Issue - meetings

This report presents the minutes of recent meetings of the Local Development Framework Working Group, the Social Inclusion Working Group and the Economic Development Partnership Board and asks Members to consider the advice given by these groups in their capacity as advisory bodies to the Executive.

RESOLVED: (i)         That the minutes of the LDFWG, and the adoption of the Statement of Community Involvement at full Council on 29 November 2007 (Minute 24 refers), be noted.

                        (ii)        That the minutes of the SIWG be noted, in particular the progress towards a Centre for Independent Living (with the need for the involvement of disabled people) and the work being carried out to involve young people in the City on decisions that matter to them (Minute 19 refers), and that any future recommendations on how the Council can support the Anti Poverty Strategy be welcomed (Minute 20 refers).

                        (iii)       That the minutes of the EDPB be noted and that Officers be requested to ensure that any options presented on the restructuring of the Board (Minute 17 refers) address the objectives, powers and resources available to any new board, together with the implications for democratic accountability.

REASON:      To fulfil the requirements of the Council’s Constitution in relation to the role of working groups and to respond appropriately to the groups’ advice.

Members considered a report which presented the minutes of the following meetings of working groups and other advisory bodies to the Executive:

• the Local Development Framework Working Group (LDFWG) meeting on 13 November 2007;
• the Social Inclusion Working Group (SIWG) meeting on 21 November 2007 (draft minutes);
• the Economic Development Partnership Board (EDPB) meeting on 28 November 2007 (draft minutes).

There were no specific recommendations contained in the minutes, but Members’ attention was drawn in particular to the comments of the LDFWG on phase 1 of the City of York Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment, the initial comments of the SIWG on the User-Led CIL, the proposals of the EDPB to review the Board’s membership and the EDPB’s comments on the Future York Group report and the City Centre Partnership proposals.

Having noted the comments of the Shadow Executive, it was

RESOLVED: (i)         That the minutes of the LDFWG, and the subsequent adoption at full Council on 29 November 20of the Statement of Community Involvement 07 (Minute 24 refers), be noted.

                        (ii)        That the minutes of the SIWG be noted, in particular the progress towards a Centre for Independent Living (with the need for the involvement of disabled people) and the work being carried out to involve young people in the City on decisions that matter to them (Minute 19 refers), and that any future recommendations on how the Council can support the Anti Poverty Strategy be welcomed (Minute 20 refers).

                        (iii)       That the minutes of the EDPB be noted and that Officers be requested to ensure that any options presented on the restructuring of the Board (Minute 17 refers) address the objectives, powers and resources available to any new board, together with the implications for democratic accountability.¹

REASON:      To fulfil the requirements of the Council’s Constitution in relation to the role of working groups and to respond appropriately to the groups’ advice.