Cabinet Meeting : Tuesday 23rd July 2002
Meeting to be held at 7pm in Committee Room 6 at the
Civic Centre, Uxbridge
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Councillors in the Cabinet
- Councillor Ray Puddifoot
- Leader
- Councillor David Simmonds
- Deputy Leader and Member for Social Services and
Health
- Councillor Jim O’Neill
- Environment
Councillor Philip Corthorne Councillor Solveig Stone Councillor Jonathan Bianco Councillor Douglas Mills Councillor Mike Heywood
Housing Education, Youth and Leisure Finance and Corporate Services Performance, Partnerships and Regeneration Planning and Transportation
You are invited to attend the above meeting. Papers for the meeting are attached.
David Brough
Head of Democratic Services
Smoking is not allowed in the Committee Room
Parking is available to the public attending meetings – entrance in High Street,
Uxbridge
DESPATCH DATE: MONDAY 15TH JULY 2002
CABINET MEETING : 23RD JULY 2002
AGENDA
Apologies for Absence
CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS
1. Declarations of Interest – in matters coming before this meeting 2. To receive the minutes of meetings held on 18th and 25th June 2002(attached) 3. Exclusion of Press and Public - To confirm that all items marked Part 1 will be considered in public and that any items marked Part 2 will be considered in private
4. Section 106 - to note that no items fall within the provisions of Section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992
PART 1 – MEMBERS, PUBLIC AND PRESS
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The Council’s Budget – Report of the Borough Treasurer Capital Strategy Document Corporate Governance – Re-inspection Response Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA) Self Assessment Outcomes
Page 1 Page 12 Page 23 Page 44
56
Asset Management Plan 2002 LEA School Admission Arrangements for Community Schools for 2003/2004
Page 47 Page 84
78
Home to School Transport Policy Hillingdon Education Business Partnership Business Plan 2002/2003
Page 90 Page 100
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- Housing Revenue Account Business Plan 2003/04 to 2033/34
Home Care and Day Care Charging Policy Approval of and Payments to Carers Hillingdon Area Child Protection Committee – Draft Annual Report and Business Plan 2002/2003
Page 133 Page 138 Page 150 Page 160
10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17
Mental Health Reconfiguration
Page 198 Page 249 Page 335 Page 340 Page 344
Social Services Spring Position Statement Uxbridge/Cowley Economic Support Strategy – Progress Report Crossrail Line 1 Section 106/278 Planning Agreements – Quarterly Financial Monitoring Report
18 19 20
Development Control – Performance Analysis Terminal 5 – Quarterly Report Terminal 5/M25 Spur Road – Ancient Hedgerows on boundary of land at Moorbridge Farm, Stanwell Moor Road, Longford Barra Hall, Hayes – employment of consultants Application to Waive Fee Charge
Page 352 Page 357 Page 361
21 22 23
Page 365 Page 368 Page 370
Hillingdon Healthy Living Centre
PART 2 – PRIVATE, MEMBERS ONLY
Proposed Disposal of Uxbridge Industrial Estate Housing Services Restructuring Appointment to the Head of Commissioning and Performance
24 25 26
Page 376 Page 384 Page 388
Management
- 27
- Disposal of former Elderly Persons Homes : Herne House and Hyde
House
Page 392
Items 24-27 are included in Part 2 because they contain exempt information as defined in the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985. Items 24 and 27 contain terms proposed or to be proposed by or to the authority in the course of negotiations for a contract for the acquisition or disposal of property or for the supply of goods or services. (paragraph 9 of the Schedule) Items 25 and 26 contain information relating to a particular employee, former employee or applicant to become an employee of, or a particular office-holder, former office-holder or applicant to become an office-holder under, the authority (paragraph 1 of the Schedule).
