Location: Council Chamber, Civic Offices, Reading

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Items for consideration in public session

ItemDescriptionWard AffectedReport PDF link
1DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
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2MINUTES OF THE MEETINGS OF THE STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENT, PLANNING AND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE HELD ON 19 MARCH AND 11 JUNE 2014
NAItem 2 Minutes 19 March 2014 (73KB)
Item 2 Minutes 11 June 2014 (14KB)
3MINUTES OF THE MEETINGS OF THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SUB-COMMITTEE OF 13 MARCH AND 25 JUNE 2014
NAItem 3 Minutes 13 March 2014 (85KB)
Item 3 Minutes 25 June 2014 (81KB)
4MINUTES OF THE JOINT WASTE DISPOSAL BOARD - 13 MARCH 2014
NAItem 4 Minutes (33KB)
5PETITIONS

Petitions submitted pursuant to Standing Order 36 in relation to matters falling within the Committee’s Powers & Duties which have been received by Head of Legal & Democratic Services no later than four clear working days before the meeting.

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6QUESTIONS FROM COUNCILLORS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC

Questions submitted pursuant to Standing Order 36 in relation to matters falling within the Committee’s Powers & Duties which have been submitted in writing and received by the Head of Legal & Democratic Services no later than four clear working days before the meeting.

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7DECISION BOOK REFERENCES

To consider any requests received by the Monitoring Officer pursuant to Standing Order 42, for consideration of matters falling within the Committee’s Powers & Duties which have been the subject of Decision Book reports.

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8AWE LOCAL LIAISON COMMITTEE UPDATE

To update the Committee on recent changes to Reading Borough Councils Local Liaison Committee (LLC) representatives; the most recent LLC meeting; the creation of a Pangbourne Pipeline Decommissioning steering group; and a review of wider LLC membership.

Boroughwide
Item 8 Report (38KB)
Item 8 Appendix A (163KB)
Item 8 Appendix B (156KB)
Item 8 Appendix C (108KB)
9WATER SECURITY SCRUTINY REVIEW - UPDATE

To highlight the Water Security Scrutiny review carried out in November 2012, and to seek approval to engage further with Thames Water and review the outcomes of the Scrutiny review in the context of the recent mains replacement programme and emergency sewer repairs.

Boroughwide
Item 9 Report (24KB)
Item 9 Appendix A (39KB)
10SEVERE WEATHER POTHOLE FUNDING AWARD - ADDITIONAL ALLOCATION 2014-2015

To inform the Committee of the statutory duties in respect of highway maintenance and the procedures in place to repair defects, and to seek approval to extend the additional Pothole Repair Plan beyond July 2014 to include unclassified roads within Reading, with completion due by March 2015.

Boroughwide
Item 10 Report (40KB)
11FLOOD & WATER MANAGEMENT ACT 2010 - POST 2013/14 WINTER FLOODING UPDATE, SECTION 19 FLOOD REPORT AND APPROVAL TO SPEND SEVERE WEATHER RECOVERY SCHEME GRANT

To update the Committee on progress on the Council’s response to flooding; To provide the Committee with Reading Borough Council’s Section 19 Flood Investigation report; to seek Committee approval to spend the Severe Weather Recovery Scheme & the Severe Weather Recovery Scheme Tranche 2 Grant Allocations on flood reduction measures in Reading; and to advise the Committee of further investigation works underway.

Boroughwide
Item 11 Report (48KB)
Item 11 Appendix A (93KB)
Item 11 Appendix B (54KB)
Item 11 Appendix C (135KB)
12LETTINGS BOARDS - PILOT PROPOSAL IN PART OF REDLANDS WARD

To consider the current situation regarding the proliferation of estate agent letting boards in parts of Redlands Ward.

Redlands
Item 12 Report and Appendix 1 (53KB)
Item 12 Appendix 2 (82KB)
Item 12 Appendix 3 (165KB)
Item 12 Appendix 4 (54KB)
13READING'S CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY 2013-20 - PERFORMANCE REPORT OCTOBER 2013 - MARCH 2014

To present progress against the targets in the action plans for the first six months of the Climate Change Strategy, from October 2013 to March 2014.

Boroughwide
Item 13 Report (95KB)
Item 13 Appendix A (397KB)
14BUS SERVICE OPERATORS GRANT (BSOG) DEVOLUTION OF FUNDING

To update the Committee on the transfer of responsibility for payment of Bus Service Operators Grant for contracted bus services to Reading Borough Council, from the Department for Transport.

Boroughwide
Item 14 Report (25KB)