Corporate, Customer and Community Services Directorate Legal and Democratic Services Cumbria House 107 – 117 Botchergate Carlisle Cumbria CA1 1RD Tel 01228 227354 Email [email protected]
9 May 2018
To: The Chair and Members of the County Council Local Committee for South Lakeland Agenda
COUNTY COUNCIL LOCAL COMMITTEE FOR SOUTH LAKELAND
A meeting of the County Council Local Committee for South Lakeland will be held as follows:
Date: Thursday 17 May 2018 Time: 10.00am Place: Council Chamber, County Offices, Kendal
Please note: there will be two Private Member Briefings on the rising of the Committee on:- - Alternative Provision - LDNP Local Plan Review
Dawn Roberts Executive Director– Corporate, Customer and Community Services
Group Meetings:
Conservative: 9.00am Committee Room 1 Liberal Democrat: 9.00am Committee Room 2 Labour 9.00am Committee Room 4
Enquiries and requests for supporting papers to: Holly English Direct Line: 01228 227354 Email: [email protected]
This agenda is available on request in alternative formats
Serving the People of Cumbria
1 MEMBERSHIP
Conservative (6) Liberal Democrat (11)
Mr J Airey Mr W Clark Mr B Berry Mr SB Collins Mr RK Bingham Mr GD Cook Mr J Bland Mr N Cotton Mr M Brereton Mrs S Evans Mr WJ Wearing Mrs BC Gray Mr C Hogg Mrs S Sanderson Mr I Stewart Mr P Thornton Mrs J Willis
Labour (1)
Mr M Wilson
Parish Council (2) South Lakeland District Council (2)
Mr A Muirhead Mr G Archibald Mr J Saunders Mr J Brook
ACCESS TO INFORMATION
Agenda and Reports
Copies of the agenda and Part I reports are available for members of the public to inspect prior to the meeting. Copies will also be available at the meeting.
The agenda and Part I reports are also available on the County Council’s website – www.cumbria.gov.uk
Background Papers
Requests for the background papers to the Part I reports, excluding those papers that contain exempt information, can be made to Legal and Democratic Services at the address overleaf between the hours of 9.00 am and 4.30 pm, Monday to Friday.
2 A G E N D A
PART 1: ITEMS LIKELY TO BE CONSIDERED IN THE PRESENCE OF THE PRESS AND PUBLIC
1 ELECTION OF CHAIR
To elect a Chair for the Local Committee for the ensuing year.
2 ELECTION OF VICE-CHAIR
To elect a Vice-Chair of the Local Committee for the ensuing year.
3 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
To receive any apologies for absence.
4 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
(1) There are no public questions, deputations or petitions relating to any items on the agenda.
5 EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC
To consider whether the press and public should be excluded from the meeting during consideration of any items on the agenda.
6 DISCLOSURES OF INTEREST
Members are invited to disclose any disclosable pecuniary interest they have in any item on the agenda which comprises
1 Details of any employment, office, trade, profession or vocation carried on for profit or gain.
2 Details of any payment or provision of any other financial benefit (other than from the authority) made or provided within the relevant period in respect of any expenses incurred by you in carrying out duties as a member, or towards your election expenses. (This includes any payment or financial benefit from a trade union within the meaning of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.
3 Details of any contract which is made between you (or a body in which you have a beneficial interest) and the authority
3 (a) Under which goods or services are to be provided or works are to be executed; and
(b) Which has not been fully discharged.
4 Details of any beneficial interest in land which is within the area of the authority.
5 Details of any licence (alone or jointly with others) to occupy land in the area of the authority for a month or longer.
6 Details of any tenancy where (to your knowledge)
(a) The landlord is the authority; and
(b) The tenant is a body in which you have a beneficial interest.
7 Details of any beneficial interest in securities of a body where
(a) That body (to your knowledge) has a place of business or land in the area of the authority; and
(b) Either –
(i) The total nominal value of the securities exceeds £25,000 or one hundredth of the total issued share capital of that body; or
(ii) If that share capital of that body is of more than one class, the total nominal value of the shares of any one class in which the relevant person has a beneficial interest exceeds one hundredth of the total issued share capital of that class. In addition, you must also disclose other non-pecuniary interests set out in the Code of Conduct where these have not already been registered.
Note
A “disclosable pecuniary interest” is an interest of a councillor or their partner (which means spouse or civil partner, a person with whom they are living as husband or wife, or a person with whom they are living as if they are civil partners).
7 MINUTES
To confirm as a correct record the minutes of the meeting of the Local Committee held on 26 March 2018 (copy enclosed). (Pages 7 - 24)
4 EXECUTIVE BUSINESS
8 COMMUNITIES ACTIVITY AND BUDGET
[Electoral Divisions: All South Lakeland]
To consider a report by the Executive Director – Corporate, Customer and Community Services (copy enclosed).
This report provides information and offers recommendations to the Local Committee for approval from meetings of the Strategic Planning Working Group held on 24 April 2018 and the Children and Young Peoples Working Group held on 11 April 2018. It also updates the Local Committee on previously agreed activity supported with the latest financial statement. (Pages 25 - 48)
9 2017-18 HIGHWAYS DEVOLVED REVENUE AND CAPITAL OUTTURN REPORT
[Electoral Divisions: All South Lakeland]
To consider a report by the Executive Director – Economy and Infrastructure (copy enclosed).
This report provides details of the Local Committee’s Highways Revenue and Capital and Non-Devolved Capital Budgets. (Pages 49 - 60)
10 HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORTATION WORKING GROUP
To consider a report by the Executive Director – Economy and Infrastructure (copy enclosed).
This report presents the minutes of the meeting of the Highways and Transportation Working Group held on 11 April 2018 and brings forward recommendations for consideration by the Local Committee. (Pages 61 - 74)
11 APPOINTMENT OF COUNTY COUNCIL GOVERNORS
[Electoral Divisions: All South Lakeland]
To consider a schedule by the Executive Director – People (Deputy Chief Executive) (copy enclosed).
This report seeks approval of nominated County Council Governors of Nursery, Primary and Secondary Schools. (Pages 75 - 76)
5 INFORMATION REPORTS
12 CHILDREN'S CHAMPION
Update by the Children’s Champion.
13 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH ACTIVITY UPDATE
[Electoral Divisions: All South Lakeland]
To consider a report by the Executive Director – People (Deputy Chief Executive) (copy enclosed).
This report details the Public Health Activity undertaken by the South Lakeland Area Support Team and Locality Public Health Manager. (Pages 77 - 86)
14 PARTNER ORGANISATIONS a Outside Bodies
To receive feedback from members on the outside bodies that they serve, and from the Local Member Champions.
6 Agenda Item 7
COUNTY COUNCIL LOCAL COMMITTEE FOR SOUTH LAKELAND
Minutes of a Meeting of the County Council Local Committee for South Lakeland held on Monday, 26 March 2018 at 10.00 am at Council Chamber, County Offices, Kendal
PRESENT:
Mr N Cotton (Chair)
Mr J Airey Mrs S Evans Mr B Berry Mrs BC Gray Mr J Bland Mr I Stewart Mr M Brereton Mr WJ Wearing Mr W Clark Mr M Wilson Mr SB Collins Mr GD Cook
District Council Parish Councils Mr G Archibald Mr A Muirhead Mr J Saunders
Officers in Attendance
Mrs K Johnson - Area Manager Miss H English - Democratic Services Mr P Hosking - Highways Network Manager Mrs V Upton - Team Leader, Traffic Management - South Mr M Conefrey - Public Health Locality Manager Mr G Rusbridge - Senior Advisor – Natural England
PART 1 – ITEMS CONSIDERED IN THE PRESENCE OF THE PUBLIC AND PRESS
69 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
Apologies for absence were received from Mr R Bingham, Mr J Brook, Mr C Hogg, Mrs S Sanderson, Mrs J Willis and Mr P Thornton.
7 70 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
(1) There were no petitions considered at the meeting.
(2) Mr D Evans was in attendance to read out the following statement:
We Need the Best Cycle Route
“The need for a safe, convenient and enjoyable North Kendal cycle route - to link the Mintsfeet Area of Kendal, which includes the Morrisons shopping area on the Old County Showground site and the Mintsfeet, Mint Bridge and Gilthwaiterigg Lane Industrial Estates, with the centre of town and also to the Windermere Road area on the West of the River for students at Queen Katherine School - has long been a significant problem for the County Council and the people of Kendal. Currently there is no route for cyclists, other than by taking your life in your hands, and traversing the extremely busy A6 Shap Road or the A685 Appleby Road which merge at the Duke of Cumberland junction, and then pass under the railway bridge. These routes then continue to the extremely difficult and even dangerous mini roundabout junction with Station Road and Ann Street, where traffic from three directions merge and funnel into a two lane one-way street (Wildman Street), which narrows to one and a half lanes part way along its length, before widening again to two lanes (all within a distance of 100 metres); finally splitting into three at the Stramongate Bridge, Beezon Road, and Castle Street junction.
At this point the existing cycle route starts with a nominally two way, shared footpath and cycleway over the RHS of Stramongate Bridge. This is extremely difficult to use safely, due to the need for the cyclist to either move to the RHS of the LH lane and find a suitable point to join the cycle route on the RHS of the bridge, or keep to the LHS of Wildman St, pass the turn to Castle St and then quickly dismount to cross to the RHS of the Bridge and join the cycleway at the pedestrian crossing and then continue along. If this sounds complicated, that’s because it is very complicated.
The need for a cycle route was specifically referred to in the Kendal Cycle Network Action Plan produced by CCC in 2007, which immediately identified at least eight separate pieces of work that were needed.
These included Improving the link between Victoria Bridge and Stramongate Bridge, Contraflows on Upper and Lower Stramongate, Improvements to the Longpool – Ann Street junction A shared-use footway and cycleway across Stramongate Bridge, A link along the river at Gooseholme, An onward link from Gooseholme to Miller Bridge, and A riverside route north to Gilthwaiterigg Lane
It is rather salutary to note that after 10 years, many of these items have not been completed.
The route through Wildman Street is totally unsuitable.
8 However, that is not to say that nothing has been done. Indeed only last year a major trial was undertaken to determine the effects on traffic flows of widening the pavements to allow a 2.5m wide shared-use footpath and cycleway along Wildman Street. I opposed this after many local residents contacted me at the time, pointing out the problems that this would cause, including increased traffic delays, the dangerous junctions at both ends of Wildman St., and the problem of a shared pedestrian/cycleway on a footpath with several shops and front doors opening directly onto it.
Thankfully the trial identified several significant problems, and the recommendation was “not to proceed”, but with the caveat that it could be reviewed again if changes were made to the crossing points. This was regarded by the residents as a vindication of the issues they had raised. However, there was a concern that it implies that only one of the problems needed to be resolved for the whole idea to be raised again. In fact, there are many other fundamental problems that the traffic flow trial did not attempt to address.
The Riverside Route is better
Local residents have developed a much better alternative route which completely removes the need to pass through Wildman Street, which takes traffic completely away from the very busy Shap Road as soon as possible, and which links across to the Windermere Road side of the River. Indeed, it would be a much safer, scenic and convenient route for all major users, and this was raised at the meeting of the Highways and Transportation Working Group where it received strong support from members.
Why are we proposing a link to the end of Wildman Street?
So you can imagine the dismay of local residents when now, County Highways are proposing to build a shared pedestrian and cycleway along the entire length of the Shap Road, delivering, or “dumping” as one of my residents said, cyclists at the end of Wildman Street, probably the most dangerous stretch of road in Kendal for cyclists with no solution in sight or maybe even possible.
However in addition the proposal itself is highly dubious. In a journey of approximately 1,300m, which should take approximately 6 minutes, the proposed route involves stopping to cross the A6 at two light controlled Pelican crossings; four unprotected road junctions which requires turning into the side road to a safe distance, crossing probably on foot or doing two right angle turns on pavements only one metre wide, and re-joining the route along the A6, three busy factory entrances (two Furmanite and one Berendsons Laundry), five driveways where residents would not be necessarily expecting cyclists on the pavement and sight lines are poor, ten garden gates, a shop entrance, the entrance to Kendal Cricket Club, and two entrances into the Porsche Garage. A six-minute journey which will take nearer to fifteen minutes when all the stops are taken into account. It would be almost quicker to walk. Without doubt, a road to nowhere.”
9 Mr D Evans also asked the following question:
“Could the officers tell me what are CCC’s requirements for the Business Case or whatever equivalent documentation it requires to justify this proposed route and the cost benefit analysis required to ensure CCC is obtaining value for money for its residents from these proposals; does it include estimates of usage and has the methodology for developing these estimates for cycle routes in general been tested against the actual levels of usage in previous schemes; and when they have been unable to find an acceptable solution to the problems along Wildman Street and another better route has been proposed, why are they charging onwards without engaging with the local community to find the best possible solution for the people of Kendal?”
The following response was given:
“The North Kendal cycle route was identified by SLDC to support their Local Plan. A bid was made to Cumbria LEP for funding, which was approved.
The North Kendal cycle route will go from just above Morrisons on the A6/Shap Road and travel down Shap Road to Kendal train station. Then it will go onto Wildman Street onto Castle Street and will link into the canal path.
The North Kendal cycle route links infrastructure points up; supermarkets, Queen Katherine School, Mintsfeet industrial estate, the railway station and other cycle routes. This route was also identified in SLDC’s Local Plan as future development along the route can tie in.
This route was consulted upon with the public, local members and interested parties. It was widely supported, especially by Queen Katherine School, who identified the benefit to pupils.
A riverside route has been identified and discussed a number of times. There are a number of issues regarding the proposed riverside route. These are: there is no lighting on a large section of the route so it wouldn't be suitable for school children to use, the council doesn't own some of the land so this would have to be purchased, and the EA are looking at potential work in this area. These issues would mean this route would far exceed the available budget. However, the route has been noted and looked at for future funding allocations. These points were appreciated in the Highways and Transport Working Group.
Work on the cycle way is due to begin in May/June.”
Mr D Evans was not satisfied that his question had been answered and as a result the Highways Network Manager advised that he would consult the Project Lead and a response be given at a future meeting of the Highways and Transportation Working Group.
The Local Member explained that concerns had been raised at a previous meeting of the Highways and Transportation Working Group and an alternative route by the
10 river was proposed. Members at the Working Group had been in favour of the alternative route and the Local Member expressed her disappointment that the alternative route could not be fully explored.
The Chair informed that he had walked the alternative route with the Local Member and Project Lead and was in favour of the route. It was reinforced that the North Kendal Cycle Route did not preclude other options being developed and the alternative route could be considered in addition to the North Kendal Cycle Route at a later date. It was suggested that the Environment Agency be made aware of the desire to create a cycle route by the river as it could be incorporated into flood defences.
(3) Mrs H O’Loughlin was in attendance to read out the following statement and question:
“There was an article in the Gazette about the Council giving compensation for not giving Blue Badge Holders an extra hour when they introduced a charge for parking in about 2011.
During the course of this there was a meeting at the Shopmobility in the multi-storey car park and that is where I saw Solicitor Martin Harvey. But I did not meet him.
