Agenda of Local Traffic Committee Meeting

BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL

Local Traffic Committee Meeting 6.1

Regulatory Matters

Report No. 6.1 Traffic - Myocum Downs Rd, Lagoon Drive, Mountain Blue Close - Speed Review - 60km/hr

File No: I2016/752

Background - I2015/887

A resident has requested a 60 km/hr speed limit be introduced for the 1.2km length of Myocum Downs Drive. As shown the subject site is a sealed, no through road, has 29 residential properties, is in a rural setting and located approximately 3.5km south of Mullumbimby.

Council have no record of traffic volume or speeds or any crash data based on records dating back to 1996. Nevertheless, the number of accesses (up to 29) and that no through traffic occurs would suggest some of the RMS speed zone criteria for reviewing the speed limit is met. The road is currently state default (100km/hr), drive to conditions while the main road (and sole access point) of Myocum Road has recently (in last 18 months) been reduced from a similar, rural 100km/hr limit to 80km/hr.

However as RMS are the sole authority for authorising speed zone changes it is requested that they undertake such a review if they believe it warranted and, if it proceeds, provide results back in due course.

Council Resolution

15-443 Resolved that Council adopt the following Committee and Management Recommendation(s):

Report No. 6.8 Request for 60kph speed limit, Myocum Downs Drive, Myocum

File No: I2015/887

That Council request the RMS, as the sole NSW authority for authorising speed zone changes, undertake such review of Myocum Downs Drive, Myocum if they believe it warranted and, if such review proceeds, provide results back in due course.

Outcome of Investigation

On behalf of Byron Shire Council RMS has conducted speed reviews on the following roads and made recommendations in table 1:

Table 1. RMS recommendations from speed review
Road Name	Length (km)	Speed Limit (km/hr)		Signs (2 with repeater at 300m)
Road Name	Length (km)	Existing	Proposed	Signs (2 with repeater at 300m)
Myocum Downs Road, Myocum	1.2	100	60	3
Lagoon Drive, Myocum	1.3	100	60	3
Mountain Blue Close, Myocum	0.3	100	60	2

Figure 1. Sketch showing all three roads

Estimated costs of recommendation

Table 2. Estimated costs of this recommendation
Materials and equipment required	Estimated Cost
1 x Sign crew per day, 8 x New signs, 1 x Contingency	$1,800

Council can apply to RMS for funding prior to undertaking any works. This application and approval process takes approximately 8 weeks. Then the installation of the speed zone will be at nil cost to Council.

RECOMMENDATION:

1. That the committee approves RMS recommendation to reduce the posted speed limit to 60km/hr for the following roads:

a. Myocum Downs Road, Myocum;

b. Lagoon Drive, Myocum; and

c. Mountain Blue Close, Myocum.

Attachments:

1 Traffic - Myocum Downs Rd - Speed Review - SZ Installation letter to Byron Shire Council - R-1406 Myocum#2, E2016/54830 , page 5

2 Traffic - Myocum Downs Rd - Speed Review - NTH10671 Myocum Downs Rd, Lagoon Dve & Mountain Blue Close - 60 km_h, e2016/54828 , page 6

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Local Traffic Committee Meeting 6.2

Report No. 6.2 Event - Burringbar St, Mullum - Mullumbimby's Biggest Little Banquet, 3 September 2016 for 5 years

File No: I2016/717

Background

The Mullumbimby Chamber of Commerce are proposing to hold the ‘Biggest Little Banquet’ from 15:00 on Saturday 3 September 2016 to 02:00 on Sunday 4 September 2016.

The event is proposed to be set up exactly the same as last years, with tables across the centre of Burringbar Street either side of Stuart Street. The Chamber are proposing to sell 300 tickets for the event plus about 15 others in roles of volunteer staff and entertainers will also be present.

Figure 1. Road Closure shown in orange.

