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Meeting of the Council 11th April, 2016 Minutes of Committees and Sub-Committees Action Notes of Community Forums Delegated Decision Sheets Council Meeting – 11th April, 2016 – White Book Period: 8th February to 23rd March, 2016 Community Forums Date Pages Gornal, Upper Gornal and Woodsetton 14/03/2016 1 - 4 Coseley East and Sedgley 14/03/2016 5 - 8 Netherton, Woodside and St Andrews and 15/03/2016 9 - 12 Quarry Bank and Dudley Wood Halesowen North and Halesowen South 15/03/2016 13 - 16 Norton, Pedmore and Stourbridge East, Wollaston 16/03/2016 17 - 19 and Stourbridge Town Castle and Priory, St James’s and St Thomas’s 16/03/2016 20 - 25 Brierley Hill, Brockmoor and Pensnett 16/03/2016 26 - 28 Kingswinford North and Wall Heath, Kingswinford 22/03/2016 29 - 34 South and Wordsley Belle Vale, Hayley Green and Cradley South 23/03/2016 35 - 38 Amblecote, Cradley and Wollescote, Lye and 23/03/2016 39 - 42 Stourbridge North Overview and Scrutiny Committees Health Scrutiny Committee 15/02/2016 43 - 46 Resources and Transformation Scrutiny Committee 07/03/2016 47 - 53 People Services Scrutiny Committee 10/03/2016 54 - 62 Overview and Scrutiny Management Board 01/03/2016 63 - 68 Regulatory, Statutory and Other Committees Audit and Standards Committee 09/02/2016 69 - 74 Development Control Committee 23/02/2016 75 - 82 17/03/2016 83 - 89 Dudley Health and Wellbeing Board 02/03/2016 90 - 98 Licensing and Safety Committee 15/02/2016 99 - 100 Licensing Sub-Committee 1 08/03/2016 101 - 106 Licensing Sub-Committee 3 22/03/2016 107 - 111 Licensing Sub-Committee 4 23/02/2016 112 - 123 11/02/2016 124 - 128 Taxis Committee 08/03/2016 129 - 135 The Cabinet 10/02/2016 136 - 145 09/03/2016 146 - 149 Delegated Decision Summaries 08/02/2016 - 150 - 157 23/03/2016 Decision sheets, minutes and reports can be viewed online via the Committee Management Information System (CMIS) Action Notes of the Gornal and Upper Gornal & Woodsetton Community Forum Monday 14th March, 2016 at 6.30pm at the Bramford Primary School, Chad Road, Bilston Present: Councillor R Scott-Dow (Vice Chair) (In the Chair) Councillor K Casey, A Millward and D Perks Officers: A Lunt – Strategic Director Place, S Taylor (Lead Officer) (Head of ICT Services) and K Buckle (Democratic Services Officer). Together with 20 members of the public 25 Apologies for Absence Apologies for absence from the meeting were submitted on behalf of Councillors A Aston and D Branwood. 26 Overview of the Combined Authority A Lunt, Strategic Director Place gave a verbal presentation on the Combined Authority, referring to the four Black Country Partners who were involved together with Birmingham, Solihull and Coventry, outlining the devolution deal and referred to the need to work together to take advantage of devolved powers, in order to make decisions to meet the needs of the residents of the Dudley Borough, in relation to transport, economy and regeneration. The provision of day to day services that would continue to be provided to local residents of the Dudley Borough by the Council were outlined. It was noted that in 2017 there would be an election in order to elect a Mayor of the West Midlands Combined Authority, with that Elected Mayor being responsible for taking strategic decisions across the West Midlands Combined Authority in accordance with the Chancellor’s aim to make one person accountable for those decisions. A Lunt outlined the content of the subsequent ‘Devolution Deal’, including:- • Transport allocations in order to provide a metro in Brierley Hill which would connect Brierley Hill with Birmingham and provide a link into Dudley in order to enhance possibilities to create high paid jobs. • The availability of a remediation Fund in order to address the issue of contaminated land which prevented economically viable development taking place. GCF/17 1 • The transfer of Adult Skills Funding to the Combined Authority in order to provide support tailored for the needs of the West Midlands. A Lunt also referred to pre-existing plans for metro stations in Dudley, Brierley Hill and Merry Hill, outlining the possibility of one station around Cavendish House, Dudley and talks that were taking place with CENTRO in order to redevelop the existing bus station to provide linkages to the new Metro. Arising from the presentation members of the Public asked questions and raised concerns and A Lunt addressed those concerns providing assurance that the new metro link would be built and outlined contributions to the Combined Authority by each of the seven authorities involved. A Lunt also addressed issues of cross boundary working in order to provide sufficient land for housing and employment purposes. He advised that as part of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), there was an active duty on Local Planning Authorities to co-operate in