Agenda and minutes

RESOLVED:             That Cllr Livesley be elected as chair of this committee.

At this point Members are asked to declare any personal or prejudicial interests they may have in the business on this agenda.

Members were invited to declare at this point in the meeting any personal or prejudicial interests they might have in the business on this agenda.

Cllr Holvey declared a personal non-prejudicial interest in agenda item 3, Traffic Congestion Scoping report, as an employee of Leeds City Council, as the proposed co-optee has carried out work for Leeds City Council.  

Cllr Merrett declared a personal non-prejudicial interest in the same agenda item, as a member of Cycling England and an honorary member of the Cyclists Touring Club.

Cllr D’Agorne declared a personal non-prejudicial interest in the same agenda item, as a member of the Cyclists Touring Club and York Cycle Campaign.

At this point in the meeting members of the public who have registered their wish to speak regarding an item on the agenda or an issue within the committee’s remit can do so. Anyone who wishes to register or requires further information is requested to contact the Democracy Officer on the contact details listed at the foot of this agenda. The deadline for registering is Friday 16 February at 5 pm.

It was reported that there had been no registrations to speak under the Council’s Public Participation Scheme.

This report outlines the review to examine the problems arising from traffic congestion in York.  The review will look at the measures previously put into place through Local Transport Plan (LTP)1, those measures included in LTP2, and identify any further measures which could be taken to reduce the expected rise in congestion between 2006 - 2011.

Members considered a report which outlined the review to examine the problems arising from traffic congestion in York. The report detailed that the review would look at the measures which had previously been put in place through the Local Transport Plan (LTP) 1, those measures included in LTP 2, and would identify any further measures which could be taken to reduce the expected rise in congestion between 2006 – 2011.

Members discussed the  involvement of a co-optee on the committee, and the programme for this scrutiny review, including the officers required to be involved, and meeting dates.

Cllr Simpson-Laing stated that she would provide further information on the eight objectives by e-mail to Members and Officers.

RESOLVED:                         (i)         That Mike Smith, an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of York, be invited to be co-opted onto this committee;

(ii)               That the following amendments be made to the proposed timetable and officer involvement:

(iii)             That the Scrutiny Officer contact the officers involved to determine and confirm the meeting dates;

(iv)              That the meeting dates be confirmed with Members.