February 10, 1999

To:Corporate Services Committee

From:Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Subject:1999 Parking Tag Issuance - January

Purpose:

To report on the monthly parking enforcement and collection activities.

Recommendation:

It is recommended that this report be received for information.

Financial Implications

The 1999 estimates for Parking Tag Revenue are based on an annual issuance of 2.66 million parking tags, an overall payment rate of 78 percent and an average fine payment of $24.00. The issuance in January 1999 is 50 percent of the January 1998 issuance due mainly to weather conditions. However, at this point in the year, it is not felt that the overall revenue for 1999 will be affected.

Discussion:

This report reflects parking enforcement and collection activities of the Corporation for the period ending January 31, 1999.

The following information is provided in the attached schedules:

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

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

Schedule 3 Parking Tag Receivables (1989-1998);

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

Schedule 5Summary of Expenditures for Parking Tag Operations; and

Schedule 6Parking 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:

Collection Rate

for 1999 Tag

DifferenceTagsIssuance by Month

Month199919981999/98Paid(as at January 31, 1999)

January99,495198,043(98,548)38,86139.1%

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Total99,495198,043(98,548)38,86139.1%

Revenue:

The estimated total revenue derived from parking tags issued to January 31, 1999, is

$1,862,546. This estimate is based on 99,495 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 $49,800,000 in total estimated revenue, $899,261 has been collected to the end of January.

Tag Issuance by Unit (to January 31, 1999):

Difference

1999199899/98

Parking Enforcement Officers80,426175,981(95,555)

Police Officers/Cadets1,7342,846(1,112)

Special Constable 15,91917,691(1,772)

Other* 1,416 1,525 (109)

TOTAL99,495198,043(98,548)

*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 January 31, 1999)

Projected

TotalFinal

YearTags IssuedTags PaidCollection RateCollection Rate

%%

1989803,723642,92880.079.0

19903,144,1742,364,62075.275.2

19912,929,5742,251,02876.877.3

19922,639,2821,915,41972.672.3

19932,598,0571,977,12276.175.6

19942,481,1231,947,39778.578.0

19952,284,6871,760,82177.178.0

19962,575,1781,934,56475.878.0

19972,570,1461,895,81673.878.0

19982,633,6161,734,11465.878.0

SCHEDULE 3

PARKING TAG RECEIVABLES - 1989 to 1997

($000's)

A. Parking Infractions

BalanceBalance

as at 31/12/98Paid to 31/01/99as at 31/01/99

subject to revision

1989 (243.1) 3.7(246.8)

199069.840.729.1

1991445.424.7420.7

1992(289.5)12.8(302.3)

1993 (54.0) 14.9 (68.9)

Sub-Total(71.4)96.8(168.2)

19941,508.516.51,492.0

19954,177.018.04,159.0

19969,069.151.49,017.7

19972,991.6299.62,692.0

199811,684.32,058.69,625.7

Grand Total29,359.12,540.926,818.2

B. Recovery of Court Costs

1995 341.03.7337.3

1996 599.26.1593.1

1997380.637.8342.8

1998 1,287.4161.21,126.2

2,608.2208.82,399.4

SCHEDULE 4

SUMMARY OF TRIAL REQUEST, COURT CONVICTION RATES

AND REVIEW ACTIVITY

TRIAL RATE - 1998COURT CONVICTION RATE - 1999

% of TotalConvictedPercentage

Tags IssuedActual #Total on DocketTotalConvicted

January2.34,5156,3934,20865.8%

February 2.45,095

March2.65,857

April2.45,194

May2.44,863

June2.45,219

July2.24,834

August2.24,405

September2.35,269

October2.35,657

November2.25,140

December *

TOTAL6,3934,20865.8%

* 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-OPENINGSTRIKINGSAPPEALSEXTENSIONSMOTIONS

January1,3652037971,470249

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

TOTAL1,3652037971,470249

SCHEDULE 5

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES

SCHEDULE 6

PARKING TAGS ISSUED BY FORMER MUNICIPAL BY-LAW GROUP

*NOTE:If tag has a process status of "ZZ", the by-law code may not be data entered and will affect these statistics.