Policy And Resources Committee - 15/08/2005

At a MEETING of the POLICY AND RESOURCES COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 15th August, 2005.

Present:-

BAILIES

COUNCILLORS

Councillor Jill SHIMI, Convener, in the Chair.

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 20th June, 2005 was held as read.

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

I BEST VALUE SUB-COMMITTEE

Councillor Borthwick declared a non-financial interest in this item by virtue of his employment with Age Concern Scotland.

The minute of meeting of the Best Value Sub-Committee of 29th June, 2005, a copy of which is appended hereto, Appendix I was submitted for information and record purposes.

II RECESS SUB-COMMITTEE

The minutes of meetings of the Recess Sub-Committee of 11th July, 2005 and 1st August, 2005, copies of which are appended hereto, Appendices II and III were submitted for information and record purposes.

III POLICY ON PHYSICAL ACTIVITY FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH A DISABILITY

There was submitted Report No 499-2005 by the Director of Leisure and Arts, Director of Education, Director of Social Work and Head of Communities seeking approval for the adoption of a Policy on Sport and Physical Activity for Children and Young People with a Disability.

The Committee approved the policy appended to the report.

IV DUNDEE'S OUTDOOR ACCESS STRATEGY - DISCOVERING THE LIVEABLE CITY

After considering Report No 484-2005 by the Director of Leisure and Arts and Director of Planning and Transportation relative to the above, the Committee approved the adoption of the Outdoor Access Strategy.

V REVIEW OF SUMMARY JUSTICE

On a reference to Article VI of the minute of meeting of this Committee of 14th June, 2004 there was submitted Report No 419-2005 by the Depute Chief Executive (Support Services) advising the Committee on a White Paper which had been issued by the Scottish Executive relative to the above.

The Committee:-

(i) remitted to the Depute Chief Executive (Support Services) to forward a copy of this report to the Scottish Executive and COSLA as this Council's comments on the White Paper;

(ii) remitted to the Depute Chief Executive (Support Services) and the Assistant Chief Executive (Management) to take steps to protect the interests of employees to be transferred to the Scottish Courts Service;

(iii) remitted to the Director of Economic Development or his representative to accompany the Surveyor appointed by the Scottish Executive to fix market values for buildings, fixtures and fittings; and

(iv) remitted to the Head of Information Technology to liaise, as necessary, with the Scottish Executive regarding Computer Systems etc.

VI CORPORATE GIS STRATEGY

After considering Report No 432-2005 by the Director of Planning and Transportation relative to the above, the Committee approved the corporate GIS strategy.

VII CORPORATE CUSTOMER FIRST STRATEGY

After considering Report No 400-2005 by the Chief Executive relative to the above the Committee:-

(i) endorsed the new customer first strategy attached to the report; and

(ii) agreed that a detailed project plan be developed for each project in the programme and be submitted to this Committee.

VIII COMMUNITY REGENERATION FUND ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES 2005/2006

Councillor Sturrock declared a non-financial interest in the Factory Skate Park by virtue of her employer renting temporary office accommodation from this organisation.

There was submitted Report No 473-2005 by the Assistant Chief Executive (Community Planning) and Head of Communities relative to the above.

The Committee noted the process for allocating funding through the Local Community Regeneration Forums as agreed by the Dundee Partnership and endorsed the funding proposals contained in Section 8 of the report.

IX COMMUNITY REGENERATION FUND SMALL GRANTS ALLOCATION 2005/2006

There was submitted Report No 474-2005 by the Assistant Chief Executive (Community Planning) and Head of Communities relative to the above.

The Committee noted the process for allocating small grants through the Local Community Regeneration Forums as agreed by the Dundee Partnership and endorsed the funding proposals contained in Section 8 of this report.

X CIVIL PARTNERSHIP ACT 2004

This item was withdrawn.

XI DESIGN COMPETITION FOR YOUNG ARCHITECTS - CONTEMPORARY AFFORDABLE HOUSING

There was submitted Report No 438-2005 by the Director of Planning and Transportation and Director of Economic Development seeking approval in principle for disposal of several small awkward sites via a design and develop competition targeted at young local Architects in association with the developers.

The Committee:-

(a) agreed in principle to dispose of sites at Stobswell (Crescent Street, Princes Street), Hilltown (Rosebank Street, Forebank Road) and City Road via a design competition for young local architects in association with developers, with land values set by the District Valuer at market value);

(b) agreed the draft terms of reference for the competition and remitted to the Director of Planning and Transportation to consult the relevant bodies regarding interest and sponsorship and to come back with proposals for the composition of a selection panel;

(c) approved the draft briefs for the sites concerned attached to this report for consultation purposes; and

(d) remitted to the Director of Planning and Transportation to consult with local representative groups and surrounding residents about the draft briefs and to report back to Committee in two months time.

Jill SHIMI, Convener.

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