Leisure, Arts And Communities Committee - 10/05/2010
At a MEETING of the LEISURE, ARTS AND COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 10th May, 2010.
Present:-
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Depute Lord Provost Ian BORTHWICK |
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BAILIES
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Willie SAWERS |
Helen WRIGHT |
Roderick A J WALLACE |
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George REGAN |
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Derek J SCOTT |
COUNCILLORS
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Ken GUILD |
Elizabeth F FORDYCE |
Laurie BIDWELL |
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Jim BARRIE |
Stewart HUNTER |
Tom FERGUSON |
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Jimmy BLACK |
Ken LYNN |
Brian GORDON |
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David BOWES |
Craig MELVILLE |
Richard McCREADY |
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Andrew DAWSON |
Christina ROBERTS |
Donald HAY |
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Will DAWSON |
Alan G ROSS |
Fraser MACPHERSON |
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Bob DUNCAN |
Kevin KEENAN |
Helen DICK |
Councillor Bob DUNCAN, Convener, in the Chair.
The minute of meeting of this Committee of 26th April, 2010 was held as read.
Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.
I ADMINISTRATIVE GRANTS TO COMMUNITY COUNCILS AND NEIGHBOURHOOD REPRESENTATIVE STRUCTURES 2009/2010
There was submitted Report No 219-2010 by the Director of Leisure and Communities seeking approval for the payment of administrative grants for the financial year 2010/2011 to Community Councils and Neighbourhood Representative Structures in existence or established during the year, and to confirm the formulae for payment.
The Committee agreed that:-
(i) administrative grants be awarded to all Community Councils currently in existence or established during 2010/2011 in accordance with the Council's Revised Scheme for the Operation of Community Councils;
(ii) administrative grants also be awarded to other Neighbourhood Representative Structures which meet the eligibility criteria set out in Committee Report No 725-2002;
(iii) grants be awarded according to the following formulae: a lump sum of 330 per Community Council/Neighbourhood Representative Structure plus 1.2p per resident in each area (see Appendix 1);
(iv) an administration grant of 440 be awarded to the Dundee Civic Forum; and
(v) Community Councils or Neighbourhood Representative Structures established beyond 1st April, 2010 only be eligible for a grant for the part of the year from their inception.
II DUNDEE COMMUNITY SAFETY PARTNERSHIP GRANT AWARDS UP TO £500 - 2009/2010
There was submitted Report No 237-2010 by Co-Chairpersons, Dundee Community Safety Partnership detailing Community Safety Partnership awards up to the value of 500 that had been made during the financial year 2009/2010.
The Committee noted the details of awards noted below:-
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Organisation/Agency |
Award |
Brief Description of Project/Application
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Dundee Voluntary Action |
500 |
Admin expenses for running of Community Safety Network.
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CYPPC/CSP Peer Education |
500 |
New Internet Safety/Technology Safety Resource - Mousetrap, produced by Peer Education Project.
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St Mary's and Brackens Community Safety Group
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490 |
Safety Day, equipment purchase and admin. |
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Violence against Women Partnership |
500 |
Dissemination of products displaying emergency contact information for specialist agencies providing information and support to victims of domestic abuse.
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Peer Education Project |
200 |
Production of up to 100 Upload/Mousetrap DVDs.
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DCC Education Department |
500 |
Attendance Initiative leaflet. Safety contact details included.
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MidLin News Group |
300 |
Six full page safety adverts in Midlin News.
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Balmoral Residents' Association |
350 |
Purchase of safety equipment for safety days plus admin for group.
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Violence against Women Partnership |
500 |
Consultation day for young people to gather information from young people/children about their understanding of domestic abuse.
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Amina (Muslim Women's Helpline) |
250 |
To help towards costs running three safety events for women from Muslim communities.
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Celebrate Age Network Forum |
500 |
Multi-agency event to promote community safety for older people in Craigiebank.
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Violence against Women Partnership |
300 |
Snakes and ladder board game for direct work with young people affected by domestic abuse. Also for partner agencies. |
III LEISURE AND COMMUNITIES ROAD IMPROVEMENTS 2010/2011
There was submitted Agenda Note AN70-2010 advising the Committee that on the instruction of the Director of Leisure and Communities, proposals had been prepared for resurfacing work within Camperdown Park, Dundee.
The Committee agreed that the City Engineer be instructed to include this work within the existing Partnership Agreement with Tayside Contracts for delivering the road maintenance and minor road works service.
The Committee further agreed that approval also be given to the extension to the Partnering Agreement with Tayside Contracts for this work up to a value of 50,000, including professional fees. The Director of Finance advised that the expenditure could be met from the Leisure and Communities Capital Programme 2010/2011.
Bob DUNCAN, Convener.