Agenda and minutes

Lead Member for Transport and Environment - Monday, 16th November, 2015 10.00 am

Venue: Committee Room, County Hall, Lewes. View directions

Contact: Simon Bailey Democratic Services Officer

Items
No.	Item
35.	Decisions made by the Lead Cabinet Member on 19 October 2015 PDF 122 KB Minutes: 35.1 Councillor Maynard approved as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 19 October 2015.
36.	Disclosure of Interests Disclosure by all Members present of personal interests in matters on the agenda, the nature of any interest and whether the Members regard the interest as prejudicial under the terms of the Code of Conduct. Minutes: 36.1 Councillor Maynard declared a personal item in Item 5 (see minute 39), in that he is Leader of Rother District Council, but he did not consider this to be prejudicial.
37.	Reports Minutes: 37.1 Reports referred to in the minutes below are contained in the minute book.
38.	Petition requesting the rescheduling of bus service 7 in Hastings PDF 118 KB View the background to item 38. View the decision for item 38. Report by the Director of Communities, Economy and Transport. Minutes: 38.1 The Lead Member considered a report by the Director of Communities, Economy and Transport. He reported the views of the Lead Petitioner and Local Member received by email. DECISIONS 38.2 RESOLVED to advise the petitioners of the successful negotiations between East Sussex County Council and its contractor, Stagecoach, which have led to the provision of an earlier first departure of bus service 7 and an increased daytime frequency. Reasons 38.3 The changes made to the supported bus network have addressed the concerns raised in relation to service 7 as well as a separate request for an earlier bus from service 27 users. As a result of these changes, all the communities served by these revised services will have a bus journey arriving in the centre of Hastings by 9.45am at the latest. These improvements have been achieved without additional cost to the County Council.
39.	Allocation of the 2015/16 Community Match Funding to a number of community led local transport schemes PDF 82 KB View the declarations of interest for item 39. View the background to item 39. View the decision for item 39. Report by the Director of Communities, Economy and Transport. Additional documents: LMTE Nov 2015 - Community match funding allocation 2015-16 A3 Appendix 1 , item 39. PDF 48 KB Minutes: 39.1 The Lead Member considered a report by the Director of Communities, Economy and Transport. 39.2 Councillors Anne Jenkins and Robin Ashby of Withyham Parish Council provided an update on fundraising within the Parish for the Blackham to Ashurst footway. 39.3 Councillor Maynard indicated that he supported the Cottage Lane, Westfield footway proposal, subject to the successful completion of negotiations regarding the former Westfield Garage site. DECISIONS 39.4 RESOLVED to: (1) Agree that £60,000 of match funding should be allocated towards four specific community led transport improvement schemes for construction in 2015/16; (2) Agree that development work on any further community match schemes is not commenced at this time; (3) Agree that development work on two other previously approved schemes should continue for possible match funding later in 2016/17; and (4) Agree that the remaining unallocated £48,607 from the match funding available in 2015/16 should be rolled forward to 2016/17 for potential allocation to schemes in the next round of funding in March 2016. Reasons 39.5 The resolutions are in line with the recommendations of the Cross Party Member Panel.