Agenda item
2008/09 Ward Committee Budget
Minutes:
Cllr Gunnell asked residents to refer to the provisional list of local improvement schemes for funding detailed in Your Ward. She explained that the ward committee had considered schemes on the basis of the voting priorities by residents and the Micklegate Ward Committee Neighbourhood Action Plan (NAP) Ambition Statements. Residents were asked to comment on the list before members of the ward committee could agree on a final list of schemes to ratify at the meeting.
Q – Pauline Buchanan asked why the grant application for training for members of St Clements Preservation Trust not been selected as it would fit under 3 of the 4 NAP Ambitions Statements
A - Cllr Gunnell informed the meeting that this scheme did not receive a high number of votes but should extra funding become available later in the financial year, this scheme may be considered.
Q - A resident asked why scheme MK-08-10 had £5,000 allocated to it as the scheme was only to consider ways of improving the area opposite Sainsbury’s on Bishopthorpe Road.
A – Cllr Merrett explained that there are a number of possible elements to a project such as this. It will require partnership working to bring funding in from other streams. This is a project that will need to be worked up and costed over the coming months. Kristina Davey added that the funding would be split between capital and revenue expenditure.
AGREED: the provisional list of local improvement schemes published in Your Ward to be formally ratified by Micklegate Ward Committee. Schemes will be commissioned over the coming months and are subject to feasibility, budget availability and legality. Micklegate Ward Committee will fund the following list in 2008/09:
Ambition 1: Increased recycling
Ref |
Problem / Issue |
Cost |
MK-08-02 |
Investigate the possibility of installing recycling banks for plastic and cardboard at Bishopthorpe Road car park |
£2000 |
MK-08-03 |
Recycling bank for plastic bottles and cans in the Bishophill area |
£2000 |
MK-08-04 |
Provide 10 doorstep collections of garden waste, including January Xmas tree collection, using bio-degradable bags |
£3000 |
Ambition 2: An enhanced environment
Ref |
Problem / Issue |
Cost |
MK-08-07 |
Plant 2000 daffodil bulbs on the city walls along Bishopgate Street |
£280 |
MK-08-08 |
Plant 500 daffodil bulbs around the base of trees along Bishopthorpe Road |
£70 |
MK-08-09 |
Improve cycle parking facilities at Bishopthorpe Road car park |
£1000 |
MK-08-10 |
Fund to consider ways of improving the visual appearance of the bench area opposite Sainsbury’s outside the car park |
£5000 |
Ambition 3: Young people & community life
Ref |
Problem / Issue |
Cost |
MK-08-19 |
Fund to pay for youth work and activities throughout the year in the ward |
£5000 |
MK-08-20 |
Grant to Street Sport York to provide multi-sport and skateboarding activities throughout the ward during school holidays |
£2000 |
MK-08-24 |
Grant to Club SC Southlands to enable them to continue to provide youth club facilities for two evenings per week |
£2000 |
MK-08-27 |
Grant to Age Concern to fund a Community Outreach Support worker to support older residents identified as lonely or isolated |
£4,732 |
MK-08-28 |
Grant to Older Citizens Advocacy York to provide advocacy services for older people on the ward |
£500 |
Ambition 4: Community safety
Ref |
Problem / Issue |
Cost |
MK-08-30 |
Street lighting fund |
£5000 |