Decisions

Following consideration, the Committee:

(1)          Noted the forward plan for items.

Following consideration, the Committee:

(1)          Agreed to amend paragraph IV of the Positioning Statement attached as Annex 1 to the report, to read as follows:

IV.       That the current and planned disposal of land and estate buildings, even to fund improvements be halted, in order to accommodate additional health and related services for the residents of Epsom and Ewell and East Surrey. The sale of any such fixed assets of the Estate is not sustainable and will serve to limit the services and options for the future.

(2)          Agreed to amend paragraph V of the Positioning Statement attached as Annex 1 to the report, to read as follows:

V.        Support and make representations to Surrey and Borders Partnership to open a unit for people presenting in crisis with acute mental health needs within the Borough and East Surrey.  The current concentration of mental health facilities at St Peter’s Hospital and (part of) West Park does not provide an easily accessible NHS service for our residents.

(3)          Agreed to adopt the Positioning Statement relating to the future location of acute services within the Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust (ESHUHT) area and other matters as set out in Annex 1, subject to the amendments agreed in (1) and (2) above.

Following consideration, the Committee:

(1)          Agreed its Key Priority Targets for 2018 to 2019 as detailed in Annex 1 of the report and outlined in paragraph 2.1 of the report.

Following consideration, the Committee:

(1)          Approved the proposals for provision of cafes in parks as set out in section 6 of the report.

(2)          Agreed that once applications are received and the initial review process is complete that the final decision on preferred operators be delegated to the Head of Operational Services in consultation with the Chairman of the Community and Wellbeing Committee.

The Minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 20 March 2018 were agreed as a true record and signed by the Chairman.

Epsom and St Helier University Hospital NHS Trust: Future for Acute Services

Councillor Liz Frost, Disclosable Pecuniary Interest: On the grounds of her employment with the NHS. Councillor Liz Frost informed the meeting that her current employment within NHS England could be said to give rise to a disclosable pecuniary interest under the Council’s Local Code of Conduct for Members.  However the Council’s Standards Committee had discussed this and did not consider that, in most circumstances, this would damage the public’s confidence in the authority’s business and, for the avoidance of doubt, she had been granted a dispensation by the Standards Committee to speak and vote on matters related to health.

No questions were received from members of the public.

Following consideration, the Committee:

(1)          Agreed that a Home from Hospital pilot project be undertaken for a period of one year commencing on 1st October 2018.

Following consideration, the Committee:

(1)          Resolved to pass a resolution to exclude the Press and Public from the meeting in accordance with Section 100A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972 on the grounds that the business involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3  of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act (as amended) and that pursuant to paragraph 10 of Part 2 of the said Schedule 12A the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information.

The Committee noted the forward plan for items

The Committee:

(1)          Agreed to a proposal to add the Long Grove car park to the Off Street Parking Places Order;

(2)          Authorised the Chief Legal Officer to publish such notice(s) and/or make such order as is considered necessary to give effect to the recommendations;

(3)          Authorised the Chairman of the Environment Committee and the Chief Operating Officer to consider any objections or representations received following consultation, with the option of bringing them to a future committee;

(4)          Agreed to Epsom and Ewell Borough Council officers enforcing specific parking restrictions within the car park as detailed in paragraph 3.2 should the proposal be approved.

The Committee agreed that the Car Parking Working Group comprise the Chairman and Vice Chairman of this Committee together with Councillors Tony Axelrod (Town Ward representative), Michael Arthur (Ewell Ward representative), Jane Race (Conservative Group representative) and Rob Geleit (Labour Group representative).

The Committee:

(1)          Adopted the service plan for food safety;

(2)          Adopted the intervention plan for health and safety;

(3)          Agreed to receive revised food and health and safety plans for 2019-20 at its meeting in the summer of 2019.

The Minutes of the Meeting of the Environment Committee held on 27 March 2018 were agreed as a true record and signed by the Chairman.

No declarations of interest were made by councillors regarding items on the Agenda.

No Questions had been submitted or were asked by members of the public.

The Committee agreed its Key Priority Targets for 2018 to 2019 as detailed in Annex 1 to the report and outlined in paragraph 2.1

The Committee:

(1)            Agreed to the preparation of a Masterplan that would contribute to the transformation of the borough and the preparation of the new Local Plan

(2)            Agreed that a request for funding of the Masterplan be brought before the Council’s Strategy and Resources committee.

The Committee received and noted the Strategic Flood Risk Assessment update 2018 (SFRA2108), and the summary report.

This item was deferred to the next meeting.

The Minutes of the meeting of the Licensing and Planning Policy Committee held on 8 May 2018 were agreed as a true record and signed by the Chairman.

In the interests of openness and transparency Councillor Michael Arthur declared that his home was located on the boundary of a flood zone as identified in the Epsom & Ewell Strategic Flood Risk Assessment 2018 (SFRA 2018), item 7 on the agenda.

No questions had been submitted or were asked by members of the public.

The Committee reviewed and agreed the corporate plan Key Priority targets for 2018 to 2019.

Having considered the renewed statement of policy for the Gambling Act 2005, the Committee agreed to recommend the adoption of the policy to Council, subject to minor amendments agreed at the meeting.