Issue - meetings

This report presents the minutes of a recent meeting of the Economic Development Partnership Board and asks Members to consider the advice given by the Board in its capacity as an advisory body to the Council.  It also presents the minutes of recent meetings of the Local Development Framework Working Group and asks Members to consider the advice given by the Working Group in its capacity as an advisory body to the Executive.

RESOLVED:That the minutes attached at Annexes A-D be noted and the recommendations listed at paragraph 7 of the report be approved.

REASON:      To fulfil the requirements of the Council’s Constitution in relation to the role of Working Groups.

Members received a report which presented the minutes of a recent meeting of the Economic Development Partnership Board and asked them to consider the advice given by the Board in its capacity as an advisory body to the Council.  It also presented the minutes of recent meetings of the Local Development Framework Working Group and asked Members to consider the advice given by the Working Group in its capacity as an advisory body to the Executive.

Paragraph 7 of the report detailed the following resolutions within the attached minutes which required the specific endorsement or approval of the Executive:

a.      the Board’s recommendations on the Christmas Light proposals for 2007 (minute 7);

b.      the Working Group’s recommendations on the Scoping Report for the York Northwest Area Action Plan (minute 4);

c.      the Working Group’s recommendations on the Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (minute 8);

d.      the Working Group’s recommendations on the Open Space, Sport and Recreation Study (minute 9);

e.      the Working Group’s recommendations on the Employment Land Review (minute 12);

f.        the Working Group’s recommendations on the York Strategic Housing Market Assessment 2007 (minute 13).

The report also drew Members’ attention the Board’s comments on the Future York Group report (minute 4) and on the research findings on the evening economy in York (minute 5), which were considered by the Executive on 24 July 2007;

Having considered the advice of the Shadow Executive, it was

RESOLVED:That the minutes attached at Annexes A-D be noted and the recommendations listed at paragraph 7 of the report be approved.

REASON:      To fulfil the requirements of the Council’s Constitution in relation to the role of Working Groups.