Agenda
North Lanarkshire Council · 8 February 2023
Back to Environment and Climate Change Committee — 8 February 2023 and its agenda
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Agenda (1) Declarations of Interest In Terms of the Ethical Standards In Public Life Etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (2) Update Paper - Actions Taken Relevant to Rodent Complaints (page 7 - 12) Submit report by the Chief Officer (Community Operations) providing a further and final update on the steps that continue to be taken in respect of the action plan which was devised in order to direct resources to the areas of most significant concern, co-ordinating the response to the best effect and delivering improvement works and which follows the last update paper which was submitted to the former Environment and Place Committee on 24 August 2022 (copy herewith) (3) POW25 - Country Parks for the Future - Strathclyde Country Park Green Growth Accelerator (page 13 - 22) Submit report by the Chief Officer (Community Operations) providing an update on the conclusion of the Green Growth Accelerator pathfinder project developing a proposal to extend and upgrade the current Watersports Centre at Strathclyde Country Park including renewable energy generation solutions, together with the next steps for project delivery and key areas for decisions (copy herewith) (4) North Lanarkshire Biodiversity Action Plan 2023 - 2027 (page 23 - 32) Submit report by the Chief Officer (Community Operations) (1) presenting the current context for the ongoing climate crisis; (2) providing an update on the North Lanarkshire Biodiversity Action Plan, and (3) setting out the emerging national and international approach to tackling biodiversity loss and considers how conserving and enhancing North Lanarkshire’s local biodiversity can contribute to those wider targets and commitments (copy herewith) (5) Power Resilience Strategy (page 33 - 62) Submit report by the Chief Officer (Community Operations) (1) advising that the Scottish Government has requested that in addition to normal business continuity arrangements all public bodies should also have a stand-alone Power Resilience Strategy which would be enacted in the event of any failure of the national grid system, and (2) providing details of the Power Resilience Strategy that is now in place for the Council (copy herewith) (6) Remembering Together - Covid Memorial (page 63 - 68) Submit report by the Chief Officer (Community Operations) (1) providing an update on progress so far with the community co-creation process to create a Covid Memorial for North Lanarkshire through the Scotland wide Remembering Together program, and (2) outlining the next steps which will take the project through from consultation in 2022 to design and installation in 2023 (copy herewith)
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2 (7) Strategic Performance Framework - Public Sector Duties Climate Change Report 2021/2022 (page 69 - 92) Submit report by the Chief Officer of Assets and Procurement (1) providing a summary of the content of the Public Sector Report on Compliance with Climate Change Duties submitted on behalf of the council in November 2022 for report year 2021-22, and (2) advising that the Council is required to complete an annual submission to demonstrate that as a public body it is contributing to the nationally set climate change targets as well as adhering to its other responsibilities in terms of both adaptation and sustainability (copy herewith) (8) Meadowhead Road Active Travel and Road Safety Improvements Consultation (page 93 - 102) Submit report by the Chief Officer of Place seeking approval for the implementation of the active travel and road safety improvements proposed for Meadowhead Road, Wishaw (copy herewith) (9) Traffic Regulation Orders, Road Humps and Traffic Calming Delegated Powers (page 103 - 108) Submit report by the Chief Officer of Place seeking agreement to revise the Scheme of Delegation to Officers in relation to the promotion of Traffic Regulation Orders, traffic calming, and road hump schemes in order to progress delivery of schemes more timeously and minimise risk of losing external funding (copy herewith) (10) Prioritisation of Road Safety Improvements (page 109 - 116) Submit report by the Chief Officer of Place seeking approval for implementing a revised policy for prioritising traffic calming and pedestrian crossing requests (copy herewith) Contracts (11) Award of Contract for Routing and In-Cab Software (page 117 - 122) Submit report by the Chief Officer (Community Operations) asking the Committee to acknowledge the award of a contract for Optimised Routing and In-Cab Technology (copy herewith) (12) Contract Award for Professional and Technical Support around Environmental Improvements and Community Engagement (page 123 - 130) Submit report by the Chief Officer (Community Operations) asking Committee to acknowledge the actions of the then Head of Regulatory Services and Waste Solutions to award a Negotiated Tender for Professional and Technical Support around Environmental Improvements and Community Engagement (copy herewith) (13) Contract Award for Pest Control Services - Domestic & Corporate Premises - NLC-CPT-22- 035 (page 131 - 140) Submit report by the Chief Officer of Community Operations seeking approval of a contract for Pest Control Services - Domestic & Corporate Premises NLC-CPT-22-035 (copy herewith)
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3 (14) Contracts Awarded Below Committee Approval Threshold (page 141 - 147) Submit report by the Chief Officer of Assets and Procurement notifying the Committee of the contracts awarded between 1 October to 31 December 2022 with a value below the financial threshold requiring Committee approval (copy herewith)