CABINET MEETING
Decisions of Cabinet Meeting held at the Civic Centre, Uxbridge, on Tuesday 18th June 2002
Members of the Cabinet present :
Councillor Ray Puddifoot (Leader of the Council) Councillor David Simmonds (Deputy Leader and Member for Social Services and Health) Councillor Jonathan Bianco (Member for Finance and Corporate Services) Philip Corthorne (Member for Housing) Mike Heywood (Member for Planning and Transportation) Douglas Mills (Member for Performance and Regeneration) Jim O’Neill (Member for Environment) Solveig Stone (Member for Education, Youth and Leisure)
Also present :
Councillor Steve Carey (Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group) Councillor Norman Nunn-Price (Leader of the Labour Group)
1.
There were no declarations of interest made by members in matters dealt with at the meeting.
2. MEETING TO BE HELD IN PUBLIC
The Cabinet confirmed that all its business would be conducted in public.
3. SECTION 106, LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE ACT 1992
DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
The Cabinet was informed that the item of business did not fall within the provisions of Section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992.
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- REGENERATION PROJECT – HAYES PEDESTRIANISATION – ITEM 1
The meeting had been called to consider the decision of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee held on 11th June 2002 to request the Cabinet to reconsider its decision of 28th May 2002 about the Hayes Pedestrianisation Scheme and to consider other options.
A petition about the proposal had been received on the day of the Cabinet meeting and the Cabinet Member for Performance, Partnerships and Regeneration agreed that it would be appropriate for a representative of the petitioners to address the Cabinet.
Resolved
1. 2.
That the petition be noted. That the Single Regeneration Budget scheme be accepted, and to include the traffic and parking proposals, namely the partial reopening of Station Road and the provision of 33 parking spaces.
Reason For Decision
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To take account of the views of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee on the scheme.
Alternatives Considered And Rejected
To not proceed with the scheme.
- 5.
- PUBLICATION OF DECISION
This decision was published on 19th June 2002. This is the final decision of the Cabinet on the matter following the call-in by the Overview and Scrutiny Committee of the Cabinet decision of 28th May 2002.
The meeting closed at 8.00p.m
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CABINET MEETING
Decisions of Cabinet Meeting held at the Civic Centre, Uxbridge, on Tuesday 25th June 2002
Members of the Cabinet present :
Councillor Ray Puddifoot (Leader of the Council) Councillor David Simmonds (Deputy Leader and Member for Social Services and Health) Councillor Jonathan Bianco (Member for Finance and Corporate Services) Philip Corthorne (Member for Housing) Mike Heywood (Member for Planning and Transportation) Douglas Mills (Member for Performance and Regeneration) Jim O’Neill (Member for Environment) Solveig Stone (Member for Education, Youth and Leisure)
Also present :
Councillor Steve Carey (Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group) Councillor Norman Nunn-Price (Leader of the Labour Group)
- 1.
- DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
There were no declarations of interest made by members in matters dealt with at the meeting.
- 2.
- MEETING TO BE HELD IN PUBLIC
The Cabinet confirmed that all items marked Part 1 would be considered in public and that consideration of that part of the information in Item 9, relating to the Corporate Network Hardware Maintenance Contract; Item 16 Disposal of Elderly Persons Home: Knightscote; and Item 21, Acceptance of Tender for Hayes Neighbourhood Nursery and Early Years Centre Nestles Avenue, Hayes (Minutes 12, 17 & 18 refer) because they contained details relating to any terms proposed or to be proposed by or to the authority in the course of negotiations for a contract for the acquisition or disposal of property or the supply of goods or services. Members of the public and press were therefore excluded from the meeting during consideration of this information.
- 3.
- SECTION 106, LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE ACT 1992
The Cabinet was informed that no items fell within the provisions of Section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992.
- 4.
