CAMBRIDGE CITY COUNCIL

 

To:  Councillors J. Rosenstiel (Chair), Benstead, Callaghan, Ellis-Miller, Knowles, Levison, M. Schofield, Reed, Talbot, Taylor.

Alternate Member: Hipkin

 

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND LEISURE COMMITTEE

 

Date:              31 January 2002

 

Time:             2.30 pm ( Nb - PETITION AT 3.30PM)

 

Place:            Committee Room 1, The Guildhall

 

Contact:        Gary Clift                    Direct Line: 01223 457011

 

 

Placed on public deposit and despatched 23rd January 2002

 

AGENDA

 

1.         MINUTES

            To confirm the minutes of 8 November 2001 as a correct record.

2.         APOLOGIES

3.         DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

4.         PUBLIC QUESTION TIME*

            (*Can be taken at any time at the Chair’s discretion – see footnote)

           

5.         PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AND TARGETS AND SERVICE IMPROVEMENT PLAN MONITORING REPORT

(Report by Directors of Central Services, Community Services

and  Environment & Planning pages 1-59)

 

6.         PETITION AT 3.30PM

 

The Kings Hedges Supergroup

 

            “We the undersigned, disagree with the planned changes to the management of the Buchan Street Community Centre and petition Cambridge City Council to keep the present arrangements in place”

 

            On being called by the Chair, the petitioners presenting the petition to the Committee may speak in total for 5 minutes.  Members of the Committee may then question those presenting the petition for 5 minutes, which can be extended by a further 5 minutes at the Chair’s discretion.  As the petition relates to a matter on the agenda (Revenue Budget 2002/03 listed at 7. below), the Committee will take the petition into account when considering agenda item 7.

 

7.         REVENUE BUDGETS 2001/02 (REVISED), 2002/03 BUDGET AND CAPITAL BIDS

(Report by Directors of Finance, Central Services,

Community Services and Environment & Planning pages 60-67)

8.         GRANTS TO VOLUNTARY AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANISATIONS: REVISED STRATEGY FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT & LEISURE 2002-03

(Report by Director of Community Services pages 68-70)

 

9.         FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO VOLUNTARY AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANISATIONS 2002/2003

(Report by Directors of Community Services and

Environment & Planning attached separately)

 

10.       PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME 2002/03

(Report by Director of Community Services pages 71-77)

 

11.       PARKS AND OPEN SPACE DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS

(Report by Director of Community Services pages 78-100)

 

12.       CORN EXCHANGE BUSINESS PLAN

(Report by Director of Central Services pages 101-103)

 

13.       DISCRETIONARY RATE RELIEF 2001/02

 

The Cambridge Foodbank at Unit B, Rene Court, Coldhams Lane has established a collection and distribution point for goods donated for disadvantaged residents from 1 October 2001.  DRR at 20% will cost £330.19 and is recommended for approval.

 

Cambridgeshire Football Association, based at Milton Road City Ground, has requested DRR on its offices.  5% DRR, at a cost of £740, is recommended pending clarification of its constitutional status and receipt of financial information demonstrating the CFA’s need for grant-aid.

 

For decision

 

14.       MILTON ROAD INFANTS – GOVERNOR APPOINTMENT

 

The City’s Governor Jane Hugh has resigned from the Governing Body.  Committee is requested to nominate to the vacancy.  The School has put forward an individual whose details will be circulated separately.

 

 

            The next scheduled meeting of Community Development

                        & Leisure Committee is 21 March 2002.

 

 

 

 

Information for the public

 

You are welcome to attend this meeting as an observer, although it may be necessary to ask you to leave the room during the discussion of matters which are described as confidential on the agenda.

 

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You can ask questions on an issue included on the agenda below, or on an issue which is within this committee’s powers. Questions are usually asked during the slot on the agenda for this at the beginning of the meeting, or, at the discretion of the Chair  later  if an issue is under discussion by the committee. If you wish to ask a question related to an agenda item contact the committee officer (listed above under ‘contact’) before the meeting starts.  If you wish to ask a question on a matter not included on this agenda, please contact the committee officer by 10.00am the working day before the meeting.  Further details  concerning the right to speak at committee can be obtained from the committee section.

 

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In the event of the fire alarm sounding  (which is a continuous ringing sound), you should pick up your possessions and leave the building by the route you came in. Once clear of the building, you should assemble on the pavement opposite the main entrance to the Guildhall and await further instructions. If your escape route or the assembly area is unsafe, you will be directed to safe areas by a member of Cambridge City Council staff.