Some time later I got in touch with Disabled Motoring and they put me in touch with Martin Harvey because I was asking about the removal of Disabled Parking in the Market Place and Finkle Street due to the pedestrianisation. He said to take it further you had to have an individual to challenge the Council and I volunteered to be that person. This was all done on the telephone.
He said he had had some correspondence with the Council but I don’t know what. He said I had to prepare a statement for court and explain why I needed the parking in the Market Place and Finkle Street. As far as I recall I posted this to him. Some months later when I had not heard anything, I rang Mr Harvey and was told that he had written to the Council, which I think said that the Council would be taken to Court for Discrimination against the Disabled, and they had capitulated by giving us back the right to park in 2012 after it was stopped due to pedestrianisation, I think, in 2005. His letter or letters should be somewhere in your archives.
The Council want to pedestrianise the Market Place and Finkle Street again. It was stated in 2005 that having Blue Badge Holders parking here would be dangerous but there has never been an accident to my knowledge since the parking was reinstated in 2012.
So my question is, “Are we having to go through the same procedure again, to get back our parking?”
I feel very strongly about this and don’t see why the Council should get away with it, which will have a drastic effect and reduce the quality of life of Blue Badge Holders.
11 I would also like to say that I have driven through Kendal Town centre on several occasions in the last few weeks and seen the loading bay outside Farrer’s full with either taxis or delivery vehicles.
Finally have you considered that if the grey pound cannot access the centre of Kendal then it cannot be spent there.”
The following response was given:
“Thank you Heidi for your statement and question today.
The majority of your statement and the court case to which you refer, relates to a proposed amendment to an off-street car parking order by South Lakeland District Council. It was not a County Council proposal.
The loading bays are currently used until 11am and after 4pm leaving them underused between those times. Effective enforcement has improved the compliance of the bays and this will be increased throughout the experimental order period.
Previously the parking spaces on Market Place and Finkle Street were not available due to concerns regarding vehicle volumes and circulating traffic throughout the Town Centre. This was changed via an Experimental Order, which was subsequently introduced on a permanent basis, in 2010/2011 allowing access to the spaces at all times, except on Market Days
In background to the current scheme; concerns have been raised regarding the use of Market Place and Finkle Street by vehicles during the core hours when there are many pedestrians using the area. Therefore as part of the Market Place Improvement Scheme it is intended to relocate the disabled parking bays. The Experimental Order would see the bays being relocated to Highgate and Stricklandgate within 50 metres of Market Place and Finkle Street. There will, therefore, be more disabled bays available between 11am – 4pm.
There has been much thought and consultation on the Experimental Traffic Regulation Order for Kendal Town Centre over the last six months. An equality impact assessment and consultation with statutory consultees including 10 disability groups has been undertaken. The Experimental Order will be in place for up to 18 months, during which time a decision will be made on whether to make it permanent. During the first 6 months of the Experimental Orders operation, extensive advertising and consultation will be undertaken to allow for feedback and objections to the scheme whilst it is in place. Changes to the Experimental Order can be made that are less restrictive during the first 12 months of the Experimental Order’s operation.
It is recommended that the Experimental Order be introduced to allow for the feedback to be received whilst the Experimental Order is in operation.”
12 It was highlighted that the Order was experimental and would be ran for a maximum of 18 months, during which time individuals could feed back and comments would be considered in deciding whether the Order should be made permanent.
The Local Member informed that the Order would be increasing the amount of parking spaces for Blue Badge holders and this would be monitored by the Parking Enforcement team.
71 EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC
RESOLVED, that the press and public not be excluded from the meeting for any items of business on this occasion.
72 DISCLOSURES OF INTEREST
There were no disclosable pecuniary interests declared at the meeting.
73 PRESENTATION FROM NATURAL ENGLAND
The Committee considered a presentation from the Senior Advisor at Natural England. The presentation provided a whistle-stop tour on the Coastal Path Consultation and discussed:- Background to the England Coastal Path Delivery Process Progress so far Ongoing management of the England Coastal Path Detailed analysis of: - Duddon Estuary - Furness Peninsula
Members thanked Gerry Rusbridge for the informative presentation.
The Local Member for High Furness suggested that an opportunity had been missed at Duddon Estuary. It was explained that a lot of work had been done in the area to overcome various issues and the only practical solution identified would have been to put in a new bridge at a cost of £450,000, therefore there was no cost benefit. It was reassured that efforts had not been exhausted and the Lake District National Park was looking at a joint footpath. The Local Member for High Furness asked if Natural England had looked at the possibility of using the old railway bridge.
A discussion took place regarding an area near Ulverston, it was suggested that there was already a good coastal path in place and a new path would be introduced south of Ulverston. A discussion followed on the area of Canal Foot, an area already popular with walkers. The Senior Advisor explained that an alternative route would be put in place to accommodate for tides and periods of flooding.
13 A question was raised in regards to the area of Aldingham, it was claimed that the inland path would be dangerous for pedestrians. Natural England agreed that the path near Moat Farm may pose a risk, however it had been concluded to be the best option in the circumstances. The Group was reassured that once proposals had been finalised, individuals would be able to feed back to Natural England and the Secretary of State on the route suggested.
A Member asked if the County Council would be the accountable body for maintenance once the coastal path had been completed. It was explained that the County Council would be the responsible access authority and would undertake work funded by Government grants.
A Member asked whether there would be public rights of way on the coastal path, in response it was advocated that there would be no automatic rights of way although existing rights of way would remain.
The Chair thanked Mr Rusbridge for feeding back to the Committee and requested that a further update be brought to a future meeting.
74 MINUTES
Under Minute Number 61, Appointment of County Council Governors it was AGREED that Ms R Kennington be added to the schedule of individuals nominated.
RESOLVED, that the minutes of the meeting of the Local Committee held on 31 January 2018 be agreed as a correct record with the inclusion of the above amendment.
Matters Arising
Under Minute Number 64 – Children’s Champion, the Local Member for Kendal Nether advised that Croppers had came on board as a foster friendly employer.
75 COMMUNITIES ACTIVITY AND BUDGET
The Committee received a report by the Corporate Director – Health, Care and Communities which provided information and offered recommendations for approval from the Strategic Planning Working Group held on 27 February 2018 and the Children and Young People’s Working Group held on 21 February 2018. The report also provided Local Committee with an update on previously agreed activity supported with the latest financial statement.
The Local Member for Kendal Nether provided feedback from the Children and Young People’s Working Group meeting held on 21 February 2018. Members were informed that the Clinical Lead – Public Health Nurse Practitioners was in attendance and would attend all meetings going forward.
14 RESOLVED, that South Lakeland Local Committee:
(1) Note the budget update for 2017-18 including the commitments and expenditure to end of February 2017
Strategic Planning Working Group
(2) Note the work of the Strategic Planning Working Group.
(3) Nominate Cllr M Wilson as representative on the Ulverston BID.
(4) Agree to contribute £300 to the Ragtag Arts (Community Scrapstore) from the Waste Prevention Fund towards marketing their new larger premises.
(5) Agree to commit an amount of £1,250 to Kendal Town Council from the Economic Initiatives Budget for the final phase of the signage improvement project.
(6) Agree to commit an amount of £3,500 to AWAZ Cumbria from the Economic Initiatives Budget towards the Kendal Unity Festival.
(7) Agree to commit an amount of £4,500 to the Lancaster Canal Regeneration Partnership from the Economic Initiatives Budget to contribute towards the project manager post for 2 years.
(8) Agree to commit an amount of £2,750 from the Economic Initiatives Budget towards local community activity in South Lakeland around the 2018 Tour of Britain.
(9) Agree the balance of £36,478 in the 2017/18 General Provisions Budget, be committed towards Area Working activity across South Lakeland, subject to agreement of Council to carry forward unspent balances.
(10) Note the delegated budget for 2018-19 which was approved at the Full Council meeting of 15th February 2018.
(11) Note that the amounts of £5,166 and £1,288 are the first call on the 2018/19 Local Committee budget for the Kendal and Ulverston BIDs respectively.
15 (12) Note that the amount of £12,000 is a first call on the 2018/19 Local Committee budget as a contribution to the 2018/19 weed spraying contract for South Lakeland.
(13) Allocate £35,000 to the Economic Initiatives Budget from the 2018/19 budget allocation.
(14) Allocate £30,000 to the 0 – 19 Universal Services Budget from the 2018/19 budget allocation.
(15) Allocate £25,000 is allocated to the A2B Now Young Persons Transport Scheme from the 2018/19 budget allocation.
(16) Allocate £48,000 to Community Grants from the 2018/19 budget allocation.
(17) Allocate £19,796 to the School Crossing Patrol budget from the 2018/19 budget allocation.
(18) Allocate £53,8195 to the General Provisions Budget from the 2018/19 budget allocation including estimated provision for Kendal and Ulverston BID levies of £6,454 and weed spraying of £12,000.
(19) Note the £47,550 for the 2018/19 Money Advice Contract delivered by the Citizens Advice Bureau.
(20) Note the £44,000 allocation to the Sandgate Hydrotherapy Pool from the 2018/19 budget allocation.
(21) Note the £128,778 allocation to the Community Development Team from the 2018/19 budget allocation.
Children and Young People’s Working Group
(22) Note the work of the Children & Young People’s Working Group. (23) Agree to fund the A2B NoW scheme for the 2018/19 financial year, with no change to the current charges of £7.50 per card, £1.80 for a single journey and £3.00 for a return journey.
(24) Agree to commit £11,397 from the 0-19 Services budget to support the Grange & Lakes ICC project to deliver
16 Mindfulness training to school staff who will then pass on this training to students.
(25) Agree, subject to match funding being secured, to award £2,500 from the 0-19 Services budget to the Maryfell Children’s Playground.
(26) Agree to award £1,694 from the 0-19 Services budget to fund the Lifesteps programme.
(27) Agree to the award of £5,865 from the 0-19 services budget to support young people in the area to access practical life-skills training to enable them to be work- ready.
76 2017-18 HIGHWAYS DEVOLVED REVENUE AND CAPITAL UPDATE REPORT
Consideration was given to a report by the Corporate Director – Economy and Highways. The report presented the Highways Revenue, Devolved Capital and Non- Devolved Capital Budget finance reports and updated Members as to the budget commitments and expenditure to the end of January 2018.
RESOLVED, that Local Committee note the revenue and capital budget allocations for 2017/18 and the commitments and expenditure recorded to the end of January 2018.
77 HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORTATION WORKING GROUP
The Committee was presented with a report from the Corporate Director – Economy and Highways which provided the notes of the meeting of the Highways and Transportation Working Group held on 21 February 2018 and included recommendations for consideration.
In presenting the minutes of the Highways and Transportation Working Group the Chair of the Working Group highlighted key points from the meeting which included an update on infrastructure planning and a discussion on the reduction in capital budget.
Members were keen to ensure momentum on infrastructure planning was increased and it was AGREED for the Highways and Transportation Working Group to receive a report on Infrastructure Planning at every meeting going forward.
It was advocated that the Kendal Northern Development Route needed to be driven forward and it was vital to have someone to drive it forward. A Member stressed that
17 the project had District Council support and money had been set aside for a further study.
The Local Member for Kent Estuary advised that the County Council had a number of key players to drive forward the project, including a County Council representative on the Transport for the North Board and a County Council representative on the Transport for the North Scrutiny Panel.
The Local Member for High Furness suggested that it was important for work on the A595 at Grizebeck to be pushed forward as it was vital to the County’s economic future. The Highways Network Manager advised that a paper on the A595 would be brought to the next meeting of the Highways and Transportation Working Group.
In addition to this, the Committee was informed that a presentation on the new PAS system for scoring capital projects would be given at the next meeting of the Highways and Transportation Working Group and all Members of the Local Committee were encouraged to attend.
A Member asked for an update on weed spraying arrangements for the new financial year. It was advised that a contract had been awarded and arrangements were in place to begin in April.
RESOLVED, that Local Committee:
(1) Note the minutes of the Highways and Transportation Working Group meeting held on 21 February 2018,
(2) Approve the devolved highways revenue original allocations for 2018/19,
(3) Approve the devolved highways capital original allocations for 2018/19 and the named surface treatment, carriageway, footway and drainage schemes for 2018/19, as appended to the Working Group report with the following amendment:
- Carriageway resurfacing- Castle Crescent to replace Langdale Crescent.
(4) Note the briefing papers: - Informing Members of progress made in delivering the 2017/18 Devolved Capital Programme since the last meeting of the HTWG - Informing Members of progress made in respect of Mintsfeet TRO - Setting out the next steps to Infrastructure Planning in Kendal.
78 MINTSFEET TRAFFIC REGULATION ORDER
18 Consideration was given to a report from the Corporate Director – Economy and Highways which set out the responses to the statutory consultation and advertising of the traffic regulation order for Mintsfeet Road and Shap Road in Kendal entitled The County of Cumbria (Various Roads, South Lakeland)(Consolidation of Traffic Regulations) (Order 2002) (Mintsfeet Road and Shap Road, Kendal) Variation Order 20><(“the order”). The report sought a resolution on the proposed introduction of the Order.
The Local Member for Kendal Nether welcomed the Order and was pleased Officers had responded to questions raised in the consultation.
RESOLVED, That Local Committee resolves that The County of Cumbria (Various Roads, South Lakeland Area) (Consolidation of Traffic Regulations) (Order 2002) (Mintsfeet Road and Shap Road, Kendal) Variation Order 20>< be brought into operation, as advertised, having taken into account the comments which were received during the statutory consultation and advertisement procedure, and having also taken into consideration the matters contained in Section 122(2) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.
79 MEMBERS HIGHWAYS PRIORITIES
Consideration was given to a report from the Corporate Director – Economy and Highways which updated on the Members Highways Priority Works schemes to be funded via the devolved 2017/2018 highway capital budgets for South Lakeland. An allocation of £108,000 was made allowing for £6,000 per division.
Members were asked to note that as schemes are being approved in March, effective programming and delivery of schemes for 2017/2018 was not possible. Early identification and discussion with Officers was essential to aid delivery. Schemes suggested after September Local Committee may not be delivered during this financial year, a fact which had been included in previous reports regarding Members Highway Priority Works. Any unallocated funding from 2017/2018 were likely not to be carried over at the end of this financial year due to overspends.
Members were informed that there would hopefully be a higher completion rate in the next financial year as the resource shortage in the Traffic team had been resolved.
A question was raised in regards to the money allocated by Government for Pothole Funding. The Highways Network Manager advised that clarification was still awaited on the amount allocated.
19 The District Council representative asked for more information on the method for prioritisation of works. It was advised that specific queries on outstanding works could be raised with the appropriate Local Committee Member.
The Highways Network Manager advised that some work previously identified had taken up a lot of resources and Members were recommended to think about the Council’s priorities of drainage and pothole works.
RESOLVED, that Local Committee;
(1) Approve the current Members Highways Priorities Works Programme 2017/2018 (“the Programme”) set out in Appendix 1 noting the additional entries for the following divisions; Kendal Nether; Kent Estuary; Lower Kentdale; Upper Kent and Windermere.
