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Saddleworth and Lees District Partnership Budget Report Report of Colette Kelly, Assistant Executive Director, Neighbourhoods Portfolio Responsibility: People and Communities 2nd December 2010 Officer Contact: Lisa Macdonald Ext. 5195 Purpose of Report To advise the Saddleworth and Lees District Partnership of the breakdown of expenditure and commitments to date from the 2010-11 Budget allocations. The report also outlines possible budget commitments to be considered at this meeting. Executive Summary At its first meeting on the 17 th June 2010 the District Partnership noted the budget allocations for 2010 -11. This report sets out proposals for projects to be funded from those budgets. Recommendations 1. The District Partnership notes the expenditure and commitments to date 2. The District partnership considers allocating £10,000 from the District Partnership budget towards the establishment of allotment sites in Saddleworth and Lees 3. The District Partnership considers allocating £2,500 from the District Partnership budget for a detailed drainage and topographical survey of Churchill playing fields 4. The District Partnership considers allocating £5,000 from the District Partnership budget towards Castleshaw Roman Fort Project 5. The District Partnership considers allocating £2,500 from the District Partnership budget for the installation of alley gates at Stamford Road/Dixon Street 6. The District Partnership considers allocating £1,500 from the District Partnership budget towards the refurbishment of gas lamps in Saddleworth and Lees 7. The District Partnership considers allocating £520 from the Clean Safe and Green budget for allotment planters at Lido House, Grotton 8. The District Partnership considers making a provisional allocation of £9,000 from the District Partnership budget to support the Whit Friday Band Contest 2011 nd Page 2 of 18 BUDGET REPORT 2 December 2010 2nd December 2010 Budget Report REPORT OF Colette Kelly Assistant Executive Director Neighbourhoods PORTFOLIO RESPONSIBILITY: People Communities and Society 1 PURPOSE OF REPORT 1.1 To advise the Saddleworth and Lees District Partnership of the breakdown of expenditure and commitments to date from the 2010-11 Budget allocations. The report also outlines possible budget commitments to be considered at this meeting. 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2.1 At its first meeting on the 17 th June 2010 the District Partnership noted the budget allocations for 2010 -11. This report sets out proposals for projects to be funded from those budgets. 3. RECOMMENDATIONS 1. The District Partnership notes the expenditure and commitments to date 2. The District Partnership considers allocating £10,000 from the District Partnership budget towards the establishment of allotment sites in Saddleworth and Lees 3. The District Partnership considers allocating £2,500 from the District Partnership budget for a detailed drainage and topographical survey of Churchill playing fields 4. The District Partnership considers allocating £5,000 from the District Partnership budget towards Castleshaw Roman Fort Project 5. The District Partnership considers allocating £2,500 from the District Partnership budget for the installation of alley gates at Stamford Road/Dixon Street 6. The District Partnership considers allocating £1,500 from the District Partnership budget towards the refurbishment of gas lamps in Saddleworth and Lees 7. The District Partnership considers allocating £520 from the Clean Safe and Green budget for allotment planters at Lido House, Grotton 8. The District Partnership considers making a provisional allocation of £9,000 from the District Partnership budget to support the Whit Friday Band Contest 2011 nd Page 3 of 18 BUDGET REPORT 2 December 2010 4 BACKGROUND 4.1 Allocations for 2010-11 Budgets for 2010-11 are summarised for Saddleworth and Lees as follows: • District Partnership Budget - £17,700 (5,900 per ward) • District Partnership Funding - £100,000 • Clean, Safe & Green Funding - £29,130 (£9,710 per ward) • Councillors Budget - £2,990 each (£26,910 in total) 5 CURRENT POSITION 5.1 Budget commitments and expenditure to date is summarised in the table below. Councillor Budget - £26910 Project/Lead Amount 3D Dynamos £1,500.00 Saddleworth Grp of Artists £800.00 Music PA £208.00 Diggle Blues Festival £1,700.00 O.M.B.B.A Slow Melody 2010 £813.00 Millgate Arts Centre £1,000.00 3C's Chess Club £1,000.00 Total £7,021.00 Total remaining £19,889.00 District Partnership - Ward Money £17700, DP £100,000 IYS Jnr Youth Club & Response £8600.00 Team (additional provision) Churchill Drainage Scheme £2800.00 Carr Lane legal costs £500.00 Village a Month £2000.00 improvement and development of £50,000 Churchill playing fields Christmas Lights for Christmas 2010 £7,000 install and remove existing £2,351 Christmas lights for Christmas 2010 provision of activities for young £3,260 nd Page 4 of 18 BUDGET REPORT 2 December 2010 people Total £76,511 Total remaining £41,188.66 CLEAN, GREEN & SAFE - £29,130 Ward Lane