CAMBRIDGE CITY COUNCIL
To: Councillors Nimmo-Smith (Chair), Bagnall, Gilchrist, Griffiths, Howell, James, Liddle, Overhill, Smart, Stebbings
Alternate
members: Councillors Currie and Stuart
Tenant
representatives – Mrs K Harris, Mr B Haywood, Mr T Sweeney
(Despatched and placed on public deposit: Tuesday 12 March)
HOUSING AND HEALTH COMMITTEE
Date: Wednesday
20 March 2002
Time: 5.30pm
Place: Committee
Room 1, The Guildhall
Contact: Angus
MacQueen Direct Dial: (01223) 457013
AGENDA
1 PRESENTATION
BY CAMBRIDGE PRIMARY CARE TRUST
The Cambridge Primary Care Group has become a Care
Trust. The Chief Executive of the Care Trust
will explain the role of the new body and how the changes will impact on local
health care.
2 MINUTES
To confirm as a correct record the
minutes of the meeting held on 23 January 2002.
[pages 1 -
8]
3 APOLOGIES
Apologies for absence.
4 DECLARATIONS
OF INTEREST
Members are asked to declare at this stage any interests
which they may have in any of the following items on the agenda. If any member
is unsure whether or not they should declare an interest on a particular
matter, they are requested to seek advice from the Head of Legal and Democratic
Services before the meeting.
5 PUBLIC
QUESTION TIME – see below for detail of the scheme
and other public information.
6 PETITIONS
A petition has been received from the Colville Road Residents’ Association,
containing 114 signatures. The petition
is written in the following terms:
We, the
undersigned residents of the Colville Road estate, which comprises some of the
oldest housing stock owned by Cambridge City Council, petition the Council to
take account of the age of these properties, and to place them on the priority
list for installation of plastic windows in the light of that.
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.
Another
petition has also been received, written in the following terms:
We the
undersigned call upon the City Council to fit double glazing to houses that
still have metal framed windows in Ross Street.
This
petition contains 20 signatures, fewer than the requisite number to permit the
petitioners to present the petition to the Committee.
The
Director of Community Services responds to the two petitions as follows:
“The Area Surveyor
will revisit these homes to check their original condition rating (Adequate).
This will enable a re-assessment of their current position on the
programme to be made. However, it
should be remembered that the Government’s Decent Homes initiative has now
become the main driver for future programmes and the impact of this act on our
future programmes of work will not be known until mid-June 2002, when the
business planning process is completed.”
Appendix
1: Outcome of Mobile Phone Mast seminar 31 Oct 2001
Report by
Director of Community Services
Report by Head of
Environmental Health and Waste Strategy [pages 32 - 60]
Appendix
A: Food Safety Service Plan
Report by Head of
Environmental Health and Waste Strategy [pages 61 - 69]
Report by Director of Community
Services, Director of Environment and Planning,
and Director of Finance [pages 70 - 75]
Appendix
A: Carry Forward Requests 2001/02
Appendix
B: Summary of Approved Bids and Savings
Appendix
A: Carry Forward Requests 2001/02
Exclusion
of Press and Public: Before
considering the appendices to the report on this item (pages 207 - 214), the
Sub-Committee is recommended to exclude members of the public from the
meeting on the grounds that, if they were present, there would be disclosure to
them of information defined as exempt from publication by paragraphs 7 and 9 of
Part 1, Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.
Report by
Director of Community Services
Appendix
A: Assessment of Stock Options 15 October 2001
Report by
Director of Community Services [pages 87 - 99]
Report by
Director of Community Services [pages 100 - 115]
18 DRAFT
SUPPORTING PEOPLE STRATEGY 2002-2007
Report by
Director of Community Services [pages 116 - 184]
Report by Director
of Community Services[pages 185 - 206]
20 EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC
Before
considering the next item on this agenda, the Sub-Committee is recommended to
exclude members of the public from the meeting on the grounds that, if they
were present, there would be disclosure to them of information defined as
exempt from publication by paragraph 7 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local
Government Act 1972.
21 FORMER
TENANT ARREARS – WRITING OFF BAD DEBT (FOR INFORMATION)
The
Committee is asked to note the attached report by the Director of Community
Services, which was considered by the Property and Administration Sub-Committee
at its meeting on 19 March 2002.
[pages 215 - 250]
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. 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.