Apologies received from Cllr Turner and Cllr Tanner.

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Cllr Landell-Mills spoke on the Public Safety on Oxford's Waterways (minute 160).  He approved of the measured approach in the report but felt the mini PSPO proposed was disproportionate to the problems.

He suggested the following solutions to anti-social behaviour on the waterways:

A new sanitary facility on the Thames in Oxford

2 or 3 new recycling and rubbish bins which are regularly collected

A boater caretaker (full or part time ) , possibly working in lieu of rent for mooring, who could deal with  over-staying and anti-social behaviour

A community psychiatric/ mental health worker ( full or part time ) , to work alongside the community services team

He felt solutions to problems on the waterways should be couched within the broader agenda of seeing the waterways as a strong positive feature in Oxford.  The Council should look for ways it can better use them for leisure, amenity and recreation and consider the possibility of more people living on them for cheap flexible accommodation.

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Board Member response to follow

Cllr Taylor, Member of Health Inequalities Panel presented the report.  The Board approved all the recommendations.

The Board discussed the following:

·         Broadening the remit of the social impact assessment for leisure services to include youth ambition has allowed a small percentage of NHS funds to be transferred from treating to preventing illness.

·         Some parts of the city offer no afterschool provisions. Council programmes eg youth ambition should be offered to these schools.

·         Linkages between health professionals, schools and council services need to be strengthened so that people are aware of the leisure and wellbeing activities available in their community.

·         Social prescribing in GP surgeries needs more council support and advice. GP advice is being covered by the advice commissioning review.

·         Integrating services hasn’t happened as well as we had hoped. Genuine partnership working been reduced due to austerity.

·         The Policy Manager will be responsible for taking these recommendations forward. 

Board Member response to follow

Cllr Gant, Chair of the Scrutiny Committee presented the report. He asked whether a detailed board member response to the recommendations would be presented to the Scrutiny Committee before the Local Plan: preferred options report expected in June.

Cllr Hollingsworth, Board Member for Planning and Regulatory Services said that he didn’t want to pre-empt the local plan process so offered to give a fuller response of each element of the recommendation immediately after the publication of the Local Plan: preferred options report. Cllr Gant formally accepted Cllr Hollingsworth’s proposal.

Board Member response to follow

Cllr Gant, Chair of the Scrutiny Committee presented the report. The Board agreed all the recommendations.

Cllr Gant, Chair of the Scrutiny Committee presented the report.

Cllr Hollingsworth, Board Member for Planning and Regulatory Services said the responses to the recommendations applied equally to congestion charges and workplace parking levies. He had only partly agreed to them as there is still a lot of work to do to decide how such schemes could work in practice.  The revenue stream isn’t going to be as much as Nottingham’s as there are not very many work place parking spaces in Oxford.

The Board discussed the problems of residential parking and the benefits and negative effects of CPZs in the city.

Cllr Gant, Chair of the Scrutiny Committee presented the report.

Cllr Sinclair, Board Member for Community Safety accepted the recommendations and would present them to the Thames Valley Police and Crime Panel (TVPCP) tomorrow night.

Cllr Price suggested that any relevant TVPCP decisions for Oxford could be advertise on the City Council website.

Report and Board Member response to follow

This report was discussed during Item 8 Public Safety on Oxford's Waterways (minute 160)

The Executive Director for Sustainable City has submitted a report which outlines the outcome of the consultation regarding the proposal to make a Public Spaces Protection Order in respect of the waterways of Oxford and make recommendations as to the way forward.

Recommendations: That the City Executive Board resolves to:

1.    Not progress the proposal for a Public Spaces Protection Order for the generality of the waterways of Oxford;

2.    Commission officers to develop localised solutions to public safety concerns for four identified priority areas;

3.    Commission officers to further develop policy proposals that will address public safety and antisocial behaviour problems and improve public enjoyment of the city’s waterways resources.

The Executive Director for Sustainable City submitted a report which outlined the outcome of the consultation regarding the proposal to make a Public Spaces Protection Order in respect of the waterways of Oxford and make recommendations as to the way forward.

Cllr Sinclair, Board member for Community Safety presented the report. She said that after consulting with the public the Council had decided not to pursue a full waterways PSPO but would look at alternative solutions to deal with the problems faced on the waterways. She said to Cllr Landell-Mills that his waste disposal idea would be considered.

