Cabinet
Monday 01 June 2009 18:30
Committee Room 1, Civic Offices, Reading.Committee Administrator |
Tim Milgate |
A meeting of the Cabinet will be held on Monday 1 June 2009 at 6.30 pm in Committee Room 1, Civic Offices, Reading. The agenda for the meeting is set out below.
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That pursuant to Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended) members of the press and public be excluded during consideration of the following Item(s) on the agenda, as it is likely that there will be disclosure of exempt information as defined in the relevant paragraphs of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to that Act.
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HOUSING AND REGENERATION ITEM | ||||
1 | DEE PARK REGENERATION PROJECT: AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT (KEY DECISION) | Norcot | ||
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ITEMS TO BE CONSIDERED IN PUBLIC SESSION | ||||
2 | CHAIR'S ANNOUNCEMENTS The Chair to inform the meeting of relevant issues. | |||
3 | DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST Councillors to declare any personal and prejudicial interests they may have in relation to the items for consideration in public session. | |||
4 | MINUTES To confirm the Minutes of the meetings of the Cabinet held on 14 April and 20 May 2009. | Minutes-090414 (136 KB) Minutes-090520 (42 KB) | ||
5 | QUESTIONS AND PETITIONS To Receive any Questions from Councillors and the Public, and any petitions from the public. | Questions and Replies (90 KB) | ||
6 | MATTERS REFERRED BY THE CORPORATE, COMMUNITY AND EXTERNAL AFFAIRS SCRUTINY PANEL AND COUNCIL To consider any matters referred by the Corporate, Community and External Affairs Scrutiny Panel and Council. | |||
7 | DECISION BOOK REFERENCES To receive any Decision Book references. | |||
HOUSING REGENERATION ITEM | ||||
8 | DEE PARK REGENERATION PROJECT: AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT (KEY DECISION) Councillors Edwards & Lovelock/Director of Housing and Community Care A report to seek authority to enter into a Development Agreement to carry out the comprehensive regeneration of Dee Park. | Norcot | Dee Park (61 KB) | |
CULTURE AND SPORT ITEM | ||||
9 | KING'S MEADOW POOL Councillor Hoskin/Director of Environment, Culture and Sport A report in response to the CCEA Scrutiny Panel’s decision to ask Cabinet to reconsider its decision to endorse Askett Hawk, at this stage, as the preferred developer for King’s Meadow Pool with a period of exclusivity, and instead to ask both developers to do more work to address the concerns expressed by the Scrutiny Panel and to re-submit their amended proposals to a future Cabinet meeting. | Abbey | KMP Report (51 KB) KMP Appx A (43 KB) KMP Appx3A (13 KB) KMP Appx4A (14 KB) KMP Appx5A (26 KB) KMP Appx6A (30 KB) KMP AppxB (21 KB) KMP Appx1A (5,033 KB) KMP Appx1AA (5,215 KB) KMP Appx1AB (4,871 KB) KMP Appx1AC (3,096 KB) KMP Appx2A (531 KB) KMP AppxC (11 KB) | |
CULTURE & SPORT AND ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY ITEM | ||||
10 | GEORGE STREET ALLOTMENTS - SPEND AND SCHEME APPROVAL Councillors Gittings & Hoskin/Director of Environment, Culture and Sport A report seeking spend and scheme approval to clean up George Street allotments so that they are suitable for use. | Abbey | George Street Allotments (36 KB) | |
CULTURE & SPORT AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES ITEM | ||||
11 | SITE SELECTION FOR PLAYBUILDER PROGRAMME Councillors Ennis & Hoskin/Director of Education and Children’s Services A report setting out details of the work already completed to improve play areas and recommending further sites for improvement in 2009-10 and 2010-11. | Boroughwide | Playbuilder Report (44 KB) | |
CORPORATE ITEMS | ||||
12 | WORKING TOGETHER TO PREVENT VIOLENT EXTREMISM Councillor Tickner/Director of Housing and Community Care This report is seeking approval for the action plan and governance framework for ‘Working Together To Prevent Violent Extremism In Reading’ to meet the objectives of the Government’s PREVENT Strategy. | Boroughwide | Prevent (48 KB) Prevent AppxA (100 KB) Prevent AppxB (28 KB) | |
