Leisure, Arts And Communities Committee - 24/05/2010
At a MEETING of the LEISURE, ARTS AND COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 24th May, 2010.
Present:-
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Lord Provost John R LETFORD
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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 |
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Mohammed ASIF |
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Councillor Bob DUNCAN, Convener, in the Chair.
The minute of meeting of this Committee of 10th May, 2010 was held as read.
Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.
I REVISED SCHEME FOR THE OPERATION OF COMMUNITY COUNCILS
There was submitted Report No 254-2010 by the Director of Leisure and Communities seeking approval for the draft revised Scheme for the Operation of Community Councils, Code of Conduct for Community Councillors and Review of Community Council Boundaries for consultation.
The Committee agreed to:-
(i) approve the draft revised Scheme for the Operation of Community Councils for a further 12 week period of consultation and the Code of Conduct for Community Councillors;
(ii) approve the revised Community Council Boundaries set out in Appendix 3 to the report; and
(iii) approve the revised timeline for the establishment of Community Councils as per the revised scheme.
II CASTLE GREEN MASTERPLAN
There was submitted Report No 169-2010 by the Director of Leisure and Communities providing an update on progress with implementation of the Castle Green Masterplan reporting on the outcome of the Review and seeking agreement in priorities for the next phase of implementation.
The Committee agreed to:-
(i) note the outcome of the Masterplan Review and public consultation;
(ii) agree key priorities for future development as outlined in paragraph 4.6 of the report; and
(iii) remit the Director of Leisure and Communities and the Local Community Planning Partnership to continue to progress implementation of the revised Masterplan and report back in due course.
III MUSIC PROJECTS FUND ALLOCATION
There was submitted Report No 246-2010 by the Director of Leisure and Communities making recommendations for the allocation of grant awards from the Music Development Projects Fund.
The Committee approved the grants as detailed below:-
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Award Granted
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RSNO |
To support a five concert season at the Caird Hall |
14,500 |
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Scottish Ensemble |
To support a four concert season at the Marryat Hall and venues across Dundee and development of a lifelong learning programme |
4,000 |
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Assembly Direct |
To support the Dundee Jazz Festival 2010 |
4,000 |
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Kill Your Timid Notion |
To support Kill Your Timid Notion 2010 |
500 |
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Children's Classic Concerts |
To support a concert at the Marryat Hall |
500 |
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Music in Hospitals |
To support a series of concerts at Care Homes and Hospital wards throughout Dundee |
500 |
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National Youth Orchestra of Scotland |
To support a concert at the Caird Hall |
500 |
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Caird Hall Programming |
To support programming of Classical Jazz and World music concerts at the Caird Hall Complex |
3,000 |
III NATIONAL ADULT ENGLISH FOR SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES STRATEGY - PERFORMANCE ANDALLOCATION
There was submitted Report No 247-2010 by the Director of Leisure and Communities detailing the progress on the 2009/2010 allocation received from the Scottish Government for Community Learning and Development Partnership implementation of the National Adult English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Strategy and also detailing the 2010/2011 ESOL Strategy allocation, received from the Scottish Government.
The Committee acknowledged the progress made in the 2009/2010 implementation of ESOL Strategy, and approved the 2010/2011 allocation of the ESOL Strategy allocation from the Scottish Government to further develop the Dundee Partnership's ESOL Strategy.
Bob DUNCAN, Convener.