Agenda and minutes

Stephen McBarron, Lorraine Cooper, Mark Rollinson, Steve Harris, Joanna Herbert, Tamsin MacDonald.

To consider any appeals in accordance with Procedure Rule 15.2 of the Access to Information Procedure Rules (in the event of an Appeal the press and public will be excluded).

(*In accordance with Procedure Rule 15.2, written notice of an appeal must be received by the Chief Democratic Services Officer at least 24 hours before the meeting.)

There were no appeals against refusal of inspection of documents.

1 To highlight reports or appendices which officers have identified as containing exempt information within the meaning of Section 100I of the Local Government Act 1972, and where officers consider that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information, for the reasons outlined in the report.

2 To consider whether or not to accept the officers recommendation in respect of the above information.

3 If the recommendation is accepted, to formally pass the following resolution:-

RESOLVED – That, in accordance with Regulation 4 of The Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meetings and Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2012 or Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 as appropriate, the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of those parts of the agenda designated as containing exempt information on the grounds that it is likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the press and public were present there would be disclosure to them of exempt information, as follows:-‘

There were no exempt items.

To identify items which have been admitted to the agenda by the Chair for consideration.

(The special circumstances shall be specified in the minutes.)

There were no formal late items. However, there was supplementary information for Agenda Item 10 - Appointment of Co-optees to Community Committees, which was a revised report, this had been circulated prior to the meeting.

To disclose or draw attention to any interests in accordance with Leeds City Council’s ‘Councillor Code of Conduct’.

The following Councillors declared a non-pecuniary interest in Agenda Item 11 – Finance Report.

·  Cllr Ritchie – as he is the Director of the Bramley Community Arts CIC who had applied for funding.

·  Cllr Cunningham – as she is the Director of Armley Action Team who had applied for funding.

To receive any apologies for absence.

There were no apologies for absence.

In accordance with Paragraphs 4.16 and 4.17 of the Community Committee Procedure Rules, at the discretion of the Chair a period of up to 10 minutes may be allocated at each ordinary meeting for members of the public to make representations or to ask questions on matters within the terms of reference of the Community Committee. This period of time may be extended at the discretion of the Chair. No member of the public shall speak for more than three minutes in the Open Forum, except by permission of the Chair.

In accordance with the Community Committee Procedure Rules, the Chair allowed a period of up to 10 minutes for members to make representations or ask questions within the terms of reference of the Community Committee.

On this occasion there were no members of the public wishing to make representation. However, Cllr Cunningham on behalf of a resident of Armley raised concerns in relation to 10 stone steps on Canal Road which required some form of handrails. The resident had attended two previous meetings to raise the same concern, however, this work had not been done. The Locality Officers said they would look into this issue.

To receive the minutes of the previous meeting held on 12^th March 2024, for approval as a correct record.

RESOLVED – That the minutes of the meeting held on 12^th March 2024, be approved as a correct record.

There were no matters arising.

The report of the City Solicitor is to note the appointment of Councillor Alice Smart as Chair of the Community Committee for 2024/25 as agreed at the recent Annual Council Meeting, and also to invite the Committee to make appointments to those positions detailed in section 6 / the appendices.

 The report of the City Solicitor was to note the appointment of Councillor Alice Smart as Chair of the Community Committee for 2024/25 as agreed at the recent Annual Council Meeting, and to invite the Committee to make appointments to those positions detailed in section 6 / the appendices. Members were also asked to consider the appointment of a Deputy Chair whilst Cllr Smart is on maternity leave.

The Committee proposed Cllr Bithell be nominated as Deputy Chair for the Committee, whilst Cllr Smart is on maternity leave.

It was noted that there were no appointments to the Mary Jane Butler Trust until 2025. However, the Kirkstall Ward Members requested that Cllr Rontree be included in the Membership of the Mary Jane Butler Trust, as the Elected Member for the Kirkstall Ward, replacing former councillor, John Illingworth.

RESOLVED – To:

a)  Appoint to the following positions as set out at Paragraph 6 of the report:

b)  Note Cllr Smart as the Chair of the Community Committee for municipal year 2024-25.

c)  Appoint Cllr Bithell as the Deputy Chair of the Community Committee, whilst Cllr Smart is on maternity leave.

This report invites Members to give consideration to appointing co-optees to the Community Committee for the duration of the 2024/25 municipal year.

The report of the City Solicitor invited Members to give consideration to appointing co-optees to the Community Committee for the duration of the 2024/25 municipal year.

A list of nominated co-optees could be found at Paragraph 9 of the report.

RESOLVED - To appoint the following as co-opted members of the Inner West Community for municipal year 2024-25:

Armley

·  Catherine Hyde

·  Rhea Bentley

·  Lorraine Cooper

·  Mark Rollinson

Bramley & Stanningley

·  Jonathan Butler

·  Stephen McBarron

·  Joanna Herbert

Kirkstall

·  Stephen Garvani

·  Steve Harris

·  Tamsin MacDonald

This report provides the Community Committee with an update on the budget position for the Wellbeing Fund, Youth Activity Fund, Capital Budget, as well as the Community Infrastructure Levy Budget for 2024/25.

