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Minutes:
The Committee received a report from the
Project Manager – Development Unit regarding the Environmental Improvement
Programme (EIP). The report requested that the Committee determined which EIP
schemes were allocated funding as part of the 2016-17 programme as set out in
appendix A of the Officer’s report.
The Committee and members of the public asked the following questions regarding the report:
Q1.
Councillor Sarris
Queried the provision of a bus shelter by Adshel at Green End Road adjacent to Nuffield Road
following an accident which resulted in the bus shelter being removed.
A. The contract with Adshel did not require Adshel to
provide a bus shelter in a usable condition for the duration of the contract.
Officers were currently trying to liaise with Adshel
to encourage the company to provide a further bus shelter.
Councillor
Todd-Jones to work with John Richards to request that Adshel
provide a replacement bus shelter.
Action
Q2.
Councillor Price
Referred
to Appendix C, item 6 Ramsden Square and queried why it was taking so long to
arrange for a Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) to prohibit parking on part of
King’s Hedges Road and Ramsden Square. The TRO had originally been approved in
2013 and nothing had been done and it was now 2016. Was
disappointed that a TRO at Campkin Road, which was
submitted after this application was dealt with before this application.
A. The City Council
Officers had done as much as they were able to do and had undertaken a
consultation 18 months ago with residents.
The matter was with the County Council to take forward and the City
Officers were in regular dialogue with County Council Officers. The County Council were under significant
resource pressures. Two new County Council Officers had been recruited and it
was hoped that this project could be completed within the next 6 months.
Q3.
Councillor Bird
Asked
where the brackets were for the hanging baskets as following the street
lighting upgrade the lampposts no longer had brackets on them.
A. Officers would
speak with Balfour Beatty and the County Council to see where the hanging
basket brackets were.
Action
Q4.
Councillor Scutt
Commented on application N4 installation of dropped
kerb on either side of Trafalgar Street.
A. The cost estimate for
application N4 was a worst case scenario estimate and it was anticipated that
the County Council would assist in the funding of this project so that the full
cost (£5000) would not be required.
The
Committee
Resolved unanimously to:
i.
Note the utilisation of £5954 of remaining North
Area EIP funding for the provision and maintenance of 36 hanging baskets along
Chesterton High Street during 2015-16.
ii.
Allocate funding in 2016-17 of £5954 for the annual
provision and maintenance of 36 hanging baskets along Chesterton High Street
and, £662 for 4 hanging baskets in Campkin Road (due
for installation from spring 2016).
iii.
Consider the allocation of the remaining £43704 to
the list of projects contained in Appendix A.
iv.
Approve the projects in Appendix A of the Officer’s
report for implementation subject to the schemes being deliverable, obtaining
consents where necessary, positive consultation where required and the final
approval being given by Ward Councillors.
v.
Note the progress of the schemes listed in Appendix
C.
vi.
Agree to consider a second EIP application
invitation round during 2016-17 to utilise any funding uncommitted from the
present round plus any savings arising from the delivery of previous committed
schemes.