Investigation

The event has submitted a draft TCP which is an unmodified RMS TCP 54 for the road closure. This Traffic Control Plan (TCP) has to be modified to suit all the side streets and the detour around the event. There is no Traffic Management Plan (TMP) to deal with issues such as access for emergency services to where the 300 patrons are going to park.

The TMP and TCP documentation provided is not adequate to provide legal traffic control for this event. Council staff will work with the Mullumbimby Chamber of Commerce to resolve these issues before the LTC Meeting. At the LTC meeting the finalised TMP and TCP will be presented for review.

RECOMMENDATION:

1. That the Biggest Little Banquet to be held on the first Saturday of September over five years from 2016 to 2020 which includes the temporary road closures below, be endorsed between these times:

a) Burringbar Street between 15:00 on First Saturday of September to 02:00 on first

Sunday of September.

b) This event is held annually from the 03 September 2016 to Sunday 06 September

2020.

2. That the approval provided in Part 1 is subject to:

a) NSW Police approval is obtained;

b) Implementation of the approved Traffic Management Plan and Traffic Control

Plan

c) The event organiser:

i) advertising the impact of the event via a notice in the local weekly paper a minimum of one week prior to the operational impacts taking effect, noting it must include the event name, specifics of any traffic impacts or road closures and times, alternative route arrangements, event organiser, a personal contact name and a telephone number for all event related enquiries or complaints

ii) providing copy of the advert for Council's web page

iii) informing community and business that are directly impacted (eg adjacent to the event) via written information which is delivered to the property in a timely manner so as to document, consider and respond to any concerns raised

iv) arranging for private property access and egress affected by the event

v) liaising with bus and taxi operators and ensuring arrangements are made for provision of services during conduct of the event

vi) consulting with emergency services and any identified issues be addressed

vii) holding $20m public liability insurance cover which is valid for the event

viii) paying of Council’s Road Event Application Fee prior to the event

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Local Traffic Committee Meeting 6.4

Report No. 6.4 24.2015.19.1 - Marine Parade, Byron Bay - Regulatory Signage - Extension of Pay Parking Scheme

File No: I2016/770

Background

Since 23 December 2015, two distinct parking schemes have operated in Byron Bay: a meter registration pay parking area and on its perimeter a resident permit parking scheme. Each are briefly outlined further below.

As per the recently received consultant report (copy attached) both schemes are now proposed to extend to some of the streets within the Wategos suburb some 2km east of the town centre. As this involves regulatory changes, e.g. time limits, Local Traffic Committee (LTC) endorsement is sought.

As per the relevant Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) guidelines (Pay Parking and Permit Parking), it is noted that RMS concurrence is also required for the implementation of the proposed parking schemes; and that this concurrence can be granted via the LTC.

This concurrence is also now sought, noting it is considered as the third of six steps to establishing a parking scheme as taken and surmised from the RMS Permit Parking Guidelines v3.4 (p3, March 2016) which is instructional in the role of Council and the RMS:

1. Council identifies the need to establish a parking scheme (this report and report attached)

2. Council considers RMS guidelines and draft a proposal (as attached)

3. RMS provides advice at the Local Traffic Committee (27 July 2016)

4. Council resolves to establish a parking scheme. (RMS may appeal within 14 days)

5. Council establishes the parking scheme (Implementation)

6. Council evaluates the scheme (typically first required within 6 months of operation i.e. Review)

NB: both Pay Parking and Permit Parking guidelines are available from www.rms.nsw.gov.au.

Subject site and proposal

The subject site is shown at Figure 1 (i.e. a reproduction of Figure 6.1 in the attached report).

As per the green shaded area, it provides a total of 89 on-street public car spaces upon Marine Parade between its intersections with Palm Valley Drive and Julian Place. These same spaces are proposed to be better managed in four-ways, via a 4-hour (4P) time limit, metered pay parking, increased enforcement/surveillance and the implementation of the traffic management works to improve parking, traffic and pedestrian facilities as shown at Figure 2.1a and 2.1b in the attached.

