Issue - meetings

1.            Subject to Council approval of the Budget and Capital Investment Strategy in February 2020, expenditure of £400,000 for 2020/21 as outlined in Appendix A of Report CAB3213, be approved.

2.            That the indicative programme for 2021/22 totalling £811,000 be noted as a basis for planning and preparing future works.

3.            That authority to make minor adjustments to the programme, in order to meet maintenance and operational needs of the car park service throughout the year as required, be delegated to the Corporate Head of Regulatory, in consultation with the Corporate Head of Asset Management and Cabinet Member for the Environment.

In the absence of Councillors Tod and Murphy, the Service Lead: Environmental Services introduced the report.

At the invitation of the Leader, Councillor Horrill addressed the meeting as summarised briefly below.

Disappointed regarding the apparent lack of commitment in the report to new park and ride provision, particularly on the former Vaultex site and for Kings Barton Farm.  Queried progress on coach parking identified for St Catherine’s park and ride site.

The Strategic Director: Services (Interim) and Cabinet Members responded to comments made and emphasised that they were fully committed to provision of additional park and ride facilities to the north of the city and were actively searching for suitable sites.

Cabinet agreed to the following for the reasons set out above and outlined in the report.

RESOLVED:

1.                   That subject to Council approval of the Budget and Capital Investment Strategy in February 2020, expenditure of £400,000 for 2020/21 as outlined in appendix A of the report, be approved.

2.                   That the indicative programme for 2021/22 totalling £811,000 be noted as a basis for planning and preparing future works.

3.                   That authority to make minor adjustments to the programme in order to meet maintenance and operational needs of the car park service throughout the year be delegated to the Corporate Head of Regulatory, in consultation with the Corporate Head of Asset Management and Cabinet Member for the Environment.