Executive Committee - 30 November 2009


Location: Penn Chamber, Three Rivers House

NOTICE AND AGENDA

For a meeting to be held in the Penn Chamber, Three Rivers House, Rickmansworth, on Monday 30 November 2009 at 7.30pm.

Members of the Committee:-

Councillors Ann Shaw OBE (Chairman), Matthew Bedford (Vice-Chairman) (Resources)

 

 Phil Brading (Public Services and Health)

 Alison Scarth (Sustainability)

 Francis Durham

 Roger Seabourne (Community Safety)

 Chris Hayward

 Martin Trevett (Environment)

 David Sansom

 Chris Whately-Smith (Leisure and Community)

 

David Gardner, Director of Corporate Resources and Governance
20 November 2009

 

The Executive Committee welcomes contributions from Members of the public to its discussion on agenda items.  Contributions will be limited to one person speaking for and one against each item for not more than three minutes.  Please note that in the event of registering your interest to speak on an agenda item but not taking up that right because the item is deferred, you will automatically be given the right to speak on that item at the next meeting of the Committee.  Details of the procedure and the list for registering the wish to speak will be available for a short period before the meeting.

 

1.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

 

 

2.

MINUTES

 

 

 

To confirm as a correct record the Minutes of the Executive Committee meeting held on 5 October 2009.

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3.

NOTICE OF OTHER BUSINESS

 

 

 

Items of other business notified under Council Procedure Rule 31 to be announced, together with the special circumstances which justify their consideration as a matter of urgency.  The Chairman to rule on the admission of such items.

 

 

4.

DECLARATION OF INTERESTS

 

 

 

To receive any declarations of interest.
 

 

 

 

RESOURCES

 

 

5.

BUDGET MONITORING REPORT – (MONTH 7)

 

 

 

This report seeks approval to changes in the approved medium-term financial plan based on information contained in the Financial Position Statement for the period ending October 2009 (Month 7).

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6.

NATIONAL NON-DOMESTIC RATE – CONSIDERATION OF RELIEF

 

 

 

To consider applications for discretionary relief from payment of the National Non-Domestic Rate.

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7.

CONSIDERATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE RESOURCES POLICY AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE

 

 

 

To receive the recommendation of the Resources Policy and Scrutiny Committee held on 12 November 2009 in relation to the following item on the agenda for the Executive Committee on 30 November 2009.

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7a.

ANNUAL REPORT AND MONITORING OF TREASURY MANAGEMENT

 

 

 

To inform Members of Treasury Management Annual Report for 2008/09 and the performance for the first six months of 2009/10.

 

 

 

To inform Members of proposals for ensuring effective scrutiny of the Treasury Management Strategy and policies.

 

 

 

To request a change to the Treasury Management policy which will enable a loan to be made to West Herts Crematorium.

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LEISURE AND COMMUNITY SAFETY

 

 

8.

CONSIDERATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE LEISURE AND COMMUNITY SAFETY POLICY AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE

 

 

 

To receive the recommendation of the Leisure and Community Safety Policy and Scrutiny Committee held on 3 November 2009 in relation to the following items on the agenda for the Executive Committee on 30 November 2009.

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8a.

LEISURE AND COMMUNITY GRANT APPLICATIONS

 

 

 

The Committee is asked to consider the fourth round of applications from groups and organisations for grant support from the Leisure and Community Grants 2009/10 revenue budget.
 

 

 

 

The applications to be considered are for Leisure and Community Grants to Mill End and District Community Association, Youth FM, Nine Lives Recycling Scheme and Croxley Green Baptist Church

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8b.

RELATE GRANT AID FUNDING

 

 

 

To provide the Committee with information requested by the Executive Committee and to consider a Service Level Agreement for Relate Watford and Three Rivers.

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SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT

 

 

9.

CONSIDERATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT POLICY AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE

 

 

 

To receive the recommendations of the Sustainable Environment Policy and Scrutiny Committee held on 10 November 2009 in relation to the following items on the agenda for the Executive Committee on 30 November 2009.

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9a

ALL SAINTS LANE AND LAVROCK LANE, CROXLEY HALL WOODS

 

 

 

To consider proposals for safe and sustainable traffic management and for surfacing.

