Members will be asked to make any declarations of interest in respect of items on this Agenda.

There were no declarations of interest made by members in accordance with the code of conduct.

The Committee will be asked to confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 16 September 2009.

Please note any questions relating to these minutes can be asked under question time for members of the public.

Resolved that the minutes of 16 September 2009, be confirmed as a correct record.

To receive reports on business which, in the opinion of the Chair, should be brought forward for urgent consideration.

There were no items of Chairs urgent business.

Representatives from the Devon and Cornwall Constabulary will report on any relevant local issues.

Representatives of the Devon and Cornwall Constabulary were in attendance and gave an update on antisocial behaviour, crime statistics and dispersal orders.  The Committee were informed that –

The Committee thanked the police officers on behalf of the community for all of the work that had been put into implementing the dispersal orders and the subsequent policing of it.

Resolved to –

Representatives from the Devon and Cornwall Constabulary will give an update on dispersal orders.

This item was discussed as part of the previous item (policing issues). See minute 33 for details.

Committee Members to share their responses in relation to the Locality Working questionnaire.

The Chair informed the Committee that he had been invited to attend a meeting of the Localities Task and Finish Group.

The Chair was unable to accept the invitation due to a prior engagement but requested that Members raise any particular issues and he would pass them onto the Task & Finish Group in time for their meeting the next day.

The Committee expressed concern that the Ham ward crossed over 3 neighbourhoods.  Councillor Wheeler informed the Committee that he had already expressed his views in writing.

Officers from Plymouth Transport and Highways will present the objections/comments received from the results of the latest Consultation which finished on 30^th October 2009.   The Area Committee will then have the opportunity, based on these results and Officers’ recommendations, to make a resolution on the future progress of the St Budeaux CPZ.

A representative of Plymouth Transport and Highways presented a report on the proposed Controlled Parking Zone for St. Budeaux Square.

The Committee were informed that –

In light of the above it was now recommended by Plymouth Transport and Highways that the scheme be abandoned.

The Committee expressed concern around the length of time taken to process the request and the amount of money that had been spent on investigation.  The letters of objection received were against the specific scheme which had been advertised and not against the principal of a controlled parking zone.

Resolved to recommend that scheme is not abandoned and that proposals recently advertised not be developed but that a new scheme be developed which is more in line with resident’s proposals.

The Director of Corporate Support will submit a report on street renumbering at Normandy Way.

The Committee received a report regarding an application to allocate naming and numbering to a new development on the site formerly known as 81 Normandy Way.

Resolved to note the new street name of Columbus Close allocated to the access road that serves a development off Normandy Way.

The Committee will consider requests from individual Committee Members for future agenda items and identify items that are still outstanding from previous meetings.

Resolved to contact the Chair through the Democratic Support Officer with any proposals for future agenda items.

The Committee and Officers will respond to questions from members of the public attending the Committee. Any question not answered shall be the subject of a written response within ten working days.

A member of the public put a question forward in relation to the timetable of events and monies spent on the proposed Controlled Parking Zone in St. Budeaux.

Members advised that the question should be submitted in writing through the Democratic Support Officer and would be subject to a response within 10 working days.

The next meeting of the Committee would take place at 6pm on 13 January 2010 at St Budeaux Library.

The Committee were informed that the next meeting would take place at 6pm on 13 January 2010 at St Budeaux Library.