(2) That Local Committee agree that the following schemes which include Traffic Regulation Orders are approved to be progressed to statutory consultation and advertising in due course;
- Kendal Nether – Waiting restrictions for Shap Road and Appleby Road Kendal (Note: this has been delayed due to displaced households following flooding) - Kendal Highgate – Waiting restrictions for Hazelwood/Underwood Junction, Romney Road and various junctions off Romney Road and parking restrictions for Chapel Street and Cross Lane and streets surrounding Romney Road. - Lakes – Parking and waiting restriction amendments within Grasmere on Broadgate and Red Lion Square. - Windermere – Parking and waiting restrictions for Lake Road, Spooner Vale and St Mary’s Park.
80 SLDC OFF-STREET CAR PARKING ORDER
A report was presented by the Corporate Director – Economy and Highways which sought approval to South Lakeland District Council for the bringing into operation of an Order to amend the existing “South Lakeland District Council (Off Street Parking Places) Order 2004”.
The proposed new order, entitled “The South Lakeland District Council (Off Street Parking Places) Order 2004 (Amendment No 13) Order 2018” (“The Order”) proposed to extend early bird parking offers to Ambleside, Grange and Windermere,
20 to introduce a new car park into the Order and to reverse previous restrictions extant on Sandes Avenue on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
RESOLVED, that Local Committee consents to South Lakeland District Council bringing into operation “The South Lakeland District Council (Off Street Parking Places) Order 2004 (Amendment No 13) Order 2018”.
81 SOUTH LAKELAND SPEED LIMIT CONSOLIDATION ORDER
Consideration was given to a report by the Corporate Director – Economy and Highways which sought new resolutions following an error that was made during the advertising of the recent speed limit Order for various locations in South Lakeland.
THE COUNTY OF CUMBRIA (VARIOUS ROADS IN THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH LAKELAND)(CONSOLIDATION AND PROVISION OF SPEED LIMITS) ORDER 20><, (“the Order”) included proposals for A6 Shap Road, A591 North of Grasmere, A65 Endmoor and A5284 Windermere Road.
It was recommended that the Committee make a new resolution, to bring the Order into operation in PART only, namely that that the proposed speed limits on A6 Shap Road, A591 North of Grasmere and A5284 Windermere Road be brought into operation but that the proposal for A65 Endmoor be re-advertised with the correct measurements and be brought to the next Local Committee for a decision on implementation.
A Member stated that it was important to ensure mistakes were identified and resolved swiftly as statutory notices were expensive.
RESOLVED, that Local Committee;
(1) Bring into operation “The County of Cumbria (Various Roads in the District of South Lakeland) (Consolidation and Provision of Speed Limits) Order 20><” IN PART namely in relation to the proposed speed limits on the A5284 Windermere Road, A6 Shap Road and A591 North of Grasmere, having taken into consideration the matters contained in Section 122(2) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.
(2) Approve the re-advertising of the proposal for the A65 at Endmoor with corrected length of restriction with in addition a proposal for an extension of the existing 40mph restriction between Nutting Hall Lane Endmoor and Crooklands and approve the making of the Order for the restrictions subject to the conclusion of the statutory consultation period and advertising with no objections being received.
21 (3) Approve the bringing into operation of the Variation Order subject to no unresolved objections being received at the conclusion of the statutory consultation and advertisement period.
82 APPOINTMENT OF COUNTY COUNCIL GOVERNORS
The Committee was presented with a report from the Corporate Director – Health, Care and Community Services which sought approval of nominated County Council Governors of Nursery, Primary and Secondary Schools.
RESOLVED, that subject to their consent the following be nominated to the governing body of the following nursery, primary and secondary schools:-
School Nomination St Cuthbert’s Catholic Primary School Mrs A M Corin Heron Hill Primary School Mr D Rathbone Old Hutton CE School Ms C Toon Grayrigg CE School Mr R Eastwood
83 CHILDREN'S CHAMPION
Members received an update report from the South Lakeland Local Committee’s Children’s Champion. The report advised on information and discussions from the last meeting of the Corporate Parenting Board.
Members were pleased to hear of updates with the Care Leavers Offer. It was explained that the County Council was hoping to roll out the offer in September 2018.
It was highlighted that the County Council would need to work together with District Councils, health partners, housing providers and employers to ensure all are aware of the vital role they need to play to support care leavers. The Children’s Champion expressed that it was excellent to have District Council representatives attend Local Committee meeting.
The Children’s Champion explained that Care Leavers would need support with the following:
- Managing finances - Negotiating the benefits system - Financial support - Housing - Mental and physical health - Making friends and relationships - Recognition of birthdays, festivals and significant events in their lives
22 - Education
A Member asked how long the Council Tax Exemption would apply to Care Leavers and it was advised that an answer would be provided at the next meeting of the Local Committee.
84 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH ACTIVITY - UPDATE
The Committee received a report by the Corporate Director – Health, Care and Community Services which drew attention to key Community Development, Waste Reduction and Public Health Activity undertaken by the South Lakeland Area Support Team, Waste Reduction Officer and Locality Public Health Manager.
The Local Committee discussed updates in relation to: - Community Development and Engagement - Waste Prevention - Smoke Free Cumbria - Living Well Event - Screening for Hypertension and Atrial Fibrillation
A Member asked a question in relation to an item in the press regarding insufficient training for GPs on food and nutrition. The Public Health Locality Manager stated that obesity was a major health problem and the County Council would be working closely with health colleagues on the matter following the signing of a Healthy Weight Declaration and a Healthy Weight Summit event held in the week prior to the meeting.
A discussion took place regarding child poverty in the South Lakeland Area and it was requested that the Public Health Locality Manager forward the figures of child poverty in the South Lakeland area to all Members of the Local Committee.
RESOLVED, that Members note the content of the report.
85 LOCAL COMMITTEE CHAIRS AND LEADERSHIP
RESOLVED, that the minutes of a meeting of the Local Committee Chairs and Leadership held on 25 January 2018 be received.
86 PARTNER ORGANISATIONS
87 OUTSIDE BODIES
The meeting ended at 12.30 pm
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COUNTY COUNCIL LOCAL COMMITTEE FOR SOUTH LAKELAND
Meeting date: 17th May 2018
From: Executive Director - Corporate, Customer and Community Services
COMMUNITIES ACTIVITY AND BUDGET
1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1.1 This report provides information and offers recommendations to South Lakeland Local Committee for approval from the following working groups;
Strategic Planning Working Group – 24th April 2018
Children & Young People’s Working Group – 11th April 2018
1.2 This report also provides Local Committee with an update on previously agreed activity supported with the latest financial statement.
2.0 STRATEGIC PLANNING AND EQUALITY IMPLICATIONS
2.1 In February 2018 the new Council Plan 2018 – 2022 was agreed with the vision of being ‘A Council that works with residents, businesses, communities and other organisations to deliver the best services possible within the available resources.’ Supporting communities to thrive through area working and shaping services locally remains a key objective within the plan. It builds on ‘…well established locality working arrangements to develop services and solutions with communities…..as well as recognising the unique community leadership role fulfilled by Elected Members.’ The approach and work of the Local Committee directly contributes to this vision.
2.2 Local Committee for South Lakeland has agreed its 4 priorities for the 4 year term till March 2021 which will continue to be the lens through which local issues are tested and through which performance outcomes will be measured. These are Economic Development; Education and Skills; Travel and Accessibility; Health & Well Being. In addition, Local Committee will continue to forge effective working relationships with SLDC to maximise resource allocation and improve outcomes for communities.
25 2.3 The locally devolved funding is available for Local Committees to allocate within the area to support positive outcomes, targeted and mainstream, designed to improve outcomes for the communities of South Lakeland. This funding can be targeted to initiate new activity or to enhance/compliment existing provision according to locally determined need.
2.4 A separate Equality Impact Assessment is not required as equality issues are dealt with at a project or programme level.
3.0 RECOMMENDATIONS
3.1 Members are asked to note the budget update for 2018-19 including the commitments and expenditure to end of April 2018 (Appendix A).
Strategic Planning Working Group
3.2 That Members note the work of the Strategic Planning Working Group as set out in the minutes at Appendix B.
3.3 That Local Committee agrees to award £5,000 from the Economic Initiatives budget towards the 2018 Lakes Alive Programme, Appendix C.
3.4 That Local Committee awards £7,750 to support the Kendal Futures Co- ordinator post from the Economic Initiatives budget, Appendix D.
Children and Young People’s Working Group
3.5 That Members note the work of the Children & Young People’s Working Group as set out in the minutes at Appendix E.
4.0 BACKGROUND
4.1 The financial outturn for 2017/18 is detailed at appendix G and the discretionary 2018/19 budget delegated to Local Committee is detailed at Appendix A, which provides the latest financial position including the committed expenditure, carry forward and remaining unallocated resources up to 30th April 2018. Of the total Communities revenue budget delegated to Local Committee, £211,835 has been allocated as discretionary revenue budget and £220,328 earmarked to specific activities.
4.2 The Monitoring Report at Appendix F sets out previous decisions taken by the Local Committee, which enables members to track progress against agreed outcomes and ensure that regular performance reporting is taking place. While many of these projects were funded through the previous Local
26 Committee, their delivery is ongoing with the outcomes requiring continued monitoring and evaluation.
5 OPTIONS
5.1 The Local Committee may choose to support the recommendations to a greater or lesser extent subject to available funding and in line with corporate policy and service standards.
6 RESOURCE AND VALUE FOR MONEY IMPLICATIONS
6.1 The Local Committee’s 2018-19 proposed cash limited budget was agreed by County Council on 15th February 2018. The Local Committee is able to vire funding between budget lines during the course of the financial year, subject to Corporate Policy and service standards. The Local Committee is not able to vire money from capital budgets into revenue budgets.
6.2 The provisional financial outturn 2017/18 for South Lakeland Local Committee Communities Activity is detailed at appendix G. It was approved by Cabinet in March 2018, that the net revenue balance of both accelerated spend and underspends on Local Committee budgets (highways and non-highways) as at 31 March 18, would be transferred to an Earmarked Reserve for use in 2018/19. The provisional outturn figure for South Lakeland Local Committee budgets other than highways is £0.303m underspend, this gives a provisional non highways funding figure of £0.735m for 2018/19. The provisional funding figure is detailed in Appendix A together with a summary of commitments and virements previously agreed by Local Committee.
6.3 If Local Committee decide to agree grants totalling £12,750 (recommendations 3.3 and 3.4) the uncommitted Economic Initiatives budget available for future commitment would be £22,250.
7 LEGAL IMPLICATIONS
7.1 The Local Committee is authorised to accept the recommendation.
8 CONCLUSION
8.1 This report provides the Local Committee with a comprehensive update on the functions and budgets relating to Communities and delegated to the Local Committee.
27 Dawn Roberts Executive Director – Corporate, Customer and Community Services
1st May 2018
APPENDICES
Appendix A – Financial Statement to 30th April 2018 Appendix B – Minutes of the Strategic Planning Working Group of 24/04/18 Appendix C – Lakes Alive 2018 Funding Request Appendix D – Kendal Futures Funding Request Appendix E – Minutes of the Children & Young People’s Working Group of 11/04/18 Appendix F - Monitoring Report to 31st March 2018 Appendix G – Provisional Financial Outturn 2017/18 for South Lakeland Local Committee Communities Activity
Electoral Division(s): All in South Lakeland
Executive Decision Yes
Key Decision No*
If a Key Decision, is the proposal published in the current Forward Plan? N/A*
Is the decision exempt from call-in on grounds of urgency? No
If exempt from call-in, has the agreement of the Chair of the relevant N/A* Overview and Scrutiny Committee been sought or obtained?
Has this matter been considered by Overview and Scrutiny? No* If so, give details below.
Has an environmental or sustainability impact assessment been N/A* undertaken?
Has an equality impact assessment been undertaken? N/A*
PREVIOUS RELEVANT COUNCIL OR EXECUTIVE DECISIONS No previous relevant decisions.
CONSIDERATION BY OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY
Not considered by Overview and Scrutiny.
BACKGROUND PAPERS No background papers.
REPORT AUTHOR Contact: Karen Johnson, 01539 713157, [email protected]
28 APPENDIX A FINANCIAL STATEMENT TO 30TH APRIL 2018
Budget Sector Original Balance Revised Committed Actual Projected Unallocated Budget B/Fwd Budget Expenditure Expenditure Outturn Resources 2018/19 2018/19 to Date 2018/19 or Variance £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Discretionary Budgets General Provision 53,819 46,708 100,527 70,137 0 70,137 30,390 Community Grants 48,000 43,129 91,129 14,885 21,007 35,892 55,237 Economic Initiatives 35,000 32,200 67,200 26,450 5,750 32,200 35,000 School Crossing Patrols 19,796 25,356 45,152 45,152 0 45,152 0
29 0-19 Services 30,000 59,021 89,021 38,586 15,591 54,177 34,844 Young Persons Transport 25,000 12,877 37,877 37,636 241 37,877 0 211,615 219,291 430,906 232,846 42,589 275,435 155,471
Local Revenue Schemes 0 22,914 22,914 20,841 2,073 22,914 0
Other Revenue Budgets Neighbourhood Development Team 128,778 0 128,778 128,778 0 128,778 0 Money Advice Contract - CAB 47,550 0 47,550 47,550 0 47,550 0 Community Waste Prevention Fund 0 8,027 8,027 7,727 300 8,027 0 Sandgate Pool 44,000 2,856 46,856 27,646 16,354 44,000 2,856 Sandgate Pool-Provision Transfer to Trust 0 50,000 50,000 50,000 0 50,000 0 220,328 60,883 281,211 261,701 16,654 278,355 2,856
LOCAL COMMITTEE COMMUNITIES 431,943 303,088 735,031 515,388 61,316 576,704 158,327 TOTAL Appendix B SOUTH LAKELAND LOCAL COMMITTEE STRATEGIC PLANNING WORKING GROUP 24th April 2018
Attended by: Cllrs N Cotton, W Wearing (for M Brereton), J Airey, S Evans, Also attending: Cllrs G Cook, I Stewart and B Gray Karen Johnson, Area Manager Gae Hicks, Community Development Assistant
1. Apologies and Declarations of Interest Apologies were received from Cllrs M Wilson, M Brereton and B Berry
2. PROJECT UPDATES: a) Kendal BID Simon Thomas, Chair of Kendal BID and Sarah Williams, BID Manager, thanked members for their invitation to attend the meeting and provided an update on the activities of the Kendal Business Improvement District (BID) and its plans for the future
In the last year the BID has encouraged members who have spare parking capacity to make this available to those working in and visiting the town (E.g. Kendal Winter Sports Club at £1/day). Levy payers have felt that issues surrounding the perceived lack of parking in the town have had an adverse effect on many businesses. When producing the next set of Town Trails parking details will be included on those as well. The Town Trail maps, on various themes such as History, Food & Drink have proved very successful and 12k people did the Summer Trail in 2017.
The BID has also been instrumental in developing the Kendal branding and website and awareness is increasing of both of these. The Swipii card has been a huge success and 21,000 people now have these cards which give them special offers and discounts at local businesses in the BID area who are signed up to the scheme. For the businesses it is seen as an excellent marketing tool rather than purely a loyalty card scheme.
The BID also supports festivals in the town, including Comic Art, Lakes Alive and the Mountain Festival and this support is valued by other external funders as it comes largely from private sector and is not just the usual local authority support.
The BID levy raises c. £150k each year although rate revaluations in 2017 saw a drop of around 10% on this figure.
