Public Questions & Responses - Environment Committee - 24.07.14

8/12/2019 Public Questions & Responses - Environment Committee - 24.07.14

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Public Questions Environment Committee 24 July 2014

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1 6 MrDishman

Bay Monitorin technolo y! "illtra#c $ar%ens &CE'( haveaccess to in)ormation )rom thebay monitorin technolo y sothat they coul%* )or e+am,le*a,,ear at the bay the minutethat someone has over-staye%an% issue a PC./

s in%icate% in the re,ort the Bay Monitorin e ui,ment$oul% be use% to establish intelli ence on bay usa ean% this in)ormation $oul% be use% to i%enti)y anyun%erutilisation an% to assist to %eterminin $hatactions shoul% be ta en to increase ,atrona e in theun%erutilise% bays! 3t $ill also ,rovi%e intelli ence onthe success or other$ise o) any actions ta en an% allo$)urther in)orme% %ecisions to be ta en an% on- oinmonitorin to ta e ,lace $ithout the nee% to %e,loy sitebase% resources $hich $oul% be costly! he baymonitorin technolo y $oul% nee% to be lin e% to the,ayment system in or%er to ,rovi%e the su este%)acility to in)orm CE'5s o) overstays!

2 6 MrDishman

he re,ort says that ,ay-by-,hone is chea,er than cash!"oul% the council ,lease tellme the total amount ,ai% to

errus7PayByPhone bymotorists in Barnet in the yearen%e% 81 March 2014/

he Council ,ay the )ees to PaybyPhone &PbP( base% onthe number o) PbP transactions! "ith the e+ce,tion o),hone7te+t char es $hich $oul% not be ,ayable to PBP amotorists $oul% only ,ay a )ee to PbP i) they o,t )ora%%itional services o9ere% by PbP such as acon:rmation o) ,ayment te+t messa e or a te+tremin%er o) $hen the ,ai% )or ,erio% is about to e+,ire!

his %e,en%s on the number o) motorists $ho re uestthese )acilities an% such in)ormation is not currently,rovi%e% to the Council!

8 6 MrDishman

3sn;t the $hole re,ort $ritten ona )alse ,remise that $hat ismore im,ortant is cost to thecouncil o) ,rovi%in a service

.o! he Policy has been $ritten $ith the ,ers,ective o)achievin the ?4!


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Cash collectioncosts &110*000( &220*000(

ta#n costs&E '( &4 000( &100*000(Totals (225,000) (460,000)


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6 6 MrDishman

@o$ many tic ets )or ,roo) o),ayment can be obtaine% )or

82*000/

he 82*000 : ure is the total estimate% cost o)maintainin tic et rolls an% there)ore inclu%es labourcosts to visit each machine an% re,lenish the stoc o)

tic et rolls an% also the maintenance )unctions o)clearin bloc a es! Clearly this is an estimate% : ure as$e %o not no$ the level o) usa e!

F 6 MrDishman

"hich or anisations et )ree,ar in ,ermits/

Emer ency ervices an% Carers Permits!

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MrDishman

3s ,ara ra,h 6!11 correct aboutminimum si n hei hts as,ara ra,h 1!21 o) the ra#c

i ns Manual* Cha,ter 8su ests a hei ht to the lo$ere% e o) bet$een >00mm an%1 00mm/

Please note that re,ort item F on the a en%a see s theEnvironment Committee5s en%orsement o) a %ra)t,ar in ,olicy )or ,ublic consultation! s such it is

e+,ecte% that the ,olicy $ill be subGect to chan ebe)ore a%o,tion later in the year! here)ore theseans$ers re)er to the %ra)t ,ar in ,olicy an% may not berelevant to the :nal a ree% ,olicy!

his ,ara ra,h is relate% to Conservation areas an%,rovi%es reco nition that the Council nee%s to besensitive to the im,act on a conservation area $henconsi%erin the number an% ty,e o) si ns an% lines tobe installe%! =esi%ents livin in conservation areas havema%e it clear that they believe that si ns an% lines are%etrimental to the area an% there is an e+,ectation that

the Council $ill %esi n schemes sym,athetically an% assuch schemes in conservation areas are %esi ne% inor%er to re%uce any a%verse im,acts* $hilst also beinmin%)ul o) meetin minimum statutory re uirements!


