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Agenda and draft minutes
Venue: 1P05: Beira Room - City Hall, College Green, Bristol, BS1 5TR. View directions
Contact: Lauren Price
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Welcome and Introductions Minutes: The Clerk welcomed all to the meeting in the absence of an elected Chair. |
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Apologies To note apologies for absence. Minutes: Apologies were received from Councillor Andrew Varney. |
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Election of Chair Minutes: The clerk asked for nominations for Chair of the meeting. Councillor Toby Wells was nominated as Chair. This was seconded by Councillor Cam Hayward. This passed with unanimous votes.
Resolved: Councillor Toby Wells was elected as Chair.
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To note the terms of reference approved at Full Council on 9th January 2024. Minutes: The Chair asked the committee if there were any questions or comments in relation to the terms of reference for the area committee. There were none.
Resolved: The Area committee noted the Terms of Reference.
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Declarations of interest To note any declarations of interest from the Councillors. They are asked to indicate the relevant agenda item, the nature of the interest and in particular whether it is a disclosable pecuniary interest. Any declaration of interest made at the meeting which is not on the register of interests should be notified to the Monitoring Officer for inclusion.
Minutes: The Chair asked all committee members if there were any declarations of interest. There were none. |
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Public Forum: Petitions, Statements and Questions Up to 30 minutes is allowed for this item.
Members of the press and public who plan to attend a public meeting at City Hall are advised that you will be required to sign in when you arrive and you will be issued with a visitor pass which you will need to display at all times.
Public forum items may be submitted about matters that relate to items that are on the agenda for the meeting or any matter within the terms of reference of the Area Committee provided the deadlines are adhered to.
Further information can be found in the Public Information Sheet attached to this agenda or within the Area Committees Terms of Reference.
Public Forum items should be emailed to democratic.services@bristol.gov.uk.
Please note that the following deadlines will apply in relation to this meeting:-
Public Questions – Written questions must be received no later than 5pm on the 26th November 2024.
A maximum of three questions per member of the public is permitted.
Petitions and Statements - Petitions and written statements must be received no later than 12 noon on the 28th November 2024.
One written statement per member of the public is permitted.
Minutes: There was none. |
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Notification of Previous Decisions To note the previous decisions brought forward to the new area committee boundaries. Minutes: Charlotte MacDiarmid, VCSE Investment and Social Action Officer, presented the report and highlighted the following: a) The section titled ‘notification of
previous decisions’ is replacing approval of previous minutes
due to restructuring of area committees. In future meetings
committees will be asked to sign off minutes of the previous
meeting. The following points arose during the discussion: c) A query was raised about CIL funding for the
tarmac footpath in Arnos Court Park, which appeared to be missing
from the table. Action: Charlotte to review the minutes of the previous meeting and the progress report to provide an update on the Arnos Court Park project. The committee resolved to note the report.
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Community Resources Update To consider the community resources update. Minutes: Charlotte MacDiarmid, VCSE Investment and Social Action Officer, presented the report and highlighted the following: a) With the change to the Area Committee Terms of Reference, additional functions have been introduced. Further work is required on the detail of these new functions and proposals will be worked out by the group of AC Chairs. b) Figures and updates on CIL and S106 funds are available online; additional meetings have been called to allow for tree planting decisions to be made- however, none for this committee to make. c) All S106 monies designated specifically for tree planting have been allocated, as confirmed in the report; the only uncommitted S106 contribution for AC9 is linked to Knowle Golf Club and must be spent within a specific boundary area.
The following points were raised from the discussion that followed:
d) Funding is designated for park improvements within one mile of the freeway, with parks identifying potential projects. e) The committee discussed areas that could fall within the boundary.
The committee resolved to note the report. |