Leisure, Arts And Communities Committee - 09/05/2005

At a MEETING of the COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 9th May, 2005.

Present:-

BAILIES

COUNCILLORS

Councillor HIND, Convener, in the Chair.

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 18th April, 2005 was held as read.

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

I ADMINISTRATIVE GRANTS TO COMMUNITY COUNCILS AND NEIGHBOURHOOD REPRESENTATIVE STRUCTURES 2005/2006

There was submitted Report No 285-2005 by the Head of Communities seeking approval for the payment of administrative grants for the financial year April 2005 to March 2006 to Community Councils and Neighbourhood Representative Structures in existence or established during the year and to reaffirm the formulae for payment.

The Committee approved the following recommendations:-

(a) That administrative grants be awarded to all Community Councils currently in existence or established during 2005/2006 in accordance with the Council's Revised Scheme for the Operation of Community Councils;

(b) That administrative grants be also awarded to other Neighbourhood Representative Structures which meet the eligibility criteria;

(c) That grants be awarded according to the following formulae:-

A lump sum of 330 per Community Council/Neighbourhood Representative Structure plus 1.2 per resident in each area;

(d) That an administration grant of 440 be awarded to the Community Neighbourhood Representative Structure;

(e) That Community Councils or Neighbourhood Representative Structures established beyond 1st April, 2005 be only eligible for a grant for the part of the year from their inception.

II LITERACIES ACTION PLAN - ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES 2005/2006

There was submitted Report No 301-2005 by the Head of Communities advising the Committee of the allocation of funding through local authorities to the Local Community Learning Partnership for the period 2005-2008. The Report also informed the Committee of the allocation of resources to deliver on key elements of the Action Plan.

The Committee approved the following recommendations:-

(a) To note the allocation of resources for 2005-2008 as follows:-

2005-2006 - 437,000 (an increase of 39,888 on the allocation previously reported)

2006-2007 - 439,000

2007-2008 - 443,000

(b) To note the allocation of European Regional Development Fund money for the development of marketing and infrastructure for literacy work 2005-2006 - 24,975;

(c) To agree the allocation of Literacies Action Plan funding 2005/2006 as recommended by the Community Learning Partnership (Literacies Sub-Group) on 20th April, 2005 as follows:-

Outreach Gateway 6,437.20

III DUNDEE COMMUNITY SAFETY PARTNERSHIP - ALLOCATION OF LOCAL ACTION FUND IV 2005/2006

There was submitted Report No 287-2005 by the Head of Communities seeking approval for the allocation of further grant awards from the Local Action Fund. The grants would be met from external funding from the Scottish Executive under the Community Safety Local Action Fund Programme 2005/2006.

The Committee approved the allocation of eleven commissioned grant awards as detailed in Appendix 1 of the Report.

IV DUNDEE COMMUNITY SAFETY PARTNERSHIP - ALLOCATION OF LOCAL ACTION FUND 111 - SUMMER ACTIVITIES 2005

Councillors Grant and W Dawson declared non-financial interests in this item being Council representatives on the Grey Lodge Management Committee.

There was submitted Report No 288-2005 by the Head of Communities seeking approval for the allocation of grant awards from the Local Action Fund - Summer Activities.

The Committee noted the range and deployment of this award programme and approved the four commissioned grant awards as follows:-

Summer in Douglas - Communities Department - 8,642

Web Project - 2,986

Grey Lodge Settlement - 920

Leisure and Arts Sports Development - 5,911

In addition, the Committee authorised the Dundee Community Safety Partnership to complete an evaluation report for the Scottish Executive in September 2005.

V DUNDEE COMMUNITY SAFETY PARTNERSHIP GRANT AWARDS UP TO £500, 2004/2005

There was submitted Report No 246-2005 by the Co-Chairpersons of the Dundee Community Safety Partnership detailing awards each up to the value of 500 that had been made during the financial year 2004/2005.

The Committee noted the payments as detailed in the report.

VI CONFERENCE HALL, LEVEL ONE, CENTRAL LIBRARY, WELLGATE CENTRE, DUNDEE

There was submitted Report No 275-2005 by the Head of Communities seeking approval to lease the Conference Hall, Level One, Central Library, Wellgate Centre, Dundee to the Dundee Citizens Advice Bureau.

The Committee approved the issue of a lease from 29th May, 2005 until 28th May, 2024 with a mutual option to extend year to year thereafter. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the landlord and the tenant each to be entitled to terminate said missives of let on 28th May, 2010 and 28th May in each succeeding fifth year by giving three months previous written notice to each other.

VII SUPPLY OF ONE 15-SEAT COMMUNITY TRANSPORT MINIBUS

There was submitted Report No 291-2005 by the Head of Communities seeking approval to accept the tender for the supply of one 15-seat community transport minibus.

The Committee approved acceptance of the tender submitted by A M Phillip Limited, Muiryfaulds, Forfar in the sum of 17,458 excluding VAT.

VIII NATIONAL ORGANISATIONS FUND 11, 2005/2006

There was submitted Report No 276-2005 by the Head of Communities making recommendations for grant awards from the National Organisations Fund. The grant awards would be met from the Department's Revenue Budget 2005/2006.

The Committee approved payment of the following recommended grants:-

Scottish Human Rights Centre - 1,514

The Poverty Alliance - 200

IX SCOTTISH URBAN REGENERATION FORUM - SEMINAR: CULTURAL PLANNING AND COMMUNITY PLANNING

There was submitted Agenda Note AN201-2005 advising the Committee that the above Seminar entitled "A Recipe for Success" would take place on Thursday, 9th June, 2005 in Glasgow. The cost of the Seminar was 80 per person excluding travel and subsistence.

The Committee approved the attendance of one member of the Administration, one member of the Scottish National Party and one member of the Conservative Party.

The Convener had agreed to include the undernoted late item under Standing Order 17(b) in view of the timescales involved.

X PARTNERSHIP ARRANGEMENTS

There was submitted Report No 208-2005 by the Head of Communities seeking Committee approval to grant a Licence to Occupy to the Local Management Groups of Ardler, Menzieshill, Charleston, Douglas, Kirkton and Finmill Centres, to use these centres and to note that changes would be made to the Partnership Agreement with these groups with corresponding changes to their constitutions.

The Committee approved the following recommendations:-

(a) To remit the Head of Communities and the Depute Chief Executive (Support Services) to negotiate and enter into a Licence to Occupy for each community centre;

(b) To note that changes would require to be made to the Partnership Agreement with corresponding changes to the Local Management Group constitutions.

CHRIS HIND,Convener.