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Meeting Pack Derry City and Strabane District Council Dear Member of Environment and Regeneration Committee (Open) You are hereby summoned to attend the Monthly Meeting of the Environment and Regeneration Committee (Open) to be held in the Council Chamber - Strabane Council Offices, on Wednesday 11 January 2017 at 4.00 pm Yours faithfully John Kelpie Chief Executive AGENDA 1 Notice and Summons of Meeting 2 Apologies 3 Declarations of Members' Interests Open for Decision 4 Deputations - (i) To receive representatives from NI Water to provide a briefing on their plans and priorities for the Council area; and (ii) To receive representatives from Eunomia Research and Consulting to make a presentation on the Zero Waste Strategy for Derry City and Strabane District Council (Pages 1 - 22) 5 Chairperson's Business 6 Confirmation of the Open Minutes of the Environment and Regeneration Committee held on Wednesday 7 December 2016 and Special Meeting held on Wednesday 14 December (Pages 23 - 54) 7 Matters Arising 8 Street Naming and Postal Numbering - Copperthorpe Housing Development Phase 3, Drumahoe (Pages 55 - 60) 9 Smarter Energy Communities in Northern and Arctic Regions (Pages 61 - 64) 10 Energy Efficient Education Sector (E3S) Project (Pages 65 - 68) 11 Keep NI Beautiful Cleanliness Survey 2016 (Pages 69 - 70) 12 Fly Posting (Pages 71 - 88) Open for Information 13 Applications Processed under Building Regulations (NI) (Pages 89 - 142) 14 Proposed Provision of Disabled Parking Bays (Pages 143 - 150) 15 Ulster Architectural Heritage Society/Irish Georgian Society Cross-Border Summer School 2017 (Pages 151 - 154) 16 Update on Nearly Zero Sports Projects (Pages 155 - 158) 17 Update on SECURE Project (Pages 159 - 162) 5 January 2017 Page 1 Presentation to Derry City and Strabane District Council • Ciaran Nicell – Customer and Insight Senior Manager • Martin Mailey – Area Manager Distribution (North West) – Water • Nigel McKee – Senior Project Manager Agenda Item 4 Date: 11 January 2017 Derry City and Strabane District Council Page 2 Our 8 Customer Promises Page 3 Capital Investments Capital Project Spend Page 4 Investment Year NIW D&S PC13 £227.9m £19.2 2015/16 £95m £9m 2016/17 £101.6m £11.1m *Totalthis figure does not include Base Maintenance expenditure on treatment£424.5 assets delivered as part of the approx £35M per annum£39.3m expenditure province wide. Derry City and Strabane District Council benefits from 9.3% of all NI Water’s capital spend. This compares favourably with the City’s 8% share of Northern Ireland’s population. Top Investments In Construction / Recently Complete Projects: Erganagh WWPS Replacement Berryhill Rd, Artigarvan, Sewer Remediation Artigarvan WWTW Carmoney CWB 1 and 2 Refurbishment Page 5 Londonderry DAP : Buncrana Road Work Package, Stage 2 Magheramason WwTWs Ballymagorry WwTWs Manorwood WWPS Replacement Foyle Springs, Derry Flood Alleviation Carmoney CWB 3 and 4 Refurbishment Bleachgreen WWPS, Londonderry, Upgrade/Replacement Bridge Street WWPS, Strabane Projects about to start: Faughan Crescent WWPS, Londonderry. Pumping station and Pumping main upgrade Cottage Row , Eglinton, WWPS, Upgrade/Replace. Tamneymore SR Rehabilitation Foyle Street, Londonderry Feasibility Study Closing the Efficiency Gap Page 6 6 OPA basket of measures Service Improvement (OPA) • Risk of low pressure • Unplanned interruptions • Hosepipe restrictions • Customer contact • Drinking water quality • Sewage sludge disposal • Leakage assessment Page 7 • Water pollution incidents (High & medium) • Sewerage pollution incidents (High & medium) • Sewerage pollution incidents (Low) • Sewage treatment works consent compliance Overall Performance Assessment (OPA) is a composite measure of a range of targets the Utility Regulator uses to monitor the level of service NI Water provides to its customers. 7 Education Activity 17 primary schools within the Council area were visited by the Waterbus in 2015/16 – 1,115 local pupils in total. Page 8 Current Public Initiatives Page 9 Smartphone Water Bus FOG - Fats Bag it & Bin it Winter Freeze App Leak Use Water Oils and Campaign Campaign – Reporting Wisely Grease Pipe Protection ‘Don’t Wait Insulate’ Winter Campaign launched 14 November. RunningPage 10 via print, broadcast and online media. Key message – ‘Don’t Wait Insulate’ – take preventative action to protect your property from potential severe weather while you can. Full support from Minister for Infrastructure and elected representatives at all levels. Preparations • NI Water Major Incident Plan • Tried and tested. • Compiled by specialists in light of best practice. • Based on principles of Integrated Emergency Management. • Incorporates lessons learned from Water Industry experience. • Annual audit