TheTransition Director  has submitted a report concerning Park & Ride Management.

Recommendations: That Cabinet resolves to:

1.    Authorise the Council’s entry into an Agency Agreement with Oxfordshire County Council under which the City Council would be appointed to provide management services for Oxfordshire County Council’s two Oxford Park & Ride sites – Thornhill and Oxford Parkway (Water Eaton).

2.    Authorise the Council’s entry into an agreement with Oxford Direct Services Limited (“ODSL”) under which the management responsibilities taken on by the Council under the Agency Agreement with the County Council referred to in Recommendation 1 above would be carried out by ODSL; and

3.    Delegate authority to the Chief Executive in consultation with the Council’s Monitoring Officer and s151 Officer to agree the terms of the Council’s entry into the two agreements referred to in Recommendations 1 and 2 above.

TheTransition Director  had submitted a report concerning Park & Ride Management.

The Cabinet Member for Planning & Sustainable Transport, Councillor Alex Hollingsworth said the report’s recommendations would remove the confusion flowing from the fact that the City Council runs three Park and Ride sites and the County Council runs two.

The Chair welcomed this example of co-operation with the County Council.

Cabinet resolved to:

1. Authorise the Council’s entry into an Agency Agreement with Oxfordshire County Council under which the City Council would be appointed to provide management services for Oxfordshire County Council’s two Oxford Park & Ride sites – Thornhill and Oxford Parkway (Water Eaton);

2. Authorise the Council’s entry into an agreement with Oxford Direct Services Limited (“ODSL”) under which the management responsibilities taken on by the Council under the Agency Agreement with the County Council referred to in Recommendation 1 above would be carried out by ODSL; and

3. Delegate authority to the Chief Executive in consultation with the Council’s Monitoring Officer and s151 Officer to agree the terms of the Council’s entry into the two agreements referred to in Recommendations 1 and 2 above.