Item ## City Planning & Development Committee on 03/12/2013 Status: Public Adelaide Oval On-street Event Parking Plan [ACC2013/01344] Strategic Outcome: Outcome 2 - Accessible City Program & Value Proposition: Accessible City - The Accessible City Program will facilitate safe and easy access to all the city's places Program Contact No: Tanya Bacic, A/PM Accessible City 8203 7130 Approved: David Chick, Acting GM, City Planning RECOMMENDATION That the City Planning & Development Committee recommends to Council that Council: 1. Endorses the modifications to the proposed Adelaide Oval On-street Event Parking Plan that went out for public consultation from 1 July to 23 August 2013 as follows: 1.1. Strategy 1 “No Change” to include the taxi and drop-off/pick-up zones as set out in Attachment A, Item XX on the Agenda for the meeting for the City Planning and Development Committee on 3 December 2013; 1.2. Strategy 2 “2 hour limit” to only apply on the day of the Event and be initially constrained to streets approximately 1 km from the Oval as set out in Attachment B, Item XX on the Agenda for the meeting for the City Planning and Development Committee on 3 December 2013. 1.3. Strategy 3 “3 hour limit” not to be applied in the initial instance, however the parking impacts to be monitored, and the strategy reconsidered as part of a six month review of the Plan or sooner if required; and P a g e | 1 I t e m # 1.4. Strategy 4 “War Memorial Drive West Road Closure for Event Parking” to apply the road closure extended between Montefiore Road and Park Terrace and event day parking arrangements modified to cater for coach bus parking, accessible companion parking and visitor parking to the Oval as set out principally in Attachment C, Item XX on the Agenda for the meeting for the City Planning and Development Committee on 3 December 2013. 2. Endorses the use of only the existing roadways of Pinky Flat to be used as a temporary layover for taxis only during events as set out in Attachment D, Item XX on the Agenda for the meeting for the City Planning and Development Committee on 3 December 2013. 3. Endorses the Administration to investigate a new Strategy 5 “Parking Permits for Park Land Community and Sporting groups” to support the continued use of the Park Lands (Park 10 Warnpangga & Park 12 Karrawirra) for community and sporting groups on event days only. 4. Endorses the development of a parking education campaign, targeted to the first few significant events BACKGROUND 1. At its meeting on 28 May 2013, Council endorsed that: 1. Public consultation be undertaken with the residents, businesses, institutions, Park Lands recreational users and other affected parties in North Adelaide to obtain feedback on the proposed Adelaide Oval On-Street Event Parking Management Plan outlined in Attachment A to Item 8 on the Agenda for the meeting of the City Infrastructure & Public Works Committee held on 21 May 2013. 2. Council notes the business case for funding the installation of extended on street parking controls in North Adelaide and for management of on-street parking during events.” 2. The proposed Adelaide Oval On-street Event Parking Plan was developed to cover events held at Adelaide Oval on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays (refer Attachment F). Key elements of the proposed Plan were: 2.1. Promotion of city centre car parks by U-Park and other commercial parking operators. 2.2. Encouraging patrons to the Oval to use public transport. 2.3. U-Park management of War Memorial Drive parking, between Red Ochre car park and North Adelaide Railway Station. 2.4. Wide-scale permanent changes to on-street parking controls in North Adelaide to discourage event parking and minimise impact to residents, services and businesses. 3. The proposed Adelaide Oval On-street Event Parking Plan consultation process ran from 1 July to 23 August 2013. It included the distribution of over 6,400 letters to local residents, businesses, institutions, Park Lands recreational users and other affected parties in North Adelaide, together with a specifically designed Your Say Adelaide webpage (1,907 downloads) outlining project information, map of the proposed parking strategies and feedback form. P a g e | 2 I t e m # 4. Two open house information sessions were held at the North Adelaide Community Centre and Library on the 22 and 24 July 2013 to enable interested parties to find out more and discuss the implications with staff and support consultants. SUPPORTING INFORMATION Summary of Consultation Feedback 5. Overall survey responses (approximately 400 submissions) represented a 4.8% return rate from the mail out and Your Say Adelaide website. An anomaly has also been noted in the community feedback insofar as some submissions supported the “No Change” strategy yet added comments to the effect that they thought