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North Lanarkshire Council · 1 November 2023
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23 October 2023 Members of the Environment and Climate Change Committee Chief Executive’s Office Archie Aitken Chief Officer (Legal & Democratic) Civic Centre, Windmillhill Street, Motherwell ML1 1AB www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk Notice is given that a Meeting of the Environment and Climate Change Committee is to be held in the Council Chamber, Civic Centre, Windmillhill Street, Motherwell, ML1 1AB on Wednesday, 01 November 2023 at 14:00 PM which you are requested to attend. The agenda of business is attached. Archie Aitken Chief Officer (Legal & Democratic) Members : Clerk Name: Andrew Rose Clerk Telephone: 07951 409714 Clerk Email: rosean@northlan.gov.uk H Loughran, J McPhilemy, T Carragher, P Di Mascio, K Duffy, F Fotheringham, W Goldie, J Leckie, A Masterton, M McBride, B McCulloch, M McCulloch, P McDade, F McKay, C McManus, L Mitchell, L Nolan, J Reddin, L Roarty, A Smith, A Stubbs, A Thomas, C Williams, N Wilson, G Woods.
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Agenda 1 Declarations of Interest In Terms of the Ethical Standards In Public Life Etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 2 Environmental Activity Campaign Update Submit report by the Depute Chief Executive highlighting the actions that are being taken to enhance the quality of the local environment across the Council area (copy herewith) 5 - 18 3 Update Paper - Actions Taken Relevant to Rodent Complaints Submit report by the Depute Chief Executive providing, in response to a Motion to the Council meeting held on 13 August 2020 and the update report submitted to this Committee on 8 February 2023, a further 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 Council's response to the best effect and delivering improvement works (copy herewith) 19 - 24 4 Sustainable Futures - Tree Asset Management and Ash Dieback Disease Forward Planning Submit report by the Depute Chief Executive (1) highlighting the early findings of desktop analysis carried out through the Ash Dieback Action Plan; (2) exploring the options available to continue to tackle the corporate risk that remains, and (3) setting out the scope for an Operational Woodland Management Plan (copy herewith) 25 - 34 5 Using Greenspace to Improve Health, Wellbeing and Social Outcomes Submit report by the Depute Chief Executive (1) highlighting the work undertaken in the last 12 months to improve health and wellbeing through activity in Greenspaces; (2) outlining work that has been achieved through additional temporary staff resource including enhancing the biodiversity of sites and large scale public engagement projects, and (3) providing detail on upcoming projects to enhance the local greenspaces of North Lanarkshire (copy herewith) 35 - 44 6 Amey Public Services LLP Operational Performance Monitoring Report for 1 April to 31 October 2023 - Financial Performance Submit report by the Chief Officer (Community Operations) outlining Amey Public Services Limited Liability Partnership performance against its business objectives and council priorities for the period April to October 2023 and its financial performance to July 2023 (copy herewith) 45 - 56 7 Contracts Awarded Below Committee Approval Threshold Submit report by the Chief Officer (Assets and Procurement) detailing those contracts awarded falling below the threshold requiring committee approval (copy herewith) 57 - 60