October 19, 1999

To: Administration Committee

From: Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Subject: 1999 Parking Tag Issuance to June - 1999 Second Quarter Report

Purpose:

To report on the monthly parking enforcement and collection activities.

Recommendation:

It is recommended that this report be received for information.

Financial Implications

Based on issuance of 1,201,451 parking tags up to June 30, 1999, the estimated total derived revenue is $22,491,163.00 of which $15,942,065.00 has been collected to date. The budgetted derived revenue amount for the period January 1, 1999 to June 30, 1999 is $25,150,000.00.

The projected actual parking tag issuance for 1999 is 2,523,800. Revenue based on this projection would be $47,245,500.00 which would result in a revenue shortfall of $3,054,500 for 1999. This shortfall was reported in the June 30, 1999 variance report.

Discussion:

This report reflects parking enforcement and collection activities of the Corporation for the period ending June 30, 1999.

The following information is provided in the attached schedules:

Schedule 1 Monthly Tag Issuance, Collection Rate and Revenue for 1999;

Schedule 2 Collection Rate Activity for Tags Issued in Prior Years (1989-1998);

Schedule 3 Parking Tag Receivables (1989-1998);

Schedule 4 Summary of Trial Request, Conviction Rates, and Review Activity; and

Schedule 5 Parking Tags Issued by former Municipal By-Law Group.

Contact Name and Telephone Number:

Bryan Kerr

Manager, Provincial and Parking Offences

392-5880

W. A. Liczyk

Chief Financial Officer

& Treasurer

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SCHEDULE 1

Monthly Tag Issuance, Collection Rate and Revenue

for 1999

The following schedule summarizes issuance activity in 1999. The schedule also includes a breakdown of issuance by enforcement category and provides information regarding parking tag revenue for 1999.

Tag Issuance:

Difference Tags Amount Collection Rate

Month 1999 1998 1999/98 Paid Received (as at June 30/99)

January 99,495 198,043 (98,548) 61,590 $ 1,594,949 61.9%

February 199,485 209,778 (10,293) 128,109 2,980,831 64.2%

March 241,874 229,720 12,154 154,432 3,567,768 63.8%

April 213,415 220,107 (6,692) 129,592 2,895,737 60.7%

May 221,784 205,546 16,238 132,977 2,924,525 59.9%

June 225,398 221,071 4,327 98,835 1,978,254 43.8%

July

August

September

October

November

December

Total 1,201,451 1,284,265 (82,814) 705,535 $ 15,942,065 58.7%

Revenue:

The estimated total revenue derived from parking tags issued to June 30, 1999, is $22,491,163. This estimate is based on 1,201,451 tags issued, a final collection rate of 78 per cent and an average tag payment rate of $24.00; the latter two factors reflecting prior year payment activity. Of the $50,300,000 in total budgetted revenue, $15,942,065 has been collected to the end of June.

Tag Issuance by Unit (to June 30, 1999):

Difference

1999 1998 99/98

Parking Enforcement Officers 1,049,711 1,132,133 (82,422)

Police Officers/Cadets 10,784 14,929 (4,145)

Special Constable 126,302 126,212 90

Other* 14,654 10,991 3,663

TOTAL 1,201,451 1,284,265 (82,814)

*Officer assignment not known by system as tickets issued before flyleaf details entered onto system.

SCHEDULE 2

Collection Rate Activity for Tags

Issued in Prior Years (1989-1998)

All tag issuance and collections statistics are for tags issued under Part II of the Provincial Offences Act introduced in September 1989.

Collection rate includes payments for fines paid directly to the City of Toronto (including payments made on Parking Infraction Notices (tags) and Notices of Impending Conviction), payments received from the Notice of Fine and Due Date and payments from plate denial.

