Members received and considered recommendations from the Panels and Cabinet resolutions.

Regarding Sustainable Communities Overview and Scrutiny Panel’s minute no. 4, Members noted that consideration of health and safety improvements to the Hoe Foreshore had taken place, with a recommendation that remedial work to the Tinside diving boards should be dealt with as a matter of urgency, and that a site visit was to take place early in August to assess progress of works.  The Chair of the Growth and Prosperity advised that the task and finish group would look at the area of West Hoe when they undertook their site visit.

Resolved that –

           (1)    regarding Cabinet minute 22, Plymouth City Centre Business Improvement District proposals, a review of these proposals with a view to making a recommendation to the City Council regarding exercising its power to veto be added to the Growth and Prosperity Overview and Scrutiny Panel’s work programme;

           (2)    regarding Cabinet minute 30, Residential Care: update of modernisation of older people services 2005-2015, a review of the results of consultations be added to the Health and Adult Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Panel’s work programme;

           (3)    regarding Health and Wellbeing Overview and Scrutiny Panel’s minute 5, the Protocol for establishment of joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee be approved and submitted to the City Council for confirmation and adoption;

           (4)    regarding Safer and Stronger Overview and Scrutiny Panel’s minute no. 72, Emergency Response Plan, the Panel’s recommendation to Cabinet that funding in the sum of £11,000 is allocated over two years for the provision of external training for members of staff be approved and forwarded to Cabinet.