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Corporate Plan Annual Review

Meeting: 22/01/2019 - Council (Item 60)

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The material relevant to this item is the report at pages 31 to 34 of the agenda and its nine appendices* at pages 109 to 135 of the (main) agenda supplement considered by the Cabinet at its meeting on Tuesday 8 January 2019.

 

*During the meeting amendments were made to seven of the nine of the appendices and accordingly all of the appendices as amended are being circulated with this agenda.               

 

In addition to resolutions made by the Cabinet, the following recommendations were made to the Council:

 

RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNCIL

 

(1)  That it be agreed that the Corporate Plan approved in January 2018 shall remain unchanged for the year 2019-2020.

 

(2)  That the release of £206,000 from Chichester District Council’s General Fund Reserve to fund the feasibility work and small projects identified in para 5.2 (as amended) of the agenda report for 2019-2020 be approved and that £30,000 of this funding be released with immediate effect to allow for the Novium business plan feasibility work.

 

[Note Para 5.2 (f) of the agenda report was amended by the deletion of the second bullet point namely ‘Branding (Chichester) - £40,000 for consultants’]

Minutes:

The Council considered the recommendation made to it by the Cabinet at its meeting on Tuesday 8 January 2019. The relevant Cabinet papers were as follows: (a) the agenda report at pages 31 to 34, (b) its nine appendices at pages 109 to 135 of the agenda supplement, (c) an amended version of those appendices circulated with the Council agenda (some amendments were made during the Cabinet’s meeting); and (d) a summary of those amendments, which was circulated within the Council Chamber as a single double-sided sheet prior to the start of this meeting.

 

The agenda explained in a note the nature of the amendment mentioned in the second of the Cabinet’s two recommendations, namely a deletion from para 5.2 of the agenda report of one of the Emerging Vision projects with a resulting saving of £40,000.

 

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 Dignuminitially presented this matter. He explained that whilst it was proposed that the Corporate Plan 2018-2021, approved by the Council in January 2018, should remain unchanged for 2019-2020, there were several new initial project proposal documents (IPPD) being recommended together with the release of funds to enable the requisite feasibility work in respect thereof to be undertaken. He referred members to the amended versions of the appendices in the Council agenda. He also drew attention to the aforesaid summary sheet which set out the amendments made by the Cabinet to the IPPDs: (a) changes prior to its meeting with respect to the IPPDs in appendices 2, 3, 5, 7 and 9 and (b) a change made at its meeting with respect to the IPPD in appendix 3. 

 

The nine IPPDs were each considered in turn with an introduction, any proposed amendments and officers’ responses to members’ questions as summarised below. During the presentations of the various IPPDs members expressed their support for them.

 

(1)  Resurfacing and Improved Drainage at Westhampnett Depot (Appendix 1)

 

This was introduced by Mr R Barrow (Cabinet Member for Residents Services).

 

Mr Barrow and Mrs J Dodsworth (Director of Residents Services) replied to members’ questions and comments on points of details with respect to (a) the adequacy of the proposed foul drainage link (third bullet point in the In scope sub- section on page 35) to cope with volume and chemical content; (b) the opportunity for commercial use after installation of the foul drainage link; and (c) the need to undertake archaeological investigations as part of this project.

 

(2)  East Beach Selsey Land/Asset Opportunities(Appendix 2)

 

This was introduced by Mr J Connor (Cabinet Member for Environment Services).

 

Mr J Connor replied to a member’s question about CDC exploring with Selsey Town Council the potential for, say, a commercial use of the site.

 

(3)  East Wittering and Bracklesham Vision(Appendix 3)

 

This was introduced by Mrs S Taylor (Cabinet  ...  view the full minutes text for item 60


Meeting: 08/01/2019 - Cabinet (Item 635)

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The Cabinet is requested to consider the agenda report and its nine appendices in the agenda supplement (appendix 2 is in three parts) and to make the following resolutions and also recommendations to the Council:

 

A – RESOLUTIONS BY THE CABINET

(1)  That the new project proposals for 2019-2020 as set out in appendices 1 to 9 to the agenda report be agreed.