Collection Rate (to June 30, 1999)

Projected

Total Final

Year Tags Issued Tags Paid Collection Rate Collection Rate

% %

1989 803,723 643,471 80.1 79.0

1990 3,144,174 2,369,672 75.4 75.2

1991 2,929,574 2,254,694 77.0 77.3

1992 2,639,282 1,916,927 72.6 72.3

1993 2,598,057 1,979,211 76.2 75.6

1994 2,481,123 1,950,241 78.6 78.0

1995 2,284,687 1,763,893 77.2 78.0

1996 2,575,178 1,940,561 75.4 78.0

1997 2,570,146 1,921,014 74.7 78.0

1998 2,633,616 1,870,014 71.0 78.0

SCHEDULE 3

PARKING TAG RECEIVABLES - 1989 to 1998

($000's)

A. Parking Infractions

Balance Balance

as at 31/12/98 Paid to 30/06/99 as at 30/06/99

subject to revision

1989 (243.1) 20.0 (263.1)

1990 69.8 193.9 (124.1)

1991 445.4 135.4 310.0

1992 (289.5) 56.6 (346.1)

1993 (54.0) 75.4 (129.4)

Sub-Total (71.4) 481.3 (552.7)

1994 1,508.5 99.3 1,409.2

1995 4,177.0 111.7 4,065.3

1996 9,069.1 233.3 8,835.8

1997 2,991.6 1,050.8 1,940.8

1998 11,684.3 6,161.9 5,522.4

Grand Total 29,359.1 8,138.3 21,220.8

B. Recovery of Court Costs

1995 341.0 22.3 318.7

1996 599.2 27.6 571.6

1997 380.6 130.6 250.0

1998 1,287.4 628.3 659.1

2,608.2 808.8 1,799.4

SCHEDULE 4

SUMMARY OF TRIAL REQUEST, COURT CONVICTION RATES

AND REVIEW ACTIVITY

TRIAL RATE - 1999 COURT CONVICTION RATE - 1999

% of Total Convicted Percentage

Tags Issued Actual # Total on Docket Total Convicted

January 3.4 3,385 6,393 4,208 65.8%

February 2.3 4,581 6,430 4,674 72.7%

March 2.4 5,696 7,214 5,147 71.3%

April 2.3 4,952 6,140 4,281 69.7%

May 5,559 4,013 72.2%

June 6,648 4,833 72.7%

July

August

September

October

November

December

TOTAL 18,614 38,384 27,156 70.7%

* Not available as trial rates are finalized 60 days following filing of ticket.

N.B. The convictions shown involve parking tags issued approximately six months prior to month of trial.

COURT REVIEW ACTIVITY

RE-OPENING STRIKINGS APPEALS EXTENSIONS MOTIONS

January 1,365 203 797 1,470 249

February 1,837 191 1,179 1,942 349

March 2,188 125 906 2,372 257

April 1,719 165 641 2,220 158

May 1,673 119 300 2,134 160

June 1,602 213 713 1,861 249

July

August

September

October

November

December

TOTAL 10,384 1,016 4,536 11,999 1,422

SCHEDULE 5

PARKING TAGS ISSUED BY FORMER MUNICIPAL BY-LAW GROUP

Toronto Scarborough Etobicoke East York North York York Metro TOTALS

Jan '99 57,681 4,588 4,416 1,622 11,089 2,177 15,266 96,839

Feb '99 126,337 9,256 9,985 3,502 18,439 6,070 22,458 196,047

Mar '99 153,536 11,056 11,272 4,309 22,860 6,646 26,757 236,436

Apr '99 138,561 9,688 10,067 3,862 16,712 6,027 23,676 208,593

May '99 147,040 9,694 11,463 4,007 16,218 6,025 23,089 217,536

June '99 154,674 8,170 10,065 3,824 15,326 6,019 23,810 221,888

July '99

August '99

Sept. '99

Oct. '99

Nov. '99

Dec. '99

Year to

Date 777,829 52,452 57,268 21,126 100,644 32,964 135,056 1,177,339

Percentage

of Total 66.07% 4.45% 4.87% 1.79% 8.55% 2.79% 11.48% 100.00%

*NOTE: If a tag is paid or withdrawn prior to data entry, the by-law code will not be data entered and will affect these statistics.