In early 2019 the BID will come to the end of its initial five year term. The intention of the Board is to renew the BID and a survey of randomly selected BID members has shown overall support for this to happen. The levy amount and the area covered will remain the same but there will still be a renewal ballot. For this to carry more than50% of the levy payers have to agree as well as a
30 total of more than 50% of the rateable value of all the businesses in the BID area has to agree. Businesses outside the BID area can apply to become a voluntary member and opt-in to pay the levy and it is understood that Kendal Leisure Centre will be doing this in 2018/19.
Members thanked Simon and Sarah for their update and asked if there were any chance of a Food Festival coming back to Kendal as there is a gap in the calendar for such an event. A small is planned for August and it is hoped to grow this further.
Karen Johnson asked what the plans were for the next term of the BID and they advised that the biggest challenge will be to drive improvements to the evening economy in Kendal and there are also plans to put on events in the run up to Christmas. Otherwise work will continue to build the Swipii scheme, the Town Trail maps and information and training for businesses, particularly in use of Social Media. b) Eden & South Lakes Credit Union Karen Johnson advised members that she had met with Eve Martin of Eden & South Lakeland Credit Union (SLCU) to discuss member’s request from the previous meeting for a breakdown of figures relating specifically to numbers of members and activity in South Lakeland.
ESLCU is still not able to extract information at this level of detail and although the number of members overall has increased by 100 since the merger it is not known whether or not all these are were in South Lakeland which had 45 members at the time of the merger year ago. The aim is to grow to 3,000 members eventually; in West Cumbria the membership is 4,000 although it has taken 23 years to get to this number.
Recruitment is currently underway for a General Manager; the position has been changed from Part time to Full time and there are 12 regular volunteers in Kendal. There will be a fully interactive website online by the end of the year and relationship building is ongoing with housing associations, trade unions and larger businesses to promote payroll saving.
Karen Johnson mentioned that there might be an opportunity to use some of our Library hubs for outreach sessions as well as for promoting the Credit Union.
Members expressed frustration at the inability of ESLCU to provide local information on basic details such as membership, even just at a postcode level, footfall at the Town Hall and how many enquiries were converted to loans.
Cllr Evans said she would email Karen Johnson a list of queries she wished to be answered. It is hoped also that Eve Martin will be able to attend the next meeting of the Working Group in June.
31 c) Cumbria Community Integration Project A copy of this Briefing had been circulated to members with the papers for the meeting and Karen Johnson outlined for the meeting that the aim of the project is to support migrants and their families to settle better in our area and to relieve some of the pressures being placed on County Council services and Children’s Services in particular.
Within the county there will initially be two focus points, one in Carlisle and one in Windermere where 5.4% of residents do not have English as their first language.
Funding has been secured for 2 years, a contract has been awarded to AWAZ and Joel Rasbash is the lead for the County Council. Members felt that it would be important to track how long people were actually staying for, i.e. if there were more seasonal workers than longer term residents, and to work with the larger businesses to ensure they were offering appropriate support too.
This project is separate from the support for refugees coming in to the County and Karen Johnson will keep members updated regularly
3. DISCUSSION & RECOMMENDATIONS:
a) 2018/19 Monitoring Report and Budget Update The Area Manager presented her rolling action report with the current budget position at the end and advised members that whilst any carry forwards had not yet been agreed by Council, the 2018/19 budget breakdown was agreed at Local Committee on 26 March 2018.
Progress with the Kendal Strategic Infrastructure Study was again raised and the need for positive plans to be in place to be able to bid for central Government funding as and when it becomes available. Cllr Cook urged the need for continuing engagement with the Environment Agency as future flood alleviation measures could affect or be affected by any route proposals.
b) Funding Requests Prior to the meeting Members had had an opportunity to consider three reports outlining requests for funding from the following organisations:-
Lakes Alive 2018. Following a successful programme of events in 2017 which reached an audience of 26,000, and contributed an estimated £1.1m to the local economy, Lakes Alive wish to expand the opportunities to offer outreach projects linked to the main schedule of events in 2018.
Members agreed that the relatively modest amount of funding requested for an event with a proven success was reasonable and made the following recommendation:
32 Recommendation: that Local Committee agrees to award £5000 from the Economic Initiatives budget to Lakes Alive
Kendal Futures Local Committee has supported the post of co-ordinator for Kendal Futures since it began. This year the request is for a slightly increased sum but to support a 16 hour per week post rather than 20 hours. The other funders (SLDC and KTC) are happy with this adjustment but members were keen for Karen Johnson to meet with her counterparts at SLDC and KTC to review the focus of work carried out to reduce any overlap with the work of their own officers and the BID and to determine the direction of the Co-ordinators role over the coming year.
Recommendation: that Local Committee awards £7,750 from the Economic Initiatives budget, to support the post of Co-ordinator for Kendal Futures
British Cycling Cumbria County Council has worked in partnership with British Cycling over many years to develop and promote cycling skills and infrastructure. The sources of funding the Council previously used to support this work are no longer in place and a request is now being made to Local Committees for a £5k - £10k contribution so that this work can continue. By locally funding there is an opportunity to push for more work in this area, but there will be an annual requirement going forward. Members urged that as well as the district councils the LDNPA and YDNPA be approached for a contribution, and that there be a more visible acknowledgment of the County Councils support for this work.
No specific recommendation for funding was made at this time.
4. Dates for future meetings The dates for future meetings were agreed as below and will also be circulated separately by Gae Hicks. Any recommendations made at these meetings will be discussed at the next Local Committee meeting following the Working Group
All meetings will start at 2.00 pm unless otherwise advised.
Monday 25th June 2018, Committee Room 2, County Offices, Kendal Tuesday 28th August 2018, Committee Room 2, County Offices, Kendal Tuesday 23rd October 2018, Room tbc Thursday 13th December 2018, Room tbc Monday 18th February 2019, Room tbc
33 Appendix C
South Lakeland Strategic Planning Grant Report
Date 24th April 2018
Name of Organisation Lakes Alive Festival Team 2018 (LDNPA)
About the Organisation The Lakes Alive Festival Vision: ‘Celebrates our landscape, people and place, showcasing and creating world class work for the outdoors and site specific locations, which will inspire and amaze audiences. Lakes Alive aims to actively engage and inspire audiences to reflect upon the world around them and their role in it. We do this by creating a safe, welcoming environment and by making cultural experiences available free of charge to the widest possible audience.’
Project description and benefit to the area The Lakes Alive Festival Community Engagement and Outreach Programme will take place in September 2018, which intends to attract an audience of over 26,000, 2,000 more than it did in 2017 and 6,000 more than in 2016, with a minimum of 3,500 people taking part in workshops through the outreach programme. Community involvement is an essential element of the festival and so there will be 10 outreach opportunities targeting school groups, community groups and older people. The engagement programme includes: participants working with artists to become part of a final piece, dance workshops and interpretation. In addition, there will be a volunteering programme.
The festival is based in and around Kendal with engagement in South Lakeland and across Cumbria. The Lakes Alive Festival is for, and involves, the people from the area, visitors, artists, cultural partners and local businesses. All will benefit from their engagement with the Festival; young people, their families and the wider community will benefit from the opportunity to develop new skills, take part in an inspirational experience, raising their aspirations and contributing to their improved health and wellbeing.
South Lakeland will benefit as a destination for world-class art, which will contribute to economic growth, tourism growth, and support for its vibrant creative industries. In 2017 £1.1m was contributed to the local economy and 2018 will see this rise further. Local artists will have the opportunity to develop their skills through collaboration and interaction with international artists.
Again in 2018, the festival evaluation will analyse and assess the benefits, ranging from wellbeing to economic impact. Attendees will be asked about their experiences of Lakes Alive, how long they stayed, where they stayed etc. The economic contribution to the area in terms of spend per person will also be calculated.
34 Total cost of project £251,500 Grant requested £5,000
Date the project commences 7 – 9 September 2018 plus Outreach Programme from June to Sept 2018
Source(s) of match funding Arts Council England - 150K - Confirmed Kendal BID - 5K - Confirmed SLDC - 25K - Confirmed Awards 4 All - £10K - Unconfirmed LDNPA - 30K – Confirmed 14-18 Now - £2.5K - Confirmed Kendal Town Council - 5K – Confirmed Merchandising sales to supplement costs (modest at present)
Additional comments, recommendation or recommended conditions
2017 – CCC Local Committee granted £5K from the Economic Initiatives Budget 2016 – Lakes Alive ‘Flight’ programme received a grant of £10K from Cumbria County Council’s Cultural Grant Fund
35 Appendix D South Lakeland Local Committee Grant Report
Date 24th April 2018
Name of Organisation Kendal Futures
About the Organisation Kendal Futures is the regeneration partnership for Kendal which is now in its 10th year. It leads on the development of the Kendal Economic Growth Action Plan (KEGAP), which brings together local partners to agree the strategic direction for the town in terms of inward investment and economic growth. The latest iteration is for the period 2015 – 2025 and was endorsed by the South Lakeland Local Committee in 2015.
The key priorities are: Focus on Supporting Growth Oriented Businesses Attract and Retain Working Age Talent Establish a Brand/USP for the Wider Kendal Economy and Focus on Quality of Life Deliver Economic Infrastructure and Place Making Investment
The Kendal Futures Board (KFB) is independently chaired by the private sector and contains a blend of public and private sector representation. It provides a unique opportunity for the business sector and the local authorities to share the present challenges and fully explore the opportunities which exist.
Kendal Futures supports the regeneration vision within the town through 4 key themes: Theme 1: Adding value: Moving businesses up the value chain. Theme 2: Investing in Kendal town centre strategic projects. Theme 3: Boosting enterprise and business start-up rate. Theme 4: Promoting excellent economic infrastructure.
The focus for the Kendal Futures Board in 2018-19 will include: Progressing the findings of the Evening Economy Research Report with partners and local businesses to further increase the appeal of Kendal in the evenings. Developing the large employers group to identify and address issues affecting business growth. Continuing to increase visitor traffic to visit-kendal.co.uk and encourage engagement by local businesses and organisations to help promote the town. Supporting the progress of the recommendations from the Kendal Strategic Transport Infrastructure Study and liaison with the private sector. Respond to Environment Agency flood risk management proposals to ensure the views of businesses are considered and support public sector partners. Continuing to engage with the Kendal Master Plan process and influence proposals via consultation channels.
The latest Projectlist of Board description members, and thebenefit KEGAP to the and area 2016-17 Annual Report can all be found at: www.southlakeland.gov.uk/kendalfutures 36 Project Co-ordinator Role 2018-19
This partnership is made up of private sector individuals and elected members who, due to their own organisational commitments are unable to manage and deliver identified projects on behalf of the partnership. It is widely recognized that for partnerships to be effective they require strong co- ordination.
The project co-ordinator is self-employed on a contractual basis and hosted by South Lakeland District Council. The post holder is responsible for the development and co-ordination of the strategic priorities in the KEGAP and taking projects forward which have very specific outcomes. The role of Kendal Futures is much wider than that covered by the BID (which covers the business interests in the town centre) and also has a broader economic focus than Kendal Town Council. However the post holder works with the BID manager and the Kendal Town Council project co- ordinator to ensure a joined-up approach where priorities touch.
This year Kendal Futures is asking partners for a slightly increased amount to cover the full cost of the post, which to date has been underwritten by SLDC. The post is also reducing from 20 hours to 16 hours per week. To accommodate this reduction in time the post holder will cease all incidental/peripheral activity and strictly concentrate on the key strategic objectives of the group.
Total cost of project £23,250 Grant requested £7,750
Date the project commences April 2018
Source(s) of match funding
£7,750 – SLDC plus in-kind hosting arrangements - confirmed £7,750 – Kendal Town Council - to be confirmed
37 Appendix E
SOUTH LAKELAND LOCAL COMMITTEE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE'S WORKING GROUP
Minutes of a Meeting of the South Lakeland Local Committee Children and Young People's Working Group held on Wednesday 11 April 2018 at 2.00 pm in Committee Room 1, County Offices, Kendal.
PRESENT: Cllr Shirley Evans (Chair) Cllr Mark Wilson, Cllr James Airey, Cllr Geoff Cook Cllr Matt Brereton, Cllr Annie Rawlinson
Also in Attendance:- Karen Johnson Area Manager South Lakeland Gill Holmes Community Development Officer Mike Conefrey Public Health Locality Manager, S. Lakeland Yvonne Rowlinson Clinical Lead, Public Health Nurse Practitioners Cameron Yazdi SLDC
1 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE Apologies for absence were received from Graham Bassett, Gae Hicks and from Joanne Gawne – Children & Young People’s Rights Officer.
2 MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING AND MATTERS ARISING The minutes of the meeting of the Working Group held on 21 February 2018 were presented to Local Committee on 26 March 2018 and were confirmed as a correct record.
3 MATTERS ARISING
Nil
4 CHILDREN’S CENTRES – EARLY HELP 0 -12
Noelle Kirk from Barnardos gave an update to the group.
The ‘My Time’ mental health counselling service was previously managed by Barnardos in St Helens but Noelle has now been given the management role for Cumbria.
Under the Early Help contract, Barnardos have strengthened their support in the clinics in Milnthorpe, Grange and Kendal and are soon to return to Flookburgh which will alternate with Milnthorpe. Health Visitors will take the lead at the clinics with support from Barnardos.
There is a speech and language 6 week programme pilot (Time for Talking) being rolled out in South Lakeland under Barnardos’ readiness to learn umbrella. There
38 has been a 100% take up of referrals (75% referred from speech and language therapists). Members would like to know what impact this had had on waiting lists and what the outcomes are. NK to send flyer to GH for onward circulation
Suitcase Project update: 3 suitcases have been delivered to Vicarage Park, Flookburgh and John Barrow schools. A ‘Being a Child in Cumbria’ survey was undertaken - Barnardos staff delivered and picked up the surveys and as a result, there have been just short of 1000 responses which is fantastic. Noelle’s team can adapt the workshops and deliver to community groups in addition to schools
NK and MC to have a discussion about taking it forward to the Sandylands community
Other areas of support delivery include: pre-birth early intervention support group sessions – ‘Welcome to the World’ Parenting puzzle work for 0-4 and 5 -12 age groups Talking Teens Programme for parents struggling to cope with their teenage children Domestic Violence related recovery toolkits for adults and children
MyTime Cumbria have received 673 referrals countywide – 233 of them from South Cumbria. Barnardo’s SL are currently working with: 28 self-referred families 32 from the Early Help programme 20 CiN 12 on CP plans
Members would like to see the figures and outcomes where possible.
It has also been identified that there is a need for GPs to be made aware of what services are out there that they can signpost parents to.
5 BUDGET UPDATE AND MONITORING REPORT
Karen Johnson presented the new budget to the group. Whilst Local Committee agreed to fund the A2B Now scheme by £25,000, Full Council will need to approve the balance of £14,715 from 2017/18 being carried forward to this financial year. The working group will consider whether to move some of this funding (£39,715) to universal services at a later meeting. Gill reported that Jon Owen from Brathay had wanted to attend today to give members an update on the Brathay Resilience Project but was unable to make the meeting. He will either attend the next meeting or provide a written report. Gill will continue to request other project evaluations when relevant.