Each however are viewed as interdependent (if not integrated) and as such they (together) are believed to address a key purpose of the RMS guidelines, namely measures aimed at better demand management and regulation that address the limits of supply and the problems of high demand.

Similarly linked is the related proposal of introducing a Resident Permit Parking Scheme within the red shaded areas on Figure 1. These are currently unrestricted, thereby allowing all-day parking in what is ostensibly residential streets. The proposed scheme would however limit permissible parking (i.e. without a permit) to 2-hour (2P) between 9am-6pm while those correctly displaying a valid permit (either a resident or their legitimate visitor) would not need to adhere to such restrictions. As successfully done in the town centre, the use of the resident permit scheme on the perimeter of the pay parking area is expected to reduce displacement pay parking may cause.

It should also be noted the proposal is that these schemes be the same as per the existing schemes operating in Byron Bay outlined briefly as follows.

Figure 1: proposed extent of parking schemes

Expected outcomes and consistency with existing schemes

The existing Byron Bay parking schemes provide important context and rationale for the recommendations now made; i.e. in efforts of consistency and user understanding any parking regulation or management implemented should consider the broader, local context.

In this case that context is a town-centre now regulated by a meter registration pay parking scheme while on its fringe (in residential streets) now exists a parking permit scheme for residents and their visitors. Both schemes operate seven (7) days a week including public holidays, with pay parking (based on licence plate entered at the meter) effective 9am-6pm while within the resident scheme the permit offers those eligible to stay beyond the sign-posted time limit which also applies between 9am-6pm and depending on the location is either a 2P or 4P limit.

Also, both schemes provide a precedent plus a supportive argument for their local extension and application elsewhere parking management is found to be required, as is the case with Wategos. And, as with the town centre, reducing (or mitigating) the imposition of such schemes (on locals at least) is by extending the same existing exceptions, namely:

a) the exemption to paying the meter, as available to all Byron shire residents/ratepayers (on the proviso they buy the annual E-permit, currently $50pa and applies to the licence plate), and

b) the free resident permit (as provided only to the household adjacent to, and only effective where, the resident scheme applies) so that residents or their visitors can park on-street and stay beyond that street’s time limits subject to the correct display of the permit.

As such, the existing schemes do not overlap and they have their own distinct requirements and permit system (pay parking is an intangible E-permit, whereas the resident permit is to be displayed on the dashboard); all of which helps with understanding of the schemes, their benefits and compliance.

However in addition to the existing town centre schemes, the following is also considered relevant in support of the recommendations now made.

Addressing current deficiencies

The attached report (at Section 4) outlines current deficiencies, namely lack of turnover. In Wategos, this means limited opportunity for parking exists due to high, often stagnate occupancy and exacerbates the lack of supply (and limited capacity). This problem is noted and needs addressing as follows.

Firstly, the supply side analysis undertaken in the report supports previous (including residents and resident representative groups) claims and observations that demand often exceeds supply. This is often evident via parking within the local back-streets and (especially at peak times, e.g. every school holiday) along lengths of Brownell Drive and Palm Valley Drive which is the only point of access/egress to Wategos. The proposal for 4P pay parking will ensure turnover while the resident scheme will reduce parking in such streets.

Secondly, common parking behaviour (long-term parking/in-vehicle camping, blocking driveway access or intersection sight-lines, etc.), has led to clearly expressed local concerns for both residential amenity and access, plus has road user safety implications, including for the large pedestrian numbers. Indeed, the extent of such concern led Council (in 2015) to engage a third-party (GHD) to identify and assess the best options to improve parking and resident/pedestrian amenity and safety along Marine Parade. These works are seen as essential and considered by the community as long overdue.

As such, the options of providing a dedicated off-road path or boardwalk for the length of Marine Parade is supported, which carries a very high pedestrian to vehicle traffic ratio largely to it being part of a longer pedestrian path (between town and the Cape Byron Lighthouse); while for parking itself, each option presented by GHD seeks the formalisation of spaces via marked parking bays, which is also supported. These community-desired works can be funded via pay parking.