order to ensure that between them, they could meet an areas needs. The Black Country were already in a position of having a combined Core Strategy and in future there would be greater collaboration across the seven West Midlands Combined Authority Local Authorities. It was noted that the three Local Enterprise Partnerships were working closely with Chambers of commerce, Businesses generally and other partners in order to ensure that the needs of big employers were met. A Lunt provided assurances that although the building that housed the collections at Dudley Museum would not remain open the collections would be relocated and still available to members of the public. In responding to concerns in relation to the possible closure of the Coseley school, A Lunt referred to the fact that schools were funded ‘per pupil’ and with a falling roll and poor outcomes for children, the roll was projected to fall further resulting in the need to consider the future viability of the school. In relation to Vale Street, Upper Gornal, A Lunt advised that a scheme would be designed in order to address the safety issues caused by the narrow road and that hopefully the funding available would be sufficient to implement the scheme and once that had been designed those proposals would be consulted upon with local residents. All those present thanked A Lunt for attending the Forum. 27 Listening to you: Questions and Comments from Local Residents GCF/18 2 Subject Action A progress report upon the proposed Councillor A Millward referred to Supermarket development in Gornal ongoing discussions and the Village. requirement to deal with one particular confidential issue in order that the development could proceed. A query in relation to the proposed 14 new Councillor A Millward advised that car parking spaces in Gornal Village. there would be a consultation with local residents in relation to the proposals. A suggestion that the available car parking It was noted that the building was to the rear of the former Barclays Bank under private ownership and Building be utilised to alleviate some negotiations would be required parking problems. with the owners. Concerns in relation to how the education Councillor K Casey referred to the of pupils at Coseley school had been implementation of a new interim allowed to deteriorate. Board and the replacement of the Head Teacher and the fact that the school had been in special measures before. It was noted that a decision had to be taken to hopefully return the school to a decent standard with the Council retaining control over the school rather than Ofsted placing the school into special measures and forcing closure. A Petition was presented in relation to Referred for a response. parking in the village of Gornal. A query in relation to changes to traffic light Councillor D Perks referred to the sequences failing to prevent queuing traffic several attempts to prevent in Parkes Hall Road to Eve Lane. queuing traffic by changes to traffic light sequences, however it was accepted that changes to the traffic light sequences may not solve the issue. 28. Working with you: Topics raised by Local Councillors Councillor D Perks referred to the measures taken in order for the Upper Gornal Vale Street Community Centre to become a Charitable Trust with the three Ward Councillors becoming Members of the Trust. GCF/19 3 29 Community Forum Funding The Forum considered a report of the Lead Officer. Application Recommendation Gornal Community Fun Day Approve - £1,500 – Upper Gornal & Woodsetton Ward. Oval and Tudor Residents Approve £648 – Upper Gornal & Woodsetton Association . Ward. 30. Dates, Times and Venues of Future Meetings Future meetings of the Community Forum would be held on the following dates, subject to approval at Council on 19th May, 2016, • 5th September, 2016 • 31st October, 2016 • 9th January, 2017 • 13th March, 2017 Commencing at 6.30pm at venues to be confirmed. The meeting ended at 8.05pm. GCF/20 4 Action Notes of the Coseley East/Sedgley Community Forum Monday 14th March 2016 at 6.30 pm at Christchurch C of E Primary School, Church Road, Coseley Present:- Councillor C Baugh (Chair) Councillor M Evans (Vice-Chair) Councillors S Anderton, M Mottram and T Westwood Officers:- S Cooper (Lead Officer to the Forum) (Head of Corporate Landlord Services) and M Johal (Democratic Services Officer) There were sixteen members of the public in attendance at the meeting. 28 Welcome and Introductions The Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting of the Coseley East/Sedgley Community Forum. 29 Listening to you – Questions and Comments from Local Residents Subject Response/Action Several residents referred to the The Chair acknowledged comments closure of the Coseley School and in made and stated that points and doing so made the following questions should be made through the comments:- consultation process.