Housing, Dundee Contract Services And Environment Services Committee - 22/04/2002

At a MEETING of the ENVIRONMENTAL AND CONSUMER PROTECTION COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 22nd April, 2002.

Present:-

COUNCILLORS

Councillor Neil GLEN, Convener, in the Chair.

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 18th March, 2002 was held as read.

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

I CIVIC GOVERNMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 1982 - SECTION 87(1) BUILDINGS IN NEED OF REPAIR

There was submitted Agenda Note AN31-2002 by the Director of Environmental and Consumer Protection advising that notices had been served on the owners of the undernoted properties requiring works to be carried out.

(i)24 Baldovan Terrace - front southmost rainwater conductor is choked and leaking.

G/1, G/2, 1/1, 1/2Sydhar Properties (Dundee) Ltd, 49 Meadowside, Dundee

2/1Lesley Moore, 15 Seaforth Crescent, Broughty Ferry, Dundee

2/2James Parratt, per Richmond & Co Solicitors, 26 Commercial Street, Dundee

3/1Richard Low

3/2Michael Paratt, per Richmond & Co Solicitors, 26 Commercial Street, Dundee

(ii)449 - 457 Strathmartine Road - front rones choked and/or otherwise defective, and rear rones choked and a section broken.

449/451 ShopAgnes Leonard, 423 Strathmartine Road, Dundee

453 1/1Mr & Mrs I Walker

1/2Charles & Mrs Margaret Anderson

455/457 ShopJune Inkster, per Cohen & Co, 1 St Swithen Row, Aberdeen

(iii)141 Clepington Road - electrical supply for stairlighting disconnected, requires new power source.

G/1Derek Wilkie

G/2Hector & Gillian MacDonald, 2 Hillbank Road, Wormit, Fife

1/1Colin Patterson, 55 Lilybank Terrace, Dundee, DD4 6BQ

1/2Tasneem Akhtar

2/1 Craig McCabe

2/2David & Donna Brown

3/1Mr & Mrs D Thomson

3/2Gerard & Mrs Marion Cabrelli

The Committee authorised the Director to carry out the works should the owners not comply within the time allowed in the Notices.

II CONFERENCE - A SUSTAINABLE SEASIDE? - THE FUTURE OF SCOTLAND'S BEACHES - WEDNESDAY 15TH MAY,2002, MARRYAT HALL, DUNDEE

There was submitted an Agenda Note AN32-2002 by the Director of Environmental and Consumer Protection advising that It was reported that Friends of the Earth Scotland in association with the Council and Clean Coast Scotland would be holding a one day conference on Wednesday, 15th May, 2002 in the Marryat Hall, Dundee, which would explore best practice in bathing water and on-shore beach management, including new developments in legislation and practice which would shape the future of Scotland's beaches. The estimated cost would be 80 per person.

The Committee agreed that member representation at this Conference be one member from the Majority Group, one member from the Majority Opposition Group, one member from the Minority Opposition Group and other members who may have a genuine interest in this matter.

III PRO-ACTIVE APPROACH TO THE REPAIR/MAINTENANCE OF STAIR LIGHTING WITHIN PRIVATE SECTOR HOUSING STOCK

There was submitted Report No 215-2002 by the Director of Environmental and Consumer Protection seeking approval for the introduction of a pro-active approach to the repair and maintenance of stair lighting which would assist in preventing the decline of housing stock within the privately owned rented sector. The Committee:-

(i)agreed to the introduction of a service for the replacement of light bulbs/tubes and the adjustment of stair lighting time clocks within communal properties in the privately owned/rented sector.

(ii)agreed that charges be introduced as detailed in the report; and

(iii)agreed that the service be introduced on 1st June, 2002.

CONFIDENTIAL ITEM

The Committee resolved under Section 50(A)(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 that the public and press be excluded from the meeting for the undernoted item of business on the grounds that it would involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 9 of Part 1 of Schedule 7(A) of the Act.

IV DUNDEE ENERGY RECYCLING LIMITED

There was submitted an Agenda Note AN33-2002 by the Director of Environmental and Consumer Protection advising of action taken concerning Dundee Energy Recycling Limited.

The Committee noted the information contained.

NEIL GLEN, Convener.