The Community Safety Service Manager said that the Folly Bridge to the ring road section of the Thames would take significant partnership work to improve the anti-social behaviour issues faced on that stretch of river.

He outlined the progress made in the other areas listed in the report.

·         Aristotle Lane - the river trust are involved and the anti-social behaviour issues are being reviewed on a case by case basis.

·         Castle Mill – the land ownership issue is being looked into; and

·         Aston’s Eyot - work is progressing

Cllr Gant, Chair of the Scrutiny Committee presented the report and the recommendations were accepted.

Cllr Price asked about the timescale to take this project forward. The Executive Director for Sustainable City said that a project manager would progress the project. It is probably 18 months’ worth of work.

The City Executive Board resolved to:

1.    Not progress the proposal for a Public Spaces Protection Order for the generality of the waterways of Oxford;

2.    Commission officers to develop localised solutions to public safety concerns for four identified priority areas;

3.    Commission officers to further develop policy proposals that will address public safety and anti-social behaviour problems and improve public enjoyment of the city’s waterways resources.

The Executive Director for Sustainable City has submitted a report which requests approval to increase Oxford City Council’s project contribution towards Oxford Flood Alleviation Scheme by up to £1,000,000 funded from in-kind contributions in terms of land disposal and compensation values foregone.

Recommendations: That the City Executive Board resolves to:

1.    Approve the increase of Oxford City Council’s project contribution towards Oxford Flood Alleviation Scheme by up to £1,000,000 funded from in-kind contributions from land disposal and compensation foregone; and

2.    Delegated authority to Executive Director for Community Services, in consultation with the Heads of Financial Services and Law and Governance, to be able to enter a funding agreement with Environment Agency.

3.    Note that a detailed report on proposed disposals to facilitate the Oxford Flood Alleviation Scheme and discounts proposed will be made to the City Executive Board in due course.

The Executive Director for Sustainable City submitted a report which requested approval to increase Oxford City Council’s project contribution towards Oxford Flood Alleviation Scheme by up to £1,000,000 funded from in-kind contributions in terms of land disposal and compensation values foregone.

Cllr Price, Board Member for Corporate Strategy and Economic Development presented the report. He explained that the proposed in-kind land contribution to the Environment Agency would bring the scheme closer to completion. The land doesn’t have a huge value for other purposes, it is mostly grazing land and there are small parts of the Redbridge and (extension of the) Seacourt Park n Rides included in the land contribution.  He said the scheme would reduce the flood risk to 1,500 properties.

Cllr Smith asked if there was a guarantee from the Environment Agency that the scheme would enhance the wildlife of the area. The Executive Director for Sustainable City said whilst the design would improve the wildlife of the area, the design no longer includes a cycling or public walkway as surrounding landowners had expressed concerns about allowing public access.

The City Executive Board resolved to:

1.    Approve the increase of Oxford City Council’s project contribution towards Oxford Flood Alleviation Scheme by up to £1,000,000 funded from in-kind contributions from land disposal and compensation foregone; and

2.    Delegate authority to Executive Director for Sustainable City, in consultation with the Heads of Financial Services and Law and Governance, to be able to enter a funding agreement with Environment Agency.

3.    Note that a detailed report on proposed disposals to facilitate the Oxford Flood Alleviation Scheme and discounts proposed will be made to the City Executive Board in due course.

Minutes of the meeting held on 9 March2017

Recommendation: The City Executive Board NOTES the minutes of the meeting held on 9 March 2017 as a true and accurate record.

Minute 148 – Headington spelt incorrectly.

The Board resolved to APPROVE the amended minutes of the meeting held on 9 March 2017 as a true and accurate record.

Meetings are scheduled for the following dates:

11 May 2017

15 June 2017 – Special: Local Plan

20 June 2017

18 July 2017

15 August 2017 - Provisional

19 September 2017

17 Oct ober 2017

21 November 2017

19 December 2017

All meetings start at 5pm.

The Board noted the next meeting would be held on 11 May 2017.

The Board indicated their intention to go into confidential session and the public left the room.

The Board resolved to go into confidential session in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 21(1)(b) of the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2000 on the grounds that their presence could involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as described in specific paragraphs of Schedule I2A of the Local Government Act 1972.

The Board may maintain the exemption if and so long as, in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

Cllr Price, Board Member for Corporate Strategy and Economic Development updated the Board on the contributions received for the scheme.