- ITEMS WITHDRAWN
The following reports were withdrawn: Civic Centre Conferencing Facilities Lettings Policy – Item 8 Acceptance of Tender for Year Three Asbestos Surveys – Item 17
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Acceptance of Tender for the Appointment of a Consultant to Undertake Year Two Disability Discrimination Act Surveys and Progress Subsequent Works – Item 18 Acceptance of Tender for Surestart Centre and New Nursery at Minet School Site, Hayes/Refurbishment of the Existing Townfield Playgroup; Surestart Centre and New Nursery at Minet School Site/Refurbishment of the Existing Townfield Playgroup, Hayes – Item19 Acceptance of Tender for Remedial Repair Works at The Chestnuts, Wood End Green Road, Hayes – Item 20 Acceptance of Tender for New Build and Refurbishment Programme at the Early Excellence Centre, Judge Heath Lane, Hayes – Item 22.
- 5.
- HILLINGDON’S COMMUNITY PLAN – ITEM 1
Resolved
That the draft community plan be submitted to the Council meeting on 18 July 2002 with a recommendation that it be approved and distributed
Reason For Decision
The draft community plan has been subject to discussion by a borough wide community conference held in February 2002 and amended accordingly. All partners to the Local Strategic Partnership have approved the revised draft.
Alternatives Considered And Rejected
In theory the approval of the plan could be withheld for further revision following the recent local elections, but this would have a negative impact on partners and those members of the public who contributed so positively in February2002 at the community conference.
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- DISTRICT AUDITOR’S REPORT ON THE 2000/01 PERFORMANCE
INDICATORS – ITEM 2
Resolved
1. That the District Auditor’s report and the action plan be noted. 2. That Officers be instructed to implement the action plan fully.
Reason For Decision
1. In accordance with Council policy, to bring all District Audit reports to the attention of Members.
2. To improve the quality of performance indicator information.
Alternatives Considered and Rejected
There are no alternative sustainable options.
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- SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES – ITEM 3
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Resolved
1. That the opportunity for the Local Authority and the Governing Body of Queensmead School to work in partnership to resolve an issue affecting the local community be welcomed.
2. That Officers be instructed to direct Queensmead School to admit the 38 children identified as not having a school place and to require the admissions authority to admit a further 22 pupils through the normal admissions criteria, as a condition of the full capital funding.
3. That the scope, principles and funding of a temporary expansion of Queensmead School from 6 forms of entry to 8 forms of entry for the academic years 2002/03 and 2003/04 be agreed, as set out in paragraph 2 of the report.
4. That Officers be authorised to finalise the details of and enter into an agreement with Queensmead School in accordance with the scope, principles and funding agreed above.
(NB. The Chairman of the Education, Libraries & Arts Overview and Scrutiny Committee agreed that Resolutions 2-4 could be implemented as a matter of urgency).
Reasons For Decision Being Made
This is a key decision which: a) relates to a capital project in excess of £0.250m; b) affects residents in more than one ward; and c) is a temporary variation to the arrangements set out in the School Organisation
Plan.
If the LEA does not intervene and direct Queensmead to admit the pupils without a school place, there are no guarantees that those pupils would secure a school place in time for the start of next term.
The LEA has only two ways of intervening in the Admissions arrangements at this stage in the process. Firstly, it can provide the wherewithal to allow individual admissions authorities to provide additional places. Secondly, it can direct schools to admit named pupils where they have been refused admission to all schools within a reasonable distance.
Alternatives Considered And Rejected
The key issue is to find places for pupils in the north of the borough (north of the A40) who do not have a school place. The alternatives are:
a) To do nothing. This would almost certainly result in the Authority failing to meet its statutory duty to provide sufficient school places for all pupils in its area. Individual pupils would need to find their own places in schools in neighbouring boroughs or in the south of the borough. Individual pupils would face long journeys and continued uncertainty over the next few months about
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Page 5 the destination secondary school of their child. This strategy would be very high risk both in terms of damaging effects on pupils and families of prolonged uncertainty over school places and in almost inevitably having to make arrangements for individual pupils without a school place much later in the process anyway.
b) To bus pupils to secondary schools elsewhere in the borough. Currently,
pupils from Ruislip are bussed to John Penrose Secondary School in Harefield; indeed new pupils will be bussed to John Penrose from September 2002, but John Penrose is now full. It is an option for Members to bus children from Ruislip and Eastcote to schools with spare places in the South of the Borough: Evelyns, Hayes Manor and Abbotsfield. Officers are concerned that the 3-5 mile journeys involved across the borough through rush-hour, urban traffic for the 6 or 7 years of a child’s secondary school career are undesirable for a range of educational, social and environmental reasons. Part of the case the Authority has put for the separate issue of building a new secondary school in Sidmouth Drive, Ruislip is to avoid bussing children around the borough any more than is necessary. For those reasons, this option has been discounted.