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> F

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MrDishman

he overnment are about tobrin in a 10 minute race,erio% & June 14 =es,onse toconsultation on local authority,ar in ( )or over-stayin a)ter a,erio% o) ,ai%-)or ,ar in !

houl%n;t the councilincor,orate that no$/

Please note that re,ort item F on the a en%a see s theEnvironment Committee5s en%orsement o) a %ra)t,ar in ,olicy )or ,ublic consultation! s such it ise+,ecte% that the ,olicy $ill be subGect to chan ebe)ore a%o,tion later in the year! here)ore theseans$ers re)er to the %ra)t ,ar in ,olicy an% may not berelevant to the :nal a ree% ,olicy!Hntil such time as the Iovernment chan e the currentle islation $e %o believe it to be a,,ro,riate to inclu%ethis in the current Policy! @o$ever* as an% $henle islation chan es $e $ill clearly ensure that current,olicies are revie$e% an% u,%ate% accor%in ly to ensurecom,liance!

10 F

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Mr

Dishman

ren;t the current very short

observations ,erio% over-ealous an% shoul% theCommittee consi%er a minuteminimum )or all contraventionse+ce,t )or truly heinous casesli e ,ar in on ebra crossin

i - a s/

Please note that re,ort item F on the a en%a see s the

Environment Committee5s en%orsement o) a %ra)t,ar in ,olicy )or ,ublic consultation! s such it ise+,ecte% that the ,olicy $ill be subGect to chan ebe)ore a%o,tion later in the year! here)ore theseans$ers re)er to the %ra)t ,ar in ,olicy an% may not berelevant to the :nal a ree% ,olicy!3t is believe% that the Council have i%enti:e% the correctbalance across the various contravention ty,es $ithinthe ,ro,ose% Policy $hich is in accor%ance $ith current,ractice!

11 F

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MrDishman

he re,ort tal s o) :rm but )airen)orcement but 3 recall theno$ mayor* Councillor @u h=ayner* as in )or an item onthe over- ealous en)orcement

Please note that re,ort item F on the a en%a see s theEnvironment Committee5s en%orsement o) a %ra)t,ar in ,olicy )or ,ublic consultation! s such it ise+,ecte% that the ,olicy $ill be subGect to chan ebe)ore a%o,tion later in the year! here)ore these


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metho%s o) . K em,loye%tra#c $ar%ens to come to hisscrutiny committee &sincere,lace%(! "ill this no$ come tothis committee/

ans$ers re)er to the %ra)t ,ar in ,olicy an% may not berelevant to the :nal a ree% ,olicy!

his $ill be ,ro resse% as ,art o) the Par in3m,rovement Pro ramme an% $ill inclu%e anin%e,en%ent au%it o) . K5s en)orcement activity an% $illalso inclu%e a Co%e o) Con%uct revie$!

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MrDishman

3) the aim is to issue theminimum number o) PC.%oesn;t the council thin it has)aile% com,letely $hen it isissuin 16 *000 PC. a year an%has been %oin %o so* more orless* )or years/ 3sn;t acom,letely ne$ strate yre uire%/

Please note that re,ort item F on the a en%a see s theEnvironment Committee5s en%orsement o) a %ra)t,ar in ,olicy )or ,ublic consultation! s such it ise+,ecte% that the ,olicy $ill be subGect to chan ebe)ore a%o,tion later in the year! here)ore theseans$ers re)er to the %ra)t ,ar in ,olicy an% may not berelevant to the :nal a ree% ,olicy!

he number o) PC.5s has increase% in the last 2 years%ue to increase% en)orcement activity ta in ,lace! 3tha% been i%enti:e% that the restrictions $hich e+iste%$here not bein )ully en)orce% an% this $as lea%in to a,erce,tion that ,ar in non-com,liantly $oul% notal$ays lea% to a PC. bein issue% %ue to the lac o)en)orcement resource at certain locations an% at certaintimes! his has no$ been a%%resse% an% initially it$oul% be reasonable to e+,ect the number o) PC.5sissue% to increase but over time this $oul% start to%ecrease! "e are no$ startin to see this ,atternemer in as the number o) PC.5s bein issue% over thelast 6 months has seen a %ecrease* thereby su estinthat this has encoura e% better com,liance! 3t isho$ever reco nise% that there is still more $or to be%one in encoura in better com,liance also see


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res,onse to Q84!

