CAMBRIDGE CITY COUNCIL

To: Councillors Bagnall, Bell, Benstead, Currie, Griffiths (Chair), James, Liddle, Pinnington, Stebbings, Todd-Jones
Alternate Councillor: Cllr Smart (LD)

Executive Councillor: Cllr Nimmo-Smith

Tenant representatives – Mrs K Harris, Mr B Haywood, Mr T Sweeney

Members of the Housing Management Board

(Despatched and placed on public deposit: 22 October 2002 )

HOUSING AND HEALTH SCRUTINY COMMITTEE

Date: Wednesday 30 October

Time: 5.30pm

Place: Committee Room 1, The Guildhall

Contact: John Blunt Direct Dial: (01223) 457012

AGENDA

PRESENTATION: CAMBRIDGE HOUSE CONDITION & ENERGY SURVEY 2002 - KEY FINDINGS

There will be a presentation by the Consultants, Fordham Research Ltd, at the beginning of the Committee meeting.

1 Minutes

To confirm as a correct record the minutes of the meeting on 10 July

2 House Condition & Energy Survey 2002 – Key findings

[Tim McCormack Tel: 457951]

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

6 Service Plans

Appendix A1: Comparison of original and revised budgets for 2002/03

Appendix A2: Comparison of original and revised budgets for 2003/03 – Housing Revenue Account

Appendix B1: Main variations between 2002/03 original and revised budgets

Appendix B2: Main variations between 2002/03 original and revised budgets - Housing Revenue Account

a Environmental Health and Protection [Roger Coey Tel: 457881]

b Housing Revenue Account [David Poole Tel: 457801]

c General Fund [David Poole Tel: 457801]

7 Sub Regional Housing Strategy

[Suzanne McBride Tel: 457948]

8 KEY DECISION - Single Homeless & Rough Sleeping Strategy 2002/04

Appendix 1: The Strategy [Naisha Polaine Tel: 457946]

9 Proposed Schemes for MRA Funding 2003/04

Appendix A: Programme of work to meet decent homes criteria and ongoing maintenance

Appendix B: Window painting programme

Appendix A2: Details of programme of work under Appendix A

Appendix B2: Details of programme of work under Appendix B

[Hilary Newby - 457844]

10 Review of Council Owned Sheltered Scheme Accommodation

[Hilary Newby - 457844]

11 Review of Housing Allocations Policy

[Sue Simms Tel: 457976]

12 Move On Accommodation For Supported Housing Providers

[Sue Simms 457976]

13 Home Safety and the Elderly Scheme

Appendix 1: Progress Report

[Roger Coey Tel: 457881]

14 Appointment Of Co-opted Members

[John Blunt Tel: 457012]

At the last Housing and Health Scrutiny committee the following Co-opted members and Tenant Representatives were re-appointed for the time being, with a view to a review and recommendations being made to this meeting of the Scrutiny Committee:

Hugh Gault (Social Services)

Mike Jones (Cambridge Multi Agency Accommodation Forum)

Wendy Forster (English Churches Housing)

Brian Haywood, Kay Harris and Terry Sweeney (Tenant Representatives)

Bearing in mind the request from the CHC for a further co-option, and the fact that the existing co-options, which have been in place for some time, might be more effective at other forums, the following recommendations are made:

1 the tenant representatives and the Social Services representative be re- appointed.

2 since the council’s voluntary sector partner agencies have their own regular weekly forums with the department’s staff, their continued co-option on to the scrutiny committee would be a duplication of their representation. Therefore, the co-optees from the Cambridge Homeless Partnership or the RSLs (currently represented by Mike Jones and Wendy Forster, respectively) not be re-appointed.

3 the Safer City Partnership and the Primary Care Trust be invited to nominate a representative as co-optees

15 Compulsory Purchase Orders (CPO) Policy Related to Housing Matters

[Tim McCormack Tel: 457951]

16 Exclusion Of The Public

Before considering the next item on this agenda, the Scrutiny 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 and set out in Appendix 1 of Part 4B of the Council’s Constitution.

17 The Use of Compulsory Purchase Order Powers to Bring Three Dwellings Back to Habitable Use

[Tim McCormack Tel: 457951]

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.

You can ask questions on an issue included on the agenda 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 on the working day before the meeting. Further details concerning the right to speak at committee can be obtained from the committee section

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.

The next meeting of Housing and Health Scrutiny Committee is on 15 January 2003.