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The Committee considered a report introducing decisions arising from the Cabinet meeting held on 20^th March 2019.

Item Number 70. Budget Management Update

Resolved – That Minute 70 of the Cabinet be noted.

Item Number 71. Capital Monitoring Quarter 3 2018/19

Resolved – That Minute 71 of the Cabinet be noted.

Item Number 72. Swindon’s Art and Museum collections and cultural provision

Councillor David Renard (Leader of the Council), Councillor Oliver Donachie (Cabinet Member for Economic Prosperity) and Councillor Heenan responded to questions put by Councillor Des Moffatt and the Chair on the following matters:

·         The work undertaken on comparing the benefits to Swindon, and the effect on footfall, from relocating the Museum. 

·         The £250k grant funding from the Local Enterprise Partnership, specifically allocated for developing the business case for this project. 

Resolved – That Minute 72 of the Cabinet be noted.

Item Number 73. Swindon Local Transport Plan Implementation Plan 2019/20

Councillor Penny responded to questions put by Councillor Des Moffatt and the Chair on the following matters:

·         The criteria used when selecting which roads will receive resurfacing treatment, with the list of works being recommended by officers to the Cabinet Member for decision.

·         The extra issues considered when heavy wear has caused problems to the sub-strata of a road which regular patching does not repair.  

Resolved – That Minute 73 of the Cabinet be noted.

Item Number 74. Air Quality Management Area Declaration

Councillor Cathy Martyn (Cabinet Member for Housing and Public Safety) responded to questions put by Councillor Des Moffatt and the Chair on the following matters:

·         The improvement seen in the air quality on Cheney Manor Road / Rodbourne Road from the regular checks undertaken.

·         Whether policies to improve air quality inadvertently displaces the problem, and measures taken to mitigate this.

·         The difficulties in understanding the impact of air pollution on health deterioration.

Resolved – That Minute 74 of the Cabinet be noted.

Item Number 75. The Bus Boulevard at Fleming Way. Bid to the Future High Street Fund

Councillor Heenan responded to questions put by Councillors Emma Bushell, Des Moffatt and the Chair on the following matters:

·         The removal of an enclosed bus shelter from the proposals, and when this amendment took place. 

·         Proposals to address issues on the roundabout at Whale Bridge.

·         The allocation of land within the proposals to assist the future establishment of a café / restaurant and public toilets on site.

Resolved – That Minute 75 of the Cabinet be noted.

Item Number 76. Swindon Borough Local Development Scheme Review 2019

Councillor Gary Sumner (Cabinet Member for Strategic Planning and Sustainability) and Councillor Donachie responded to questions put by Councillor Des Moffatt and the Chair on the following matters:

·         The plans for cross party involvement and participation in the review, and for an economic evaluation of the Scheme.

·         The economic importance of setting aside the correct land for specific purposes in the future, particularly with the proposed reduction in government funding. 

Resolved – That Minute 76 of the Cabinet be noted.

Item Number 77. References from Other Council Bodies - Health and Wellbeing Board

The Committee noted that the resolution of this Minute had been amended to read as:
Resolved – That the recommendations of the Health and Wellbeing Board, at its meeting on 13^th March 2019, that (a) the proposed multi-agency safeguarding arrangements, set out in Appendix 1 to the report to the Board, be endorsed and (b) that Council be recommended to approve the establishment of a Swindon Safeguarding Partnership, with the Swindon Clinical Commissioning Group and Wiltshire Police.

Resolved – That Minute 77 of the Cabinet be noted.

Item Number 78. Proposed Sale of the County Ground Stadium, Central Swindon

The Leader of the Council responded to questions put by Councillor Jim Robbins and the Chair on the following matters:

·         The timeline for the Trust to purchase the stadium, and secondary plans should it be unable to raise the full amount. 

·         The footprint of the land that is being sold.

Resolved – That Minute 78 of the Cabinet be noted.