Play area surfacing 3,500 2 alleygating projects in Lees 5,999 enhance winter maintenance during 11,750 winter 2010/11 environmental improvement scheme 3,000 at Station Road, Grotton carry out security improvements at 2,918 St Thomas Church, Lees improvement project at Brunn 900 Clough Total £28,067 Total remaining £1,063 5.2 Summary of Councillor Budget allocations to date 3 C’s Chess £1,000 allocated towards the cost of laptop, projector and internet connection to enable superior coaching to chess players under the age of 19 many of whom are residents of Saddleworth and Lees. Diggle Blues £2,000 allocated towards the Diggle Blues Festival to take place in June 2011. The Festival aims to build on the success of this year OMBBA £813 allocated towards the Oldham Metropolitan Brass Band Association slow melody contest nd Page 5 of 18 BUDGET REPORT 2 December 2010 6 PROJECTS FOR CONSIDERATION 6.1 Allotments Project It is proposed to allocate £10,000 for the development of allotment sites in Saddleworth and Lees as follows. Briefing Note For the Saddleworth and Lees District Partnership 2nd December 2010 Development of Allotments in Saddleworth and Lees 1 BACKGROUND 1.1 At the meeting of the District Partnership on the 30 th September 2010 it was resolved that a working group be established to facilitate the development of allotments in Saddleworth and Lees. 1.2 The working group met on the 17 th November with officers from the Council’s Asset Management Team and a number of actions were agreed to move the project forward as follows: • It was agreed that Asset Management would produce a fact sheet to set out the Council’s position with regard to the development of allotments • It was agreed that the Council’s land assets in Saddleworth and Lees would be reviewed in order to identify sites with potential for the development of allotments. So far the process has been carried out in Saddleworth South and North and has resulted in the identification of sites to be progressed. Saddleworth West and Lees also will also carry out this process. • It was agreed to propose the allocation of District Partnership funding to support the legal and initial development costs involved in establishing allotment sites. 2 RECOMMENDATIONS 2.1 That the District Partnership allocates a provisional sum of £10,000 to facilitate the legal and development costs involved in establishing allotment sites. Initially this will involve the progression of sites identified in Uppermill and Denshaw. 2.2 That the details of these projects and further developments are reported to the District Partnership in due course nd Page 6 of 18 BUDGET REPORT 2 December 2010 2.3 That any unallocated funding is identified and returned to the appropriate budget in due course 6.2 Churchill Playing Fields – Technical Survey The District Partnership resolved to establish a working group to address issues at Churchill Playing Fields at its meeting on the 4 th February 2010. Since then the group has met regularly and provided updates on progress to the District Partnership accordingly. At the last meeting of the District Partnership on the 30 th September an allocation of £50,000 was made to support the delivery of improvement works at Churchill. At the last working group meeting on the 8 th October it was agreed that in order to make progress with funding applications it was necessary to commission a detailed, up to date, technical survey of the site and that an allocation of funding from the District Partnership be sought to support this process. It is proposed that the District Partnership considers the allocation of £2,500 to carry out the following survey works: • Topographical survey – including options for pitch layouts to achieve maximum results • Site investigations and written report • Mini Digger to look at soakaway options 6.3 Castleshaw Roman Fort Project It is proposed to consider the allocation of £5,000 towards the production and development of a Conservation Management Plan to ‘future-proof’ Castleshaw Roman Fort. Detailed application attached appendix 1 6.4 Alley gates at Stamford Road/Dixon Street It is proposed to allocate £2,500 for the cost of alleygates to the rear of Stamford Road/Dixon Street. Mike Farrell from Community Safety Services has provided the following report on the proposed project Community Safety Services Report This area has been identified as suffering from ASB related problems including drug taking, underage drinking and vandalism. This activity appears nd Page 7 of 18 BUDGET REPORT 2 December 2010 to be taking place in the alleyway at the rear of 177 to 211 Stamford Road and 1- 39 Dixon Street. Enquiries were made to Community Safety Services with regard to gating this location in an effort to reduce the number of incidents and generally improve the quality of life for all concerned. I would have to say that from a crime reduction perspective that I would agree that this area would be ideal and I am sure would benefit by the installation of just two alley gates, one at the rear of 177 Stamford Road and one to the rear of 211 Stamford Road.