Public Document Pack SOUTH (INNER) AREA COMMITTEE Meeting to be held in Belle Isle Family Centre, Belle Isle Road, Leeds, LS10 3PG on Tuesday, 19th September, 2006 at 6.30 pm (Map attached) MEMBERSHIP Councillors D Congreve - Beeston and Holbeck A Gabriel - Beeston and Holbeck A Ogilvie - Beeston and Holbeck P Davey - City and Hunslet M Iqbal - City and Hunslet E Nash - City and Hunslet J Blake - Middleton Park D Coupar - Middleton Park G Driver - Middleton Park Agenda compiled by: Gerard Watson Area Manager: Dave Richmond Governance Services Unit Tel: 247 5536 Civic Hall LEEDS LS1 1UR Telephone: 247 4325 Produced on Recycled Paper A A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF COUNCIL FUNCTIONS AND EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS There are certain functions that are defined by regulations which can only be carried out at a meeting of the Full Council or under a Scheme of Delegation approved by the Full Council. Everything else is an Executive Function and, therefore, is carried out by the Council’s Executive Board or under a Scheme of Delegation agreed by the Executive Board. The Area Committee has some functions which are delegated from full Council and some Functions which are delegated from the Executive Board. Both functions are kept separately in order to make it clear where the authority has come from so that if there are decisions that the Area Committee decides not to make they know which body the decision should be referred back to. B A G E N D A Item Ward Item Not Page No Open No 1 APPEALS AGAINST REFUSAL OF INSPECTION OF DOCUMENTS To consider any appeals in accordance with Procedure Rule 25 of the Access to Information Procedure Rules (in the event of an Appeal the press and public will be excluded) 2 EXCLUSION OF PUBLIC To identify items where resolutions may be moved to exclude the public 3 LATE ITEMS To identify items which have been admitted to the agenda by the Chair for consideration. (The special circumstances shall be specified in the minutes) 4 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST To declare any personal/prejudicial interests for the purpose of Section 81(3) of the Local Government Act 2000 and paragraphs 8 to 13 of the Members Code of Conduct 5 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE To receive any apologies for absence from the meeting 6 MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS 1 - 12 To confirm as a correct record the minutes of the meetings held on 26 th June and 27 th July 2006 C Item Ward Item Not Page No Open No 7 OPEN FORUM In accordance with Paragraphs 6.24 and 6.25 of the Area Committee Procedure Rules, at the discretion of the Chair a period of up to 10 minutes may be allocated at each ordinary meeting for members of the public to make representations or to ask questions on matters within the terms of reference of the Area Committee. This period of time may be extended at the discretion of the Chair. No member of the public shall speak for more than three minutes in the Open Forum, except by permission of the Chair. (10 mins discussion) 8 LEEDS MENTAL HEALTH TEACHING NHS 13 - TRUST - FOUNDATION TRUST 14 CONSULTATION To consider a report which seeks the Committee’s views on the consultation procedures surrounding the application from Leeds Mental Health Teaching NHS Trust to receive Foundation Trust status. Members’ views are particularly sought on how local people, such as service users, carers and staff would be consulted, on the Trust’s plans for future service delivery and on any other issues surrounding the Trust’s application (Council Function) (5 mins presentation/5 mins discussion) 9 YOUTH SERVICE PLANS 15 - 56 To receive a report from the Head of Youth Service which provides the Area Committee with an opportunity to explore the objectives, delivery and effectiveness of Youth Service provision in the area. The report provides information on the Youth Service’s work, outcomes and achievements in 2006/07 and to highlight issues and developments for influence by the Area Committee (Executive Function) (5 mins presentation/15 mins discussion) D Item Ward Item Not Page No Open No 10 AREA COMMITTEE WELLBEING BUDGET 57 - 112 To consider a report from the Director of Neighbourhoods and Housing which updates Members on the Area Committee’s Wellbeing expenditure and describes new proposals for the Wellbeing budget for the Area Committee to determine from the 2006-07 budget (Executive Function) (5 mins presentation/5 mins discussion) 11 MIDDLETON PARK BONFIRE AND FIREWORKS 113 - DISPLAY 116 To receive a report from the Chief Recreation Officer which seeks funding to support both the permanent and temporary infrastructure and the additional staffing costs required to hold a bonfire and fireworks event for 2006 and future years in Middleton Park (Executive Function) (5 mins presentation/10 mins discussion) 12 AREA MANAGER'S REPORT 117 - 130 To consider