it was related to streets other than those detailed in the Plan. 6. The overall feedback showed that support for the proposed strategies varied as outlined in the Table below: Do not Strategy Description Support Unsure support Strategy 1 No Change (Montefiore, between River Torrens and Pennington, Pennington between King William and Jeffcott, War 43% 31% 26% Memorial, between King William and Montefiore, King William, Brougham and Palmer) Strategy 2 2 Hour Limit (North Adelaide Streets 32% 46% 22% generally within 1.2 km to Adelaide Oval) Strategy 3 3 Hour Limit (North Adelaide Streets generally beyond 1.2 km from Adelaide 23% 50% 26% Oval) Strategy 4: Road Closed to provide parking for major events (War Memorial Drive, between Red 47% 20% 33% Ochre Car Park and NA Railway Station) 7. The key themes from the consultation based on discussions and feedback include: 7.1 Residents, sporting associations and business operators would like access to permits (22%). 7.2 Minimal disturbance wanted, in terms of noise and amenity, to residence and business operators (18%). 7.3 Encourage Oval attendees to use public transport by offering incentives (10%). 7.4 Provide access to residential properties for family and friends (10%). 7.5 Adelaide oval event parking restrictions should only apply on the day of the event (7%). P a g e | 3 I t e m # 8. Key stakeholders issues and comments have been generally consistent with the initial feedback, however full details have been summarised in Attachment E. 9. In terms of the location of respondent’s submissions 1% originated from Adelaide, 65% North Adelaide, 13% residents of other areas and 21% not given. Local resident only comments on the proposed strategies and level of support are detailed in the Table below: Do not Strategy Description Support Unsure support Strategy 1 No Change (Montefiore, between River Torrens and Pennington, Pennington between King William and Jeffcott, War 45% 31% 24% Memorial, between King William and Montefiore, King William, Brougham and Palmer) Strategy 2 2 Hour Limit (North Adelaide Streets 38% 41% 21% generally within 1.2km to Adelaide Oval) Strategy 3 3 Hour Limit (North Adelaide Streets generally beyond 1.2km from Adelaide 23% 53% 25% Oval) Strategy 4: Road Closed to provide parking for major events (War Memorial Drive, between Red 46% 19% 34% Ochre Car Park and NA Railway Station) 10. The feedback has been considered and influenced proposed changes to the Adelaide Oval On- street Event Parking Plan, including: 10.1. Reviewing the extent and timing of the proposed restrictions. 10.2. Preparing a parking layout for using War Memorial Drive West of Montefiore Road on event days. 10.3. Supporting the provision of an additional 300 parking spaces for people with disabilities and their companions. 10.4. Increasing the number of taxi ranks adjacent to the Adelaide Oval to complement public transport and encourage event goers to leave their cars at home. 10.5. Supporting public transport service providers (including country coach requirements) with stops and layover locations. 11. Accordingly, amendments are proposed to the parking Plan strategies as detailed below. Strategy 1: “No Change” Amendments (Refer Attachment A) Proposal 12. During event mode Pennington Terrace has operated successfully as a temporary closed road to manage the egress of vehicle movements from the car parking areas on North Park. P a g e | 4 I t e m # 13. To improve the management of taxi operations near Adelaide Oval it is proposed to convert the kerbside areas of Pennington Terrace, King William Road and War Memorial Drive as temporary taxi ranks. 14. Taxi layover locations to link the taxi ranks near the southern Adelaide Oval entrance on War Memorial Drive are very limited. Positioning these vehicles away from the peak pedestrian thoroughfares will better manage the risk of pedestrian injury. 15. Taxi layovers on the roadways only within Pinky Flat offer the best connection to the taxi ranks west of the road closure. An anti-clockwise rotation through Pinky Flat, a half an hour before the end of events and an hour after can be managed by Ushers from the SA Taxi Council to obtain maximum efficiency. The provision of this space would also greatly facilitate and allow prioritisation of Access Cab movements. Appropriate agreements would be established to ensure that the importance and integrity of Pinky Flat is respected and maintained. 16. A Passenger Loading Zone on Montefiore Road, on the eastern side, just south of War Memorial Drive is also proposed as a quick two minute pick-up and drop-off zone. Implications 17. Pennington Terrace parking controls would need to be operated by using “flip around” signs on the day of the event. King William Road and Montefiore Road parking controls can become permanent features in conjunction with existing controls.