The report of the Head of Locality Partnerships provided the Community Committee with an update on the budget position for the Wellbeing Fund, Youth Activity Fund, Capital Budget, as well as the Community Infrastructure Levy Budget for 2024/25.

The Locality Officer presented the report and provided the following information:

·  Members attention was drawn to Paragraph 15 of the submitted report which set out the ‘minimum conditions’ for all delegated decisions for the Inner West Community Committee.

·  The Community Committee currently has a balance of £76,097.51 A full breakdown of the projects was listed in Table 1 of the report.

·  Members were requested to consider the 18 projects listed at Paragraph 23.

·  Since the last meeting on 12^th March the following projects had been approved:

o  Accessible toilets in Bramley Shopping Centre - £8,500.00

o  Community events in Armley and Gotts Park (Purchasing of equipment for events) - £2,935.56

o  Tennis Court Improvements – Burley Park - £10,876,64

o  Stanningley Park MUGA resurfacing - £36,000.00

o  NWCA – Strengthening local connections and centre refurb project - £9,160.00

o  LS12 – Creative - £6,270.00 

·  It was noted that no projects had been declined since the last meeting.

·  Monitoring information would be requested from all the supported projects and monitoring information would be available in the report to the next meeting.

·  The Youth Activity Fund had a remaining balance of £17,001.03. A full breakdown of the projects was available on request. Table 2 showed that total of £25,851.00 has been allocated to projects.

·  Table 3 provided information on the amount spent to date and the projects supported.

·  Table 4 showed the community skips provided by the Committee.

·  The Inner West Community Committee has a capital budget of £1,957.27 available to spend. Members are asked to note the capital allocation summarised in Table 5.

·  The Committee was advised there is £13,461.49 currently available to spend in the Community Infrastructure Levy Budget (CIL). Table 6 provided information on projects supported from the CIL budget.

Members discussions included:

·  In relation to an application from WYP – Leeds West Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT) - Inner West Anti-Social Behaviour, Road Safety and Targeted operations 2024-25. Members requested that the NPT liaise with the Ward Members on areas to be targeted and for information on the operations, so they can feedback to residents.

·  In relation to the application from Leedswatch for the Inner West CCTV – Members requested more feedback on the information being captured by the cameras.

·  In relation to Armley Spring Market and Armley Festival 2024 – From the Armley Action Team CIC – Members requested information on match funding, stallholders and where attendees to the event were travelling from. It was noted that the event organiser of the Kirkstall Festival had offered to provide assistance and resources for the project.

·  In relation to the Bramley Figure Drawing and Portraiture Class it was noted that Cllr Parnham at this point in the meeting declared a non-pecuniary interest as his partner attended the class. He had been  ...  view the full minutes text for item 11.

The report of the Head of Locality Partnerships brings to members’ attention an update of the work which the Communities Team is engaged in, based on priorities identified by the Community Committee. It also provides opportunities for further questioning, or to request a more detailed report on a particular issue

The report of the Head of Locality Partnerships provided an update of the work which the Communities Team had been engaged in, based on the priorities identified by the Community Committee.

The Committee Champions reported the following:

Children and Young People

·  Work undertaken by the sub-group investigating the effect on children’s education of those living in overcrowded homes or who were homeless was to be discussed by the appropriate Scrutiny Boards.

Environment

·  With the approval of the Committee the sub-group would be looking at parks and greenspaces, and this would be reported back to future meetings.

Community Safety

·  Speeding and data in relation to this would be investigated this year by the sub-group, as this was an issue which has raised concerns in the Inner West area.

Health, Wellbeing and Adult Social Care

·  The sub-group is currently waiting on data to be released in relation to asthma and obesity which will be a focus area for the sub-group this year.

·  It was noted that the smoking cessation sessions at the Wortley Café were well attended.

·  Local Care Partnerships seemed to be working effectively.

Members raised concerns in relation to the table on page 47 of the agenda pack which had referred to Travellers as being an offence. The Locality Officer said that this would be addressed.

RESOLVED – That the content of the report be noted.

The report of the Head of Locality Partnerships provides the Outer North West Community Committee with an update on the Community Committee Youth Summit and an update on the Youth Activity Fund Consultation.

The report of the Head of Locality Partnerships was presented by the Locality Officer and provided an update on the Youth Summit.

The officer highlighted page 66 of the agenda pack and the following points were noted:

·  The Inner West Community Committee Youth Summit had engaged with 37 young people.

·  The Inner West Community Committee had received 190 survey responses to the Youth Activity Fund Consultation Survey, which was 4 times more than received in the previous year.

Members comments included:

·  Members found it useful to know what priorities were required by young people when making decisions on spending the Youth Activities Fund.

·  It was suggested that a report be brought to the November meeting to look at areas of need.

RESOLVED - To note the content of the report. 

The next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday 3^rd September 2024, at 6pm.

RESOLVED – To note the next meeting would be on Tuesday 3^rd September 2024 at 6pm. The venue was to be confirmed.

The meeting concluded at 7:30pm.