Tony Kershaw Head of Law & Governance County Hall 03302 222523 (Direct) Chichester 01243 530439 (Fax) West [email protected] PO19 1RQ Switchboard www.westsussex.gov.uk Tel no (01243) 777100

Annalee Clayton 5 March 2013

North Mid Sussex County Local Committee

Members are hereby summoned to a meeting of the Committee to be held at 7.00 p.m. on Wednesday 13 March 2013 at The Copthorne Jubilee Pavilion, Copthorne Bank, Copthorne, , RH10 3JQ.

Tony Kershaw Head of Law and Governance

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Indicative Timetable Items 1 – 4 7.00 pm – 7.05 pm Item 5 7.05 pm – 7.30 pm Item 6 7.30 pm – 7.55 pm Item 7 7.55 pm – 8.10 pm Item 8 8.10 pm – 8.20 pm Item 9 8.20 pm – 8.25 pm Items 10-11 8.25 pm – 8.45 pm

1. Chairman’s Welcome

Members of North Mid Sussex (NMS) County Local Committee (CLC) are Bill Acraman, Member for Worth Forest; Heidi Brunsdon, Member for Imberdown; Liz Bennett, Member for Meridian; John O’Brien, Member for East Grinstead South and Ashurst Wood and Christine Field, Member for Lindfield and High (Chairman).

2. Declaration of Interests

Members and officers must declare any pecuniary or personal interest in any business on the agenda. They should also make declarations at any stage such an interest becomes apparent during the meeting. Consideration should be given to leaving the meeting if the nature of the interest warrants it. If in doubt contact Democratic Services before the meeting.

3. Minutes

To confirm the minutes of the last meeting of the Committee held on 5 December 2012 (buff paper) – attached.

4. Urgent Matters

Items not on the agenda that the Chairman is of the opinion should be considered as a matter of urgency because of special circumstances. 5. Community Initiative Funding Presentations and Feedback

The Committee will make presentations to Community Initiative Fund recipients from the past financial year and will hear about how the grants have helped the various groups and individuals.

6. Proposed Signalled Controlled Pedestrian Crossing, Hophurst Lane, Down

Report by Director of Communities and Infrastructure and Head of Highways and Transport – attached.

The attached report concerns a proposed signal controlled pedestrian crossing on Hophurst Lane, .

The report invites the CLC to consider the benefits of the proposed crossing in light of the matters discussed and any other information it deems appropriate before making a final decision as to whether or not it gives approval to the installation as advertised.

7. Infrastructure Plan Priorities

Report by Director of Communities and Infrastructure and Community and Economic Development Manager – attached.

The attached report provides a progress update in relation to the local highways and transport priorities identified within the Local Infrastructure Plan for the North Mid Sussex County Local Committee.

The Committee is asked to note the progress identified in respect of the existing priorities and associated areas of on-going work.

8. Community Initiative Funding

Report by the Head of Legal and Democratic Services – attached.

This report concerns the Community Initiative Fund (CIF), which is a County Local Committee (CLC) administered fund that provides assistance to local community projects.

The Committee is asked to consider the community funding requests as set out in the report and allocate monies accordingly.

9. Appointment of Authority School Governors

This report concerns the CLC function to appoint Authority school governors to schools within the CLC area (including where the school may have a larger catchment area than the CLC area).

The Committee is asked to approve the appointments and/or reappointments of Authority school governors as set out in the report.

10. ‘Talk with us’ - Open Forum

To invite questions and comments from the public present at the meeting. The CLC would encourage those with more complex issues to submit their question before the meeting (ideally several days) in order to allow a substantive answer to be given. Contact us on 03302 222523 or via email: www.talkwithus.westsussex.gov.uk

11. Date of Next Meeting

The next meeting of the Committee will take place on Wednesday 3 July 2013, 7.00pm at a venue in the North Mid Sussex CLC area to be confirmed.

Members wishing to place an item on the agenda should notify Annalee Clayton via email: [email protected] or phone 03302 222523.

To: All Members of the North Mid Sussex County Local Committee