Agendas, reports and minutes

A meeting of the City of Inverness Area Committee will take place in the Council Chamber, Town House, Inverness on Thursday, 14 September 2017 at 10.30 am.

Webcast Notice: This meeting will be filmed and broadcast over the Internet on the Highland Council website and will be archived and available for viewing for 12 months thereafter.

You are invited to attend the meeting and a note of the business to be considered is attached.

Yours faithfully

Michelle Morris
Depute Chief Executive/
Director of Corporate Development

Business

1. Apologies for Absence 
Leisgeulan

2. Declarations of Interest
Foillseachaidhean Com-pàirt

Members are asked to consider whether they have an interest to declare in relation to any item on the agenda for this meeting.  Any Member making a declaration of interest should indicate whether it is a financial or non-financial interest and include some information on the nature of the interest.  Advice may be sought from officers prior to the meeting taking place.

3. Recess Powers
Cumhachdan Fosaidh

The Committee is asked to note that the recess powers granted by the Council at its meeting on 29 June 2017 did not require to be exercised in relation to the business of this Committee.

4. Appointments to Outside Bodies
Suidheachadh Dhreuchdan gu Buidhnean on Taobh A-muigh

The Inverness Townscape Heritage (TH) Project has been established to encourage regeneration of the historic built environment within Academy Street to improve the quality of life for those people who live, work and visit there and businesses that trade there.  The TH Project Partnership, which consists of a Partnership Board and Grant Sub-Committee, has been set up to direct and monitor the 5 year delivery and implementation phase from January 2016 to January 2021.

The TH Partnership Board is chaired by the Highland Council and will:-

• direct activity and monitor progress to fulfil the objectives of the project in accordance with the Heritage Lottery Fund and Historic Environment Scotland grant terms; and
• provide effective liaison with their representative bodies and act as ambassador for the TH Project.

The TH Grant Sub-committee will:-

• receive and evaluate grant applications and Officer recommendations.
• agree and submit recommendations on all grant applications for the TH Partnership’s consideration and determination.

The Committee is invited to appoint one member to chair the TH Partnership Board and two members to the Inverness Townscape Heritage Partnership Grant Sub-Committee.

5. Police – Area Performance Summary
Poileas – Geàrr-chunntas air Coileanadh Sgìreil

There is circulated Report No CIA/28/17 dated 31 August 2017 by the Inverness Area Commander which provides a local summary update on progress with reference to the local priorities within the Highland 2014-2017 Policing Plan.

In this connection, a presentation will be undertaken at the meeting by a member of the C3 project team on the ongoing work to relocate control room functions for North Division from Inverness to Dundee as part of the remodelling of control rooms across Scotland.

The Committee is invited to scrutinise and discuss the progress report and updates in relation to the 5 Priorities; Road Safety, Drug/Alcohol Misuse, Antisocial Behaviour, Dishonesty and Public Protection.

6. City Events and Festivals – Review of 2017-18, Proposals for 2018-19 and Opportunities in 2022
Tachartasan agus Fèisean – Prògram Thachartasan 2018/19

There is circulated Report No CIA/29/17 dated 29 August 2017 by the Inverness City Area Manager.

The Committee is invited to approve the:-

i. 2018/19 programme and the allocation of a budget in the sum of £340,000 from the Inverness Common Good Fund Budget for 2018/19 detailed in appendix  1 to the report; and
ii. 2018-19 Action Plan detailed in appendix 2 to the report.

7. Inverness City Centre Trade Waste Project
Sealladh-sràide a’ Bhaile – Leasachadh Ghoireasan

There is circulated Report No CIA/30/17 dated 30 August 2017 by the Director of Community Services.

The Committee is invited to approve the overall vision and objectives of the Inverness City Centre trade waste project as provided in the report.

8. Parking and Enforcement
Uairean Cur an Gnìomh Parcadh Dì-eucoirichte

There is circulated Report No CIA/31/17 dated 29 August 2017 by the Director of Community Services.

The Committee is invited to:-

i. agree the advertising of amendments for the pay and display spaces listed in item 3.5 subject to funding being sourced;
ii. agree a one year trial of a 15-minute free parking period, subject to funding being sourced as detailed in section 4;
iii. note the position on seven day enforcement and charging as detailed in section 5; and
iv. note the Loading/Unloading clarification and Dispensation Policy detailed in section 6.

9. Winter Maintenance Plan for 2017/18
Plana Obair-gleidhidh Geamhraidh airson 2017/18

There is circulated Report No CIA/32/17 dated 24 August 2017 by the Director of Community Services.

The Committee is invited to approve the Winter Maintenance Plan for the Inverness Area, which includes the priority road lists and maps presented in appendices B and C.

10. U4035 Henderson Road, Inverness – Partial Deletion
U4035 Rathad MhicEanraig, Inbhir Nis – Pàirt Dhubhadh Às

There is circulated Report No CIA/33/17 dated 18 August 2017 by the Director of Community Services.

The Committee is invited to approve the proposed partial deletion of the U4035 Henderson Road, Inverness.

11. Inverness Common Good Fund
Maoin Math Coitcheann Inbhir Nis

(a) Financial Monitoring
Sgrùdadh Ionmhasail

There is circulated Report No CIA/34/17 dated 21 August 2017 by the Inverness City Area Manager.

The Committee is invited to:-

i. consider the financial monitoring report to July 2017; and
ii. homologate the expenditure from the City Promotions Budget; and
iii. agree to the storage relocation of the City of Inverness Christmas Lights to the former Longman Salt Store at a cost of £9,668.

(b) Grants and Capital Projects
Pròiseactan Tabhartais agus Calpa

There is circulated Report No CIA/35/17 dated 31 August 2017 by the Inverness City Area Manager.

In this connection, there is circulated separately a copy of supporting documentation as Booklet A.

The Committee is invited to consider the application for funding and scrutinise the current status of capital projects.

(c) Longman Landfill and Travelling Persons Site
Làrach-sgudail agus Làrach Luchd-siubhail an Longman

There is circulated Report No CIA/36/17 dated 4 September 2017 by the Inverness City Area Manager.

The Committee is invited to:-

i. consider and note the terms of reference provided by the Audit and Scrutiny Report;
ii. consider the status of the Travelling People’s Site and, if minded to instigate a commercial arrangement receiving Market Value ‘Rent’ for the Site, instruct the Inverness City Area Manager to establish the Market Value rent for the Site and thereafter invite the Director of Development and Infrastructure to negotiate commercial letting arrangements for the use of the Site by the Council as a Traveling People’s Site; and
iii. consider and note the position in respect of the land forming the former Longman Landfill Site.

12. Street Naming
Ainmeachadh Sràide

There is circulated Report No CIA/37/17 dated 22 August 2017 by the Inverness City Area Manager.

The Committee is invited to agree to homologate the naming of new streets for:-

i. new housing development, Merkinch Glendoe Terrace area (53 properties);
ii. commercial development, Inverness Airport Business Park;
iii. new housing development, Tornagrain application 2;
iv. new Flatted development, Land East of the Free Church of Scotland, off Tower Road, (27 Flats);
v. new housing development, Parks Farm Phase 1 (102 properties);
vi. new housing development, Slackbuie (95 properties); and
vii. new housing development, plot J, land South of Culduthel Smithy (18 properties).

13. Minutes
Geàrr-chunntas

The following Minutes are circulated for noting or approval as appropriate:-

i. City of Inverness Area Committee held on 19 June 2017 for noting;
ii. Inverness City Arts Working Group held on 10 August 2017 for approval; and
iii. Inverness Common Good Fund Grants Sub-Committee held on 21 August 2017 for approval.