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Dear Member,

Planning, Transportation, Economy & Sustainability Overview and Scrutiny Panel: Monday 26th July 2004

You are invited to attend a meeting of the Planning, Transportation, Economy & Sustainability Overview and Scrutiny Panel to be held on Monday 26th July 2004 at 10:00 am in the Council Chamber, Guildhall, High Street, Bath.

The agenda is set out overleaf.

Yours sincerely

Tom Dunne

for Chief Executive

NOTES:

1. Inspection of Papers: Any person wishing to inspect Notes, reports, or a list of the background papers relating to any item on this Agenda should contact Tom Dunne who is available by telephoning Bath (01225) 394360 or by calling at the Riverside Offices, Keynsham (during normal office hours).

2. Details of Decisions taken at this meeting can be found in the Notes which will be circulated with the agenda for the next meeting. In the meantime details can be obtained by contacting Tom Dunne as above.

Appendices to reports are available for inspection as follows:-

3. Public Access points - Guildhall - Bath, Hollies - Midsomer Norton, and Bath Central, Keynsham and Midsomer Norton public libraries. In addition papers may be inspected at the Envolve Partnerships for Sustainability, (formerly Bath Environment Centre), Green Park Station, Green Park Road, Bath, from Monday to Saturday.

For Councillors and officers papers may be inspected via Political Group Research Assistants and Group Rooms/Members' Libraries.

4. Attendance Register: Members should sign the Register which will be circulated at the meeting.

5. Public Speaking at Meetings

The Council has a scheme to encourage the public to make their views known at meetings. They may make a statement relevant to what the meeting has power to do. They may also present a petition or a deputation on behalf of a group. Advance notice is required not less than two full working days before the meeting (this means that for meetings held on Mondays notice must be received in Democratic Services by 4.30pm the previous Wednesday).

The public may also ask a question to which a written answer will be given. Questions must be submitted in writing to Democratic Services at least two full working days in advance of the meeting. If an answer cannot be prepared in time for the meeting it will be sent out within five days afterwards

THE APPENDED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS ARE IDENTIFIED BY AGENDA ITEM NUMBER.

6. Emergency Evacuation Procedure

When the continuous alarm sounds, you must evacuate the building by one of the designated exits and proceed to the named assembly point. The designated exits are sign-posted. Arrangements are in place for the safe evacuation of disabled people

7. Wards (the areas of the Authority which Councillors represent)

Where an item relates to a specific ward within the Authority, the name of that ward is given alongside the item heading. The name of the Ward is also shown on the front page of the associated report. Where no ward is given, this is because the item is a general matter or relates to the whole of the Bath and North East Somerset area.

Planning, Transportation, Economy & Sustainability Overview and Scrutiny Panel

Monday 26th July 2004
at 10:00 am in the Council Chamber, Guildhall, High Street, Bath

1. WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS

2. EMERGENCY EVACUATION PROCEDURE

The Convenor will draw attention to the emergency evacuation procedure as set out under Note 6.

3. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE AND SUBSTITUTIONS

4. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

To receive any declarations from Members/Officers of personal/prejudicial interests in respect of matters for consideration at this meeting together with their statements on the nature of any such interests declared.

5. TO ANNOUNCE ANY URGENT BUSINESS AGREED BY THE CHAIR

6. ITEMS FROM THE PUBLIC OR COUNCILLORS - TO RECEIVE DEPUTATIONS, STATEMENTS, PETITIONS OR QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE BUSINESS OF THIS MEETING

At the time of publication, no items had been submitted.

7. DETERMINATION OF CALL IN REQUEST: BRISTOL/BATH TO SOUTH COAST STUDY

Under the Council's Constitution, any 10 Councillors may request that an executive decision made, but not yet implemented, be reconsidered by the person or body who made it. This is called a "call-in" and has the effect of preventing the implementation of the decision pending a review of the decision by an Overview and Scrutiny Panel.

13 Councillors have subscribed to a call-in of the part of the Council Executive decision which agreed to undertake further feasibility and assessment work on a range of potential measures (as listed in paragraph 4.1 of the report considered by the Council Executive - Appendix 1 to report 7 on this agenda).

This report sets out the call-in request relating to the decision of the Council Executive and seeks its determination by the Planning, Transportation, Economy and Sustainability Overview and Scrutiny Panel.