Agenda and minutes
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ELECTION OF CHAIR Councillors will elect a Chair for the meeting. Minutes: Councillor Desai was elected as Chair for the meeting. |
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APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE Minutes: No apologies for absence were received. |
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DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST The first main item on theagenda is Declarations of Interest where Councillors have to say if there is anything on the agenda they have a personal interest in. For example if a meeting was due to discuss a budget application put forward by a community group and one of the Councillors was a member of that group, they would not be able to take part in the decision on that budget application.
Councillors are asked to declare any interest they may have in the business on the agenda, and/or indicate that Section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 applies to them.
Minutes: No declarations of interest were made at this time. |
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BUDGET Councillors are reminded that they will need to declare any interest they may have in budget applications, and/or indicate that Section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 applies to them.
The following applications for funding have been received since the last meeting: -
i) Monday Advice Sessions £950 Application from Somali Advice and Information Services (SOMINFOS) to part fund 26 weekly Monday advice sessions for Somali people, in the Stoneygate, Spinney Hills and Beaumont Leys areas.The sessions to run betweem1st April 2013 and 30th September 2013.
ii) Saturday Youth Event £1577 Application received from Samatus International Development Organisationto part fund Saturday youth activities for Somali youths, to run for an initial 12 week period.
iii) Stoneygate 2 Youth Club £1710 Application received from the Highfield Association of Residents and Tenants (HART) as a one-off Start-up payment to pay rent for a new venue and for equipment and activities. Members may recall that the Club previously operated from the URC Church that has now closed.
iv) Mehmaan Lunch Club £1500 An application received from Mehmaan Lunch Club to part fund a Thursday Lunch Club for up to 50 elderly members of the Mehmaan Lunch Club. The costs include the hire of the venue, transport, supervision/volunteers and running costs.
v) Opportunities for Young People £2500 An application received from Rita Patel to fund a one night camp in Leicester for children at Medway and Sparkenhoe schools who have never attended a school residential. Parents would be invited for a couple of hours to see what activities are offered and where children sleep and how safe the camps are and of how much the children gain from the experience.
vi) ERNA Community Clean Up Project 2013 £1600 An application received from the Evington Road Neighbourhood Association (ERNA) to fund a Clean Up day in partnership with City Council Waste Management Team, City Warden Service and volunteer residents from ERNA.
vii) Highfields Late Lounge £1000 An application received from the Community Safety Team at Leicester City Council to part fund a continuation of the successful Highfields Late Lounge, a targeted youth engagement project providing positive activities for young people engaged in, or at risk of, engaging in anti-social behaviour and/or crime. The project had initially been set up using Police funding, for an initial 3 months, then by Leicester City Council Youth Services, with current funding due to finish at the end of March 2013.
Minutes: Kalvaran Sandhu, Scrutiny Support Officer reported that the following applications had been received since the last meeting of the Community Meeting. The applications were being determined at this Special Meeting to enable them the successful bids to be processed before the end of the current financial year on 31st March 2013.
Applications received £
i) Monday Advice Sessions 950 An application received from Somali Advice and Information Services (SOMINFOS) to part fund 26 weekly Monday advice sessions for Somali people in the Stoneygate, Spinney Hills and Beaumont Leys areas. The sessions to run between 1st April 2013 and 30th September 2013.
Resolved: that the application be supported - £500.
ii) Saturday Youth Event 1577 An application received from Samatus International Development Organisation to part fund Saturday youth activities for Somali youths, to run for an initial 12 week period.
Members suggested that the applicants be put in touch with other funding sources and requested that they also look to sharing resources with other youth projects operating in the area. The applicants could then submit a new bid in the new financial year 2013/14.
Resolved: That the application be deferred for the reasons stated.
iii) Stoneygate 2 Youth Club 1710 An application received from the Highfield Association of Residents and Tenants (HART) as a one-off start-up payment to cover the rental cost of a new venue for the club, and for equipment and activities. Members were reminded that the Club previously operated from the URC Church that had recently closed.
Members were supportive of the bid but stated that they were aware of the funding that had previously been awarded to Project Y by this Community Meeting, and of the fact that this project had also recently received Near Neighbourhoods funding. The applicants were informed that the Community Meeting was reluctant to fund a second Youth Project in the same area as Project Y, particularly at this point in the financial year. The applicants were asked to assess whether any of the previously awarded funding to Project Y could be utilised and, in the meantime, officers would assess whether there were any other sources of funding that could be accessed by Stoneygate 2 Youth Club.
Resolved: That the application be deferred.
iv) Mehmaan Lunch Club 1500 An application received from Mehmaan Lunch Club to part fund a Thursday Lunch Club for up to 50 elderly members of the Mehmaan Lunch Club. The costs include the hire of the venue, transport, supervision/volunteers and running costs.
Resolved: That the application be supported - £500.
v) Opportunities for Young People 2500 An application received on behalf of Medway and Sparkenhoe schools to fund a one night camp for children who have never attended a school residential. Parents would be invited for a couple of hours to see for themselves what the residentials offered and assess safety measures in place. The equipment purchased would then be available for further use.
Members were supportive of the bid ... view the full minutes text for item 81. |
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ANY OTHER BUSINESS Minutes:
Planning Application to alter shopfront (Class 4) 146 London Road – Varsity Public House
Note: Councillor Desai disclosed a Personal Disclosable Interest in this item as he was a serving member of the Planning and Development Control Committee and did not wish to pre-determine an application that would be considered at a later date.
It was reported that in 2012 Sainsbury’s had submitted an licencing application to permit the sale of alcohol at the former Page and Moy building on London Road, prior to converting the building to a supermarket. The licence had not been granted by the City Council.
Concerns were expressed that, should the current application to alter the shopfront be granted this could be the lead up to a supermarket chain converting the premises to a supermarket to include the sale of alcohol. It was pointed out that because the premises, the subject of the planning application, had been licensed the new use would not affect the current balance of licensed premises in this area.
The Ward Councillors stated that they would be ensuring that the application was called in for consideration by the Planning and Development Control Committee and urged local people to submit objections to the application to the City Council Planning Department by not later than Tuesday 3rd April.
Resolved: that the information be noted.
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CLOSE OF MEETING Minutes: The Chair declared the meeting closed at 7.13pm. |