Thirdly, this same work undertaken by GHD included vehicle and pedestrian counts which found that motorists who often do not find a vacancy on their first-pass perform a U-turn or a loop of the back-streets for another pass of parking space. This behaviour supports the attached report conclusion of little vacancy (i.e. high occupancy) coupled with lack of turnover which can be addressed via the measures proposed, summarised as follows.

Parking management options

The measures discussed in the attached report and specifically at Sections 5 and 6 are as follows.

a) the Byron Bay meter registration pay parking scheme apply to Marine Parade, noting the scheme currently applies $3 per hour, capped at $10 for 4-hours, $20 for all-day and that those with an E-permit, as available to Byron shire ratepayers and residents for $50pa, are exempt from such rates but still must adhere to the time limits.

b) that the Byron Bay Resident Parking Permit scheme apply to some residential streets within Wategos, which is to include a 2P time limit effective 9am-6pm each day within:

i) Julian Place (estimated 6 lots);

ii) Brownell Drive, between Julian Place to 27 Brownell Drive (est.18 lots); and

iii) all of Pandanus Place (est. 18 lots).

c) a mix of time limits be implemented upon Marine Parade which include a balance between 2-hour (2P) and 4-hour (4P) which is to apply (as per the town centre) seven (7) days a week, including public holidays 9am-6pm each day.

d) daily enforcement occur, noting that the level of parking enforcement is considered to be “significantly less in a metered parking system…due to the motorist perception that parking duration is more ‘visible’ and detection is more probable”.

e) pay parking fund local improvement works, such as those shown at Figure 2.1a and 2.1b.

f) the extent of the pay parking scheme will require up to eight (8) multi-bay meters, subject to meeting RMS guidelines of one meter every 8-10 parallel spaces, or 16-20 angled bays.

g) that motorcycle and disabled parking spaces be provided as part of the pay parking scheme at the rate of 2% of all available parking in Marine Parade.

However as the Committee will note, some of these same management options are not within the scope of the Local Traffic Committee jurisdiction, for example funding of works or enforcement levels. They nevertheless have been detailed to provide context and are believed to support the recommendations now made.

Specifically these include seeking the Committee support for the parking schemes themselves and their extent, plus the ratio of time limits and dedicated special-purpose parking.

RECOMMENDATION:

1. That a meter registration pay parking scheme be implemented upon Marine Parade, Wategos between the intersections of Palm Valley Drive and Julian Place on the proviso it is the same as the Byron Bay scheme, for example the same hourly rates, regulations, restrictions, exemption benefits, etc.

2. That the following time limits and ratios be implemented upon the full length of Marine Parade, Wategos and that they apply Monday-Sunday inclusive including public holidays between the hours of 9am-6pm and that outside of such hours the existing sign-posted regulations remain:

a) a 2-hour (2P) limit apply to approximately 40% of parking supply, and that it first be allocated along the beachfront between the turning circle and Julian Place and the balance (if any) apply immediately south of the turning circle on the west-side of the street only;

b) a 4-hour (4P) limit apply to approximately 58% of parking supply, and that it first be allocated from Palm Valley Drive to the turning circle, and the balance (if any) apply the east end of Marine Parade, from Julian Place; and

c) the remaining 2% of parking supply provide dedicated motorcycle-parking and mobility permit parking, preferably next to beach and commercial property access.

3. That the Byron Bay Resident and Resident Visitors Permit Parking Scheme be implemented in Wategos as follows and it include a 2P time limit effective 9am-6pm each day within:

a) Julian Place;

b) Brownell Drive, between Julian Place to 27 Brownell Drive; and

c) Pandanus Place.

Attachments:

1 Wategos Beach Parking Supply and Management Strategy, E2016/65469 , page 18

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Local Traffic Committee Meeting 7.1

Development Applications

Report No. 7.1 Event - Stuart St Mullumbimby - Brunswick Valley Historical Society - Mullum Markets - 3rd & 5th Saturday each month

File No: I2016/755

Background:

The Brunswick Valley Historical Society hold the ‘Mullum Market’ on the 3^rd and 5^th Saturday of each month and have request permission to close off Stuart Street from Myokum Street to the Community Gardens.

