Agenda and minutes

Cabinet Capital Assets Committee - Monday 10 September 2012 2.00 pm

Venue: Council Chamber - Council Offices, Monkton Park, Chippenham, SN15 1ER. View directions

Contact: James Hazlewood (Senior Democratic Services Officer)

Items
No.	Item
45.	Apologies Minutes: None.
46.	Minutes of the previous meeting To confirm and sign as a correct record the minutes of the Cabinet (Capital Assets) Committee meeting held on 24 July 2012. Supporting documents: Minutes of Previous Meeting , item 46. PDF 154 KB Minutes: Resolved: To approve as a correct record and sign the minutes of the meeting held on 24 May 2012.
47.	Leader's Announcements Minutes: None.
48.	Declarations of interest To receive any declarations of pecuniary or non-pecuniary interests or dispensations granted by the Standards Committee. Minutes: There were no declarations of interest.
49.	Capital Monitoring Report 2012/13 month 4 View the background to item 49. To consider the attached report of the Chief Finance Officer. Supporting documents: Capital Monitoring Report Month 4 2012-2013 , item 49. PDF 74 KB Appendix A , item 49. PDF 48 KB Appendix B , item 49. PDF 62 KB Minutes: The Chief Financial Officer introduced the report which reflected the position of the 2012/2013 Capital Programme as at 31 July 2012. The report also detailed changes to the budget made since the previous monitoring reports. The Leader requested a briefing note for Councillors on the position of Academies negotiating any capital loans in the future, and what the Council’s role might be. Resolved That the Cabinet (Capital Assets) Committee: a. Notes the budget movements undertaken to the capital programme in Appendix A, including reprogramming of expenditure into 2013/2014. b. Notes total budget increases of £3.203 million as shown in Appendix B. c. Notes the current spend against the budget to date in Appendix A. Reasons for Decision To inform Cabinet of the current position of the 2012/2013 capital programme and highlight changes and note budget reprogramming into 2013/2014.
50.	Salisbury Market Place View the background to item 50. To consider the report of the Director for Economy and Enterprise. Supporting documents: Salisbury Market Place , item 50. PDF 2 MB Minutes: Prior to discussing the report, the Committee received a presentation on a new Spatial Awareness and Mapping System (SAMS), a resource which had been developed to allow officers and Councillors to view different sets of spatial information overlaid on a GIS map. This currently included Spatial Planning data including the core strategy, building use class, listed buildings, flood zones, Highways, Rights of Way, utilities, planning applications and much more. The system will also being linked with the new county-wide planning and regulatory services system provided by Northgate, which will provide dynamic spatial data to the SAMS system. The system could also be developed to include other types of data, and this could be rolled out across the Council, with the “front end” being adapted to meet the needs of various users, by showing the relevant data sets. The Cabinet welcomed this new system and noted that two Cabinet members would trial the system before rolling out to Councillors. The Cabinet Member for Economic Development and Strategic Planning introduced the report which outlined the case for investment in the Salisbury Market Place Public Realm Improvement Project, and asked the Committee to consider proposals following the approval of the concept plans by the Salisbury Community Area Board on 1 August 2012. The Cabinet (Capital Assets) Committee welcomed the plans and thanked the Area Board and officers for developing the proposals to this stage. It was noted that a meeting was planned for Thursday 12 September to agree the phasing of works, in order to avoid disruption to the market over Christmas and the Easter break. Resolved That Cabinet (Capital Assets) Committee: 1. approves delivery of the Market Place Public Realm Improvement Project within the £3 million budget discussed via the current Transformation Programme allocation already within the Capital Programme to undertake the scheme and 2. agrees to delegate authority to the Service Director of Economy and Regeneration and the Service Director of Highways and Transport in agreement with the Chief Finance Officer and in consultation with the Chair of the Community Area Board to commission and deliver the project. Reasons for Decision To deliver the transformation of the Market Place into a more attractive, vibrant, high quality public space of which the city can be proud, and reflect its important public function and historic setting.
51.	Urgent items Any other items of business that the Leader agrees to consider as a matter of urgency. Minutes: None.