by independent Certifier. Page 11 • NI Water Winter Contingency Planning • Winter plan in place • Pre-emptive measures taken in advance of the winter period. • Ongoing training and Mock Incident Exercise (October 2016) • Regular Met Office Severe weather warnings and advice. • Civil Contingency planning and liaison. • Strategic co-ordination with inter-agency groups. • Mutual aid arrangements. How To Reach Us •Page 12 Dedicated 24/7 Elected Representative Hotline: 0345 3006461 • Email : [email protected] • Website: www.niwater.com • Twitter: @niwnews • Facebook: www.facebook.com/niwater • 24/7 Waterline for public: 03457 440088. Any Questions? Page 13 This page is intentionally left blank Zero Waste Strategy for Derry City & Strabane District Council Briefing to Environment & Regeneration Page 15 Committee 11 th January 2016 Dominic Hogg Chairman Eunomia Research & Consulting Ltd Agenda 1. Zero Waste Introduction 2. Zero Waste for Derry & Strabane Page 16 3. Project Background 4. Project Overview 5. Timescale 1. Zero Waste Introduction • Zero Waste Movement • Zero Waste Europe identifies three main elements in moving towards zero waste Page 17 society • Culture Change • Engaging Community • Changing Infrastructure 2. Zero Waste for Derry & Strabane • ZWE definition to be used for project “[] Zero Waste means designing and managing products and processes to reduce the volume and toxicity of waste Page 18 and materials, conserve and recover all resources, and not burn or bury them. Implementing Zero Waste will eliminate all discharges to land, water, or air that may be a threat to planetary, human, animal or plant health []” • Supported by DCSDC Community Plan “Resources are used as long as possible, have maximum value extracted from them and are recovered and regenerated at the end of their service life to achieve a Zero Waste Circular Economy ” 3. Background • Joint project - DCSDC and Zero Waste North West - a Zero Waste Circular Waste Economy Strategy Page 19 • Main aims: • Understand best practice in relation to zero waste to promote a circular economy; • Identify zero waste scenarios for Derry and Strabane District Council • Develop a zero waste strategy for the Derry and Strabane District area. 3. Background • Priorities are: • A strategy that is practical, deliverable and achievable Page 20 • Delivering on DCSDC three thematic groups of social, economic and environmental wellbeing • Meeting all NILAS and regulatory waste targets • Maximising any employment opportunities • Focus on collaborative approaches 4. Project Overview Baseline Zero Waste Desk Based Infrastructure Options Review / Waste Shortlisting Streams Page 21 Zero Waste Stakeholder Options Think Tank Engagement Modelling Public Education and Strategy due to complete March 2017 Behavior Development Change Page 22 www.eunomia.co.uk @Eunomia_RandC [email protected] Agenda Item 6 Derry City and Strabane District Council Open Minutes of Environment and Regeneration Committee held in the Council Chamber, Guildhall on Wednesday, 7 December, 2016 at 4.00 pm _______________________ Present:- Councillor C Kelly (in the Chair), Aldermen Bresland, Hussey, Ramsey and Warke, Councillors Campbell, Dobbins, Duffy, Hassan, Hastings, D Kelly, M McHugh, Robinson and Tierney. Non-Members of Committee – Alderman Devenney, Councillors Boyle, Donnelly and Reilly. In Attendance:- Director of Environment and Regeneration (Mrs K Phillips), Head of Environment (Mr C Canning), Regeneration Manager (Mr T Monaghan) and Committee Services Assistant (Ms N Meehan). ______________________ ER255/16 Notice and Summons for Meeting The Director of Environment and Regeneration read the Notice and Summons for the Meeting. ER256/16 Apology There were no apologies. ER257/16 Declarations of Members’ Interests There were no declarations of Interest. Open for Decision ER258/16 Deputation - To receive Representatives from NIE to present Members with an Update on their Winter Preparations. The Committee received Mr Con Feeney, Network Performance and Safety Director and Mr Eddie Byrne, Finance Director who gave a powerpoint presentation outlining the following areas: Investing For The Future 1 Page 23 - Who we are and what we do - Work in your area - Storm response - Investment plans for the future NIE Networks is the electricity networks business in Northern Ireland What we do - 860,000 customers - Over 1,200 employees - 300 major substations - 49,200km of network - Network charges are less than a quarter of the electricity bill - £100million invested in the network annually Working in your area c£8.5 million investment since 2012 (RP5) Major substation asset replacement schemes: - Coolkeeragh - Strabane Main - Drumahoe West - Maydown - New Buildihngs (in planning) Network re-inforcement, including: - Castlederg