Agenda item

To confirm as a correct record the minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 5 October 2010, and to hear feedback on issues raised at previous meetings.

The minutes of the meeting held on 5 October 2010 were agreed as a correct record and signed by the chair.

The chair drew residents’ attention to various updates on previous issues contained in the agenda. She gave a verbal update on the Thomas Carlton Centre and how the Community Youth Provisions Association (CYPA) had been asked to vacate the building as the Council was carrying out refurbishment works. They had been given a list of alternative facilities but decided not to vacate. There will be a preliminary hearing on the matter on 20 November 2010 to determine if there were grounds to remain or if the Council had acted properly.

Cllr Smith said when the CYPA were first asked to vacate there was no mention of asbestos. Cllr Mills added she would look into that to get a fuller understanding of the asbestos issue and why the alternative facilities offered were not accepted.

In response to a resident’s enquiry about replacement lighting, Cllr Colley said there were two issues. One was the allocation under the highways budget and the other was around the housing renewal area. Members would look into what was deliverable.