 

(2)  That it be noted that the Gigabit and the Depot resurfacing and Drainage projects will be subject to full Project Initiation Document approval.

 

B – RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNCIL

 

(1)  That it be agreed that the Corporate Plan approved in January 2018 shall remain unchanged for the year 2019-2020.

 

(2)  That, subject to the Cabinet’s agreement in the foregoing resolution (1) to approve the new project proposals for 2019-2020, the release of £246,000 from Chichester District Council’s General Fund Reserve to fund the feasibility work and small projects identified in para 5.2 of the agenda report for 2019-2020 be approved and that £30,000 of this funding be released with immediate effect to allow for the Novium business plan feasibility work.

 

 



 

Additional documents:

Decision:

RESOLVED BY THE CABINET

 

(1)  That the new project proposals for 2019-2020 as set out in appendices 1 to 9 (as amended) to the agenda report be agreed.

 

(2)  That it be noted that the Gigabit and the Depot resurfacing and Drainage projects will be subject to full Project Initiation Document approval.

 

RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL

 

(1)  That it be agreed that the Corporate Plan approved in January 2018 shall remain unchanged for the year 2019-2020.

 

(2)  That the release of £206,000 from Chichester District Council’s General Fund Reserve to fund the feasibility work and small projects identified in para 5.2 (as amended) of the agenda report for 2019-2020 be approved and that £30,000 of this funding be released with immediate effect to allow for the Novium business plan feasibility work.

 

Minutes:

The Cabinet received and considered the agenda report and its nine appendices in the main agenda supplement.

 

This item was initially presented by Mr A Dignum (Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Growth and Place) before each appendix containing one of the initial project proposal documents (IPPDs) was introduced by the relevant Cabinet member.

 

Mr A Buckley (Corporate Improvement and Facilities Manager) was in attendance for this matter together with the officers who had written the various IPPDs.

 

Mr Dignum explained that whilst it was proposed that the Corporate Plan 2018-2021, approved by the Council in January 2018, should remain unchanged for 2019-2020, there were several new IPPDs being recommended together with the release of funds to enable the requisite feasibility work in respect thereof to be undertaken.  

 

The nine IPPDs were each considered in turn with an introduction, proposed amendments  and officers’ responses to members’ questions as summarised below:

 

(1)  Resurfacing and Improved Drainage at Westhampnett Depot (Appendix 1): introduced by Mr R Barrow (Cabinet Member for Residents Services); no amendments; no questions.

 

(2)  East Beach Selsey Land/Asset Opportunities (Appendix 2): introduced by Mr Dignum; amendment to section 2, Project Description, by the addition of a second para to say that a task and finish group would be established, jointly chaired by Mr R Barrow and Mr J Connor (Cabinet Member for Environment Services), to oversee the IPPD process on behalf of the Cabinet; no questions.

 

(3)  East Wittering and Bracklesham Vision (Appendix 3): introduced by Mr Dignum; the IPPD would be amended (a) to state in section 2, Project Description, that the task and finish group already established for the Bracklesham Bay project should oversee this IPPD on behalf of the Cabinet and (b) at the request of Mrs S Taylor (Cabinet Member for Planning Services), insert in the fifth and sixth lines in section 7, Benefit vs. Cost, the words ‘an options appraisal as to whether’ in place of ‘a specific proposal’; no questions.

 

(4)  Review of Chichester District Parking Strategy (Appendix 4): introduced by Mr Dignum and Mrs T Murphy (Divisional Manager Place), who said that this review, which was held every ten years, was not concerned with charges/tariffs but parking infrastructure to ensure that the latest advances in parking were adopted for the benefit of residents and visitors to ensure that Chichester District’s car parks were fit for the future; no amendments; no questions.

 

(5)  Priory Park – Phase Two Option Appraisal(Appendix 5): introduced by Mr Dignum; amendments: (a) deletion of the current café site in the scoping list in section 2 and addition of a second sentence in the second para that the café would be considered as a separate matter outside this IPPD; (b) insertion of a third para in section 2 stating that the portfolio holder would be kept in close touch with the IPPD’s progress; (c) addition of a second sentence in the third para in section 3, Background, stating that the café would  ...  view the full minutes text for item 635


 

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