Leisure, Arts And Communities Committee - 12/03/2001

At a MEETING of the NEIGHBOURHOOD RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 12th March, 2001.

Present:-

COUNCILLORS

Councillor FARQUHAR, Convener, in the Chair.

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 12th February, 2001 was held as read.

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

I SOCIAL INCLUSION PARTNERSHIPS - ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES 2000/2001

There was submitted Report No. 161-2001 by the Director of Neighbourhood Resources and Development bringing forward proposals for the further allocation of Social Inclusion Partnership revenue funding and awards from the Small Grants Programme 2000/2001.

The Committee approved the following recommendations:-

(a) To note the recommendations of the Dundee Partnership Community Regeneration Group in the further allocation of SIP1 and 2 revenue funding for 2000/2001 as detailed in Appendix B of the report.

(b) To agree the award in the SIP1 Small Revenue Grants as set out in Appendix C of the report.

(c) To authorise the Social Inclusion Partnership Implementation Team to commission works and transfer funds to the Community Safety Fund as detailed in paragraph 3.2 of the report.

II COMMUNITY SAFETY - HOME SECURITY TARGET HARDENING

There was submitted Report No. 158-2001 by the Director of Neighbourhood Resources and Development reporting on progress achieved within the home security target hardening initiatives and seeking consent for funding for 2001/2002 to continue the work.

The Committee noted the progress of the project initiatives and the recommendations of the Dundee Partnership Community Regeneration Group to fund project work within Social Inclusion Partnerships (SIPS) areas for 2001/2002 as per paragraph 3.3 of the report.

III SCHEME FOR THE OPERATION OF COMMUNITY COUNCILS: POSTPONEMENT OF FOUR YEARLY ELECTIONS FROM OCTOBER 2001 TO MAY 2002

Discussions had been held with representatives of the Association of Dundee Community Councils to assess the present level of support from the public and the City Council for community councils. At present there were five community councils out of a possible seventeen. It had been agreed that the present Scheme of Operations for Community Councils should be reviewed and consideration given to developing a more flexible and inclusive Scheme.

Further to these discussions, the Association of Community Councils had consulted with the existing community councils and had now formally requested on their behalf that:-

(a) the existing Scheme of Operations be reviewed;

(b) any new or amended Scheme should be more flexible and inclusive;

(c) the forthcoming community council elections due in October 2001 should be postponed until May 2002 to allow extensive discussion and consultation.

The Committee approved these proposals.

IV NON-RECURRING REVENUE GRANTS FUND V 2000/2001

At its meeting on 10th February, 1997, the Committee approved the criteria and procedures for the Department's grant aid portfolio (Report No. 127-1997 refers).

There was submitted Report No. 159-2001 by the Director of Neighbourhood Resources and Development detailing recommendations for specific grant awards which can be met from the relevant revenue budget 2000/2001.

The Committee approved payment of the following grants:-

V EQUALITY ACTION FUND 111 2000/2001

At its meeting on 10th February, 1997, the Committee approved the criteria and procedures for the Department's grant aid portfolio (Report No. 127-1997 refers).

There was submitted Report No. 160-2001 by the Director of Neighbourhood Resources and Development detailing recommendations for specific grant awards which can be met from the relevant revenue budget 2000/2001.

The Committee approved payment of the following grants:-

CHARLES FARQUHAR, Convener.