Issue - meetings

Members noted the work programme. With regards to the Local Transport Plan, the Chair stated the council is halfway through the 10-year plan and there have been huge changes within four years. The Chair continued that there will be a five-year review, and this will come back to the council. Mark Ryder added that they need to see when this can be fitted in for the committee and when they have enough information, this paper will be brought into programme.

With regards to air quality, results need to be collated and scrutinised before this comes to committee.

The Chair recommended that slippage comes back to scrutiny after the new monitoring process has been implemented for a few months. Mark Ryder concurred with this stating they are looking at how to report it. It was agreed this could come to the June committee meeting.

The committee was informed that the Chief Executive of the LEP (Local Enterprise Partnership) agreed to come back to Communities OSC to answer questions.

The Chair suggested that officers of the Air Quality Task and Finish Group come back to committee at the same time as the Air Quality Monitors.

Resolved

That the Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee:

1)         Notes the work programme

2)         Requests that the LEP be invite to a future meeting of the committee.

3)         That Officers of the Air Quality Task and Finish Group come back to committee to provide an update of their progress

Members noted the reports scheduled to come to 12 February meeting; Road Safety, Major Road Network’s integration into WCC’s Transport Strategy, Waste Management Review and an update on Section 106 funding. Members also noted the briefing note on residential development outlined in local plans.

Councillor Kondakor suggested a report on air quality be added to the committee work programme. Councillors Kondakor, Holland and Fradgley all stated that they had been part of an air quality survey run by public health and that it would be good if the data collected by Public Health could be fed back to the committee.