Agenda, decisions and minutes

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

At this point in the meeting, the Cabinet Member is asked to declare any personal, prejudicial or pecuniary interests he may have in the business on the agenda. None were declared.

To approve and sign the minutes of the meeting held on 4^th December 2012.

Resolved:           That the minutes of the last Decision Session held on 4^th December 2012 be approved and signed by the Cabinet Member as a correct record.

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

This report updates the cabinet member on the outcome of the Spring Clean event which took place in May 2013.

RESOLVED:                That the Cabinet Member approved Option 2  as set out in paragraph 18 of the report.

REASON:                     To ensure successful follow up events.

The Cabinet Member considered a report which outlined the outcomes of the Spring Clean event which took place in May.

Officers outlined the report and advised the event had been successful and hoped to hold another event in Autumn 2013.

The Cabinet Member commented that he was pleased the event had been a success and thanked Officers for their hard work. He was pleased to note that the event had been carried out at a relatively low cost within existing budgets and considered it a good example of the Council being resourceful.

RESOLVED:                That the Cabinet Member approved Option 2 and authorised Officers to:

i.     Undertake another spring clean in May 2014, using the lessons learnt during this year’s event to improve and increase community involvement.

ii.    Undertake an event in Autumn 2013 involving Community Payback to be used to showcase the major changes to the partnership between CYC (Smarter York) and Community Payback, via some very proactive marketing.

iii.   Include some targeted work / events in our public parks.

REASON:                     To ensure successful follow up events.

This report is in response to a petition submitted to the Council by Councillor Anne Reid and signed by 30 residents of this street and surrounding area. The petition requests that the Council resurface the footway on Huntsman Walk, Westfield.

RESOLVED:                That the Cabinet Member:

                                      Noted the petition.

Approved Option 1 to rank the footway along with other grade 3 roads for inclusion in a future scheme programme in accordance with the approved process.

REASON:                     In order that Huntsman Walk be assessed in accordance with the Council’s procedures and ranked accordingly.

The Cabinet Member considered a report which outlined a response to a petition submitted to the Council by Councillor Anne Reid and signed by 30 residents of HuntsmanWalk and surrounding area. The petition requests that the Council resurface the footway on Huntsman Walk, Westfield.

Officers outlined the report, in particular that the annual condition survey in 2012 had graded the section of footway between Tedder Road and Foxwood Lane as 3 (poor) it ranked 96^th in the footway network listings. The ranking was insufficient to be included into the 2012/13 programme. The remainder of the footway was graded either a 1 or 2.

The Cabinet Member advised that he noted the petition and concerns of residents but unfortunately he was not able to deviate from the approved process to prioritise Huntsman Walk.

RESOLVED:                That the Cabinet Member:

i.     Noted the petition.

ii.    Approved Option 1 to rank the footway along with other grade 3 roads for inclusion in a future scheme programme in accordance with the approved process.

REASON:                     In order that Huntsman Walk be assessed in accordance with the Council’s procedures and ranked accordingly.