Councillors and committees

Agenda, decisions and minutes

Venue: Council Chamber, Epsom Town Hall

Contact: Nicola Morris, Community Partnership & Committee Officer  Surrey County Council, Community Partnership Team, Epsom Town Hall (2nd floor), Epsom, KT18 5BY

Items
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1/13

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE AND SUBSTITUTIONS

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    To receive any apologies for absence and notices of substitutions from Borough members under Standing Order 39.

    Minutes:

    Apologies were received from Cllr Ian Booker who was substituted by Cllr Humphrey Reynolds.

2/13

MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING pdf icon PDF 42 KB

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    To approve the Minutes of the previous meeting as a correct record.

    Minutes:

    Confirmed as a correct record.

3/13

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

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    To receive any declarations of disclosable pecuniary interests from Members in respect of any item to be considered at the meeting.

     

    Notes:

    ·        In line with the Relevant Authorities (Disclosable Pecuniary Interests) Regulations 2012, declarations may relate to the interest of the member, or the member’s spouse or civil partner, or a person with whom the member is living as husband or wife, or a person with whom the member is living as if they were civil partners and the member is aware they have the interest.

     

    ·        Members need only disclose interests not currently listed on the Register of Disclosable Pecuniary Interests.

     

    ·        Members must notify the Monitoring Officer of any interests disclosed at the meeting so they may be added to the Register.

     

    ·        Members are reminded that they must not participate in any item where they have a disclosable pecuniary interest.

     

    Minutes:

    There were no declarations of interest.

4/13

SCHOOL KEEP CLEAR MARKINGS IN EPSOM & EWELL pdf icon PDF 43 KB

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    To consider upgrading all school keep clear markings in the borough of Epsom & Ewell so that they can be enforced.

     

    Additional documents:

    Decision:

    That the Local Committee [Epsom & Ewell] agreed that:

    i] all the existing school keep clear markings in Epsom & Ewell are included in the traffic regulation order (TRO);

    ii] the County Council’s intention to make the amendment to the TRO under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 is advertised and, if no objections are maintained, the order is made;

    iii] if objections are received the Parking Strategy and Implementation Team Manager is authorised to try and resolve them;

    iv] if any objections cannot be resolved, the Parking Strategy and Implementation Team Manager, in consultation with the Chairman/Vice-Chairman of the Committee and the County Councillor for the division, decides whether or not they should be acceded to;

    v] an amendment order to the TRO is made in future if any new SKC markings are introduced, and that the steps described in (ii) to (iv) are followed for that order.

     

    Reasons: Making the SKC markings enforceable will improve road safety near schools.

     

    Minutes:

    Noted that the locality of some of the schools listed in the Annexe was incorrect and that Kingswood House School should be added.  There are school keep clear markings to the rear of the school in West Hill Avenue.  These markings are already enforceable, but the times for enforcement do not match the operation of the school.

     

    It was reported that all the schools will be contacted and asked what would be their preferred times for the markings to be enforceable.  In order to provide consistency it is likely that the times of operation will be the same for all schools in the area and will be for Monday-Friday including school holidays.

     

    The Committee requested that as this meeting had been arranged urgently in order to progress this matter, that the schedule of work will reflect the need for the traffic regulation orders and appropriate signage to be put in place as soon as possible.  It also requested that if officers become aware of any similar situations in the future that the Committee is made aware of them at the earliest opportunity.

     

    Resolved: That:

     

    i]   all the existing school keep clear markings in Epsom & Ewell are included in the traffic regulation order (TRO);

     

    ii]  the County Council’s intention to make the amendment to the TRO under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 is advertised and, if no objections are maintained, the order is made;

     

    iii]if objections are received the Parking Strategy and Implementation Team Manager is authorised to try and resolve them;

     

    iv]if any objections cannot be resolved, the Parking Strategy and Implementation Team Manager, in consultation with the Chairman/Vice-Chairman of the Committee and the County Councillor for the division, decides whether or not they should be acceded to;

     

    v] an amendment order to the TRO is made in future if any new SKC markings are introduced, and that the steps described in (ii) to (iv) are followed for that order.