Community Safety And Public Protection Committee - 24/02/2020

At a MEETING of the COMMUNITY SAFETY AND PUBLIC PROTECTION COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 24th February, 2020.

Present:-

BAILIES

COUNCILLORS

Councillor Kevin CORDELL, Convener, in the Chair.

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 13th January, 2020 was held as read.

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

I DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

Lord Provost Borthwick and Councillor Dawson declared non-financial interests in relation to the items of business at Articles III and IV of this minute by virtue of a family member being a serving Police Officer.

II SCOTTISH FIRE AND RESCUE QUARTERLY PERFORMANCE REPORT - 1ST OCTOBER TO 31ST DECEMBER, 2019

There was submitted Report No 69-2020 by Area Commander Pryde providing information for the Committee regarding the performance of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service against the priorities, outcomes and performance indicators detailed within the Local Fire and Rescue Plan for Dundee 2017/2020, to facilitate local scrutiny.

The Committee agreed to note, scrutinise and question the content of the report.

III DUNDEE LOCAL POLICING AREA QUARTERLY PERFORMANCE REPORT - 1ST OCTOBER TO 31ST DECEMBER, 2020

There was submitted Report No 70-2020 by Chief Superintendent Todd providing information for the Committee regarding the performance of Police Scotland (Tayside Division) against performance indicators that would facilitate local scrutiny.

The Committee agreed to note and scrutinise the operational report.

IV DUNDEE LOCAL POLICING PLAN TAYSIDE 2020/2023

There was submitted Report No 77-2020 by Chief Superintendent Todd providing the Committee with a draft of the proposed Local Policing Plan for 2020/2023.

The Committee agreed:-

(i) to note and scrutinise the draft version of the Local Policing Plan; and

(ii) to note that comments in relation to the draft version of the Local Policing Plan required to be submitted to the Area Command Chief Inspector by 23rd March, 2020.

V LOW EMISSION ZONE UPDATE

The Committee acceded to a request for a deputation to address the Committee in relation to this item of business. After the deputation had stated their case, they were thanked for their attendance and withdrew.

Reference was made to Article II of the minute of meeting of this Committee of 30th September, 2019, wherein it was agreed to progress with the public consultation and stakeholder engagement on the Dundee Low Emission Zone utilising the grant funding allocated to the Council.

There was submitted Joint Report No 63-2020 by the Executive Director of Neighbourhood Services and Executive Director of City Development advising the Committee of the results of the consultation with regard to potential design options for Dundees Low Emission Zone (LEZ); seeking approval to submit the response included at Appendix 3 of the report to a consultation by Transport Scotland entitled Scotlands Low Emission Zones: Consultation on Regulations and Guidance; seeking approval of an amendment to the objectives agreed previously by the Committee for Dundees LEZ in light of a late amendment included in the Transport (Scotland) Act 2019; and providing an update to the Committee on recent developments in respect of the use of Traffic Regulation Condition and funding support from the Scottish Government.

The Committee agreed:-

(i) to note the content of the report and delegate the Executive Directors of Neighbourhood Services and City Development to commit to use the grant funding allocated to Dundee City Council as outlined in Section 7.2 of the report to aid progression with the development of the Dundee LEZ; and

(ii) to remit the Executive Director of Neighbourhood Services to:-

- submit on behalf of the Council the response included at Appendix 3 of the report to a consultation by Transport Scotland entitled Scotlands Low Emission Zones: Consultation on Regulations and Guidance.

- agree the amendment to the objectives for Dundees LEZ as stated at Section 6.4 of the report.

- submit a further report to Committee at a later date with recommendation for the design and scope of Dundees LEZ.

VI IMPACTS OF AMBIENT AIR POLLUTION ON HEALTH

On a reference to Article III of the minute of meeting of this Committee of 6th June, 2019, there was submitted Report No 65-2020 by the Executive Director of Neighbourhood Services providing the Committee with information on the impacts of ambient air pollution on health.

The Committee agreed to note the content of the report.

VII NEIGHBOURHOOD SERVICES SERVICE PLAN 2018/2022: ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT

Reference was made to Article V of the minute of meeting of this Committee of 19th November, 2018, wherein the Neighbourhood Services Service Plan 2018/2022 was approved.

There was submitted Report No 17-2020 by the Executive Director of Neighbourhood Services providing the Committee with an annual progress update on the key performance measures and projects included in the Neighbourhood Services Plan 2018/2022.

The Committee agreed to note the information included within the report.

Kevin CORDELL, Convener.