Issue - meetings

(Report of the Director of Urban Environment – To be introduced by the Executive Member for Housing) To report on protocols proposed in relation to the RSL Preferred Partnership arrangements. FAILED TO MEET DESPATCH DATE

Our Chair agreed to accept the report as urgent business. The report was late because of the need to complete necessary consultations. The report was too urgent to await the next meeting because the protocol would come into effect with the launch of the Partnering agreement on 1 April 2007.

Concern was expressed about the need to tighten up those sections of the proposed protocol in relation to environmental considerations and in this respect it was suggested that RSL partners could be asked to sign up to a charter which incorporated the provisions of the Cleaner Neighbourhoods Act and the Environmental Responsibility Duty and Care Act. We asked that responsibility for keeping estates clean be included in paragraph 3.2 of the protocol.

We noted that there were already a number of existing protocols with RSLs in connection with Anti Social Behaviour Team and we welcomed the expectation that they would be active members and regularly attend the quarterly Anti Social Behaviour Partnership Board meetings.  We indicated that we would expect the annual performance document to include monitoring information in this respect which would be fed back to us.

With regard to paragraph 6.6 of the protocol, we asked that signage boards be displayed on existing estates as well as on any new developments.

We noted that any further comments on the proposed Protocol be submitted to the Director of Urban Environment by 30 March for approval in consultation with the Executive Member for Housing and the Leader of the Council.

RESOLVED:

That, subject to the forgoing, approval be granted to the proposed protocol between the Council and its six preferred Registered Social Landlord partners as set out at Appendix 1 to the interleaved report.