28 June 2018 Dear Councillor You Are Invited to Attend a Meeting Of
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28 June 2018 Dear Councillor You are invited to attend a meeting of the Council to be held in The Chamber, Dungannon at Mid Ulster District Council, Council Offices, Circular Road, DUNGANNON, BT71 6DT on Thursday, 28 June 2018 at 19:00 to transact the business noted below. Yours faithfully Anthony Tohill Chief Executive AGENDA OPEN BUSINESS 1. Apologies 2. Declarations of Interest 3. Chair's Business 4. Deputation: Department of Infrastructure Roads Matters for Decision 5. Council minutes of meetings held on 24 May 2018 73 - 92 6. Annual Council minutes of meeting held on 4 June 2018 93 - 104 7. Planning Committee minutes of meeting held on 5 June 105 - 130 2018 8. Policy and Resources Committee minutes of meeting held 131 - 136 on 7 June 2018 9. Environment Committee minutes of meeting held on 12 137 - 150 June 2018 10. Development Committee minutes of meeting held on 14 151 - 168 June 2018 11. Conferences, Seminars and Training 12. Civic Recognition Report 169 - 176 Matters for Information 13 Consultations notified to Mid Ulster District Council 177 - 180 14 Correspondence Notice of Motions Page 1 of 180 15 Councillor McAleer to move " That in the absence of a functioning government Mid Ulster Council write to Mr Jeremy Hunt, MP. Secretary of State for Health and Mr Richard Pengeely, Permanent Secretary, Department of Health to express our concerns that people with Cystic Fibrosis in Northern Ireland are greatly disadvantaged as they are unable to access Cystic Fibrosis drug Orkambi and other drugs and request a resolution to overcome this health inequality" 16 Councillor Quinn to move: “ That this Council notes with grave concern the rising death toll in Palestine, as well as the hundreds wounded at the Gaza-Israeli Border over recent weeks which has severely heightened tensions in the Middle-East: affirms its support for a peaceful end to the Israel/Palestine conflict; affirms its support for the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) Campaign; and will investigate the most practical means of implementing the BDS campaign." 17 Councillor G Shiels to move: “That this council makes representations to the Home Secretary, Sajid Javid MP expressing support for Charlotte Caldwell from Castlederg in her ongoing battle to secure the best possible treatment for her son Billy. Believes that it should not have taken the suffering of a 12 year old child and obvious distress of his mother to put the use of medicinal cannabis in controlled and tightly regulated circumstances at the centre of a long-overdue national debate. That we agree that the use of cannabis oil for strictly medicinal purposes is a health issue and not a misuse of drugs issue and therefore consider the seizure of essential clinically prescribed medication at Heathrow Airport to have been a cruel and abhorrent act. We support her pleas to allow medicinal cannabis oil to be administered to Billy and we further support the family in their need for a continuing supply of the oil in perpetuity once the remainder of the supply granted under the Home Office’s temporary licence has been exhausted. We also express our deep concern at the manner in which the family’s GP was summoned by officials to a meeting in Belfast, shrouded in secrecy and totally void of any political or democratic accountability, and instructed to no longer issue any further prescriptions. Page 2 of 180 Furthermore that this council writes to Her Majesty’s Government urging them to initiate a series of independent trials and conduct evidence-based research in order to assist them to make a permanent, positive and hopefully compassionate decision on the future use of medicinal cannabis oil.” 18 Councillors Mallaghan, Mullen and Reid to move: That this council recognises the work of the PCSP, Council Officers and PSNI in their efforts to ensure the Cookstown Night Time Economy is successful and safe for the public. That the council works with the PSNI so that our car park in Loy Street is made available for coach parking on Monday Nights alleviating disturbance after night clubs have closed. That council make an exception to its current policy on car parks to facilitate this at busy times of the year. 19 Councillor Cuddy to move Dungannon is the largest & fastest growing town in the Mid Ulster District. Dungannon is known for its Industry, Commerce, Educational and Sporting achievements both regionally and internationally. The most serious issue preventing further sustainable growth is the very poor road infrastructure in and around the town. This has been highlighted in previous Dungannon Area Plans but nothing has been done about it. No progress at all has been made. Dungannon DEA Councillors request Mid Ulster Council to prioritise a new bypass plan to replace the existing A29 road route which runs through the centre of Dungannon town. By firstly, identifying and protecting a clear route for this new network road within an agreed timetable, then actively lobbying central government to commit to this project at the earliest possible stage as funding becomes available. 