6 A2B REVIEW
Discussions took place around the Friends of the X112 community group (Coniston/Ulverston) and how links might be made with the A2B scheme to try to tackle anti-social behaviour and social isolation. We talked about the possibilities of
39 specific activities being supported by Local Committee in areas where the A2B scheme could be used. Gill to consult with Graham Bassett on the feasibility of this.
7 CHILDREN’S CHAMPION REPORT
The Chair reported that in a recent Corporate Parenting session, the Virtual Head’s remit had been extended to include adopted children. The exclusions rate of CLA is increasing though this is in relation to fixed term exclusions rather than permanent. Support is being undertaken to help get these children back into mainstream school.
Shirley will prepare a full report for Local Committee in May. Dan Barton (AD) will attend to brief members on his plans.
8 PUBLIC HEALTH 5-19 SERVICE
Yvonne informed the group that they are currently doing preventative work around mental health and healthy weight. CCC have targeted them with seeing 80% of secondary schools and 65% of primary schools by March 2019 to find out from heads what the issues in their schools are.
PH England have designed presentations around healthy eating and sugar swap for children to deliver. The team is working with school councils in preparation for the children to deliver the presentations during school assemblies to which parents are invited.
They are being booked to provide Early Intervention for Mental Health prevention training sessions on Inset days and are planning to go into schools on parent evenings. They are also working with the police re on-line safety and striking a balance for young people between family time, social relationships and being on- line.
Yvonne offered to include the A2B scheme on the site’s Twitter feed.
Mike informed us that the H & W Forum focus is on mental health in children and young people. He reminded us of the Applied Theatre in Cumbria project and urged the group to get tickets for the theatre performance at the Brewery Arts Centre on 1 May. Mike gave further updates on the H & W summit that took place in March and the work that’s going on around smoking cessation and the value of good nutrition in the former years of a child’s life.
GH to send the ATiC invite as a reminder. GH to circulate the PH 5-19 website link to the group.
9 SLDC UPDATE
Cameron informed the group that the Draft Children and Young People’s plan is to be agreed by Council following the elections. CY to forward to GH for onward circulation
40 10 ANY OTHER BUSINESS
Cllr Annie Rawlinson is stepping down as a District Councillor and the Chair thanked her for her contributions to the CYPWG over the years.
Gae Hicks is taking retirement and the Chair thanked her for all the help and support that she’s shown the group.
11 Next meeting The next meeting of the CYPWG will be on Wednesday 13 June 2018, at 2.00 pm in Committee Room 1 at County Offices, Kendal
41 South Lakeland Local Committee - Monitoring Report to April 2018 Appendix F
COST/ ELECTORAL DATE OUTCOMES/ CURRENT BUDGET (£) RESPONSIBLE ITEM ISSUE/DESCRIPTION DIVISION AGREED OUTPUTS STATUS/INFORMATION TO LOCAL OFFICER COMMITTEE
Priority: Promoting sustainable economic growth and creating jobs
1 Kendal January Business Improvement Businesses within On-going interest from Local £5K Karen Johnson Divisions 2014 District Kendal BID reporting Committee re. the Economic increased revenue and development of the BID and its Initiatives footfall impact on the economic plus growth of the town. £5,166 per annum
42 £5K contributed in 2012 to (2015/16 to support the creation of a 2019/20) Kendal BID. 1st year of BID Economic charge (2014/15) paid Initiatives centrally. (Increase due to April Cllr Geoff Cook representing 2017 rate LC on BID review)
Last update - June ’16; next April 2018 to SPWG
2 Ulverston 28th Business Improvement Businesses within On-going interest from Local £5K Karen Johnson East & January District Ulverston BID reporting Committee re. the Economic Ulverston 2015 increased revenue and development of the BID and its Initiatives West footfall impact on the economic plus growth of the town. £1,288 per COST/ ELECTORAL DATE OUTCOMES/ CURRENT BUDGET (£) RESPONSIBLE ITEM ISSUE/DESCRIPTION DIVISION AGREED OUTPUTS STATUS/INFORMATION TO LOCAL OFFICER COMMITTEE annum Last update – August ’16; next (2015/16 to February 2018 to SPWG 2020/21
3 Kendal 18th May Kendal Strategic In support of the Local £60K cost of study to be £30K Karen Johnson / Divisions 2016 Transport Infrastructure Plan refresh, identify shared between Local Economic Michael Barry Study options to deliver Committee, SLDC (£20K) and Initiatives i) Strategic growth of Kendal Town Council (£10K). and General the town Provisions ii) Reduce congestion Consultants, Mott McDonald, (50/50) iii) Improve resilience commissioned and started 43 & accessibility to August ’16. £20K existing Economic employment areas Steering Group meeting and Initiatives iv) Consider resilience Member Workshop help in towards of M6 corridor in September and October ‘16. consolidated Kendal area vision Final consultant’s report complete and draft summary report sent to Local Committee ahead of press release.
The final report can be found at:
http://www.cumbria.gov.uk/planning- environment/infrastructureplanning/sc hemedevelopment.asp
Phase 2: Outline Business Case under discussion with COST/ ELECTORAL DATE OUTCOMES/ CURRENT BUDGET (£) RESPONSIBLE ITEM ISSUE/DESCRIPTION DIVISION AGREED OUTPUTS STATUS/INFORMATION TO LOCAL OFFICER COMMITTEE strategic partners inc. SLDC, LEP, EA and DfT (Transport for the North)
Opportunity to carry out consolidated vision bringing together & inspecting several recently commissioned studies for the area in readiness for above. £30k identified between LC and Kendal Town Council. 44 4 Kendal 25th July Co-ordination of multi- Improved economic Contribution towards Co- £7,500 Karen Johnson / 2017 agency group (Kendal growth for Kendal ordinator’s post to March 2018. Economic Paula Scott Futures) to influence Initiatives economic growth in and Update provided: Sep ‘17 around Kendal.
Priority: Improving Health and Well-being and Tackling Poverty
5 All March 2018 Money Management The key outcomes of Delivered through Citizens £47,550 Karen Johnson Advice & Support the contract are: Advice Bureau. Annual Money i) support for updates on progress to LC Advice individuals in debt to Contract an extent where their Next update: Sep. 2018 home or liberty are COST/ ELECTORAL DATE OUTCOMES/ CURRENT BUDGET (£) RESPONSIBLE ITEM ISSUE/DESCRIPTION DIVISION AGREED OUTPUTS STATUS/INFORMATION TO LOCAL OFFICER COMMITTEE at risk or those whose debts are seriously affecting the health and wellbeing of the individual/family ii) Preventative activity that raises awareness of how to avoid debt, educate people about 45 effective budgeting and money management; and support people to maximise their income
6 South 24th March Eden & South Lakeland South Lakeland South Lakeland CU recently £10K Karen Johnson Lakeland 2014 Credit Union residents able to merged with Eden CU to Area Plan access affordable credit create a stronger offer with Budget and savings greater sustainability.
Weekly sessions are being held at Sandylands Methodist Church.
Outreach office opened in Kendal Town Hall. COST/ ELECTORAL DATE OUTCOMES/ CURRENT BUDGET (£) RESPONSIBLE ITEM ISSUE/DESCRIPTION DIVISION AGREED OUTPUTS STATUS/INFORMATION TO LOCAL OFFICER COMMITTEE
Further opportunities for outreach in other parts of SL will be developed as the offer in SL strengthens.
Next Update: Oct 2018
7 All April 2016 Sandgate Hydrotherapy Improve the health and Trustees and Active Cumbria £44K K Johnson / Pool mobility of people with manager working together to Sandgate Richard disabilities and consider continual Pool Johnston enabling them to self- improvement and greater Budget
46 manage their sustainability of the pool. conditions Working with CCG to develop a commissioned approach to funding the pool rather than grant based.
Next Update: Sep 2018 LC
8 All March 2018 School Crossing Parents and schools Contract with Orian for actual £19,796 Karen Johnson Patrols supported to get their curb side hours delivered and SCP Budget children to school recruitment. safely 8 crossing patrols currently in operation (51 hours, 15 mins per week) of which 4 are presently vacant. COST/ ELECTORAL DATE OUTCOMES/ CURRENT BUDGET (£) RESPONSIBLE ITEM ISSUE/DESCRIPTION DIVISION AGREED OUTPUTS STATUS/INFORMATION TO LOCAL OFFICER COMMITTEE
LC review of contract in February 2018 (SPWG) 47 APPENDIX G PROVISIONAL OUTTURN 2017/18 COMMUNITIES ACTIVITY 48 Agenda Item 9
COUNTY COUNCIL LOCAL COMMITTEE FOR SOUTH LAKELAND
Meeting date: 17th May 2018
From: Executive Director – Economy and Infrastructure
2017/18 HIGHWAYS DEVOLVED REVENUE AND CAPITAL PROVISIONAL OUTTURN REPORT
1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1.1 This report presents the Highways Revenue and Devolved Capital and Non-Devolved Capital Budget finance reports and updates members with the provisional outturn on these budget lines as detailed in the attached appendices.
2.0 STRATEGIC PLANNING AND EQUALITY IMPLICATIONS
2.1 The County Council met in February 2017 to agree a revenue budget allocation to all Local Committees for the devolved highway maintenance budget.
2.2 Effective and efficient maintenance of the highway network underpins all of the County Council’s corporate strategies.
2.3 There are no equality implications arising out of this report.
3.0 RECOMMENDATION
3.1 That Local Committee note the revenue and capital budget allocations for 2017/18 and the provisional outturn recorded to the end of March 2018 and shown in Appendices 1, 2 and 3.
49 4.0 BACKGROUND
4.1 The attached appendices give details of budget allocations by project and expenditure to date. 4.2 The Devolved Highways Revenue budget has a provisional outturn at the end of March 2018 of £1,056,045 against a budget of £1,078,822, an underspend of £21,777. This underspend is largely due to the increased winter activity at the end of the financial year charged to the winter maintenance budget which is not devolved to Local Committee. Appendix 1 to this report details spend against individual budget lines.
4.3 The Highways Devolved Capital Budget has a provisional outturn of £4,963,772 against the allocated budget of £4,736,000, representing an accelerated spend of £227,772. This accelerated spend is largely due to increased surface dressing and minor drainage works activity. Appendix 2 to this report details spend against individual budget lines.
4.4 The Highways Non-Devolved Capital Budget, which is managed centrally, has a provisional outturn of £2,778,370 against the allocated budget of £2,935,445 representing an underspend of £157,075. Appendix 3 to this report details spend against individual budget lines.
5.0 OPTIONS
5.1 The report is for noting.
6.0 RESOURCE AND VALUE FOR MONEY IMPLICATIONS
6.1 The provisional outturn position for South Lakeland Highways budgets is as set out in appendices 1 to 3. The latest budget for devolved capital as shown in appendix 2 includes £7k which is provisional and subject to approval in June with the outturn report for the Council.
6.2 It was approved by Cabinet in March 2018, that the net revenue balance of both accelerated spend and underspends on Local Committee revenue budgets as at 31 March 18, would be transferred to an Earmarked Reserve for use in 2018/19. The provisional outturn figure for South Lakeland Local Committee revenue highways underspending is £0.022m underspend this gives a provisional highways revenue funding figure of £1.174m for 2018/19.
6.3 The provisional outturn devolved capital accelerated spend for South Lakeland Local Committee £0.228m as at 31 March 2018 will be considered as part of the outturn report for the Council. If it is decided to carry the accelerated spend forward this would give a provisional highways devolved capital funding figure of £3.975m for 2018/19
50 7.0 LEGAL IMPLICATIONS
7.1 This Report is for information purposes only so there are no direct legal implications.
8.0 CONCLUSION
8.1 Members note the provisional budget outturns.
Dominic Donnini Executive Director – Economy and Infrastructure
May 2018
51 APPENDICES
Appendix 1 – Devolved Highways Revenue Budget provisional outturn March 2018 Appendix 2 – Devolved Highways Capital Budget provisional outturn March 2018 Appendix 3 – Non-Devolved Highways Capital Budget provisional outturn March 2018
Electoral Division(s): All South Lakeland
* Please remove whichever option is not applicable
Yes* Executive Decision
Key Decision No*
If a Key Decision, is the proposal published in the current Forward Plan? N/A*
Is the decision exempt from call-in on grounds of urgency? No*
If exempt from call-in, has the agreement of the Chair of the relevant N/A* Overview and Scrutiny Committee been sought or obtained?
Has this matter been considered by Overview and Scrutiny? No* If so, give details below.
Has an environmental or sustainability impact assessment been No* undertaken?
Has an equality impact assessment been undertaken? No*
N.B. If an executive decision is made, then a decision cannot be implemented until the expiry of the eighth working day after the date of the meeting – unless the decision is urgent and exempt from call-in and necessary approvals have been obtained.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT COUNCIL OR EXECUTIVE DECISIONS [including Local Committees]
No previous relevant decisions.
CONSIDERATION BY OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY
Not considered by Overview and Scrutiny.
BACKGROUND PAPERS
No background papers.
