2000 Parking Tag Issuance First Quarter (January to March) To report on the monthly parking enforcement and collection activities.

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1 Finance City Hall 100 Queen Street, W. 7 th Floor, East Tower Toronto, Ontario M5H 2N2 Wanda A. Liczyk Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer Tel: (416) Fax: (416) , 2000 To: From: Subject: Administration Committee Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer 2000 Parking Tag Issuance First Quarter (January to March) Purpose: To report on the monthly parking enforcement and collection activities. Recommendation: It is recommended that this report be received for information. Financial Implications: As of March 31 st, 2000 tag issuance of 709,405 has resulted in total derived revenue of $13,280,062 of which $8,151,297 has been collected to date. Based on these figures, Parking Tag Operations is on target to meet the year 2000 objectives. Discussion: This report reflects parking enforcement and collection activities of the City for the period ending March 31, The following information is provided in the attached schedules: Schedule 1 Monthly Tag Issuance, Collection Rate and Revenue for 2000; Schedule 1 summarizes issuance activity for the 2000 calendar year. It also provides information regarding the actual parking tag revenue received in 2000 and the derived revenue based on actual issuance, collection rate and average fine payment. As well, a breakdown of issuance by officer type is provided. /2

2 Schedule 2 Collection Rate Activity for Tags Issued in Prior Years ( ); 2 Schedule 2 provides information on the tags issued by year commencing 1989, the total number of tags paid and provides a comparison of the total actual collection rate to the projected final collection rate. Schedule 3 Parking Tag Receivables ( ); Schedule 3 contains the parking tag fine receivables by year from 1989 by providing the opening balances as of January 1, 2000, the amount paid during 1999 and the outstanding balances as of March 31, Schedule 3 also provides the same information for the Parking Tag share of court costs commencing in Schedule 4 Summary of Trial Request, Conviction Rates, and Review Activity; and Schedule 4 provides a summary of trial requests received, court conviction rates for trials and other court review activity such as, re-openings, strikings, appeals, extensions of time to pay, and other motions. Schedule 5 Parking Tags Issued by former Municipal By-Law Group. Schedule 5 provides a breakdown of parking tags issued by month in 199 for bylaws in each of the former municipalities. However, commencing in 1999, a new consolidated by-law was passed for offences related to pay and display machines. The former municipalities are not known for these new by-laws. Schedule 6 Summary of Cancellations and Withdrawals Schedule 6 is a new schedule which contains information on cancellations and withdrawals requested by the auditor in the 1998 review of Parking Tag Operations. Schedule 7 Statistics on Parking Enforcement Officer Attendance/Issuance Contact Name and Telephone Number: Giuliana Carbone Anthony Fabrizi Director, Revenue Services Manager, Parking Tag Operations W. A. Liczyk Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer

3 3 Monthly Tag Issuance, Collection Rate and Revenue for 2000 The following schedule summarizes issuance activity in The schedule also includes a breakdown of issuance by enforcement category and provides information regarding parking tag revenue for Tag Issuance: Difference Tags Amount Collection Rate Month /99 Paid Received (as at March 31/00) January 214,056 98, , ,641 $ 2,976, % February 223, ,485 23, ,608 2,878, % March 272, ,874 30, ,815 2,296, %. Total 709, , , ,064 8,151, % Revenue: The estimated total revenue derived from parking tags issued to March 31, 2000, is $13,280,062. The amount collected to the end of March is $8,151,297. Tag Issuance by Unit (to March 31, 2000): Difference /1999 Parking Enforcement Officers 650, , ,036 Police Officers/Cadets 4,605 5,689 (1,084) Special Constable 46,370 68,262 (21,892) Other* 8,229 7, TOTAL 709, , ,603 *Officer assignment not known by system as tickets issued before flyleaf details entered onto system.

4 4 SCHEDULE 2 Collection Rate Activity for Tags Issued in Prior Years ( ) All tag issuance and collections statistics are for tags issued under Part II of the Provincial Offences Act introduced in 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 March 31, 2000) Projected Total Final Year Tags Issued Tags Paid Collection Rate Collection Rate % % , , ,144,174 2,381, ,929,574 2,261, ,639,282 1,920, ,598,057 1,983, ,481,123 1,956, ,284,687 1,769, ,575,178 1,951, ,570,146 1,925, ,633,616 1,968, ,546,102 1,780,

5 5 SCHEDULE 3 PARKING TAG RECEIVABLES to 1999 ($000's) A. Parking Infractions Balance Balance as at 01/01/00 Paid to 31/03/00 as at 31/03/ (288.3) 7.0 (295.3) 1990 (339.2) 75.1 (414.3) (405.4) 22.4 (427.8) 1993 (210.5) 30.5 (241.0) Sub-Total (1,065.3) (1,267.0) , , , , , , , , , , , , ,630.4 Grand Total 26, , ,833.1 B. Recovery of Court Costs , , , ,348.1

6 6 SCHEDULE 4 SUMMARY OF TRIAL REQUEST, COURT CONVICTION RATES AND REVIEW ACTIVITY TRIAL RATE COURT CONVICTION RATE % of Total Convicted Percentage Tags Issued Actual # Total on Docket Total Convicted January 2.3 4,870 6,088 4, % February 2.4 5,325 6,754 4, % March 2.2 6,057 6,715 4, % TOTAL 16,252 19,557 13, % * 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 2, , February 1, , March 2, , TOTAL 6, ,066 7,254 1,092

7 7 SCHEDULE 5 PARKING TAGS ISSUED BY FORMER MUNICIPAL BY-LAW GROUP 2000 Consolidated Toronto Scarborough Etobicoke East York North York York Metro By-Laws TOTALS January 127,870 9,004 9,682 3,290 17,923 5,828 30,819 5, ,857 February 132,703 9,666 11,882 4,031 20,796 5,055 33,634 7, ,617 March 168,138 10,717 12,928 5,213 24,838 5,921 39,711 9, ,151 Year to Date 428,711 29,387 34,492 12,534 63,557 16, ,164 22, ,625 Percentage of Total 60.16% 4.12% 4.84% 1.76% 8.92% 2.36% 14.62% 3.22% % *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.

8 8 SCHEDULE 6 SUMMARY OF CANCELLATIONS & WITHDRAWALS 2000 Total Withdrawn Tags /Stop Out-of- Drove Month Captured Spoiled Illegible Process Province Away January 199, ,922 10,399 10,928 4,555 February 222, ,109 8,974 9,266 4,853 March 271, ,790 12,850 13,029 5,188 TOTAL 693,590 1,974 6,821 32,223 33,223 14,596

9 9 SCHEDULE 7 TAG ISSUANCE PER PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICER 2000 Month PEOs per Day Tags Per PEO January 119 1,737 February 121 1,691 March 125 1,956 TOTAL 365 5,384 NON-PROCESSIBLE TAG PROFILE Controllable Non-Controllable Quarter Rate Rate 1 st Quarter 4.1% 10.9% 2 nd Quarter 3 rd Quarter 4 th Quarter PARKING ENFORCEMENT UNIT ABSENTEEISM2 Type of Absence Jan Feb Mar Apr Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec IOD* 0.4% 1.1% 1.1% Long Term** 1.1% 1.8% 1.5% Short Term 5.6% 4.2% 3.7% TOTAL 7.1% 7.1% 6.3% *Injured on duty. **Sick for 2+ months day time difference is required. 2 Two-week time difference is required to acquire completed data.