13 | PROVISIONAL END OF YEAR BUDGET MONITORING, ACCOUNTS AND OUTSTANDING DEBT (KEY DECISION) Councillor Lovelock/Director of Resources This report summarises the financial position at the end of the 2008/09 financial year, setting out draft final budget variances, a preliminary view of the accounts, and includes a summary of outstanding debt owed to the Council as at 31 March 2009. The report also explains the process by which Council must approve the final accounts at the end of June. | Boroughwide | Final Accounts (272 KB) | |
LAND AND PROPERTY ITEM | ||||
14 | CHATHAM PLACE Councillor Lovelock/Director of Environment, Culture & Sport A report seeking approval to an extension of the long stop date in the Development Agreement relating to the redevelopment of Chatham Place. | Abbey | Chatham Place (36 KB) | |
HOUSING AND ENVIRONMENT ITEM | ||||
15 | PRIVATE RENTED SECTOR SCRUTINY REVIEW Councillors Edwards, Gittings & Page/Directors of Housing & Community Care and Environment, Culture & Sport A report in response to the recommendations made by the Housing, Health and Community Care Scrutiny Panel and the Environment Scrutiny Panel held arising from the scrutiny review of the Private Rented Housing Sector conducted by the two Scrutiny Panels. | Boroughwide | Private Rented Sector (66 KB) | |
EDUCATION & LIFELONG LEARNING AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES ITEMS | ||||
16 | CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE'S PLAN Councillors Ennis & Hartley/Director of Education and Children’s Services To present the draft version of the new Children and Young People’s Plan 2009-12 to Cabinet for comment. The Council will be given the opportunity to receive and comment on the final version of the CYPP at its meeting on 23 June 2009. | Boroughwide | CYPP (42 KB) CYPP - Plan (855 KB) CYPP Appx (17 KB) | |
17 | DCSF CO-LOCATION FUND GRANT APPLICATION Councillor Ennis/Director of Education and Children’s Services This report is requesting retrospective approval for a bid to the Department for Children, Schools and Families to extend the facilities at Emmer Green Youth and Community Centre, incorporating the Phase 3 Children’s Centre and North Children Action Team and also including creating a one-stop shop for young people at South Reading Youth Centre. | Peppard, Whitley | Co-Location Bid (38 KB) | |
18 | CONTACTPOINT Councillor Ennis/Director of Education and Children’s Services This report updates the Cabinet on the implementation of ContactPoint, which is a national database for children aged 0-18 years. | Boroughwide | ContactPoint (43 KB) | |
19 | ANNUAL REPORT TO THE OFFICE FOR THE SCHOOL'S ADJUDICATOR Councillor Hartley/Director of Education and Children’s Services This report seeks an ongoing delegation to the Director of Education and Children’s Services, in consultation with the Lead Councillor for Education and Lifelong Learning to submit a report about the admission arrangements in Reading to the Office for the Schools Adjudicator | Boroughwide | School Adjudicator Report (27 KB) | |
APPOINTMENT ITEMS | ||||
20 | APPOINTMENTS TO OUTSIDE BODIES (KEY DECISION) Councillor Lovelock/ Head of Central Administration To make appointments or nominations to outside bodies for the Municipal Year 2009/10, or longer where appropriate. | Boroughwide | Outside Bodies (17 KB) Outside Bodies Appx A (80 KB) Outside Bodies Appx B (55 KB) | |
21 | READING TRANSPORT LIMITED - APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS Councillor Lovelock/ Head of Central Administration To consider nominations for the appointment/reappointment of Directors of Reading Transport Ltd. | Boroughwide | RTL Directors (22 KB) | |
22 | APPOINTMENT OF SCHOOL GOVERNORS Councillor Hartley/Director of Education and Children’s Services To propose the appointment of new governors and the reappointment of long serving governors in accordance with agreed procedures. | Katesgrove, Park, Southcote, Whitley | School Governors (21 KB) | |
FORWARD PLAN OF KEY DECISIONS | ||||
23 | FORWARD PLAN - JUNE 2009 To submit the Council's Forward Plan for the period to October 2009. | Boroughwide | Forward Plan (33 KB) | |
24 | DATE AND TIME OF NEXT MEETING 6 July 2009 at 6.30pm. | |||