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The material relevant to this item are the report (pages 17 to 18) and its appendix in the agenda supplement (pages 1 to 42) in the agenda papers considered by the Cabinet at its meeting on Tuesday 3 July 2018.

RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL

That the Chichester District Council Annual Report 2017-2018 be received.

The Council considered the recommendation made to it by the Cabinet at its meeting on Tuesday 3 July 2018, as set out in the Cabinet report (pages 17 to 18 of the Cabinet agenda) and its appendix (pages 1 to 42 in the Cabinet agenda supplement).  

Mr A Dignum (Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Growth and Place) formally moved the Cabinet’s recommendation and this was seconded by Mrs E Lintill (Deputy Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Community Services).

Mr Dignum presented the Cabinet’s recommendation as follows.

The Annual Report wasa summaryofthekey achievementsandprogressmade by CDCduring 2017-2018 towards the objectives set out in the Corporate Plan (CP). It included outlines of the plans developed during that period for implementation in 2018-2019. The report was only a summary of CDC’s work of delivering over 80 services to Chichester District’s residents at a cost of just £3 per week for the average Band D council tax payer. Further details of all the services were available on CDC’s website. The CP’s key objectives were cited and exemplified as follows:

(1) Managing our built and natural environmentsEnvironmental concerns hadbeenattheforefront during the year: (a) a newLitterandFlyTipStrategywasdevelopedandimplemented; (b) a litterenforcementtrial (to be reviewed in 2018) used staff fromEastHampshireDistrictCouncil to issuefixedpenaltynoticestothosecaught litteringorfailingtoclean upaftertheirdogs; (c) awide-reachingcampaign againstlitter, to which many localbusinessesandcommunity groupshadpledgedtheirsupport throughthe Adopt-an-Areainitiative, had now been short-listed for a national award; (d) action to eliminate the use of single-use plastics in Chichester District, including within CDC; (e) air quality improvement measures had included (i) the start of an ongoing installation programme of chargepointsforelectricvehicles in CDC car parks, (ii) further stepstomeasure airqualityinkey areas and (iii) producing arefresh of the Air QualityActionPlan; and (f) the current detailed review of the Chichester Local Plan in readiness for adoption by 2020

(2) Improving and supporting our economy (a) a major contribution towards this objective was the opening of thenewEnterpriseCentre (EC) inTerminusRoadChichester on 1 March 2018, providing modern, flexiblespaces forsmall businessestogrowandflourish,so helpingtocreate new,highqualityjobsforlocalpeople, and which hadalreadyattracted25businessesto operate from the EC; (b) afterextensivepublicconsultation andworkwithpartners,theChichesterVision (CV) wasadoptedinJuly 2017 and the deliveryoftheCVprojectswerenowbeingledby the ChichesterVisionSteeringGroup representing all the city’s major stakeholders, with the focus onlargeprojects such asSouthernGatewayand also smaller projectswhich soughttomake thecity moreattractivetousersofall ages; (c) theMasterplan toguide  ...  view the full minutes text for item 13