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MrDishman

"oul%n;t it be a oo% i%ea to,revent movin tra#c o9encesas )ar as ,ossible by %esi ninthem out o) the roa% layout* sothat )or e+am,le your vehicle isnaturally an le% to the le)t by%esi n $hen at a no ri ht turn*rather than :llin the council;sco9ers $ith yet morecontravention income/

Please note that re,ort item F on the a en%a see s theEnvironment Committee5s en%orsement o) a %ra)t,ar in ,olicy )or ,ublic consultation! s such it ise+,ecte% that the ,olicy $ill be subGect to chan ebe)ore a%o,tion later in the year! here)ore theseans$ers re)er to the %ra)t ,ar in ,olicy an% may not berelevant to the :nal a ree% ,olicy!"e use a ran e o) metho%s to ,revent movin tra#co9ences inclu%in attem,tin to limit o,,ortunitythrou h a,,ro,riate %esi ns* ho$ever these are notal$ays ,ractical or success)ul an% as such a variety o)other metho%s inclu%in en)orcement nee%s to beconsi%ere%! his is not about income achieve% )romen)orcement as there is a si ni:cant cost involve% in theinstallation o) an in)rastructure $hich allo$s )or e#cienten)orcement! .on-com,liance lea%s to sa)ety issues an%the aim is to a%%ress this issue as the ultimate ,riority!

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MrDishman

he minutes o) monthlymeetin s $ith . K by council,ar in mana ement sho$ thatthe council trialle% CC caren)orcement near schools an%)oun% insu#cient contraveninmotorists to cover the runnincosts o) the car an% sta9 etc! so%i% not buy or lease such a car!Doesn;t that sho$ that the

Please note that re,ort item F on the a en%a see s theEnvironment Committee5s en%orsement o) a %ra)t,ar in ,olicy )or ,ublic consultation! s such it is

e+,ecte% that the ,olicy $ill be subGect to chan ebe)ore a%o,tion later in the year! here)ore theseans$ers re)er to the %ra)t ,ar in ,olicy an% may not berelevant to the :nal a ree% ,olicy!

his $as a very short trial ,erio% an% the evi%ence,rovi%e% )rom the trial $as that there $as not the level


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council is more motivate% bymoney than by sa)ety/

o) non-com,liance an% as a result sa)ety issuesi%enti:e% as ha% been su este% )rom various sources!@o$ever* $e are min%)ul that this situation chan es an%have over recent months ha% many re uests )romresi%ents to concentrate more resources on ,erceive%inconsi%erate* unsa)e an% non-com,liant ,ar in,ractices in an% aroun% various school locations! Clearly$e nee% to react to such re uests as an% $hen receive%an% nee% to consi%er all available resources to achievee9ective outcomes!

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MrDishman

houl%n;t the council* )or thesa e o) o,enness an%trans,arency* ,ublish a list o)those roa%s in $hich )oot$ay

,ar in is allo$e% so thateveryone no$s $here theyare/

Please note that re,ort item F on the a en%a see s theEnvironment Committee5s en%orsement o) a %ra)t,ar in ,olicy )or ,ublic consultation! s such it ise+,ecte% that the ,olicy $ill be subGect to chan e

be)ore a%o,tion later in the year! here)ore theseans$ers re)er to the %ra)t ,ar in ,olicy an% may not berelevant to the :nal a ree% ,olicy!Ke islation ,rovi%es )or all )oot$ay ,ar in to been)orce% $ithin the Kon%on area* unless a s,eci:cscheme has been im,lemente% $hich clearly %e:nesthat )oot$ay ,ar in is allo$e%! he ne$ Policy aims toensure that the current ,ractice o) allo$in some)oot$ay ,ar in on an in)ormal basis i!e! $ithout theintro%uction o) a scheme is terminate% thus ensurinthat the re uirements are more clearly un%erstoo%!'nce the current ,osition has been rationalise% thein)ormation on $here )oot$ay ,ar in is allo$e% $illcertainly be ,ublishe% an% $ill also be available onlineonce the Par ma, system has been intro%uce%!


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council un%ertoo research intothe %elin uent behaviour,atterns in or%er to :n% abetter solution than hittinthem $ith a bi stic /

be)ore a%o,tion later in the year! here)ore theseans$ers re)er to the %ra)t ,ar in ,olicy an% may not berelevant to the :nal a ree% ,olicy!

.o :rm %ecisions have been ta en at this sta e*

ho$ever the ,olicy has i%enti:e% a number o) o,tions$hich may be %e,loye% to tac le ,ersistent eva%ersL

his inclu%es $ith%ra$in an%7or re)usin a Permit* butalso the ,otential o,tion to clam, an%7or removevehicles belon in to ,ersistent eva%ers! "e are a$arethat other authorities in Kon%on utilise these o,tions to%eal $ith ,ersistent eva%ers an% $e $ill be see invie$s on $hich metho% a,,ears to be the moste9ective!

"e $elcome su estions on ho$ the Council mayre%uce %elin uent ,ar in behaviour!