20 Councillor S McGuigan to move That this Council supports paragraph 49 of the agreed Joint Report of December 2017 which is an approach that will ensure that there is no hardening of the border in Ireland and wants to see the akstop option as defined in paragraph 49 included in Page 3 of 180 the legally binding Withdrawal Agreement. In addition, this Council wants the full EU rights of citizens protected as proposed in the current draft Withdrawal Agreement. Items restricted in accordance with Section 42, Part 1 of Schedule 6 of the Local Government Act (NI) 2014. The public will be asked to withdraw from the meeting at this point. Matters for Decision 21. Audit Committee confidential minutes of meeting held on 22 May 2018 22. Council meeting confidential minutes of held on 24 May 2018 23. Planning committee confidential minutes of meeting held on 5 June 2018 24. Policy and Resources committee confidential minutes of meeting held on 7 June 2018 25. Special Planning Committee confidential minutes of meeting held on 11 June 2018 26. Environment committee confidential minutes of meeting held on 12 June 2018 27. Development Committee confidential minutes of meeting held on 14 June 2018 Matters for Information Page 4 of 180 DDDfffIII RRROOOAAADDDSSS WWWEEESSSTTTEEERRRNNN DDDIIIVVVIIISSSIIIOOONNN RRReeepppooorrrttt tttooo MMMIIIDDD UUULLLSSSTTTEEERRR DDDIIISSSTTTRRRIIICCCTTT CCCOOOUUUNNNCCCIIILLL SSSppprrriiinnnggg 222000111888 A29 Moneysharvin Road, Swatragh 1 Page 5 of 180 CONTENTS PAGE Foreword by Divisional Roads Manager 3 - 4 Western Division 5 Senior Management Structure 6 1.0 Strategic Road Improvements 7 1.1 A5 Western Transport Corridor (A5WTC) 8 - 9 1.2 SRI Schemes (excluding A5WTC) 10 - 12 2.0 Network Maintenance 13 2.1 Structural Maintenance Completed Works 2017-2018 16 2.2 Routine Maintenance Completed 2017 - 2018 28 - 29 2.3 Winter Service 30 2.4 Streetworks 31 – 32 2.5 Structural Maintenance Planned Works 2018-2019 33 – 41 3.0 Network Development 42 3.1 Local Transport and Safety Measures 43 3.1.1 Completed Works 2017-2018 43 – 50 3.1.2 Planned Works 2018-2019 51 – 54 3.2 Structures 55 3.2.1 Completed Works 2017-2018 56 – 57 3.2.2 Planned Works 2018-2019 58 – 59 3.3 Street Lighting 60 3.3.1 Completed Works 2017-2018 61 – 62 3.3.2 Planned Works 2018-2019 63 4.0 Network Planning 64 4.1 Planning Consultations 65 4.2 Private Streets 66 – 67 Useful Numbers 68 2 Page 6 of 180 Foreword I have pleasure in submitting the 2018/2019 Annual Report on the work of DfI Roads across the Mid Ulster District Council Area. This report deals with works completed across the Council area during the year 2017/2018 and sets out our initial proposals for schemes to be undertaken in the year 2018/2019. The opportunity is also taken to provide an update on the strategic roads schemes that are being taken forward and which will benefit the Mid Ulster District Council (MUDC) area. Funding is allocated to the Division under two categories; capital funding for new works or renewal of infrastructure and resource funding for the day to day maintenance of our assets. On the capital side funding has allowed a number of important major schemes along the A6 to move to the construction stage and consultants have also been appointed to review the A29 Cookstown Bypass and progress it through the statutory orders process. Regarding the A5 dualling project, despite a positive outcome to the Public Inquiry process, progression of the scheme to the construction stage is again the subject of a Judicial Review with a hearing scheduled for September. Capital funding also influences our Structural Maintenance and Local Transport and Safety Measures programmes which in any year are based on available budgets. In the current year we are pleased to welcome increased levels of funding with £75m allocated for structural maintenance of which £15m has been set aside for a ‘roads recovery fund’ which is being used to address areas of immediate need across the road network. Of this approximately £1.6 million has been allocated to the MUDC area. 3 Page 7 of 180 On the resource side there is only a slight increase on the 2017/2018 figure and there remains a significant reliance on in year funding to deliver core services. That said the slight increase now allows the Department to repair defects greater than 50mm on all roads including low trafficked rural roads which last year had a repair threshold of 100mm. Funding levels for the current year will also allow the Department to cut grass on roadside verges twice and this will be carried out between April and October.