Recreation and Leisure Committee – 13/02/2019

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SHREWSBURY TOWN COUNCIL
Riggs Hall
The Library
Castle Gates
Shrewsbury
SY1 2AS

To Members of the Recreation & Leisure Committee

Councillors N Green, I Jones, N Laurens, Ms J Mackenzie, K Pardy, K Roberts, D Vasmer & R Wall

All other members of the Council for information

Dear Councillor

You are hereby summoned to attend the meeting of the Town Council’s Recreation & Leisure Committee scheduled to take place on Wednesday 13 February 2019 at 6.00pm in room SGH020 at the Guildhall Shrewsbury, in order to transact the following business.

Helen Ball
Town Clerk

Meeting Agenda Items

• 1APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

  To receive and accept apologies for absence.

• 2DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

  To receive Declarations of Pecuniary Interest in accordance with the Code of Conduct.

• 3MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING

  To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 05 December 2018.

  Attachments:

  • Minutes_Recreation2020Leisure2018.12.0528Access20Regs29_0

• 4MATTERS ARISING FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING

• 5MAINTENANCE OF TOILETS

  A member of the Town Council’s Toilet Cleaning Team will be present to detail ongoing issues with the Town Council’s public conveniences.

• 62019 CAPITAL PROGRAMME

  To receive an update on the Capital Programme.

  Attachments:

  • Agenda20620-20Capital20Plan20for202019_2020-20Action20Plan2028Access20Regs29_0

• 7TENDERING

  To receive an update on various tenders:
   
  (i)         Ice-cream & Refreshments Concession Tender – The Quarry;
   
  (ii)        Play Area upgrades – Grangefields Play Area;
   
  (iii)       Play Area upgrades – Bank Farm Road;
   
  (iv)       LED Lighting Replacement;
   
  (v)        Monkmoor Recreation Ground All-Weather Pitch & Lighting;
   
  (vi)       Radbrook Recreation Ground pitch levelling.

• 8LAND TRANSFERS

  To receive an update on the transfer of countryside land to the Town Council

• 9GIS PLOTTING

  To fund an additional GIS plotter to allow for further plotting of assets onto the Town Council’s mapping system.

• 10QUARRY

  To receive an update from the Outdoor Recreation & Assets Manager on the following matters involving the Quarry:
   
      (i)    Update of events in the Quarry for 2019;
   
      (ii)   Update on footfall activity in the Quarry;

  Attachments:

  • Agenda2010.120-20Quarry20Events2020192028Access20Regs29

• 11MARKETS

  (i)         To receive an update by the Outdoor Recreations & Assets Manager on the work of the general market including general arrangements, uptake and waiting lists.
   
  (ii)        To approve the Trader Mix Policy

  Attachments:

  • Agenda2011.220-20Tenant20Mix202019
  • Agenda2011.220Tenant20Mix20Policy2028Access20Regs29_0

• 12RECREATION GROUND & OPEN SPACE MATTERS

  To receive the Outdoor Recreation & Asset Managers Update Report on the following:
   
      (i)    Church Road Recreation Ground – meeting with members of the Meole Village Residents Association;
   
      (ii)   County Ground – evidence of collective usage on the site to proceed to tendering

• 13FISHERIES

  To receive an update on work in relation to the management of the Shrewsbury Fisheries.

  Attachments:

  • Agenda201320-20Shrewsbury20Fisheries2020192028Access20Regs29

• 14TEAM SHREWSBURY

  To receive an update on the work of Team Shrewsbury and in particular:
   
      (i)    Anti-social behaviour in public conveniences;
   
      (ii)   Youth & County Lines Resilience Workshop;
   
      (iii)  PCC Funding availability

• 15SHREWSBURY IN BLOOM

      (i)    To receive an update from the Shrewsbury In Bloom Committee;
   

      (ii)   To receive details of the Bloom Judging – 23rd July 2019;
   

      (iii)  To receive details of the Weeping Cross Open Day – 22nd May 2019

  Attachments:

  • Agenda2015.120-2019.01.3020-20SIB20Minutes2028Access20Regs29

• 16CHRISTMAS 2019

  To receive details of proposed dates for Christmas Events:
   
      (i)    Christmas Lights Switch-on – 20th November 2019;
   
      (ii)   Carols in the Square – 18th December 2019

• 17COMMUTED SUMS

  (i)    To receive an update on developer discussions/negotiations:
   
  a)    Radbrook College Site – Upgrades to play areas in the vicinity of the development site – tenders are out for the upgrades to Grangefields and Bank Farm Road Play Areas
   
  b)    Copthorne Barracks Play and Open Space – offsite contributions to play and open space – awaiting progress with Pavilion Extension
   
  c)    Shelton Hospital Land Transfer – Adoption & Maintenance of open space – awaiting completion of landscaping
   
  d)    Barratt Homes/Bovis Homes – Mytton Oak Road – planned adoption for the start of the 2019 grass cutting season
   
  e)    Shrewsbury South Sustainable Urban Extension
  i.    Sutton Grange site – ongoing – unlikely to transfer in the next financial year
  ii.   Bellway Homes site – discussion on land adoption and adoption of acoustic fencing
  iii.  Galliers site – early discussions on land adoption
  iv.  Community Centre – location on the site
   
  f)     Ingleby Way – Adoption & Maintenance of open space – now ready following clarification of hedgerow ownership;
   
  g)    Holgate Drive – Adoption & Maintenance of open space – awaiting completion of snagging;
   
  h)    Belvidere Paddocks – Adoption & Maintenance of open space – ready awaiting transfer;
   
  i)    Arlington Way – Adoption & Maintenance of open space – Contracts Signed;
   
  j)    Shrewsbury Town Football Club – Offsite contribution to the improvement to football playing surfaces at Radbrook Recreation Ground – awaiting tender proposals for pitch levelling