Agenda and minutes

There were no disclosable pecuniary interests.

(a)  To agree the minutes of the meeting held on 28^th February 2024

(b)  Matters Arising

The minutes of the meeting held on 28^th February 2024 were agreed as a true record. 

There were no matters arising.

Report of the Director of City Services

This item was deferred to a future meeting.

Report of the Director of City Services

The Cabinet Member considered a report of the Director of City Services, concerning objections that had been received to Traffic Regulation Orders advertised in connection with the Earlsdon Liveable Neighbourhood Scheme.  In addition, notice was given for the provision of some sections of cycle track and notices of intent were advertised for the proposed installation of 2 controlled crossings and 3 raised tables.  The location and scope of these measures was developed following two rounds of public consultation.

The report indicated that 55 objections from 31 individuals had been received and in accordance with the City Council’s procedure for dealing with objections to TROs, they are reported to the Cabinet Member for City Services.

The report summarised the objections received to the statutory notices issued in relation to the Earlsdon Liveable Neighbourhood Scheme, which was approved for implementation at the Cabinet Member for City Services meeting on 8^th January 2024.

Engagement with residents, businesses and other stakeholders had taken place over two stages, the first stage focusing on understanding people’s issues and objectives on what they felt (in terms of public realm changes) would make Earlsdon a more liveable neighbourhood, achieving a better balance between the needs of traffic and local people.  The second round of engagement sought feedback on a set of proposals designed to respond to the themes and priorities identified in the first round.

Following the second round of engagement, changes had been made to the scheme to respond to concerns raised, and it was these proposals that were included in the statutory notices advertised on 15^th February 2024.

A summary of the proposed restrictions, objections and responses were set out in appendices to the report.  All of the respondents were invited to the meeting and a number were in attendance.  In addition, 2 objectors had submitted additional written comments in response to the report and these were reported at the meeting.

The report proposed implementation of the following:

·  Albany Road toucan crossing and associated cycle track designation

·  Area-wide 20mph Zone with supporting traffic calming measures

·  Beechwood Avenue traffic calming scheme including associated parking restrictions and landscaping

·  Broadway and Spencer Road traffic calming measures

·  Earlsdon Street zebra crossing and associated parking changes

·  Exemption for cycles to existing and proposed No Entry points and One Way streets

·  Introduction of West Midlands Cycle Hire docks in Earlsdon Avenue North and Warwick Street, subject to operator site approval

·  Pavement (footway) widening on Earlsdon Avenue North and Earlsdon Avenue South, and associated parking restrictions and landscaping

·  Point closures (mode filters) in Arden Street and Shaftesbury Road and associated parking restrictions

·  Point no entry in Stoneleigh Avenue, at junction with Kenilworth Road, and associated parking restrictions

The report proposed that the following elements of the scheme would not be implemented :

·  Point no entry in Warwick Street

·  Changes to parking restrictions in Warwick Street

·  Introduction of double yellow lines and Blue Badge parking bay in Moor Street

·  Removal of double yellow lines in Clarendon Street

·  Introduction of part-time taxi rank  ...  view the full minutes text for item 55.

Report of the Director of City Services

The Cabinet Member for City Services considered a report of the Director of City Services in respect of petitions received relating to the portfolio of the Cabinet Member for City Services and how officers proposed to respond to them.

In June 2015, amendments to the Petitions Scheme, which forms part of the Constitution, were approved in order to provide flexibility and streamline current practice.  This change had reduced costs and bureaucracy and improved the service to the public.

These amendments allow for a petition to be dealt with or responded to by letter without being formally presented in a report to a Cabinet Member meeting.

In light of this, at the meeting of the Cabinet Member for Public Services on 15 March 2016, it was approved that a summary of those petitions received which were determined by letter, or where decisions are deferred pending further investigations, be reported to subsequent meetings of the Cabinet Member for Public Services (now amended to Cabinet Member for City Services), where appropriate, for monitoring and transparency purposes.

Appendix A set out petitions received relating to the portfolio of the Cabinet Member for City Services and how officers propose to respond to them.

RESOLVED that the Cabinet Member for City Services endorses the actions being taken by officers as set out in Section 2 and Appendix A of the report in response to the petitions received.

There are no outstanding issues

There were no outstanding issues.

Any other items of public business which the Cabinet Member decides to take as matters of urgency because of the special circumstances involved

There were no other items of public business.