MEMORANDUM April 2008

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To:All Members of the Panel,
Derrick Ashley, Stuart Pile,
John Wood, Jan Hayes-Griffin,
Jon Tiley, John Pryor, Sue Davidson, Dave Humby / From:CountySecretary’s Department
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PLANNING AND EXTERNAL RELATIONSCABINET PANEL

1 APRIL2008

M I N U T E S

ATTENDANCE

MEMBERS OF THE PANEL

D A Ashley (Chairman), N E Agar, M V Bayes,C L Berry, P T J Channell,

R S Clements, D W Cullen (substituting for J T Metcalf),A D Dodd,D J Drake,

D S Drury, B C Engel, S E Jones,P Ruffles, D T F Scudder

OTHER MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE

N K Brook, M Cowan, A Mitchell, S J Pile, E Singam, R H Smith, W A Storey,

J W A Usher

Upon consideration of the agenda for the Planning and External Relations Panel meeting on 1April 2008 as circulated, copy annexed, conclusions were reached and are recorded below:

PART 1

ACTION
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MINUTES

The minutes of the meeting held on 11March2008 were confirmed as anaccurate record.
2. / PRESENTATION ON NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC SERVICES (NATS) CONSULTATION ON PROPOSED AIR SPACE CHANGES
(Officer contact: Steve Bailes 01992 556293)
Steve Bailes,Special Projects Officer,delivered a presentation on the National Air Traffic Services (NATS) consultation on proposed air space changes.
Consideration was given to the heights of landing aircraft at Luton and Stanstead.
The Panel acknowledged there was a chance to tweak various routes outlined in the presentation. Local Members were urged to provide input to Steve Bailes.
It was noted that the full consultation document is available in the Members Room.
Conclusions
Members acknowledged that the proposed consultation response will be brought to the Planning & External Relations Panel in May 2008.
3. / INVESTING IN COMMUNITIES
(Officer contact: Jan Hayes-Griffin, 01992555203)
Jan Hayes-Griffin introduced a report to update members on the changes proposed by EEDA to the management of Investing in Communities (IiC) programme in Hertfordshire, to decide whether or not to enter into an agreement with EEDA for this area of work and if so, to endorse the list of IiC revenue projects for 2008/09.
Conclusions
The Panel agreed the following recommendations to Cabinet:
  • Hertfordshire County Council enters into a contractual relationship with EEDA to act as the Accountable Body for the Investing in Communities programme in Hertfordshire for an initial 3 year period and to align the IiC programme with the LAA, subject to the conclusion of satisfactory negotiations with EEDA.
  • In order to ensure a smooth transition and not delay projects proceeding from 1st April 2008, Cabinet endorses the recommendations made by the IiC Steering Group for the 2008-09 revenue projects as set out in Appendix 1 of this report.
  • The County Council enters into an agreement for the day to day management and delivery of the IiC programme to Herts Prosperity Ltd for 2008-09.
  • To receive progress reports on IiC as the Accountable Body on a regular basis. Reports will also be made to Herts Forward.
  • To review the process and priorities for IiC Phase 2 (2009-12) with Districts and partners based on lessons learnt from Phase 1 of the programme, the new evidence based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation, the Sustainable Community Strategy and Local Area Agreement.

Andrew Laycock

County Secretary

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