ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

 

THURSDAY 31 JULY 1997 - 3.00 pm

 

Present:-  Provost Allan, Councillors Calvert, Morrison (M), Roach, McGhee, Robertson (Y) and Campbell, Councillor McGhee, Convener, in the Chair.

 

In attendance:-  The Assistant Chief Executive (Economic Development & Urban Regeneration), the Director of Central Services, Mr A Puckrin (for the Director of Finance), the Director of Planning, Mr D Stoddart (for the Director of Property & Technical Services), the Director of Transportation & Roads, the Chief Consumer Protection & Trading Standards Officer and the Chief Environmental Services Officer.

 

Apologies for absence were intimated on behalf of  Councillors Jackson, Mulholland and Finnie.

 

The following paragraphs are submitted for information only, having been dealt with under the powers delegated to the Committee.

 

824

CAPITAL PROGRAMME 1997/98 - TECHNICAL PROGRESS: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AND PLANNING

824

SUBMITTED:  Report dated 11 July 1997 by the Director of Property & Technical Services on the technical progress of the Capital Programme 1997/98.

NOTED

 

825

CAPITAL PROGRAMME 1997/98 - TECHNICAL PROGRESS: TRANSPORTATION AND ROADS

825

SUBMITTED:  Report dated 10 July 1997 by the Director of Transportation & Roads on the technical progress of the Capital Programme 1997/98.

NOTED

 

826

CAPITAL PROGRAMME 1997/98 - FINANCIAL POSITION

826

SUBMITTED:  Report dated 17 July 1997 by the Director of Finance on the current position of the Capital Programme 1997/98.

NOTED

 

827

REVENUE RESURFACING PROGRAMME 1997/98

827

SUBMITTED:  Report dated 2 July 1997 by the Director of Transportation & Roads on proposals for the resurfacing of carriageways and footways at various locations in Inverclyde during 1997/98.

DECIDED:  That approval be given to the resurfacing of carriageways and footways at the locations detailed in the report, the costs to be contained within the Revenue Budget 1997/98.

828

CORPORATE SIGNAGE

828

SUBMITTED:  Report dated 9 July 1997 by the Director of Transportation & Roads recommending approval of corporate signage in respect of school and property signs, boundary settlement signs, street nameplates and small signs such as neighbourhood watch signs.

DECIDED:

(a)  That approval be given to the corporate signage detailed in the report;  and

(b)  That the Director of Transportation & Roads continue to take the lead role with regard to administering the supply and erection of corporate signage, on a rechargeable basis where appropriate.

 

829

SPONSORSHIP OF COUNCIL EQUIPMENT

829

SUBMITTED:  Report dated 9 July 1997 by the Director of Transportation & Roads seeking authority to enter into preliminary discussions with interested parties regarding the sponsorship of Council equipment.

DECIDED:

(a)  That the Director of Transportation & Roads enter into preliminary discussions with potential sponsors of Council equipment;  and

(b)  That the Director of Transportation & Roads in consultation with the Director of Legal Services report to the Committee on the initial response from potential sponsors.

 

830

PLANNING AND TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SUB-COMMITTEE

830

SUBMITTED:  Report dated 9 July 1997 by the Director of Central Services on the establishment of the Planning and Traffic Management Sub-Committee, agreed by The Inverclyde Council at the meeting on 26 June 1997 (para 758), and requesting the Committee to appoint Members to the Sub-Committee.

DECIDED:

(a)  That the Committee confirm its agreement to (i) the discharge of part of its remit, relative to its development control and building control functions and consideration and determination of objections to Traffic Regulation and Traffic Management Orders, with delegated powers to the Planning and Traffic Management Sub-Committee and (ii) that a Member of the Sub-Committee may nominate another Member of the Council to attend that meeting as his or her substitute with powers to act in his or her stead;  and

(b)  That the following Members be appointed to the Sub-Committee:-

 

       Councillor Calvert

       Councillor Morrison (M)

       Councillor Roach (Vice-Convener)

       Councillor McGhee (Convener)

       Councillor Robertson (Y)

       Councillor Mulholland

       Councillor Campbell

 

831

DEVELOPMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS WITHIN THE COUNCIL

831

SUBMITTED:  Report dated 11 July 1997 by the Chief Environmental Services Officer outlining the benefits and implications of the development of environmental management systems within the Council.

DECIDED:  That it be recommended to the Policy & Strategy Committee that:-

(i)   The Council gives a commitment to continuous improvement of its environmental performance;

(ii)  The existing Officers' Working  Group be extended to involve all Departments and that the Group produce environmental policy options for approval by the Council; and

(iii) The Officers' Working Group prepare an action plan to develop environmental management systems throughout the Council, detailing timescales, financial and other implications, the action plan to be subject to approval by the Council.

 

832

STREET NAMING

832

SUBMITTED:  Report dated 2 July 1997 by the Director of Planning on the proposed naming of a street within the new housing development at Whinhill, Greenock.

DECIDED:  That the name Gareloch Close be adopted as shown in the plan appended to the report.

 

833

MINUTE OF MEETING OF THE STRATHCLYDE PASSENGER TRANSPORT AUTHORITY

833

SUBMITTED:  Minute of meeting of the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority of 4 April 1997.

NOTED

 

834

RESOLUTION:  EXCLUSION OF PUBLIC AND PRESS

834

On the motion of the Convener it was agreed unanimously that in terms of Section 50(A)(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, the public and press be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the undernoted item of business on the grounds that consideration of the item involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 6 of Part I of Schedule 7A of the Act.

 

835

TS ASTRID:  THE SHIP FOR SCOTLAND PROJECT

835

SUBMITTED:  Report dated 23 July 1997 by the Assistant Chief Executive (Economic Development & Urban Regeneration) on a request for financial assistance by the Scottish Maritime Sailing Trust towards the acquisition of the sailing ship Astrid, consideration of which had been continued from the meeting of the Economic Development & Urban Regeneration Committee held on 22 May 1997 for further financial information (para 614), together with further representations and financial details provided by the Trust.  The report indicated that the Trust had revised its proposals to the Scottish Sports Council and was now seeking support in respect of capital funding only.

DECIDED:

(a)  That the Committee support in principle the Trust's request for financial assistance of £150,000 towards the capital costs of acquiring the TS Astrid but that no other commitment be given in respect of future capital or revenue support; and

(b)  That it be remitted to the Assistant Chief Executive (Economic Development & Urban Regeneration) to seek further information from the Trust relative to both capital and revenue funding for the project and sponsorship commitments from other parties.