Community Safety And Public Protection Committee - 25/10/2021

At a MEETING of the COMMUNITY SAFETY AND PUBLIC PROTECTION COMMITTEE held remotely on 25th October, 2021.

Present:-

BAILIES

COUNCILLORS

Councillor Kevin CORDELL, Convener, in the Chair.

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 27th September, 2021 was held as read.

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

I DECLARATION OF INTEREST

Councillor McCready declared a non-financial interest in Article II by virtue of his position as Chair of TACTRAN.

II DUNDEE LOW EMISSION ZONE

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

There was submitted Report No 286-2021 by the Executive Director of Neighbourhood Services advising the Committee on the outcome from the recent public consultation and stakeholder engagement on the preferred Low Emission Zone (LEZ) scheme for Dundee, advising the Committee on the outcome of the detailed environmental and impact assessments carried out as a part of the Low Emission Zone scheme process, seeking approval to proceed with the publishing of a Notice for the Dundee Low Emission Zone scheme proposal in line with the Transport (Scotland) Act 2019, the Low Emission Zones (Scotland) Regulations 2021, and the Low Emission Zones (Emission Standards, Exemptions and Enforcement) (Scotland) Regulations 2021, and seeking approval to utilise grant funding allocated to Dundee City Council for capital works related to the LEZ development.

The Committee agreed to approve the content of the report and to:-

(i) remit the Executive Directors of Neighbourhood Services and City Development to proceed with the publication of a Notice for the Dundee Low Emission Zone scheme proposal as per Regulation 3 of Part 2 of the Low Emission Zones (Scotland) Regulations 2021 containing the information contained in Appendix D to the report;

(ii) agree to the Executive Directors of Neighbourhood Services and City Development to utilise the support funding allocated to Dundee City Council as outlined in Section 4.15 of the report to aid progression with the development of the LEZ through the procurement of associated infrastructure and enforcement technology; and

(iii) note that continued engagement with Scottish Government regarding future revenue costs was ongoing.

Kevin CORDELL, Convener.