a report from the Director of Neighbourhoods and Housing which provides the Committee with details of a range of activities taking place within the Inner South area of Leeds (Executive Function) (5 mins presentation/5 mins discussion) E Item Ward Item Not Page No Open No 13 MAKING LEEDS BETTER PROGRESS REPORT 131 - 138 To receive a report which advises Members of the progress made in relation to the Making Leeds Better programme, which invites the Committee to indicate whether they would be interested in meeting to discuss priority issues for the Health Impact Assessment work and also to raise any general questions, concerns or ideas that can be fed back into the plans for Making Leeds Better (Council Function) (5 mins presentation/5 mins discussion) 14 DATE, TIME AND VENUE OF NEXT MEETING Thursday, 2 nd November 2006 at 6.30 p.m. (Venue – South Leeds City Learning Centre, Gipsy Lane, Leeds, LS11 5TT) MAP OF TODAY'S VENUE Belle Isle Family Centre, Belle Isle Road, Leeds, LS10 3PG F Agenda Item 6 South (Inner) Area Committee Monday, 26th June, 2006 PRESENT: Councillor A Gabriel in the Chair Councillors J Blake, D Congreve, D Coupar, P Davey, G Driver, E Nash and A Ogilvie 1 Election of Chair A report was submitted by the Chief Democratic Services Officer which outlined the arrangements for the annual election of Chair of the South (Inner) Area Committee. It was reported that one nomination for the position of Chair had been submitted on behalf of Councillor Gabriel. RESOLVED – (a).That the report and information appended to the report be noted; (b).That following a unanimous vote by those Elected Members present at the meeting, Councillor Gabriel be elected as Chair of the South (Inner) Area Committee for the 2006/2007 municipal year. (Councillor Gabriel took the Chair) 2 Chair's Opening Remarks The Chair welcomed all in attendance to the meeting, especially Councillor Coupar who was attending her first meeting as a member of the South (Inner) Area Committee. 3 Declarations of Interest Councillor Ogilvie declared a personal interest in agenda item 13, entitled ‘Community Centres’, due to being the chair of the St Matthew’s Community Centre Management Committee. (Minute No 11 refers). Councillors Driver and Blake both declared personal interests in all items concerning Belle Isle Foundation, due to being a Board Member and Secretary of the organisation respectively. A further declaration of personal interest was also made at a later point in the meeting. (Minute No 8 refers). 4 Apologies for Absence Apologies for absence from the meeting were received on behalf of the Lord Mayor, Councillor Iqbal. 5 Minutes of Previous Meeting RESOLVED – That the minutes of the meeting held on 13 th April 2006 be approved as a correct record. Draft minutes to be approved at the meeting to be held on Thursday, 27th July, 2006 Page 1 6 Open Forum In accordance with paragraphs 6.24 and 6.25 of the Area Committee Procedure Rules, the Chair allowed a period of up to ten minutes for members of the public to make representations or to ask questions on matters within the terms of reference of the Area Committee. SPLASH (Save Our Pool and Sports Hall) Campaign Sue Talbot, Chair of the SPLASH (Save our Pool and Sports Hall) campaign, stated that she wished to take this opportunity to raise the profile of the community campaign which had been launched following the closure of South Leeds Sports Centre in December 2005. The Committee was informed that due to poor health levels and low car ownership rates in the area and despite the existence of the South Leeds Stadium complex and the international pool, it was felt that the South Leeds community needed the facilities previously provided by the sports centre. In response, Members voiced their support for the SPLASH campaign, recognised the need for the South Leeds community to have such facilities, raised concerns about the issues surrounding the centre’s funding and proposed that the Area Committee could formally seek an update on the situation, in addition to requesting that the Scrutiny Board (Leisure) could consider investigating the provision of leisure facilities both within South Leeds and throughout the city. RESOLVED – (a). That an update on the closure of the South Leeds Sports Centre be sought from the relevant Executive Member and submitted to the Area Committee for consideration; (b). That the Area Committee request that the Scrutiny Board (Leisure) consider investigating the provision of leisure facilities both within South Leeds and throughout the city. 7 South Leeds High School - Progress Report on the Access and Community Safety and Cohesion Issues The Committee received a report from the Chief Executive of Education Leeds which identified the main issues relating to the opening of the new South Leeds High School site and the opportunities available to develop a learning, leisure and business campus within the Parkside area.