52 REPORT AUTHOR
Contact: Peter Hosking, [email protected]
Tel - 0300 3032992
53 This page is intentionally left blank Local Committees Highways Revenue Budget 2017/18 Appendix 1 Provisional Outturn South Lakeland Block Category Revised Budget Actual Variance Comment 1. Better Highways BH - Teams 551,012 498,961 (52,051) 2. Programmed Maintenance Cleansing 190,000 180,828 (9,172) 2. Programmed Maintenance Tree Maintenance 50,000 48,206 (1,794) 2. Programmed Maintenance Verge Maintenance 155,000 148,515 (6,485) 3. Lighting Lighting and Signs 170,000 158,071 (11,929) 3. Lighting Traffic Signal Maintenance 36,000 33,710 (2,290) 4. Flooding Floods - Response 0 (2,177) (2,177) 5. Other Other (74,190) (10,068) 64,122 1,077,822 1,056,045 (21,777) 55 This page is intentionally left blank Local Committee Highways Capital 2017/18
Provisional Outturn Appendix 2 South Lakeland Cost Centre + Description Project Code + Description Annual Budget (£) Actual (£) Variance (£) RAG Status Comment QSLADDL Dev to LC addl 15/16 Sth Lk QSLADDL00 Budget Holding / unallocated 547,000 0 (547,000) QSLADDL Dev to LC addl 15/16 Sth Lk QSLADDL01 BH Permanent Repairs 0 546,979 546,979 QSLADDL Dev to LC addl 15/16 Sth Lk Total 547,000 546,979 (21) QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRN00 Budget Holding / unallocated (247,000) 0 247,000 QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRN01 Pre Surface Treatment Patching 650,000 634,962 (15,038) QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRN02 Surface Dressing 855,000 931,260 76,260 QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRN04 Minor Drainage Works 465,000 515,975 50,975 QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRN05 Minor Footway Patching 202,000 234,271 32,271 QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRN06 Column replacement 186,000 209,096 23,096 QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRN08 Minor Carriageway Patching 379,000 349,876 (29,124) QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRN20 Members - Cartmel 6,000 7,700 1,700 57 QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRN21 Members Works - Grange 6,000 2,001 (3,999) QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRN22 Members Works HighFurness 6,000 11,091 5,091 QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRN23 Members Works KendalCastle 6,000 14,830 8,830 QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRN24 Members Kendal Highgate 6,000 4,631 (1,369) QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRN25 Members - Kendal Nether 6,000 480 (5,520) QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRN26 Members Works Kendal Sth 6,000 3,057 (2,943) QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRN27 Members Kendal Strickland 6,000 4,647 (1,353) QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRN28 Members Works KentEstuary 6,000 2,990 (3,010) QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRN29 Members Works - Lakes 6,000 8,310 2,310 QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRN30 Members Works Low Furness 6,000 5,683 (317) QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRN31 MembersWorks LowerKentdale 6,000 7,297 1,297 QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRN32 Members Works Lyth Valley 6,000 684 (5,316) QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRN33 Members Sedbergh-Kirkby L 6,000 3,126 (2,874) QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRN34 Members Works Ulverston E 6,000 928 (5,072) QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRN35 Members Works Ulverston W 6,000 3,644 (2,356) QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRN36 Members Works Upper Kent 6,000 9,641 3,641 QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRN37 Members Works Windermere 6,000 4,981 (1,019) QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNAG Canal Hd Sth.Bridge St to End 0 7 7 QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNAI U5766 Ash Street Bowness Recon 0 25,812 25,812 QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNAQ A6Milnthorpe ChurchSt Drainage 0 57,522 57,522 QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNBA Speed Monitoring 0 (129,137) (129,137) QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNBC B6254 Oxenholme Rd fr Burton R 0 9,108 9,108 QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNBL U5398 School Ln Church to Wand 0 335 335 QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNBN C5095 Guard Hill Ln, Sandside 0 129,244 129,244 QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNCV Jubilee Lane, Lupton Drainage 15,000 22,462 7,462 QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNCW C5071 Natland Road - Soakaway 10,000 5,435 (4,565) QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNCX C5034 Red Lane - Drainage 20,000 0 (20,000) QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNCY C5084 Wandales Lane Bullpot 20,000 23,759 3,759 QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNCZ C5022 Ellis Wood (Mount Pl) 15,000 215 (14,786) QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNDA Birthwaite Road, Windermere 15,000 0 (15,000) QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNDC U5627 Natland Green 15,000 830 (14,170) QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNDE Tram Lane Soakaway 15,000 0 (15,000) QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNDG Hawkeshead Sqs & Fountain St 0 49,954 49,954 QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNDL B6254 Main St K Lonsdale F/W 0 16,860 16,860 QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNDO U655 Anchorite Road 36-56 F/W 12,000 7,473 (4,527) QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNDP U5138 Kirkk Flatt, Urswick F/W 50,000 36,116 (13,884) QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNDQ U5699 Mearness Drive F/W 21,500 24,613 3,113 QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNDR U5111 Main St Greenodd F/W 55,000 83 (54,917) QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNDS U5841 Keldwyth Park Footway 20,000 17,744 (2,256) QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNDT U5463 Mowbray Dr, Burton-in-K 30,000 48,395 18,395 QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNDW U687 Canal Head North 0 5,104 5,104 QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNEA C5040 The Causeway to Headless 43,600 34,768 (8,832) QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNEB U5175 Barngarth, Cartmel 20,000 25,463 5,463 QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNEC U5149 Main Street, Gleeston 15,000 25,702 10,702 QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNED U5579 Park Field, Swarthmoor 21,000 32,527 11,527 QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNEE U5718 William St & Edmondson 17,700 17,616 (84) QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNEF B6385 Main Str Milnthorpe 117,000 109,075 (7,925) QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNEG U5349 Owlett Ash Field Ackenth 9,500 21,016 11,516 QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNEH U5357 Milton Lane Milness 79,165 62,973 (16,192) QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNEI U5447 Far Arnside 24,000 22,231 (1,769) QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNEJ C5023 Spark Bridge 27,200 63,276 36,076 QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNEK Shap Road Industrial Estate Ke 50,000 47,404 (2,596) QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNEL Grasmere Crescent From Peat Ln 31,675 28,651 (3,024) QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNEM Newbiggin Lane 50,375 32,783 (17,592) QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNEN North of cleabarrow tarn nr di 34,600 32,407 (2,193) QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNEO College Road 16,800 15,996 (804) QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNEP East View Kendal 12,000 17,919 5,919 QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNEQ Laitha Lane 14,000 12,152 (1,848) QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNER Little Urswick (u5136) cresce 11,700 11,700 0 QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNES Westwood Avenue kendal 41,200 37,966 (3,234) QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNET Low Fellside (from Allhallows 21,060 13,499 (7,561) QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNEU Plumtree Cottage Middleton 1st 27,875 0 (27,875) QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNEV Garden Road, Kendal 31,775 20,957 (10,818) QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNEX Hill Close Kendal 12,775 14,495 1,720 QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNEY Glebe Road F/way N Side Winder 20,000 5,209 (14,791) QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNEZ Castle Garth Sedbergh 25,000 25,541 541 QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNFA Birchwoord Drive Ulverston 11,000 22,213 11,213 QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNFB Sycamore Ave Ulverston 10,500 15,005 4,505 QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNFC Hill Close Sedgewick 32,000 23,617 (8,383) QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNFD Orchard Road Bardsea 35,000 36,156 1,156 QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNFE Victoria Road Ulverston 12,000 17,143 5,143 QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNFF Cavendish St/Queen St by Old G 15,000 7,710 (7,290) QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNFG A65 Millness Drainage 0 7,678 7,678 QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNFI The Struggle Ambleside 32,000 975 (31,025) QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNFJ Ship Inn Sandside 20,000 19,482 (518)
QSLNPRN58 Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNFK Road Markings 100,000 130,786 30,786 QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNFL A6 Church Street Milnthorpe Ph 70,000 25,768 (44,232) QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNFM C5089 Station Lane Burton in K 30,000 28,215 (1,785) QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNFN U5534 Nook Lane Ambleside 5,000 0 (5,000) QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNFO C5042 Grange Fell Road above C 30,000 190 (29,810) QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNFP Speed Monitoring 5,000 4,297 (703) QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNFQ Lowfield Oxenholme 15,000 1,335 (13,665) QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNFR Aldingham Drainage Investig 20,000 7,396 (12,604) QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes QSLNPRNFS Heron Hill 60,000 14,410 (45,590) QSLNPRN Devolved to LC NPRN Sth Lakes Total 4,189,000 4,416,793 227,793 Grand Total 4,736,000 4,963,772 227,772 Non Devolved Highways Capital 2017/18
Provisional Outturn Appendix 3 South Lakeland Cost Centre + Description Project Code + Description Annual Budget (£) Actual (£) Variance (£) RAG Status Comment QSLAESS ITB ESS South Lakes QSLAESSAF Bowness on Windermere Study 0 63 63 QSLAESS ITB ESS South Lakes QSLAESSAL A65 Endmoor 0 2,146 2,146 QSLAESS ITB ESS South Lakes QSLAESSAN A592 Newby Bridge 25,000 3,006 (21,994) QSLAESS ITB ESS South Lakes QSLAESSAQ 15/16 ESS S Lakes outstanding 0 1,776 1,776 QSLAESS ITB ESS South Lakes QSLAESSAS A591 Windermere Measures 19,000 6,227 (12,773) QSLAESS ITB ESS South Lakes QSLAESSAT A6 Selside Measures 28,000 8,385 (19,615) QSLAESS ITB ESS South Lakes QSLAESSAU A65 Endmoor Measures 18,000 6,261 (11,739) QSLAESS ITB ESS South Lakes QSLAESSAV Bowness on Windermere Measures 16,000 6,127 (9,873) QSLAESS ITB ESS South Lakes Total 106,000 33,991 (72,009) QSLAPOT Addl Pothole Reps Sth Lakes QSLAPOT00 Budget Holding / unallocated 334,000 0 (334,000) QSLAPOT Addl Pothole Reps Sth Lakes QSLAPOTAA Add'l Potholes - South Lakelan 449,000 836,123 387,123 59 QSLAPOT Addl Pothole Reps Sth Lakes Total 783,000 836,123 53,123 QSLAPRN H&T PRN Schemes South Lakes QSLAPRNAA Kendal 0 2,458 2,458 QSLAPRN H&T PRN Schemes South Lakes QSLAPRNAH A595 Shenstone Interchange, Ke 0 2,495 2,495 QSLAPRN H&T PRN Schemes South Lakes QSLAPRNAW Holme Park Quarry 0 41 41 QSLAPRN H&T PRN Schemes South Lakes QSLAPRNAY A684 Thwaites Hall to Badgerdu 12,921 0 (12,921) QSLAPRN H&T PRN Schemes South Lakes QSLAPRNBC Route Management Rolling Prog 255,128 359,593 104,465 QSLAPRN H&T PRN Schemes South Lakes QSLAPRNBG A684 Dandra Garth - Surfacing 820 0 (820) QSLAPRN H&T PRN Schemes South Lakes QSLAPRNBI A65 Aynam Road 147,500 0 (147,500) QSLAPRN H&T PRN Schemes South Lakes QSLAPRNBJ PRN Surface dressing 17/18 var 330,355 238,503 (91,852) QSLAPRN H&T PRN Schemes South Lakes QSLAPRNBK A685 Queen Katherine School 166,857 182,152 15,295 QSLAPRN H&T PRN Schemes South Lakes QSLAPRNBL A5074 Gilpin Bridge to The How 133,364 160,468 27,104 QSLAPRN H&T PRN Schemes South Lakes QSLAPRNBM A65 North of Endmoor 240,000 233,608 (6,392) QSLAPRN H&T PRN Schemes South Lakes QSLAPRNBN A5084 Brown Howe to Sunny Bank 136,500 129,251 (7,249) QSLAPRN H&T PRN Schemes South Lakes QSLAPRNBO A684 West of Sedbergh 210,000 197,930 (12,070) QSLAPRN H&T PRN Schemes South Lakes QSLAPRNBP A595 Grizebeck 125,000 110,434 (14,566) QSLAPRN H&T PRN Schemes South Lakes Total 1,758,445 1,616,932 (141,513) QSLHTBS H&T Bridges & Struct South Lks QSLHTBSAT Retaining Walls 50,000 63,377 13,377 QSLHTBS H&T Bridges & Struct South Lks QSLHTBSAU Marsh Side Retaining Wall 30,000 38,050 8,050 QSLHTBS H&T Bridges & Struct South Lks QSLHTBSAW South Lakes Sea Walls 2,000 2,524 524 QSLHTBS H&T Bridges & Struct South Lks QSLHTBSAX Ewegales Bridge 23,000 22,320 (680) QSLHTBS H&T Bridges & Struct South Lks QSLHTBSAY Satterthwaite Bridge 1,000 148 (852) QSLHTBS H&T Bridges & Struct South Lks QSLHTBSAZ Cattle Grid Repairs 80,000 80,266 266 QSLHTBS H&T Bridges & Struct South Lks QSLHTBSBA Barth Bridge, Flood Spans 16,000 0 (16,000) QSLHTBS H&T Bridges & Struct South Lks QSLHTBSBB Millons Bridge slab extension 1,000 644 (356) QSLHTBS H&T Bridges & Struct South Lks QSLHTBSBC Seathwaite Bridge 5,000 752 (4,248) QSLHTBS H&T Bridges & Struct South Lks QSLHTBSBD Barbon Bridge C5082 18,000 29,059 11,059 QSLHTBS H&T Bridges & Struct South Lks QSLHTBSBE Stonehouse Bridge C5101 27,000 18,223 (8,777) QSLHTBS H&T Bridges & Struct South Lks QSLHTBSBG Middleton Bridge 35,000 35,960 960 QSLHTBS H&T Bridges & Struct South Lks Total 288,000 291,323 3,323 Total 2,935,445 2,778,370 (157,075) This page is intentionally left blank Agenda Item 10
COUNTY COUNCIL LOCAL COMMITTEE FOR SOUTH LAKELAND
Meeting date: 17th May 2018
From: Executive Director – Economy & Infrastructure
HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORTATION WORKING GROUP MEETING 11TH APRIL 2018
1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1.1 This report provides the notes of the meeting of the Highways and Transportation Working Group (the Working Group) held on 11th April 2018 and includes recommendations for consideration by the Local Committee.
2.0 POLICY POSITION, BUDGETARY AND EQUALITY IMPLICATIONS AND LINKS TO CORPORATE STRATEGY
2.1 The policy position, links to corporate strategy, and the budgetary implications are set out in the individual Working Group reports previously circulated to Members.
3.0 RECOMMENDATIONS
3.1 that Local Committee note the Minutes of the Working Group meeting of 11th April 2018 attached as Appendix 1;
3.2.1 That Local Committee note that the Working Group agreed that the Chairs of the South Lakeland Highways and Transportation Working Group and Local Committee meet with relevant people from the District Council, Town Councils and Environment Agency with a view to forming a steering group to progress the case for the Kendal Northern Access Route and other matters related to the Local Plan.
3.2.2 That the Local Committee consider the structure and role of the proposed steering group.
61 4.0 BACKGROUND 4.1 The Minutes of the Working Group held on 11th April 2018 are attached to this report at Appendix 1.
4.2 The Working Group at its meeting on 11th April considered a briefing paper and presentation by the then Corporate Director – Economy and Highways, which provided a summary of the Grizebeck Transport Scheme project.
The Lead Infrastructure Planning Officer presented the background to the scheme including the reasons for Grizebeck being identified as an area subject to significant constraints relating to safety, connectivity and resilience; and therefore being identified as a priority for work to support economic growth, improve connectivity, improve network performance and minimise environmental impacts.
The report informed that the project would undertake further development and appraisal for a potential transport scheme on the A595 at Grizebeck. It was advised that there was no funding identified to deliver the project at present, but it was important to have an Outline Business Case to support future bids for funding. In order to support this, the Council had recently appointed a consultant to undertake a detailed study which would be focussed on the area of Grizebeck and explain the need for the scheme, value for money and deliverability.
Progress on the study, including the preferred intervention and emerging scheme options will be presented to Members at a future meeting.
4.3 The Working Group received a presentation from the then Corporate Director – Economy and Highways, which discussed the Kendal Strategic Transport Infrastructure Study.
Members considered commentary on the following:-
- Background and purpose of the study - Option identification and assessment - Outputs - Further scheme development - Next steps - Delivery Plan
In 2017 the Kendal Strategic Transport Infrastructure Study was completed. The County Council commissioned this study in partnership with South Lakeland District Council and Kendal Town Council. The Study considered potential infrastructure improvements needed to support the future role and growth of Kendal.
Within the Study four options were identified for detailed assessment:
(1) Northern Access Route (2) Southern Access Route (3) Cross River Access
62 (4) Northern Access Route and Cross River Access
The Study concluded that the preferred option was a Northern Access Route, which would compromise a new road to the north of Kendal, connecting the A591 at Plumgarths roundabout with the A6/ A685.
The identification and assessment of the Northern Access Route was based on a number of assumptions regarding the location and quantum of future growth in Kendal.
