CAMBRIDGE CITY COUNCIL

 

To: Cllrs Adigun-Harris, Boyce, Bradnack (L Sp), Callaghan, Ellis-Miller, Howell (C Sp), Liddle, Reid (Chair), Slatter, Wright

Alternates:  Cllr Schofield (LD), Stuart  (C)

Executive Councillor:  Cllr J Rosenstiel

 

Published: Wednesday 25 June 2003

 

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND LEISURE SCRUTINY COMMITTEE

 

Date:                    Thursday 3 July 2003

Time:                   2.30 pm

Place:                  Committee Room 1, The Guildhall

Contact:                  John Blunt     Direct Line: 01223 457012

 

 

AGENDA

 

1       Minutes                                                                            

To confirm the minutes of the meetings held on the 20 March 2003.

 

2       Apologies

To receive any apologies for absence.

 

3       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.

 

4               Public Question Time

 

To hear any question on an issue included on the agenda, or on an issue which is within this committee’s terms of reference. Brief details of the scheme and other public information are set out at the end of the agenda.

 
Notice has been given that the following members of the public will or may make a statement or put a question to the Committee
 
Keith Bennett, CIAC

A representative from the Castle Community Action Group

 

 

5       General Fund Revenue and Capital Final Outturn for 2002/03 and Budget Carry Forward Requests

 

         Appendix A:  Final Outturn 2002/03

         Appendix B:  Main Variances

         Appendix B1: Employment Foundation Explanation of Budget Variance

         Appendix C: Request to Carry Forward General Fund Budgets from 2002/03 into 2003/04

         Appendix D: Final Capital Outturn 2002/03

 

  (Report by Kaye Black, Tel       458141)       Page

 

6       MEDIUM TERM STRATEGY 2004/05 TO 2009/09  

 

         Summary

(Report by David    Horspool, Tel 458131) Page               

 

7       KEY DECISION - Review of Community Development Grants to Voluntary Organisations 2002/03 and Funding Strategy for 2004/05   (Report by Chris Freeman, Tel 457862)                   Page          

 

8       KEY DECISION - Review of LEISURE GRANTS to Voluntary    Organisations 2002/03 and Funding Strategy for 2004/05 (Report by    Chris Freeman, Tel 457862)                                                    Page

 

9       KEY DECISION - Review of ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANTS to Voluntary Organisations 2002/03 and Funding Strategy for     2004/05  

 

Appendix: Have the Objectives for Economic Policy Grants been met?

(Report by Chris Freeman, Tel 457862)                           Page

 

10      Financial support to voluntary and not-for-profit      organisations 2002-03 (Report by Chris Freeman, Tel 457862)

 

To note the following grants which were awarded on officer's action from the 2002-03 Community Development and Leisure grants budget:

 

CAMTAD                        £470           for exhibition costs

Seesaw Playgroup           £584            for running costs

Farrago Dance Group       £120           for running costs

 

11      financial support to voluntary and not-for-profit      organisations 2003-04

        

Appendix 1:

         Appendix 2:

         Appendix 3:

         Appendix 4:

         Appendix 5: 

Appendix 6:

 (Report by Chris Freeman, Tel 457862)Page

 

12      KEY DECISION - Strategy for work with children and young people

 

         Executive Summary

  (Report by Ken Hay, Tel 457861) Page

 

13      employment Foundation scheme business plan April 2003 – March 2004

 

         Appendix 

(Report by Andree Scovell, Tel 457862 Page

 

14      street scene services consultancy report on future procurement   (Report by Graham Watts, Tel 458201/ Peter Littlefair, Tel 457371)                                                                                                                            Page

 

15      KEY DECISION - parks and open spaces strategy

(Report by John Roebuck, Tel 457531 Page

 

16      EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC FOR ITEM 17

 

Before considering the following 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 paragraphs 8 and 9 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      cambridge swimming services and cherry hinton village centre  tender evaluation  (Report by John Roebuck, Tel 457531)

                                                                                                                                                                           Page

 

18      project appraisals (Contact John Roebuck, Tel 457531)

 

To approve the following project appraisals funding for which has already received approval:

 

A       St Matthew’s Piece Play Area Refurbishment. £29,000

B       Skateboard Areas ~ Coleridge and Kings Hedges Recreation Grounds £100,000

C       Trumpington Recreation Ground multi sport area £29,000

D       Trumpington Recreation Ground Play Area refurbishment £78,300

E       Midsummer Common path edging re-enforcement  £55,000

F       Wildlife Strategy £40,000

G       Abbey Pool lift installation  £27,000

H       Manor Community School grant to indoor sport facility  £227,000

 

19      midsuMmer common - construction of public conveniences (Report by John Roebuck, Tel 457531)                                       Page

 

20           holbrook road play area  (Report by John Roebuck, Tel 457531)

Page

 

17      APPOINTMENTS TO OUTSIDE BODIES (Committee Manager)

        

 

 

Organisation

Nomination  by Lib Dem Group: Councillors

Arts Forum for Cambridgeshire & Peterborough

Adigun-Harris

Folk Museum

James & White

Cambridge Council for Voluntary Service

Bradnack & Reid

Cambridge Enterprise Agency

Schofield

Cambridge Independent Advice Centre

Slatter (alt Ellis-Miller)

Cambridge Sports Hall Trust

Schofield

Cambridge Women’s Resources Centre

Ellis-Miller

Cambridgeshire Careers Guidance

Smart

Centre 33

Liddle

Citizens Advice Bureau

Dixon

Cambridgeshire Museums Advisory Partnership

 

East Barnwell Community Centre

 

Eastern Orchestral Board

White

Guidance, Employment & Training Group

Reid

Junction

Hipkin,  Schofield

Manor Community Sports Hall Steering Group

James

 

 

18      NOMINATIONS TO SCHOOLS GOVERNING BODIES (Committee Manager)

        

 

To appoint to the following Schools Governing Bodies:

 

Abbey Meadows Community Primary

St Albans

St Andrews

Mayfield

 

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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 Community Development and Leisure Scrutiny Committee is on 13 November 2003.

 

 

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