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9b

NEW PARKING SCHEMES

 

 

 

To review a programme of proposed new parking restrictions following consultation (Malvern Way/Girton Way, Harvey Road/Frankland Close/Frankland Road/Watford Road, and Sycamore Approach, Croxley Green).

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9c

NEW PARKING BAYS

 

 

 

To agree the construction of new parking bays for Manor House Gardens, Kindersley Way and Follett Drive, Abbots Langley and Ashford Green and Mundesley Close, South Oxhey, following consultation.

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9d

THREE RIVERS SUSTAINABILITY ACTION PLAN

 

 

 

To agree a draft Sustainability Action Plan for consultation.

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9e

EAST OF ENGLAND PLAN REVIEW - 2011-2031

 

 

 

The existing East of England Plan runs from 2001–2021. The East of England Plan Review (2011–2031) sets out scenarios for housing and economic growth which will have significant implications for future growth in the District and for Three Rivers Local Development Framework. The East of England Regional Assembly (EERA) has invited comments on four scenarios for housing growth 2011 to 2031. The consultation also focuses on a limited number of supporting policies where they are affected by growth or need updating. The report sets out the implications for Three Rivers and a suggested response to EERA.

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9f

LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK- ANNUAL MONITORING REPORT

 

 

 

This report sets out the Annual Monitoring Report 2008/09 prepared as part of the Local Development Framework and seeks the committee’s approval for its submission to the Secretary of State.

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10.

HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL WASTE DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK

 

 

 

This report informs Members of two Hertfordshire County Council consultation documents as part of the Waste Local Development Framework. It sets out the proposed Three Rivers response to the consultations.

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PUBLIC SERVICES AND HEALTH

 

 

11.

CONSIDERATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC SERVICES AND HEALTH POLICY AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE

 

 

 

To receive the recommendations of the Public Services and Health Policy and Scrutiny Committee held on 12 November 2009 in relation to the following items on the agenda for the Executive Committee on 30 November 2009  (to follow).

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11a

REPLACEMENT RECYCLING VEHICLES

 

 

 

To provide Members with details on the replacement of four recycling vehicles.

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11b

WEEKLY ORGANIC WASTE RECYCLING

 

 

 

To recommend to Members that the frequency of collection for the brown organic waste bins is increased to weekly.

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11c

VALUE FOR MONEY UPDATE

 

 

 

To update Members on the Value for Money (VFM) review, which was presented to Members at a previous meeting.

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11d

CLEAN NEIGHBOURHOODS AND ENVIRONMENT ACT 2005 – REVIEW OF DOG CONTROL ORDERS

 

 

 

To advise Members on the review of the power to adopt dog control orders.

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GENERAL

 

 

12.

CALENDAR OF MEETINGS 2010/2011

 

 

 

To consider the draft Calendar of Meetings for the Local Government Year 2010/2011.

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13.

DELEGATION TO OFFICERS

 

 

 

To seek agreement to make a minor amendment to the Council’s Constitution.

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14.

THRIVE HOMES BOARD - REPRESENTATIVES

 

 

 

To seek a replacement of a Council representative on the Thrive Homes Board.

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15.

OTHER BUSINESS - if approved under item 3 above.

 

 

16.

EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC

 

 

 

If the Committee wishes to consider the remaining item in private, it will be appropriate for a resolution to be passed in the following terms:-

 

 

 

 

“that under Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined under Paragraph 3 of Part I of Schedule 12A to the Act. It has been decided by the Council that in all the circumstances, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.”

 

 

 

 

 

(Note:  If other confidential business is approved under item 3, it will also be necessary to specify the class of exempt or confidential information in the additional items).

 

 

1.

THE JET PUBLIC HOUSE, HAYLING ROAD, SOUTH OXHEY

 

 

 

The purpose of this report is to consider the current situation regarding the sale of the freehold of The Jet Public House, Hayling Road, South Oxhey, and an offer from Network Housing Association.

This report has been withdrawn.

 

 

2.

CONSIDERATION OF RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PUBLIC SERVICES AND HEALTH POLICY AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE

 

 

 

To receive the recommendation of the Public Services and Health Policy and Scrutiny Committee held on 12 November 2009 in relation to the following item on the agenda for the Executive Committee on 30 November 2009.

 

 

2a.

PACKAGING CONSORTIUM

 

 

 

To ask for Members approval to join a Hertfordshire packaging recycling consortium.

 

 

3.

OTHER BUSINESS - if approved under item 3.