Housing, Dundee Contract Services And Environment Services Committee - 08/09/2003

At a MEETING of the DSO COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 8th September 2003.

Present:-

BAILIES

COUNCILLORS

Lord Provost LETFORD, Convener, in the Chair.

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 18th August 2003 was held as read.

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

I SUPPLY OF NEW VEHICLES 2003/2004

There was submitted Report No. 524-2003 by the Director of Dundee Contract Services informing the Committee of fixed prices submitted by vehicle suppliers for new commercial vehicles required by Dundee Contract Services for the financial year 2003/2004.

The Committee agreed to accept the lowest or most advantageous offer as assessed under "Best Value" criteria for each category of vehicle required. The successful tenderers were:-

II GILBURN ROAD - MAINTENANCE OF OPEN SPACES

There was submitted Agenda Note AN411-2003 informing the Committee about an area of derelict land along the south side of Gilburn Road which backs onto houses at the rear of Sherbrook Crescent which had recently been landscaped under a Better Neighbourhood Services Fund project.

The culverted Gelly Burn is the boundary line of the ownership between the Council and each individual adjoining property on Sherbrook Crescent that backs on to the ground. Therefore, approximately 50% of the ground is owned by the Council and the remaining 50% by the various owners in Sherbrook Crescent.

Dundee Contract Services will maintain the site under the Open Spaces Budget at an estimate of 800 per annum, for which provision will be made when the Revenues Estimates are reviewed for 2004/2005.

In order to assist in the maintenance of the ground the Committee agreed that a request would be made to each of the 10 affected house owners in Sherbrook Crescent to make a one-off contribution of 75.00 each to share the cost of landscape maintenance in the first five years. Thereafter, the Council will fully maintain the site.

III COX'S STACK OPEN SPACE - PEDESTRIAN ACCESS

There was submitted Agenda Note AN412-2003 informing the Committee that the public open space around Cox's Stack is owned by Dundee City Council (excluding the chimney stack). The adjacent factor of the High Mill flats in the former Camperdown Works due to trespass problems had closed off the former pedestrian access from the south of the site.

The Committee agreed to approve the construction of a new pedestrian access to the open space from Eastwell Road at an estimated cost of 9,000 subject to landowner's consent and that the work be carried out by Dundee Contract Services and met from the provision of 50,000 in Dundee Contract Services' 2003/04 Capital Budget for Public Open Space Improvements.

Lord Provost JOHN R LETFORD, Convener.