Agenda item

Well - Being Report

To consider a report of the Director of Neighbourhoods and Housing on the Well-being Budget.

Minutes:

Referring to minute 89 of the meeting held on 8th February 2007, the Director of Neighbourhoods and Housing submitted a report on the Well-being budget.

 

Appended to the report were copies of the following documents for the information/comment of the meeting:-

 

·  Revenue spend by theme 2004/05 to 2006/07 (3 years) and 2007/08 to date (Table 1 refers)

·  Revenue spend by ward 2004/05 to 2006/07 (3 years) and 2007/08 to date (Table 2 refers)

·  Capital spend 2004/07 to date by theme (Table 3 refers)

·  Capital spend 2004/07 to date by ward (Table 4 refers)

 

Dayle Lynch, North West Area Management presented the report and responded to Members’ queries and comments.

 

Detailed discussion ensued on the contents of the report and appendices.

 

RESOLVED –

(a)  That the contents of the report and appendices be noted.

(b)  That the following projects seeking revenue funding for 2007/08 be dealt with as follows:-

 

Project

Decision

 

Safer Stronger Communities

 

 

BARCA

(a)  Application for £15,000 revenue funding be rejected, with a request for officers to investigate further the possibility of seeking similar support from existing voluntary organisations providing services in the area

 

(b)  A sum of £5,000 instead be allocated to support the implementation of DPPOs in Woodhouse and Little London

 

(c)  That this Committee reaffirms the need for the continuation of the Street Drinkers Group to help co-ordinate efforts to tackle the effects of alcohol abuse

 

CALM at Leeds Met

(a)  Agreed £5,000 (2007/08) and, in-principle, £5,000 in 08/09 and 09/10

 

(b)  That officers be requested to discuss with Leeds Met the possibility of them extending their glass bottle collection and to ask City Services to provide glass bottle banks for the area and to refer this issue to the Streetscene Sub Group for further discussion

 

West Yorkshire Police / Headingley Policing (£7,500)/ Off Road Motorcycles (£4,770)

Anti Climb Paint (£3,000)

 

 

Agreed that a ring-fenced fund for policing activities be created totalling £15,500, and that for the requests listed to be considered from this fund with particular emphasis being given to the Area Committee’s policing priorities. Final proposals to be submitted and appraised and agreed by the Community Safety Sub Group

 

Young People

 

 

Headingley Library (Learning and Leisure)

Agreed £1,000

 

 

Youth Services

Agreed £3,650 for Van 1 and £8,025 for Van 2 totalling £11,975 (funding towards Van 2 being conditional upon match funding being secured from another source)

 

Planning and Development

 

 

Planning Sub Group – NDS Fund

Agreed £15,000

 

North Hyde Park Neighbourhood Association

Application referred to the above NDA fund

 

 

Parks and Greenspace

 

 

Friends of Woodhouse Moor

Agreed £2,439

 

Community Assets

 

 

Headingley Development Trust

Agreed £9,300

 

Woodsley Road Management Committee

 

Rejected application for £19,975 revenue funding towards a centre worker, but agreed £5,000 for consultancy support from Voluntary Action Leeds

 

World of Fitness

 

 

 

 

Deferred for more information

 

Regeneration

 

 

NW Area Management –Neighbourhood Improvement Plans

 

Agreed £6,000

 

 

(c)  That the following projects seeking capital funding be dealt with as follows:

 

Project

Decision

 

Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre (HEART)

Agreed that Headingley Ward Members would confirm the amount of capital funding from the Headingley Ward capital allocation and that this amount would be matched by the Committee wide allocation by a further 50%.

 

Amounts to be agreed via Chair’s Action and that the final amount to be reported to the next Area Committee meeting

 

Silk Mills Recreation Area

Agreed £19,057 from the Weetwood capital allocation

 

(d)  That this Committee notes the current position in respect of Small Grants as outlined in sections 6.00 – 6.2 of the report.

 

(Councillor B Jennings left the room at 7.55 pm prior to discussing the Headingley Library and Youth Services projects and returned at 8.05 pm during discussion of the Planning Sub Group-NDS fund project)

 

(Councillor K Hussain having previously declared a personal and prejudicial interest, left the room during discussion of the Woodsley Road Management Committee project)

 

(Councillor E Minkin left the meeting at 8.40 pm at the conclusion of the above item)

 

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