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Items
No. Item

337.

ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE CHAIRMAN AND/OR HEAD OF THE PAID SERVICE

Minutes:

There were no announcements from the Chairman or Head of the Paid Service.

338.

Declarations of Interest

 

In accordance with the Regulations, Members are required to declare any personal or prejudicial interests they may have and the nature of those interests in respect of items on this Agenda and/or indicate if Section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 applies to them.

Minutes:

No declarations of interest were received.

339.

RECORD OF DECISIONS

To confirm the Record of Decisions made at the meeting of the Cabinet held on 19 September 2017.

 

Minutes:

Mr Walters requested that item 276, point i) was removed from the minutes as it was not agreed by Cabinet that all facilities management to be one package of works.

 

The Record of Decisions made by Cabinet on 19 September 2017, with the amendment noted above, was confirmed by Cabinet.

340.

ITEMS RAISED BY SCRUTINY

To receive items raised by members of scrutiny which have been submitted to the Leader (copied to Chief Executive and Democratic Services Officer) by 4.30 pm on Friday

Minutes:

The Chairman had not been formally notified of any items raised by Scrutiny.

341.

OAKHAM TOWN CENTRE pdf icon PDF 134 KB

(KEY DECISION)

 

Report No. 142/2017

Additional documents:

Minutes:

(KEY DECISION)

 

Report No. 142/2017 from the Director for Places (Environment, Planning and Transport).

 

The Chief Executive, Mrs Briggs, provided a presentation to Cabinet. Details of which are available at:

 

http://rutlandcounty.moderngov.co.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=133&MId=1747

 

Mr Mathias Leader and Portfolio Holder for Finance and Places (Highways, Transport and Market Towns) invited Mr Bird, Ward Member for Oakham South West and Mr Dale, Ward Member for Oakham North East to speak:

 

Mr Bird raised the following points:

·         Comments received from the general public included:           

o   ‘Brilliant Idea, why had this not been done years ago’

o   ‘The Town Centre is dead, why bother’

·         Mr Bird offered his full support to the recommendations.

·         Good design was vital and needed to reflect the aspirations of the community and the heritage of the County.

·         The proposal was for traffic flow to be west to east; this was partly due to the future increased closure time of the level crossing (closed for 30 minutes in every hour). Mr Bird raised concerns that this could create an empty vacuum with no vehicles on the High Street.

·         It was vital that the community had the opportunity to input into the final design; there had been excellent and creative ideas that could potentially be incorporated.

 

 Mr Dale raised the following points:

·         There had been very little change to the High Street in the past 50 years.

·         Rutland County Council (RCC) owed it to the shop owners and landlords to improve the High Street.

·         Mr Dale was in full support of the recommendation and scheme. This would make improvements for the next generation.

·         Mr Dale raised concerns regarding the use of cobble stones, with his preferred option to keep lines and paving clear.

·         The scheme must be delivered on or below budget.

·         All future consultation would include groups that represent people with disabilities.

 

The Chief Executive, Mrs Briggs, confirmed that in other areas of the country, where similar schemes had been delivered an increase in economic prosperity had been seen.

 

Mr Mathias Leader and Portfolio Holder for Finance and Places (Highways, Transport and Market Towns) thanked Mr Bird and Mr Dale for their comments as Ward Members for Oakham.

 

During discussion the following points were raised:

      i.        Further work was required on traffic and parking as part of the detailed design.

    ii.        Project management would be vital to the success of the scheme and to ensure that work was not duplicated, for example, roads being excavated more than once for utilities to be accessed.

   iii.        The council had a number of major projects/schemes currently in progress; therefore, staying on budget was key.

   iv.        There was potential to work with landlords and shop owners to improve the fascias of properties on the High Street.

    v.        Mr Tomlinson - Senior Highways Manager confirmed the following points regarding Target Costing:

·         RCC were already working with a contractor (Eurovia), selected under the Midland Highways Alliance’s (MHA) Medium Schemes Framework 2 contract (MSF2),  on the initial plan & design.  A target cost will be built  ...  view the full minutes text for item 341.

342.

ANY ITEMS OF URGENT BUSINESS

To receive items of urgent business which have previously been notified to the person presiding.

Minutes:

No items of urgent business had previously been notified to the Chairman.