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Leisure and Community Policy Panel - 31 July 2007

Location: Penn Chamber, Three Rivers House

LEISURE AND COMMUNITY POLICY PANEL

NOTICE AND AGENDA

For a meeting to be held in the Penn Chamber, Three Rivers House, Rickmansworth on Tuesday, 31 July 2007 at 7.30pm.

Members of the Panel:-

Councillors:-	Steve Drury (Chairman)	Richard Laval
	Susan Bartrick (Vice Chairman)	Alison Scarth
	Tony Barton	Len Tippen
	Mary Connolly

Tony Beirne, Director of Strategic Services
19 July 2007

The Policy Panel 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 Panel. Details of the procedure and the list for registering the wish to speak will be available for a short period before the meeting.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

MINUTES

To confirm as a correct record the Minutes of the meetings held on 12 June 2007 (copy enclosed for Members of the Panel).

07 06 12 LC mins. DOWNLOAD

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.

DECLARATION OF INTERESTS

To receive any declarations of interest.

FINANCIAL & POSITION STATEMENT & BUDGET MONITORING REPORTS - MAY AND JUNE 2007 (MONTH 2 AND 3)

These reports give an update of the three-year medium-term financial plan and the position on the current year's budget for the period ending on 27 May 2007 and 24 June 2007. (Circulated separately).

MATTERS ARISING FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

To report on matters arising from the Executive Committee that are within the remit of the policy panel.

07 07 31 LC i - (06) matters arising from exec. DOWNLOAD

COMMUNITY SAFETY ACTION PLAN 2007/08

To provide the Panel with details of the Community Safety Action Plan for 2007/08.

07 07 31 LC i - (07) safety action plan 2007-08. DOWNLOAD

CAPITAL GRANT

To consider recommending an award of a capital grant to Chorleywood Parish Council for works to the War Memorial Hall.

07 07 31 LC i - (08) capital grant. DOWNLOAD

LEISURE AND COMMUNITY GRANT APPLICATIONS

The Policy Panel is asked to consider the second round of applications from groups and organisations for grant support from the Leisure and Community Grants 2007/08 revenue provision and to recommend accordingly to the Executive Committee.

07 07 31 LC i - (09) community grants. DOWNLOAD

10.

ACTIVE PEOPLE SURVEY & LEISURE SATISFACTION

The purpose of this report is to update Members on the recent Active People Survey carried out by Ipsos/MORI on behalf of Sport England, which details new and updated information on population physical activity levels specific to Three Rivers. The report also analyses findings relating to satisfaction with leisure facilities and events within the recent Ipsos/MORI BVPI General User Survey.

07 07 31 LC i - (10) active people survey. DOWNLOAD

11.

DRAFT THREE RIVERS DISTRICT PLAY STRATEGY UPDATE - PLAY POLICY STATEMENTS AND ACTION PLAN

This report provides Members with an update on the draft Three Rivers District Play Strategy Action Plan for comments before submission to the Big Lottery. The production of a Play Strategy for Three Rivers is one of the requirements of the Big Lottery to secure the £200,000 funding offer to enhance children play provision in the district.

07 07 31 LC i - (11) play strategy. DOWNLOAD

12.

DRAFT PROJECT DETAILS FOR SUBMISSION TO THE BIG LOTTERY FUND (CHILDREN'S PLAY)

To provide Members with the updated project proposals for submission to the Big Lottery Children's Play Fund following the views and feedback from the 12 June Panel meeting.

Appendix A contains the revised project proposal for submitting to the Big Lottery by the end of August 2007. The bid is being made to secure the offer of £200,000 (over three years) for improving the quality of children's freely accessible (free of charge, local to the home and fully inclusive) play opportunities in the district.

07 07 31 LC i - (12) lottery project. DOWNLOAD

13.

POLICY PANEL'S WORK PROGRAMME

To agree the Policy Panel's work programme.

07 07 31 LC i - (13) work prog. DOWNLOAD

14.

OTHER BUSINESS - if approved under item 3 above.

15.

EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC

If any confidential business is approved under Item 3, it will also be necessary to specify the class of exempt or confidential information in the additional item(s).

"that under Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item(s) of business on the grounds that it/they involve(s) the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined under paragraphs 1-7 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."

OTHER BUSINESS - if approved under Item 3 above

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