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MrDishman

"hat is the minimum notice,erio% that the council $or s to$hen ,uttin u, a%vance$arnin si ns i!e! ho$ many%ays be)ore the sus,ensionevent $ill the si ns o u,/ "illthe council ,lease consi%er a

,olicy such that anyone $hocan sho$ they $ere* )ore+am,le* a$ay $or in on anoil ri or on holi%ay $hen thesi ns $ent u, can have their%oubtless multi,le PC.


3t $oul% be %esirable )or a notice ,erio% in e+cess o) t$o$ee s* ho$ever in reality this is not al$ays ,ossible assus,ensions may be re uire% to %eal $ithur ent7emer ency events an% as such a shorter notice,erio% may be re uire%!Clearly the Council $oul% consi%er all re,resentations


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cancelle% $ithout havin to othrou h the 8 a,,eal sta es toP /

ma%e $ith re ar% to any motorist $ho receives a PC.an% )eels that this is un)air as they $ere not ivena,,ro,riate $arnin 7o,,ortunity to com,ly $ith therestrictions! uch situations have been reco nise% in thePolicy %ocument in ,,en%i+ 1 Discretion an%Miti ation!

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MrDishman

"oul% the council ,leaseconsi%er a less ealoustreatment o) our %isable%%rivers by havin a ,olicy thattheir PC.s $ill be cancelle% i)they have a blue ba% e $hichthey ,ut out the $ron si%e

u,,ermost or they sim,ly)or et or it )ell o9 the%ashboar% an% they then,ro%uce the blue ba% e %etails/


he Blue ba% e is issue% $ith a number o) con%itionsattache% inclu%in ma in it clear that it is theres,onsibility o) the blue ba% e hol%er to ensure thatthe Blue ba% e is correctly %is,laye% in the vehicle! hesame a,,lies to Permits $hich are issue% to resi%entsan% businesses!3t is current ,ractice to allo$ miti ation $hen it isi%enti:e% that this is a :rst o9ence an% su#cientevi%ence is ,rovi%e% on re uest* ho$ever in so %oin itis ma%e clear that this $oul% not be re,eate%!

he Council e+ercises its %iscretion in all cases $heremiti ation is ,ro,ose% an% cases are %ealt $ith on acase by case basis!


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MrDishman

3sn;t a,,en%i+ 1 $ron in thatan in)ormal challen e can besubmitte% at any time u, untilthe .otice to '$ner an% notsim,ly )or 2? %ays as this iscontrary to $hat the PC.actually says/

Please note that re,ort item F on the a en%a see s theEnvironment Committee5s en%orsement o) a %ra)t,ar in ,olicy )or ,ublic consultation! s such it ise+,ecte% that the ,olicy $ill be subGect to chan ebe)ore a%o,tion later in the year! here)ore theseans$ers re)er to the %ra)t ,ar in ,olicy an% may not berelevant to the :nal a ree% ,olicy!3t is our intention to issue the .otice to '$ner $ithin 2?%ays* ho$ever it is acce,te% that i) it ta es lon er* thenany in)ormal challen es receive% $ill be acce,te% u, tothe ,oint the . ' is issue%!

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MrDishman

3 thin that the state% ,olicy oncontact by councillors $hichbasically removes them )romthe ,rocess is the $ron ,olicyas they have a lot o) local

no$le% e about ,articularlocations so they shoul% be ableto %o as they currently %o&$hich is to as )or a PC. to becancelle% but they cannotinsist(/


his is in accor%ance $ith statutory ui%ance an% the,olicy $or%in %escribes $hy this is the mosta,,ro,riate a,,roach!

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MrDishman

3s ,,en%i+ 1 com,letely$ron in sayin that hearin s in

)ront o) the a%Gu%icator atP are hel% in the@aymar et as they have beenat n el Court* 3slin ton )or atleast years/

Please note that re,ort item F on the a en%a see s theEnvironment Committee5s en%orsement o) a %ra)t

,ar in ,olicy )or ,ublic consultation! s such it ise+,ecte% that the ,olicy $ill be subGect to chan ebe)ore a%o,tion later in the year! here)ore theseans$ers re)er to the %ra)t ,ar in ,olicy an% may not berelevant to the :nal a ree% ,olicy!


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Correct an% this $ill be amen%e% accor%in ly! han you)or ,ointin this error out!

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MrDishman

3s the thir% ,a e o) a,,en%i+ 1too va ue as it %oesn;t mentionthe 'r%er )or =ecovery an% theo,tion to :le a E> $itnessstatement to ta e a PC. bacto the .otice to o$ner sta e/


ree% - "e $ill a%% some a%%ition %ra)tin $hich%escribes the 'r%er )or =ecovery sta e an% thus ma esthis ,art o) the ,rocess clearer!

