Agenda and minutes

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 the agenda.  No interests were declared.

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To reconsider the decision/s taken by the Executive Member for City Strategy on 1 September 2009 regarding the above item, if requested to do so by the Scrutiny Management Committee (Calling In) meeting on 14 September 2009.

The report on this item was published as part of the agenda for the Executive Member for City Strategy meeting held on 1 September and the agenda for the Scrutiny Management Committee (Calling In) to be held on 14 September.  The links to those agendas on the Council’s website are provided below:

http://democracy.york.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=672&MId=4762&Ver=4

http://democracy.york.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=602&MId=4730&Ver=4

Members re-considered the decisions taken by the Executive Member for City Strategy at a Decision Session on 1 September 2009 in relation to two petitions received regarding the change in traffic conditions due to works carried out on Water End earlier in the year.

The Executive Member’s decisions on this item had been called in by Cllrs Douglas, King and Scott and subsequently considered by the Scrutiny Management Committee (SMC) (Calling In) at a meeting on 14 September.  The SMC (Calling In) had resolved:

“That Option B be approved and the Executive Member’s decisions be referred back to the Executive (Calling In) for reconsideration, with a recommendation that they be amended to:

(a)            Include a further sub-paragraph c) under resolution (i) to read as follows:

‘Approval of Option H and consultation to be carried out with residents, with the aim of reporting the results to the Executive Member on 1 December, or at the same time as the results of the further surveys.’

(b)            Replace the words ‘Options G and H’ in resolution (ii) with the words ‘Option G’.”

The Executive Member confirmed that he was content to accept the proposed revisions, which would make no practical difference to the handling of this matter.

Having reconsidered the decisions in the light of the advice offered by the SMC (Calling In), it was

RESOLVED: That the recommendations of the SMC (Calling In) be accepted and that the original decisions be revised to read as follows:

                        “That the Executive Member agrees:

                        (i)         To approve the course of action detailed in Options A and B in the report, which will allow:

a)     Further surveys to be undertaken, now that the road humps on Westminster Road have been replaced, and the results reported to a future Decision Session meeting;

b)     The introduction of a 20 mph speed limit to be progressed and a review of the School Travel Plan to be undertaken;

c)      Approval of Option H and consultation to be carried out with residents, with the aim of reporting the results to the Executive Member on 1 December, or at the same time as the results of the further surveys.

                        (ii)        That Option G in the report be given further consideration as part of the reporting of the above.

                        (iii)       That the options of introducing build outs or chicanes as a method of controlling both traffic speed and volumes also be evaluated.”

REASON:      In accordance with the calling-in procedure and the advice offered by the Scrutiny Management Committee (Calling In).