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- JOINT REVIEW BY AUDIT COMMISSION AND SOCIAL SERVICES
INSPECTORATE – ITEM 4
Resolved
1. That the timescale and process for the Joint Review of Social Services be noted and the Outline Position Statement attached as Appendix A be agreed.
2. That the Council’s final Position Statement be agreed by the Cabinet Member for Social Services prior to submission to the Joint Review Team on 16 July 2002
Reasons For Decision Being Made
The Position Statement has to be submitted by the 16th July 2002. To be complete the position statement requires statistical data to be included, which is not yet available. The July Cabinet is after the required submission date for the position statement to Joint Review.
Alternatives considered and rejected
There are no alternative options which could be employed to achieve this.
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- HOUSING STRATEGY AND OBJECTIVES 2003/4-2006/7 – ITEM 5
Resolved
That the strategic objectives set out in this report are endorsed and referred to the Council meeting on 18 July 2002
Reasons For Decision Being Made
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To ensure that the objectives for the Housing Strategy are aligned with the aims of the Community Plan in order contribute to their achievement and to demonstrate this to Government.
The Housing Strategy is an element of the Council’s budget and policy framework and as such the strategic objectives have to be agreed by full Council. The DTLR requirement for the Strategy to be aligned to the Community Plan requires amendment to the objectives in the Strategy before submission to the DTLR by the 31 July, 2002. The Cabinet has the delegated authority to develop proposals that require the Council to amend its policy framework.
Alternatives Considered And Rejected
An option is to retain the objectives as agreed by Housing Committee in June 2001. In which case there would be no need to amend the Council’s budget and policy framework. However, this would affect the DTLR assessment of the extent to which the Strategy is “fit for purpose”.
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- BOROUGH SPENDING PLAN 2003/4 – ITEM 6
Resolved
1.That the Borough Spending Plan be endorsed. 2. That the Transport Capital Programme and the list of schemes submitted as the Council’s current bid be endorsed
Reasons For Decision Being Made
The Borough Spending Plan is an important document procuring substantial finance for the Borough, being the submission of bids for funding by Transport for London for transportation projects within the Borough.
Transport for London require the submission to be made by 28th June 2002. This is a departure from previous years when the documents were submitted on 31st July and there was sufficient time for the draft documents to be considered by the relevant Committee.
Alternatives Considered And Rejected
There are no alternative options as failure to submit the Borough Spending Plan by due date could put at risk a vital source of funding for Borough transport projects.
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- KERBSIDE COLLECTION OF GREEN WASTE – ITEM 7
Resolved
1. That the statutory basis of the Borough’s recycling programme and associated targets, as detailed in paragraph 1 of the report, be noted.
2. That the use of savings on the Borough’s Waste Disposal budget to finance the implementation of a kerbside collection scheme for compostable garden wastes be Cabinet decisions 18th June 2002
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3. That Officers be authorised to re-phase implementation as necessary depending on the actual levels of funding provided by the Capital Waste Minimisation & Recycling Fund.
4. That it be noted and approved that garden wastes will no longer be collected on the Borough’s Special Collection service for those households served by the new scheme.
5. That the potential revenue funding implications for 2003/04 – 2005/06, as detailed in paragraphs 38 – 40 of the report, be noted.
Reasons For Decision Being Made
The Capital Waste Minimisation & Recycling Fund is providing a substantial source of external funding which the London Borough’s will be able to access to substantially improve the provision of household waste recycling services across the Capital in pursuit of statutory recycling targets.