transactions

Machine No.2001 - 529 transactions

The issue of parking availability has several levels, those being:

1. The new parking regime is to ensure that parking is available for customers to park and carry out their business in the inner city, not the previous parking for all day worker parking.
2. We have old data around utilisation of the parking before the changes (but this is based on the premise of allowing workers to utilise the parking all day).
3. The current Version 1 sensors that are in the ground (and provided the data for 2 above) are at end of life with many actually not working (again another driver for the change in parking services) so we cannot provide current data.
4. Once the total implementation is operational and full enforcement services are working (that is full staff complement, Scan Car etc) the intention is to then re-survey availability.
5. It has always been the intention of Council to continue to review the impacts and make subsequent changes if and where required, this is part of managing parking within the city.

As per the Act, we are obliged to advise that you may contact the Ombudsman at the address below if you have any concerns with the response provided by Council, by writing to:

The Office of the Ombudsman

PO Box 10 152

WELLINGTON 6143

Alternatively, you may email info@ombudsman.parliament.nz or use the online complaints form available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/make-a-complaint.

Regards