They would like to apply for a standing event application for five years from 17/09/2016 to 19/09/2020 for the third and fifth Saturday of each month between 07:00 – 15:00.

Stall holders usually park across Saltwater Creek in the car park outside the community gardens leaving room for patrons to park in Myokum & Stuart Streets.

Figure 1. Sketch of the”Mullum Market” setup on the corner of Myokum Street and Stuart Street, Mullumbimby.

Investigation

The event has submitted an acceptable Traffic Control Plan for this simple road closure.

RECOMMENDATION:

1. That the Brunswick Valley Historical Society, Mullum Market Myokum Biggest Little Banquet to be held on the third and fifth Saturday for five years which includes the temporary road closures below, be endorsed between these times:

a) Stuart Street between Myokum Street and the Mullumbimby Community Gardens between 07:00 to 15:00 from Saturday 19 September 2016 to 19 September 2020

2. That the approval provided in Part 1 is subject to:

a) NSW Police approval is obtained;

b) Implementation of the approved Traffic Control Plan

c) The event organiser:

i) providing copy of the advert for Council's web page

ii) informing community and business that are directly impacted (eg adjacent to the event) via written information which is delivered to the property in a timely manner so as to document, consider and respond to any concerns raised

iii) arranging for private property access and egress affected by the event

iv) liaising with bus and taxi operators and ensuring arrangements are made for provision of services during conduct of the event

v) consulting with emergency services and any identified issues be addressed

vi) holding $20m public liability insurance cover which is valid for the event

vii) paying of Council’s Road Event Application Fee prior to the event

Attachments:

1 Event - Suart St, Mull - Brunswick Valley Historical Society - Mullum Markets - TCP 2016, E2016/54946 , page 35

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Local Traffic Committee Meeting 7.2

Report No. 7.2 Byron Bay Bypass - DA 10.2016.77.1 - 70% Drawings for Signage and Linemarking

File No: I2016/743

The JRPP (Joint Regional Planning Panel) has approved the project on 22 June 2016.

GHD are completing the detailed design including key liaison and work with RMS. This includes an update of the construction estimate.

Services location work is progressing.

Action on land use agreements, boundary adjustments, petrol tank removal, biobanking agreement, noise mitigation consultancy, MOU etc are all progressing.

Further project details are available on councils website: http://www.byron.nsw.gov.au/projects/byron-bay-bypass

However in summary, the proposed Byron Bay Bypass is a two lane, low speed road and (as depicted) is proposed to be constructed to the west of the rail corridor in Butler Street, Byron Bay and it includes:

· Upgrade of the existing roundabout at the junction of Shirley Street, Lawson Street and Butler Street.

· Upgrade of Butler Street at the southern extent of the existing pavement (approximately 600 metres), including a new roundabout at Somerset Street.

· Construction of a new road within the road reserve extending to the south of the existing Butler Street (approximately 600 metres).

· A new level rail crossing between the Butler Street extension and the Browning Street extension.

· A new roundabout at the intersection of the new Browning Street extension, Jonson Street and the existing Browning Street.

The proposed traffic control drawings for this project will be presented to the Committee to seek their comments at this stage of the design process and allow them to be incorporated into the final project drawings..

RECOMMENDATION:

That the Committee consider the attached 70% Design drawings and provide comments.

Attachments:

1 DA 10.2016.77.1 - Byron Bay Bypass - DWG - 41-29578-C351 to C358 Signs and Linemarking Sheet 1 to 7 (70% REV A), E2016/65277 , page 37

Venue	Conference Room, Station Street, Mullumbimby
Date	Wednesday, 27 July 2016
Time	1.30pm
Committee Members	Etiene La Grange – Roads and Maritime Services Snr Constable Tony Darby – Police Cr Duncan Dey Hon Tamara Smith MP