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MrDishman

3 $as a ,artici,ant at one o) therou,s selecte% to ta e ,art in

the ,hase 1 consultation to :n%out $hat motorists $ere%issatis:e% about $ith ,ar inin Barnet! Does the councilthin that havin s,ent 20*8Fon this e+ercise $ith l,ha=esearch that they un%erstoo%their brie) ,ro,erly $hen they

as e% us to tell them $hat $e$ere satis:e% $ith about,ar in in Barnet an% that toou, a thir% o) the allocate% time/


he ,rocess $as inten%e% to :n% out ,eo,le5s vie$s on,ar in enerally! 3n that res,ect the brie) inclu%e% are uirement to :n% out $hat $as consi%ere% as oo% as

$ell as areas $here there $as %issatis)action!


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2? F

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MrDishman

houl% the council have a,olicy o) cancellin PC. $hen amotorist ,roves they ,ai% )orthe $ron vehicle as theo9ence is by nature o) atechnical one an% %oesn;t cause%an er or tra#c con estionetc/


ee the :nal ,ara ra,h in the ans$er to uestion 20above as this e ually a,,lies in this situation!

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MrDishman houl% the council have a,olicy o) cancellin PC. $hen amotorist ,roves they ,ai% )orthe $ron location an% %oesn;tcause %an er or tra#ccon estion etc/


ee the :nal ,ara ra,h in the ans$er to uestion 20above as this e ually a,,lies in this situation!

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Mr

Dishman

houl% the council have a

,olicy )or %ealin $ithvulnerable in%ivi%uals so that

reater case ets e+ercise% bybaili9s )or $hose actions thecouncil has a %uty o) care so

Please note that re,ort item F on the a en%a see s the

Environment Committee5s en%orsement o) a %ra)t,ar in ,olicy )or ,ublic consultation! s such it ise+,ecte% that the ,olicy $ill be subGect to chan ebe)ore a%o,tion later in the year! here)ore theseans$ers re)er to the %ra)t ,ar in ,olicy an% may not be


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that $e %on;t have any more >4year ol% men at ris o) havintheir metho% o) trans,ortremove%/

relevant to the :nal a ree% ,olicy! he Council %o re uire the Baili9 Com,anies to have a%e:ne% ,roce%ure )or %ealin $ith ulnerablein%ivi%uals an% havin ins,ecte% these $e are ha,,ythat these are a%e uate!

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MrDishman

houl%n;t the council havemore common-senseen)orcement such as notissuin PC. in the Ko% e KaneCar ,ar a)ter the mar et hasobviously ,ac e% u, an% onehome/


han you )or this su estion $hich $ill be iven %ueconsi%eration!

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MrDishman

houl%n;t the council )ollo$ thee+am,le in Cam%en $here thecouncil ive the resi%ent )or$hom a bay has beensus,en%e%* ,erha,s )or a houseremoval* a stic er to ,ut overthe bay sus,en%e% si n so thatit can be brou ht bac into useas soon as the nee% )or the

sus,ension has ,asse%/


han you )or this su estion $hich $ill be iven %ueconsi%eration!


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,rovisions $hich are in ,lace throu hout the borou h tobe accesse% online!

ll motorists have a %uty to com,ly $ith statutoryre uirements an% obey the hi h$ay co%e an% this )orms,art o) the ,rocess by $hich motorists learn to %rive an%

are teste%!

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MrDishman

"ho too the %ecision to$ith%ra$ the attache% PC.cancellation ,olicy $hen . Ktoo over an% shoul%n;t it be,ut bac in ,lace/


he ty,es o) circumstances $hich may lea% to acancellation are %escribe% in ,,en%i+ 1 !

86 > MrDishman

Iiven that available s,ace canbe ratione% by time as easily asby money an% that 2*000O,eo,le si ne% a ,etition$oul%n;t it be more res,onsiveto customer %eman% i) a trial$as ma%e o) )ree ,ar in )or 80minutes at this location to see$hat actually ha,,ens ratherthan s,en%in 2 *000 on bay

sensors/

he o,tions have been i%enti:e% in the re,ort an%Members $ill consi%er these be)ore ma in a %ecisionon ho$ best to ,rocee%! 3t is $orth notin that therecommen%ations %o not currently inclu%e theintro%uction o) bay monitorin e ui,ment!

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Public Questions & Responses - Environment Committee - 24.07.14