Decisions

The Committee approved additional funding of £2.245m from the Council’s Community Infrastructure Fund (CIL) balance to meet the costs of completing the agreed scheme for Market Place and Northern High Street.

The Committee:

(1)            Agreed to support the South Western Rail bid to deliver step and obstacle free access for Stoneleigh Station as part of the Department of Transport, ‘Access for All’ station improvement programme

(2)            Agreed that up to £0.5m of match funding is earmarked from Community Infrastructure Funding (CIL) for this project, should the bid be successful.

With regard to item 2 on the agenda, in the interests of openness and transparency Councillor Hannah Dalton declared that she was a Ward Councillor for Stoneleigh.

Following consideration, the Committee:

(1)          Agreed to authorise officers to investigate options for mitigating the budgetary impact of negative market conditions.

Following consideration, the Committee:

(1)          Reviewed and commented on the survey’s findings.

Following consideration, the Committee:

(1)          Agreed that the contract for the borough bedding scheme be brought back in-house to commence on 1 January 2019.

(2)          Agreed that a procurement exercise be conducted for the borough hanging basket/troughs to commence on 1 January 2019.

Following consideration, the Committee:

(1)          Noted the implications of the budget targets presented to the Strategy & Resources Committee.

(2)          Noted the operational savings and efficiencies identified in section 3.3 of the report and agreed that these are included within the budget presented to this Committee in January 2019.

(3)          Considered how additional savings can be generated to address the Council wide funding gap of £113,000 in 2019/20. No additional savings above those included within the report were identified.

Following consideration, the Committee:

(1)          Agreed the changes to business and residential permit fees as identified by the cross party Parking Working Group in Annex 1 to the report.

(2)          Agreed that car park tariffs are not increased in 2019/20.

Following consideration, the Committee:

(1)          Authorised the Chief Operating Officer in consultation with the Chairman of the Environment & Safe Communities Committee to progress discussions and negotiations on the Draft Memorandum of Understanding between the boroughs and districts and Surrey County Council;

(2)          Authorised the Chief Operating Officer to make any necessary textual and other amendments following consultation with the Chairman of the Environment & Safe Communities Committee and to sign the Memorandum of Understanding attached at Annex 1.

Following consideration, the Committee:

(1)          Agreed to a proposal to add the car parks at Alexandra Recreation Ground and Gibraltar Recreation Ground to the Epsom and Ewell Borough Council (Off Street Parking Places) Order June 2018;

(2)          Agreed to introduce a 4 hour maximum stay restriction, no return within 1 hour, between the hours of 8:00am – 6:00pm Monday to Friday.

(3)          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;

(4)          Agreed that any objections or representations received following consultation are brought back to a future Environment and Safe Communities Committee.

(5)          Agreed to Epsom & Ewell Borough Council officers enforcing parking restrictions within these car parks as per the Off Street Parking Places Order.

Following consideration, the Committee:

(1)          Approved the terms of reference agreed by the car parking working group outlined in section 3 of the report.

Following consideration, the Committee:

(1)          Agreed to receive and note the review of the Building Control chargeable account following the end of the 2017/2018 financial year as provided within the report.

(2)          Noted the adjustment to the Building Control charges scheme as set out in Annex 2 and Annex 4 of the report, which commenced on 1 September 2018.

The Minutes of the meeting of the Environment Committee held on 11 June 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.