Issue - meetings

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.