CAMBRIDGE
CITY COUNCIL
NOTICE OF COUNCIL MEETING – 10 APRIL
2003
Dear Councillor,
A meeting of the Cambridge City Council
will be held in the Council Chamber of the Guildhall on Thursday 10 April 2003
at 6.00pm and I hereby summon you to attend.
Dated 2 April 2003
Yours
faithfully
Chief
Executive
1 TO APPROVE AS A
CORRECT RECORD THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON 13
FEBRUARY 2003
3 PUBLIC QUESTION TIME
4 TO CONSIDER THE
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE WHICH
ARE FOR ADOPTION:
Local
Plan Review – First Deposit draft (Executive Councillor for Environment)
(An updated
copy of the Local Plan is attached)
Chapter
1 – Introduction
Chapter
2 – Designing Cambridge
Chapter
3 – Living in Cambridge
Chapter
4 – Enjoying Cambridge
Chapter
5 – Working in Cambridge
Chapter
6 – Connecting and Servicing Cambridge
Chapter
7 – Implementation
Area
Action Plans – East Cambridge, Southern Fringe, Northern Fringe, Huntingdon
Road/Histon Road, Station Road
Please note that no copies of maps are available on the
website. Please contact Committee Services on 01223-457015.
General
Fund Revenue and Capital Budgets, Carry Forwards and Significant Variances (The Leader)
Appendix
2: Summary – 2002/03 Estimated Outturn
Appendix
3: Provisional Capital Outturn 2002-2003
4 TO CONSIDER THE
RECOMMENDATIONS OF COMMITTEES WHICH ARE FOR ADOPTION:
Civic
Affairs ( 26 March)
Appendix
1: Cambridge City Council’s Code of Corporate Governance
Appendix
2: Constitution Part 5C: Member/Officer Protocol
Appendix
3: Decentralising Decision Making: A Structure for Area Committees
Appendix
3a: Area Committees Stage 1 Consultation – Partners, Departmental
Management Teams and Unions
Appendix
3b: Geographical Area Options
Appendix
3c: Area Committee Stage 2 Consultation
Appendix
3d: Functions to be delegated to Area Committees
Appendix
3e: Decentralising Decision Making – Summary of Costs
5 TO DEAL WITH
ORAL QUESTIONS
If members wish
to ask questions they should inform the Chief Executive in writing by noon
on the day before the meeting of the full text of the question to be
asked. A list of questions will be
circulated at the meeting, with the order having been determined by the Mayor
drawing names at random.
6 TO CONSIDER THE
FOLLOWING NOTICES OF MOTION, NOTICE OF WHICH HAS BEEN GIVEN BY:
(a) Councillors
Stuart and Howell
This Council recognises that many City residents
are concerned at the consequences of planning permission being given by South
Cambridgeshire District Council for a new terminal at Cambridge Airport. It
therefore:
1.
Agrees to host a public meeting at the Guildhall to discuss the issues
arising from any such decision
2.
Agrees to produce a report on the Environmental Impact Assessment when
published by Marshalls and circulate it to all members
3.
Will investigate the potential and costs of
environmental monitoring of the Airport including possible use of a dedicated
complaints hotline
4.
Agrees to appoint a City planning officer to liaise with SCDC on the
issue and support city residents
5.
Agrees to send a senior officer to represent the Council and residents
at the SCDC planning meeting
(b) Councillors
Bagnall, Todd- Jones and Bradnack
*
acknowledges with regret the 'one star' performance rating of its housing
repairs
and maintenance functions in the recently released Audit Commission
inspection
report,
*
commits itself fully to the programme of actions designed to bring
improvements
in its service to tenants, and
*
determines to use this experience to inform and improve the contribution
that members
of this council make in giving political priority and strategic
direction
to the council's housing services, and to the development of a
robust
and credible system of performance overview and scrutiny
7 TO RECEIVE RECORDS OF DECISIONS MADE BY MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE (green pages 1-59)
Record
of Decision made by the Deputy Leader:
Record
of Decisions made by the Executive Councillor for Commercial & Human
Resources
Record
of Decisions made by the Executive Councillor for Housing & Health
Record
of Decisions made by the Executive Councillor for Environment
Record
of Decisions made by the Executive Councillor for Community Development
& Leisure
Record
of Decisions made by the Leader
8 TO RECEIVE THE
MINUTES OF THE FOLLOWING COMMITTEES AND SUB-COMMITTEES WHICH ARE FOR
INFORMATION:
NB
- These will be tabled at the meeting in a separate bound document.
Scrutiny
Committees:
City
Centre Development - 5 March
Commercial
& Human Resources - 11 March
Community
Development & Leisure - 20 March
Environment
- 18 March
Housing
& Health - 12 March
Strategy
- 24 March
Regulatory
Committees:
Licensing
- 6 March
Standards
- 5 March
Sub-Committees:
Taxi
Licensing - 26 March
THE NEXT MEETING OF THE COUNCIL WILL BE
THE ANNUAL MEETING AND IS SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY 22 MAY 2003 AT 11.00AM.
Information for the
public
You can ask
questions on an issue included on the agenda above, or on an issue which is
within the Council’s powers. If you wish to ask a question related to an agenda
item contact the committee officer (listed below 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.
Contact: Gary
Clift, Head of Committee Services on
01223 - 457011