Meeting documents

Place Scrutiny Committee
Monday, 27th January, 2014 6.30 pm

Cabinet Committee Minutes

Date:
Thursday, 2nd January, 2014
Time:
18:00
Place:
Civic Suite, Civic Centre, Southend-on-Sea
 

Attendance Details

ItemDescriptionResolution
Part I
627 Member's Requests List
Scrutiny Comment for item 627
Business for item 627
Resolved:

1. That recommendations of officers in relation to the requests Ref Nos. 13/37, 13/39, 13/41, 13/42 and 13/43 as set out in Appendix 1 of the report of the Corporate Director for Place be approved.

2. That Member's Request Ref No. 13/38 be retained on the list to enable consultation on a parking management scheme to be undertaken on a wider area.

3. That consideration of Member's Request Ref No. 13/40 be deferred until the next financial year.

4. That the Corporate Director for Place be authorised to advertise any necessary traffic regulation orders as appropriate in relation to the agreed proposals above and, subject to there being no objections received following statutory advertisement, to arrange for the orders to be sealed and the proposals implemented.

5. That the update on the outstanding requests (Ref No. 16, 18, 20, 21, 13/17, 13/12, 20 and 21 be noted.

Reason for Decision:
To provide a rationalised and consistent management and decision making process for all formal requests for highways and traffic management improvements by Ward Councillors via the Traffic and Parking Working Party & Cabinet Committee. This enables the Cabinet Committee to making informed decisions within the overall context of priorities and workload.

Other Options
Agree all requests - not feasible or appropriate
Do nothing - some requests are necessary for highway safety or traffic management improvements.

Note: This is an Executive function
Eligible for call-in to the Place Scrutiny Committee
Executive Councillor: Cox
*Called in to:- Place Scrutiny Committee
6.00 p.m./7.55 p.m.

Attendance Details

Present:
Councillor T Cox (Chairman),
Councillors J L Lamb (Vice-Chairman) and J I Courtenay*
(*Substitute in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 31)
In attendance:
Councillors R A H Brown, A Crystall, M F Evans, R N Morgan, D A Norman, D F Russell, M Stafford, P R Van Looy, P A Wexham
P Geraghty, A Brown, T Row, C Hindle-Terry, Z Ali

Scrutiny Comment

ItemComment
627 Called in by Councillors P Collins and G Longley.
Final call on 14/01/2014 at 17:31
Resolved:

That the following decision of Cabinet Committee be noted:-

"1. That recommendations of officers in relation to the requests Ref Nos. 13/37 (Barnstaple Close and Broadclyst Close), 13/39 (Highfield Grove), 13/41 (Tyrone Road, Fermoy Road and Johnstone Road), 13/42 (St James Avenue) and 13/43 (Norwich Avenue) as set out in Appendix 1 of the report of the Corporate Director for Place be approved.

2. That Member's Request Ref No. 13/38 (Laurel Close) be retained on the list to enable consultation on a parking management scheme to be undertaken on a wider area.

3. That consideration of Member's Request Ref No. 13/40 (Heygate Avenue) be deferred until the next financial year.

4. That the Corporate Director for Place be authorised to advertise any necessary traffic regulation orders as appropriate in relation to the agreed proposals above and, subject to there being no objections received following statutory advertisement, to arrange for the orders to be sealed and the proposals implemented.

5. That the update on the outstanding requests (Ref No. 16 (Denton Avenue), 18 (Old Southend Road, Wesley Road, Stanley Road, St Leonards Road, Albert Road), 20 (Blythe Avenue), 21 (Wakering Avenue), 13/17 (Westbourne Grove, London Road to Fairfax Drive), 13/12 (Rockleigh Avenue), 20 (Blythe Avenue) and 21 (Wakering Avenue) be noted."

Note: This is an Executive function
Executive Councillor: Cox

Business

ItemBusiness
627The Cabinet Committee received a report of the Corporate Director for Place that appraised Members of the requests received from Members of the Council together with officers' recommendations relating to those requests. Having considered the views of the Traffic & Parking Working Party it was:

 

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