The next full stage of the development would be the preparation of an Outline Business Case. This would include confirmation of the preferred option and identification of a preferred route alignment, detailed assessment of the benefits and costs of the preferred option including undertaking economic and environment appraisals and public consultation on route options.
However it was advised that there would be significant costs associated with this further study work and at present no identified route to deliver the scheme.
As a result the Programme Lead – Infrastructure Planning advised that it was not yet appropriate to commence the development of an Outline Business Case due to the number of uncertainties and the major costs and risks associated with the work. In the meantime, an incremental approach was proposed to carry out further assessment and evidence development.
Alongside this it was proposed to further explore options to improve traffic movements in the town centre, aligned to the ongoing preparation of the Kendal Masterplan by South Lakeland District Council. To progress the work a budget of up to £70,000 was considered necessary and a funding package was to be confirmed. Subject to funding, it was proposed to procure consultants to undertake the next stage of development work. It was informed that this further work would be undertaken from May to Autumn 2018.
The consultants work would support the further consideration of the benefits, options and the constraints, which will move the project forward while also enabling a fuller consideration in the context of the emerging South Lakeland Local Plan.
A request was made to set up a project board to oversee and drive the project. Members expressed the importance of maintaining momentum on the project and stated that regular board meetings would be important. The Group wished to involve the District Council to ensure joined up working.
It was agreed that the Chairs of the South Lakeland Highways and Transportation Working Group and Local Committee meet with relevant people from the District Council, Town Councils and Environment Agency with a view to forming a steering group to progress the case for the Kendal Northern Access Route and other matters related to the Local Plan.
63 It was recommended that Local Committee consider the structure and role of the proposed steering group.
4.4 Consideration was given to a briefing paper and presentation by the Corporate Director – Economy and Highways which informed Members of the progress made to date and current position of proposed repairs/replacement of the highway and public rights of way footbridges damaged by the winter storms of 2015/16 and Storm Desmond in particular.
4.5 Consideration was given to a briefing paper by the then Corporate Director – Economy and Highways which informed Members about the Priority Assessment Scheme employed to determine future carriageway and footway schemes which formed the Local Committees devolved capital programme.
4.6 The Working Group received a briefing paper by the then Corporate Director – Economy and Highways which summarised the work undertaken in 2017/18 on the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) funded Kendal Infrastructure Improvements. This was in response to questions raised at South Lakeland Local Committee in March 2018.
The Highways Network Manager presented the report and explained that he would pass the information on to the member of the public who asked the question concerning the proposed North Kendal Cycle Route on Shap Road at the previous Local Committee meeting.
It was highlighted that Officers were aware of the desire to progress measures not identified in this business case (e.g. a riverside cycle route) however schemes not included in the current Infrastructure Deficit plan did not support the agreed business case and therefore could not be delivered with the Growth Deal funding available. The funding was approved by Cumbria LEP in 2014 and funding allocated in 2015/16, since then the County Council had progressed with the delivery of this package of measures.
The Local Member for Kendal Nether explained that local residents did not feel the Cycle Route would be successful and had safety concerns. However it was reinforced that going ahead with the North Kendal Cycle Route would not prevent another cycle route being introduced.
4.7 The Working Group also received a briefing paper from the then Corporate Director – Economy and Highways informing Members of progress made in delivering the 2017-18 Devolved Capital Programme since its last meeting. Further papers will be brought to future meetings informing Members of progress on the 2018-19 Devolved Capital Programme
4.8 The Working Group also received a briefing paper from the then Corporate Director – Economy and Highways which updated Members on disc parking which was previously reported to the Highways and Transportation Working Group on 21 February 2017. The previous report set out information regarding disc parking and considered the wider application and possible use across the South Lakeland area.
64 The only current County Council Disc Parking scheme in the area was in Ambleside. It was explained that disc parking is a preferred method of parking enforcement as less observation is required. The report advised on areas that would be appropriate for Disc Zones or Disc Parking but explained that no disc parking schemes were under consideration at the time of the meeting.
Members who wished to consider progressing Disc Parking Zones in their area were advised to approach the Traffic Management Team for initial discussions. However, it was advised there was no 2018/19 capital allocation identified as a fund specifically for disc parking and therefore would need to be funded from their capital allocation for Members Highways Works 2018/19.
The Team Leader for Traffic Management explained that there was a cost in undertaking a Traffic Regulation Order (in the region of between £3,500 - £5,000) and minor costs in relation to signage and the issuing of discs.
The Chair expressed a view that Disc Parking Zones would lead to a better use of Enforcement Officers time and should be considered in future.
4.9 Items for future meetings of the Working Group are set out in Paragraph 54 of the minutes which are attached as Appendix 1.
5.0 OPTIONS
5.1 The Local Committee may accept, amend or reject the recommendations.
6 RESOURCE AND VALUE FOR MONEY IMPLICATIONS 6.1 There are no direct financial implications at this stage arising from the recommendations to this report.
7 LEGAL IMPLICATIONS 7.1 There are no direct legal implications to this report at this stage.
8 CONCLUSION 8.1 The Local Committee is asked to note or consider (where applicable) the recommendations set out in paragraphs 3.1, 3.2.1 and 3.2.2.
Dominic Donnini – Executive Director – Economy & Infrastructure
17th May 2018
65 APPENDICES Appendix 1 Minutes of the Highways and Transportation Working Group Meeting 11th April 2018. IMPLICATIONS
Staffing: None Financial: As set out in the relevant reports to the Highways and Transportation Working Group. Electoral Division(s): All South Lakeland
Executive Decision Yes
Key Decision No
If a Key Decision, is the proposal published in the current Forward Plan? N/A
Is the decision exempt from call-in on grounds of urgency? No
If exempt from call-in, has the agreement of the Chair of the relevant N/A Overview and Scrutiny Committee been sought or obtained?
Has this matter been considered by Overview and Scrutiny? No If so, give details below.
Has an environmental or sustainability impact assessment been No undertaken?
Has an equality impact assessment been undertaken? No PREVIOUS RELEVANT COUNCIL OR EXECUTIVE DECISIONS
None. Contact: Peter Hosking Tel. No.: 0300 303 2992 E-mail: [email protected]
66 SOUTH LAKELAND HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORTATION WORKING GROUP
Minutes of a Meeting of the South Lakeland Highways and Transportation Working Group held on Wednesday, 11 April 2018 at 10.00 am at Committee Room 1, County Offices, Kendal
PRESENT:
Mr SB Collins (Chair)
Mr N Cotton Mr GD Cook Mrs BC Gray Mrs S Evans Mr WJ Wearing Mr G Archibald Mr M Wilson Mr M Brereton
Also in Attendance:-
Mr P Hosking - Highways Network Manager Mrs V Upton - Traffic Management Team Leader Miss H English - Democratic Services Officer Mr D Gibson - Senior Countryside Access Officer Mr P Landreth - Lead Infrastructure Planning Officer
45 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
Apologies for absence were received from Mr J Bland and Mr W Clark.
46 MINUTES
The minutes of the previous meeting of the South Lakeland Highways and Transportation Working Group held on 20 February 2018 were confirmed as circulated.
47 GRIZEBECK TRANSPORT SCHEME PROJECT SUMMARY
The Working Group received a briefing paper and presentation from the Corporate Director – Economy and Highways which provided a summary of the Grizebeck Transport Scheme project.
The Lead Infrastructure Planning Officer presented the background to the scheme including the reasons for the Grizebeck being identified as an area subject to significant constraints relating to safety, connectivity and resilience; and therefore
67 being identified as a priority for work to support economic growth, improve connectivity, improve network performance and minimise environmental impacts.
The report informed that the project would undertake further development and appraisal for a potential transport scheme on the A595 at Grizebeck. It was advised that there was no funding identified to deliver the project at present, but it was important to have an Outline Business Case to support future bids for funding. In order to support this the Council had recently appointed a consultant to undertake a detailed study which would be focussed on the area of Grizebeck and explain the need for the scheme, value for money and deliverability.
A Member asked for the earliest date work could begin if funding became available. In response it was advised that Officers did not have this information at the present time, however stage two of the project would provide more detail regarding timescales and would also look into factors relating to the potential planning and delivery of the scheme and environmental impacts
It was noted that an update on progress on the study including the preferred intervention and emerging scheme options would be given to Local Committee Members at a future meeting, the consultants would also be in attendance for the meeting.
The Chair thanked the Lead Infrastructure Planning Officer for the detailed presentation and update and looked forward to hearing the next project update.
48 NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT ROUTE UPDATE
The Working Group received a presentation from the Corporate Director – Economy and Highways which discussed the Kendal Strategic Transport Infrastructure Study.
Members considered commentary on the following:- - Background and purpose of the study - Option identification and assessment - Outputs - Further scheme development - Next steps - Delivery Plan
In 2017 the Kendal Strategic Transport Study was completed. The County Council commissioned this study in partnership with South Lakeland District Council and Kendal Town Council. The study considered potential infrastructure improvements needed to support the future role and growth of Kendal.
Within the study four options were identified for detailed assessment: (1) Northern Access Route (2) Southern Access Route (3) Cross River Access (4) Northern Access Route and Cross River Access
2 68 The study concluded that the preferred option was a Northern Access Route, which would compromise of a new road to the north of Kendal, connecting the A591 at Plumgarths roundabout with the A6/ A685.
The identification and assessment of the Route was based on a number of assumptions regarding the location and quantum of future growth in Kendal.
The next full stage of the development would be the preparation of an Outline Business Case. This would include confirmation of the preferred option and identification of a preferred route alignment, detailed assessment of the benefits and costs of the preferred option including undertaking economic and environment appraisals and public consultation on route options.
However it was advised that there would be significant costs associated with this further study work and at present no identified route to deliver the scheme.
As a result the Programme Lead – Infrastructure Planning advised that it was not yet appropriate to commence the development of an Outline Business Case due to the number of uncertainties and the major costs and risks associated with the work. In the meantime, an incremental approach was proposed to carry out further assessment and evidence development.
Alongside this it was proposed to further explore options to improve traffic movements in the town centre, aligned to the ongoing preparation of the Kendal Masterplan by South Lakeland District Council. To progress the work a budget of up to £70,000 was considered necessary and a funding package was to be confirmed. Subject to funding, it was proposed to procure consultants to undertake the next stage of development work. It was informed that the study would be undertaken from May to Autumn 2018.
A Member asked what the second study with consultants would add to move the Kendal North project forward, it was advised that the consultants work would support the further consideration of the benefits, options and the constraints, which will move the project forward while also enabling a fuller consideration in the context of the emerging South Lakeland Local Plan.
A request was made to set up a project board to oversee and drive the project. Members expressed the importance of maintaining momentum on the project and stated that regular board meetings would be important. The Group wished to involve the District Council to ensure joined up working.
It was AGREED that the Chairs of the South Lakeland Highways and Transportation Working Group and Local Committee meet with relevant people from the District Council, Town Councils and Environment Agency with a view to forming a steering group to progress the case for the Kendal Northern Development Route and other matters related to the Local Plan.
3 69 RECOMMENDED, that Local Committee consider the structure and role of the proposed steering group.
49 FOOTBRIDGES DAMAGED DURING STORM DESMOND
Consideration was given to a briefing paper and presentation by the Corporate Director – Economy and Highways which informed Members of the progress made to date and current position of proposed repairs/ replacement of the highway and public rights of way (PRoW) footbridges damaged by the winter storms of 2015/16 and Storm Desmond in particular.
The presentation discussed:-
The Resource
The 7645km of Cumbria’s PRoW’s were managed by Cumbria County Council and Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority (YDNPA) (4540km) and the Lake District National Park Authority (LDNPA) (3105km). Cumbria had a partnership approach with the YDNPA to carry out repairs and replacements.
Visitors
The presentation provided the figures of visitors to Cumbria from a survey done by Visit England. It was explained that Cumbria was an attractive place for visitors and had two National Parks, three Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, four National Trails and two World Heritage Sites. Reference was also given to the Coastal Path which was in the process of being developed.
Storm Desmond Damage
Following Storm Desmond, the Council and YDNPA had 35 bridges missing, 139 bridges at risk and 102 paths damaged, whereas the LDNPA had 81 bridges missing, 179 bridges at risk and 280 paths damaged.
Estimated Cost of Public Rights of Way Damage
The total estimate for PRoW repairs was in the region of £8.3m.
Initial Funding Sources
The County Council and YDNPA area received funding from the Friends of the Lake District and the Ramblers. The LDNPA area had also received funding.
Current Funding
The County Council, YDNPA and LDNPA had received funding from the Cumbria Countryside Access Fund (Rural Payments Agency (RPA)). The
4 70 Senior Countryside Access Officer explained that this funding should be spent by September 2018. It was also informed that the criteria for this funding was strict and most had been allocated for the Carlisle area where there is the Hadrian’s Wall Path.
It was advised that Officers were also working with local landowners to make repairs and landowners also had the chance to apply for funding from the RPA, some had done so.
Funding Still Required
Cumbria as a whole still required £943,000 and the South Lakes area required £55,700 for structures and £225,000 for path works.
A Member asked why Hagg Bridge had not been included in the list of footbridges appended to the report, it was advised that the bridge was a private structure and therefore the County Council was not responsible for the replacement of this asset.
A Member questioned whether IRP money could go towards sealed footpaths in public areas, it was advised that the funding had not been allocated for Public Rights of Way works.
A Member asked whether works scheduled for Gooseholme bridge could take place in Summer 2018 rather than Summer 2019. The Highways Network Manager informed that this would not be possible due to environmental constraints and the narrow in-water working window in which works could be undertaken.
A discussion took place regarding Gooseholme bridge and the expected increase in costs. A Member asked whether another IRP scheme would miss out because of this and it was advised that this would be the case due to the restricted budget.
The Group were informed that work would be done to communicate progress and expected delivery times of repairs to the public.
50 THE PRIORITY ASSESSMENT SCHEME FOR RESURFACING WORKS
The Working Group received a briefing paper by the Corporate Director – Economy and Highways. The paper informed about the Priority Assessment Scheme (PAS) employed to determine future carriageway and footway schemes which formed the Local Committees devolved capital programme.
It was highlighted that the PAS was important in planning and prioritising works and followed a recommendation from the Department for Transport to have a 3-5 year programme.
In presenting the paper the Highways Network Manager provided examples of assessments and used them to explain the process of using the PAS to determine future carriageway and footway schemes. It was advised that Officers take a risk
5 71 based approach in prioritising and take into account financial and reputational considerations.
A discussion took place regarding the Gaist Survey that was carried out after Storm Desmond.
A Member asked whether the road scanner assesses below road surfaces .It was explained that the scanner is able to show geological information below the surface.
A question was raised in regards to information collected concerning standing water, it was advised that standing water would aid deterioration of roads and in response a Member asked if assessments could be done after periods of heavy rain to assess how roads are affected by this. Officers advised that work would be done with teams to see if they could collate this data, and teams would need to work closely with local people to gather information as there is not a lot of capacity in teams to undertake in-depth investigation.
51 NORTH KENDAL CYCLE ROUTE
The Working Group received a briefing note from the Corporate Director – Economy and Highways which summarised the work undertaken in 2017/18 on the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) funded Kendal Infrastructure Improvements. This was in response to questions raised at South Lakeland Local Committee in March 2018.
