Meeting documents

Regeneration, Community and Culture Overview and Scrutiny Committee
Wednesday, 2 December 2009

Regeneration, Community and Culture
Overview and Scrutiny Committee
Meeting Room 9
Gun Wharf
Dock Road
Chatham ME4 4TR
Wednesday, 2 December 2009
6:30 pm
AGENDA
1TO APPROVE THE RECORD OF THE FOLLOWING MEETING:
 
 21 October 2009
2TO RECEIVE APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
3URGENT MATTERS BY REASON OF SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
 
The Chairman will announce any late items which do not appear on the main agenda but which he has agreed should be considered by reason of special circumstances to be specified in the reports.
4DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
 
 (a)Personal interests under the Medway Code of Conduct

A Councillor who declares a personal interest in a matter, including the nature of the interest, may stay, speak and vote on the matter.

 (b)Prejudicial interests under the Medway Code of Conduct

A Councillor who declares a personal and prejudicial interest in a matter, including the nature of the interest, must withdraw from the room and take no part in the debate or vote on the matter.

Councillors who have declared a personal and prejudicial interest may make representations, answer questions and give evidence before leaving the room but only if members of the public are allowed to attend for the same purpose.

If an interest is not declared at the outset of the meeting, it should be disclosed as soon as the interest becomes apparent.
 (c)Whipping - the Council's constitution also requires any Member of the Committee who is subject to a party whip (i.e. agreeing to vote in line with the majority view of a private party group meeting) to declare the existence of the whip and the nature of it before the item is discussed.
5TO CONSIDER REPORTS AS FOLLOWS:
 (A)Petitions (Petitions)
 
The report advises the Committee of the petitions presented to the Mayor at Council meetings and also includes two referrals of petitions for consideration.
 > Petition report (pdf file 309.1kb)
 > Appendix A (pdf file 200.3kb)
 > Appendix B (pdf file 12.3kb)
 > Appendix C (pdf file 154.1kb)
 (B)Attendance of Portfolio Holder for Front Line Services (Holding the executive to account)
 
The Portfolio Holder for Front Line Services will attend the meeting to give account of his performance against Council targets in his portfolio.
 > Portfolio Holder for Front Line Services in attendance (pdf file 79.4kb)
 (C)Second quarter performance report 2009/2010 (Performance management)
 
This report presents the Council's performance for the second quarter of 2009/2010, including indicators and actions agreed in the Council Plan 2009/2010 that fall within the remit of this Committee.
 > Quarter 2 performance report (pdf file 70.6kb)
 > Quarter 2 performance report - appendix 1 (pdf file 179.8kb)
 > Quarter 2 performance report - appendix 2 (pdf file 760.7kb)
 (D)Local Development Framework Annual Monitoring Report (Pre-decision scrutiny)
 
The report invites consideration and comment before being reported to Cabinet on 15 December 2009.
 > LDF annual monitoring (pdf file 73.7kb)
 > LDF annual monitoring - appendix (pdf file 1.0Mb)
 (E)Planning of central Strood (Policy development)
 
This report presents the outcome of a public consultation on the proposed plan and invites comments before consideration by Cabinet.
 > Planning of central Strood (pdf file 96.0kb)
 (F)Quality of Public Transport Corridors Project (Business management)
 
The report describes the aims and objectives of the project and gives details of the main schemes.
 > Quality of public transport corridors (pdf file 96.2kb)
 > Quality of public transport corridors - appendices (pdf file 8.6Mb)
 (G)Twydall Accessibility Project (Pre-decision scrutiny)
 
This report details the background to the project which aims to improve road safety and pedestrian accessibility.
 > Twydall Accessibility Scheme (pdf file 105.7kb)
 > Twydall Accessibility Scheme - Appendix (pdf file 8.4Mb)
 > Twydall Accessibility Scheme - Appendix 1 (pdf file 122.5kb)
 > Twydall Accessibility Scheme - Appendix 2 (pdf file 131.0kb)
 > Twydall Accessibility Scheme - LATE MAP (pdf file 4.8Mb)
 > Twydall Accessibility Scheme - LATE NOTE (pdf file 7.6kb)
 > Twydall Accessibility Scheme - proposed amendments to recommendations (pdf file 7.6kb)
 > Twydall Accessibility Scheme - map showing areas of amendment (pdf file 8.4Mb)
 (H)Work programme (Business management)
 
This report advises the Committee on the current work programme. It gives Members the opportunity to shape and direct the Committee's activities for the forthcoming year.
 > Work programme (pdf file 64.5kb)
 > Work programme - appendix (pdf file 70.4kb)