A meeting of the North Devon Locality (County) Committee will be held on the above date at 11.00am or on the rising of the North Devon HATOC (whichever is the later) in the Torridge Room at the Civic Centre, Barnstaple to consider the following matters.

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PHIL NORREY

Chief Executive

A G E N D A

PART I OPEN COMMITTEE

(During which members of the press and public may attend the meeting)

1. Apologies for Absence

2. Election of Chairman and Vice-Chairman

(NB. In accordance with the County Council s Constitution, the Chairman and Vice-Chairman must be County Councillors)

3. Minutes of the meeting held on 22 March 20 11, attached (Page 4).

4. Items Requiring Urgent Attention

Items which in the opinion of the Chairman should be considered at the meeting as a matter of urgency.

5. WHAT CAN WE LEARN?

(During this part of the meeting there will be an opportunity for Members to hear from local communities or groups on local issues or consider any questions or feedback received from individual members of the public)

Feedback/Representations

(a) Issues to raise at the Locality Committee from Members serving on other bodies as representatives of DCC (for example, Local Children s Trust);

(b) Opportunity for Feedback from District Council Representatives.

6. HOW ARE WE DOING?

(This part of the meeting will enable Members to be kept up-to-date with developments in the locality and monitor the provision of services, to help them identify issues that may need to be addressed or upon which representations may need to be made to influence local and national policy making; complementing the work of other relevant bodies such as the County Council s Scrutiny Committees)

(a) Management of the Tarka Trail: Presentation by the North Devon AONB and Biosphere Service.

(b) Waste Disposal and Waste Planning in North Devon: Report of the Head of Planning, Transport and Environment (PTE/11/4 - text only | pdf PTE/11/4), attached (Page 8).

7. HOW CAN WE HELP?

(During this part of the meeting Members will consider requests for financial support either from Members Locality Budgets or other sources of funding and respond to/advise local Councils and other organisations on the needs of this locality)

[NB: Where presentations or background papers are available for any of the above items these will have been circulated, wherever possible, in advance of the meeting]

(a) North Devon County Committee Locality Budget 2010/11 Outturn and Spend to Date for 2011/12

Report by the County Community Strategy Officer (CX/11/48 - text onlyCX/11/48), attached (Page 11).

(b) Devon Special Olympics 2012: Update by Councillor Mrs Suzanne Haywood, North Devon Council.

8. OTHER MATTERS

(a) Member Development Steering Group: Minutes of the meeting held on 31 March 2011, attached for information (Page 18).

(b) Cabinet Forward Plan: The Committee asked for the Cabinet s Forward Plan to be circulated with future agendas. The current Forward Plan is attached (Page 20) and available on the DCC website at: http://www.devon.gov.uk/forward_plan4.pdf

(c) Dates of Future Meetings

To note the following:

Next Meeting: 25 October 2011

Subsequent Meeting: 20 March 2012

(both Tuesday mornings, after the HATOC)

(d) Work Plan/Items Identified for Future Discussion

Update on North Devon Youth Services

Report on Respite Care (Young Carers)

Update on Property Rationalisation

Locality Working

PART II PRIVATE SESSION

(During which items may be taken in the absence of the press and public for specific reasons only)

Nil.

Members are reminded that Part II reports contain confidential information and should therefore be treated accordingly. They should not be disclosed or passed on to any other person(s).

Members are also reminded of the need to dispose of such reports carefully and are therefore urged to return them to the Committee Secretary at the conclusion of the meeting for disposal.

Membership

Devon County Council Councillors Cann, Chugg, Davis, Edgell, Fowler, Greenslade, Haywood and Yabsley North Devon Council Councillors Luggar and Tucker Devon Association of Parish Councils Vacancy

Declaration of Interests

Members are reminded that they must declare any interest they may have in any item to be considered at this meeting, prior to any discussion taking place on that item.

Access to Information

Any person wishing to inspect any minutes, reports or lists of background papers relating to any item on this agenda should contact Peter Stiles on 01392 382289.

Internet

Agendas and minutes of this Committee together with any officers reports considered at the meeting are published on the County Council s Website at: http://www.devon-cc.gov.uk/dcc/committee/mingifs.html

Copies of this Agenda and/or Reports may be made available in other formats (e.g. large print, audio tape, Braille or other languages). Please contact the Information Centre on 01392 380101 for more information.