The Highways Network Manager presented the report and explained that he would pass the information on to the member of the public who asked the question at Local Committee.
It was highlighted that Officers were aware of the desire to progress measures not identified in this business case (e.g. a riverside cycle route) however schemes not included in the current Infrastructure Deficit plan did not support the agreed business case and therefore could not be delivered with the Growth Deal funding available. The funding was approved by Cumbria LEP in 2014 and funding allocated in 2015/16, since then the County Council had progressed with the delivery of this package of measures.
The Local Member for Kendal Nether explained that local residents did not feel the Cycle Route would be successful and had safety concerns. However it was reinforced that going ahead with the North Kendal Cycle Route would not prevent another cycle route being introduced.
52 2017-18 CAPITAL PROGRAMME UPDATE
The Working Group considered a briefing paper from the Corporate Director – Economy and Highways which provided an update on the delivery of the 2017/18 devolved and non devolved capital programme.
6 72 The report provided a commentary on progress of the following:
Surface Treatment Programme (Surface Dressing) Carriageway Resurfacing Footway resurfacing Drainage Works Winter Maintenance Activities
A further briefing note would be presented to Members at the next meeting of the Working Group.
53 DISC PARKING ZONES
Members were presented with a briefing paper from the Corporate Director – Economy and Highways which updated Members on disc parking which was previously reported to the Highways and Transportation Working Group on 21 February 2017. The previous report set out information regarding disc parking and considered the wider application and possible use across the South Lakeland area.
The only current County Council Disc Parking scheme in the area was in Ambleside. It was explained that disc parking is a preferred method of parking enforcement as less observation is required. The report advised on areas that would be appropriate for Disc Zones or Disc Parking but explained that no disc parking schemes were under consideration at the time of the meeting.
Members who wished to consider progressing Disc Parking Zones in their area were advised to approach the Traffic Management Team for initial discussions. However, it was advised there was no 2018/19 capital allocation identified as a fund specifically for disc parking and therefore would need to be funded from their capital allocation for Members Highways Works 2018/19.
A question was raised in regards to the cost of implementing a Disc Parking Zone. The Team Leader for Traffic Management explained that there was a cost in undertaking a Traffic Regulation Order (in the region of between £3,500 -£5,000) and minor costs in relation to signage and the issuing of discs.
A Member asked whether revenue raised from issuing PCN’s could be used to fund Disc Parking Zones and the Highways Network Manager informed that this revenue had been identified for the next two years.
The Chair expressed a view that Disc Parking Zones would lead to a better use of Enforcement Officers time and should be considered in future.
54 ITEMS FOR FUTURE MEETINGS OF THE WORKING GROUP
It was noted that the following items would be discussed at future meetings of the Working Group:-
7 73 - 20 mph zones- Broughton, Gleaston, Ulverston, Kendal and Arnside - Community Road Closure Process During Flooding - Footway Defects
55 DATE OF NEXT MEETING
It was noted that the next meeting of the Working Group was scheduled for 13 June 2018 at County Offices, Kendal.
The meeting ended at 1.05 pm
8 74 Agenda Item 11
SOUTH LAKELAND LOCAL COMMITTEE: 17th May 2018
NOMINATION OF LOCAL AUTHORITY GOVERNORS OF NURSERY, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS
SCHEDULE OF REQUESTS FOR NOMINATIONS (Following receipt of person specification from Governing Body)
NAME NO OF LA LOCAL COMMITTEE NOMINATED OF SCHOOL GOVERNORS NOMINATION BY TO BE APPOINTED PRIMARY & NURSERY Kendal Nursery School 1 No nomination received
Our Lady of Furness 1 No nomination received Federation (St Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Ulverston & Our Lady of the Rosary, Dalton in Furness)
Burlington CE Primary School 1 No nomination received
Hawkshead Esthwaite School 1 No nomination received
Flookburgh CE Primary 1 No nomination received School
Coniston Primary School 1 No nomination received
St Mark’s School, Natland 1 No nomination received
SECONDARY
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COUNTY COUNCIL LOCAL COMMITTEE FOR SOUTH LAKELAND
Meeting date: 17th May 2018
From: Executive Director – People (Deputy Chief Executive)
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, WASTE PREVENTION AND PUBLIC HEALTH ACTIVITY - UPDATE
1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1.1 This report draws attention to key Community Development, Waste Prevention and Public Health Activity undertaken by the South Lakeland Area Support Team, Waste Reduction Officer and Locality Public Health Manager.
2.0 STRATEGIC PLANNING AND EQUALITY IMPLICATIONS
2.1 Community Development, Waste Prevention and Public Health Activity contribute to achieving the outcomes set out in the Council Plan 2018- 2022 in particular;
People in Cumbria are healthy and safe, and,
Places in Cumbria are well-connected and thriving.
The activity embraces the ‘New ways of working’ with a focus on
Working with partner organisations and communities to achieve shared aspirations, and,
Exploring new ways to deliver services and maximise our resources.
2.2 All activities undertaken are assessed to ensure that the equality and diversity impacts are understood and appropriately addressed.
77 3.0 RECOMMENDATION
3.1 Members are asked to note the content of this report.
4.0 BACKGROUND
4.1 This report draws attention to key Community Development, Waste Prevention and Public Health Activity undertaken by the South Lakeland Area Support Team, Waste Prevention Officer and the Public Health Locality Manager to progress the Council’s Strategic aims and the Health & Wellbeing Strategy 2016-19 in South Lakeland.
4.2 Additionally the Community Development Team continues to work alongside local members (supporting them in their community leadership role) and is engaged with local communities to help them shape council services. The team continues to work towards the objectives set which include bespoke engagement around local issues, supporting grant processes and supporting the Children & Young People’s Working group.
4.3 Community Development and Engagement:
Led by the Local Area Team Community Development Officers and Assistant a wide range of activity is being pursued across South Lakeland.
4.3.1 Community Wellbeing Groups/Networks
These continue to go from strength to strength engaging ever wider community interests. Community led, facilitated by the Community Development Officers, these partnerships engage colleagues from the two lower tiers of Local Government, NHS colleagues, 3rd sector interests and local populations. Our key challenge now is to increase interest and engagement from the business community who are well placed to collaborate in a broad wellbeing agenda which will deliver improved population health and happiness with attendant benefits for all.
The recent achievements of these groups (and satellite groups in smaller communities) include:
Kendal – Happy Healthy Sunday Funday
78 On a very cold March Sunday the Community Wellbeing network in Kendal in conjunction with the Kendal Integrated Care Community staged a ‘Happy Healthy Sunday Funday’ at the Leisure Centre.
The event, attended by over 500 local residents, provided the community with opportunities to engage with a huge range of activities which promote and maintain health & wellbeing and foster strong community links.
Strong 3rd sector support and an enthusiastic approach to working in partnership contributed to a hugely successful event.
A short film which captures the essence of the day can be seen by clicking on this link https://quik.gopro.com/v/fgNdQUm84u/ Holme – Good Neighbours.
The community wellbeing group in Holme are employing a questionnaire to assess the needs of the local community for support and the capacity for volunteers from within the community to provide this support.
The questionnaire explores the ability of the community to provide mutual support in such areas as, form filling, undertaking minor repairs, shopping, occasional transport, computer advice, help with pets or someone to talk to. This is a great example of a community seeking to identify and harness local assets to promote community resilience.
79 Grange – Community Directory and other initiatives.
In Grange the wellbeing group have developed a community directory which maps a wide range of clubs, societies, activities and support services available locally. Links having been made to ‘Grange Now’ the group are in a position to promote these social activities and services to the local community.
Additionally the group are utilising a community questionnaire to explore the aspirations of the town community and those of residents in surrounding areas. Consideration is being given to community wellbeing days, community safety schemes, isolation & loneliness, awareness about services, physical activity, eating well, mental health, housing, parenting support, opportunities for young people etc.
Pennington – Community Led Plan
The recent launch of Community Led Plan - Community Questionnaire by the Pennington Community Planning Group providers another example of a community mobilising to promote community resilience through identification of local issues and the assets available to address these. The group in Pennington works closely with the Parish Council and has been supported by The County Council’s Community Development Officer and Action with Communities in Cumbria.
Ulverston – Healthy Town Group
Having collaborated on a falls prevention ‘drop in’, screening activity for hypertension and atrial fibrillation, living well event etc. the Healthy Town group in Ulverston are seeking to establish a park run, have planned a series of community walks of differing length, are collaborating with the local Rotarians on a community wellbeing event and are looking to engage with small businesses such as hairdressers, shops and pubs to train staff in mental health awareness.
The activities described above give a flavour of the achievements that can be realised when Asset Based Community Development, facilitated by the County Council’s Community Develop Officers working in broad partnerships, is employed to promote community resilience.
80 4.3.2 Consultation with Communities
The Communities team continue to support County Council colleagues and partner agencies in consulting local residents on a variety of issues, most recently this has included early intervention services for children and families, planning for the cycle tour of Britain in September and Social Care provision for adults.
4.4. Waste Prevention
The provision of subsidy for food waste digesters is proving a great success with South Lakeland being leading the Local Committee area with respect to the number supplied. In February and March 29 units were sold in South Lakeland out of a countywide total of 101. Members are encouraged to promote uptake of the subsidised digesters which can make a significant contribution to reducing household waste.
As well as having the statutory duty for waste disposal and having made a clear commitment to reducing the amount of waste generated by the county we have a responsibility to ensure our own house is in order and try to limit the waste we generate ourselves. To ensure that, as an organisation, we are doing as much as we can a waste audit in our eight main office buildings across the county has been commissioned. This will consider any single use materials - including plastics - as well as overall use of recycling facilities in each location. From this activity, we will commit to implementing more sustainable alternatives wherever appropriate. Furthermore, we are making a commitment to remove all single use plastic cups from our buildings by the autumn at the latest.
4.5. Living Well Event – Ambleside Library
The programme of living well events in Libraries across South Lakeland most recently reached Ambleside Library.
At a very well attended and enthusiastically received ‘Living well’ event held in Ambleside Library the opportunities available for people in the community to engage in a wide spectrum of
81 health promoting activities was showcased. Additionally a range of voluntary sector organisations where provided with a platform to introduce the services and support they offer to local residents. The programme of ‘Living Well’ events in Libraries will continue to be rolled out across South Lakeland and it is proposed that the next event will be held in Kendal Library.
4.6. Young People’s Mental Health and & Emotional Resilience.
As part of the South Cumbria Community Safety Partnership the County Council contributed £20k from the South Lakeland Locality Public Health Grant to a collaboration with the Arts Council aimed at addressing community issues through use of the arts. Additional funding was provided by South Lakeland District Council, Barrow Borough Council and the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner, this was then matched 1:1 by the Arts Council. This funding has enabled an innovative partnership project with Brewery Arts which will deliver two arts based initiatives to address agreed community concerns; the first being delivered this year and the second in 2019.
The project entitled ‘Applied Theatre in Cumbria’ (ATiC) has, in the first year, produced a play (Ruby) written and directed by award winning writer Kevin Dyer who says the piece is “…. about the world of young people and what is going on in their heads. Young people are still busy working it all out and this is a story of a 15 year-old navigating one ordinary and yet extraordinary day”. The play, aimed primarily at a young teenage audience, is accompanied by workshops run by Mind; these allow attendees to explore the issues raised and help them to understand that it is normal to experience anxiety & stress and introduces strategies and techniques to manage these emotions positively.
The play and workshops have been delivered in six schools across South Lakeland (Settlebeck High, Ulverston Victoria High, Kirkbie Kendal, John Ruskin, Queen Elizabeth & Queen Katherine), reaching some 1,100 pupils. In addition the package is being delivered to three schools in Barrow and a further 14 schools across Cumbria have taken the live stream from the one theatre performance at the Brewery Arts Centre on the 1st May. Materials for teachers, parents and young people have been produced and, where schools have streamed the play and thus do not have a directly delivered workshop, a toolkit for use by staff in school has been provided.
82 Curious Minds (one of 10 Bridge organisations funded by the Arts Council to connect the cultural sector and the education sector) will be conducting a detailed evaluation of this project. Initial feedback from schools has been extremely positive: “The performance today was amazing. They did so well and it ran like clockwork. The acting was brilliant and it was so relevant and done in such a good way to get through to school children” (School Pastoral Manager). “….really impressive……a big success” (Deputy Head).
This project which is a broad cross sectoral partnership of the Arts, local Government, Schools, NHS, 3rd Sector and the Police is an excellent example of our embracing the Council’s ‘New Ways of Working’ – “Working with partner organisations and communities to achieve shared aspirations”, and, “exploring new ways to deliver services and maximise our resources.”
4.7. Kendal Town Council – Kendal Healthy Town
The April meeting of Kendal Town Council was addressed by the Locality Public Health Manager and colleagues from the NHS who were seeking endorsement for a proposal to pursue ‘Healthy Town’ status for Kendal. The proposal instigated by the Kendal Integrated Care Community and the Kendal Wellbeing Network was both positively and unanimously endorsed by the Town Council.
This puts Kendal on a similar trajectory to Ulverston which will see local communities and community leaders working towards the addressing the core themes attendant to this initiative based on a local adaptation of the four World Health Organisation priorities for policy action of Health 2020, namely:
• Investing in health through a life course and empowering people;
• Tackling the European Region’s major health challenges of infectious and non-communicable diseases;
• Strengthening people-centred systems and public health capacity and emergency preparedness and surveillance; and
• Creating resilient communities and supportive environments.
5.0 OPTIONS
5.1 Members are asked to note the content of the Community Development, Waste Prevention & Public Health Activity Report
6.0 RESOURCE AND VALUE FOR MONEY IMPLICATIONS
6.1 There are no direct resource implications arising form the recommendation to note this report.
83 7.0 LEGAL IMPLICATIONS
7.1 There are no direct legal implications arising from the recommendation to note this report.
8.0 CONCLUSION
8.1 Realising the council’s strategic aims and public health objectives is dependent upon robust community engagement and community development. With the support of officers members are ideally placed to ensure effective community development promotes public health and contributes to achieving these aims and objectives in South Lakeland. As a consequence engaged and empowered residents will benefit from healthier, happier communities.
Colin Cox Director of Public Health
03/05/2018
APPENDICES
No Appendices
Electoral Division(s): All South Lakeland
Executive Decision No*
Key Decision No*
If a Key Decision, is the proposal published in the current Forward Plan? N/A*
Is the decision exempt from call-in on grounds of urgency? No*
If exempt from call-in, has the agreement of the Chair of the relevant N/A* Overview and Scrutiny Committee been sought or obtained?
Has this matter been considered by Overview and Scrutiny? No* If so, give details below.
Has an environmental or sustainability impact assessment been N/A* undertaken?
Has an equality impact assessment been undertaken? N/A*
84 N.B. If an executive decision is made, then a decision cannot be implemented until the expiry of the eighth working day after the date of the meeting – unless the decision is urgent and exempt from call-in and necessary approvals have been obtained.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT COUNCIL OR EXECUTIVE DECISIONS [including Local Committees]
No previous relevant decisions.
CONSIDERATION BY OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY
Not considered by Overview and Scrutiny.
BACKGROUND PAPERS
No background papers.
REPORT AUTHOR
Contact: Mike Conefrey, Tel: 07974 446131, e-mail: [email protected]
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