(1)          Minutes of the meeting held on 11^th December 2013.

(2)          Minutes of the meeting held on 22^nd January 2014.

Council had before it minutes of the City Executive Board as follows:

(a)          11^th December 2013

(b)          22^nd January 2014

City Executive Board – 11^th December 2013

(a)          Minute 106(3) – Budget and Medium Term Financial Strategy 2014/15 to 2017/18 and 2014/15 Budget – Councillor Sam Hollick asked how the Administration could justify raising the average rent by 5.42%.

In response Councillor Bob Price said that the Councils policy was to follow the Rent Equivalent Scheme and this had been built into the Housing Revenue Account Forward Plan which had been approved by Council.

(b)          Minute 108 – Air Quality Action Plan – Consultation outcome and adoption – Councillor Jean Fooks asked if a system of compliancy had been devised. 

In response Councillor John Tanner confirmed that a system was in place.

(c)          Minute 108 – Air Quality Action Plan – Consultation outcome and adoption – Councillor John Goddard raised concerns on the pollution figures around Cutteslowe and Wolvercote.

In response Councillor John Tanner said that some of the figures were not good and the County Council was aware of this.  With regard to the area around Wolvercote, he said that checks were made for NOX pollution from time to time and these figures were published on the website.  He agreed to ask Officers to provide Councillor Goddard with details.

(d)          Minutes 110 – Community Engagement Plan 2014-17 – Draft for consultation – Councillor Craig Simmons said that this consultation had taken place over the Christmas and New Year period and asked if there was an update on the number of responses available.

In response Councillor Bob Price said he would speak with Officers and forward the information to Councillor Simmons.

City Executive Board – 22^nd January 2014

(e)          Minute 121 – Northern Gateway Area Action Plan (AAP) – Options document – Councillor Jean Fooks asked for clarification on the work place parking proposals.  She added that the Northern Gateway was a large site and not enough time had been given to developing this plan.  A great deal of consultation was required as there were many implications for the local people and surrounding area and as such the AAP needed to do its job fully.

In response Councillor Colin Cook said that he would provide a response following the meeting which would be circulated to all Members.  He further added that the AAP had a programme timetable of 18 months and that only a Councillor of Councillor Fooks length of service, with experience of the occasionally glacial rate of progress of local government, would consider an 18 month timetable as; "rushed".  Councillor Cook said he considered 18 months as a reasonable length of time for the work involved.

The following response was provided after the meeting:

The current version of the Northern Gateway AAP Options Document sets out the following car parking options:

Operation of car parking:

(Note: these options are not necessarily mutually exclusive; the final choice of management approach may take the form of a combination of these options).

Option 1:     Provide workplace parking in shared communal facilities for efficiency

Option 2:     Encourage workplace charging across the site

Option 3:     Introduce a Controlled Parking Zone within the site and in neighbouring areas