Annual Report 2023-24
Renfrewshire Council · 27 January 2025
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To: Petitions Board On: 24 January 2024 Report by: Director of Finance and Resources Heading: Annual Report of Petitions Received and their Outcomes 1. Summary 1.1 The annual report highlights petitions considered by the Petitions Board during the period May 2023 to March 2024 during which the Board met on two occasions. 1.2 The Board met on 22 May 2023 and 25 March 2024 and considered three petitions in total. 1.3 Five meetings of the Board were cancelled due to lack of business within the reporting period. These meetings had been scheduled to take place on 4 September 2023, 13 November 2023, 29 January 2024, 3 June 2024 and 2 September 2024. 2. Recommendation 2.1 That the Report on petitions received and their outcomes, be noted. 3. Background 3.1 Three petitions were considered by the Petitions Board during the period covered by this report. Details of the petitions received and their outcomes are set out in Appendix 1 to this report.
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4. Implications of the Report 1. Financial – none 2. HR & Organisational Development – none 3. Community/Council Planning - none 4. Legal – none 5. Property/Assets – none 6. Information Technology - none. 7. Equality & Human Rights - none 8. Health & Safety - none 9. Procurement - none 10. Risk - none. 11. Privacy Impact - none 12. Cosla Policy Position – not applicable. 13. Climate Risk – not applicable Author: Euan Gray, Senior Committee Services Officer Tel: 0141 487 1099 Email: euan.gray@renfrewshire.gov.uk
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Subject of Petition Outcome Updates/Progress 1. Petition - Storie Street Parking That the petition be referred to the Director of Environment, Housing & Infrastructure for further investigation without any specific recommendation. A traffic regulation order was promoted and successfully made to introduce pay and display parking spaces on Storie Street between George Street and Barr Way and on Barr Place. A tender to supply and install parking meters has been published and responses are awaited. When awarded, the tenderer will install pay and display meters at these locations and the associated road markings will be applied to bring the parking spaces into use. 2. Milldale Day Opportunities Services That the petition be referred to the Renfrewshire Health and Social Care Integration Joint Board. At the meeting of the Renfrewshire Integration Joint Board on 29 April 2024 it was decided: (a) That the proposal to close the Flexicare service, as detailed in section 7 of the report, be rejected; (b) That the proposal to merge Mirin and Milldale Day Services, as detailed in section 8 of the report, be rejected; and (c) That it be noted that as the proposal to merge Mirin and Milldale Day Services had been rejected, there was no decision to be made on the proposed location of the merged service. 3. Safe Travel to School, Elderslie That the petition be referred to the Directors of Children's Services and Environment, Housing & Infrastructure for further investigation without any specific recommendation. Colleagues within Environment, Housing & Infrastructure instructed an independent review of the walking route to Castlehead HS from Elderslie be carried out. This was undertaken by Road Safety Consultants Limited on Wednesday 5 June 2024 between 0815am and 0900am and again on Friday 7 June 2024 between 2.30pm and 4.00pm. The route that was requested to be reviewed was previously examined and approved by Renfrewshire Council in 2010. We asked that the Road Safety Consultants confirm if this route is still a suitable walking route. Following the review it was confirmed in a report from Road Safety Consultants Limited the Route was safe. There was a recommendation of the following: “The junction with Fulbar Road should be reviewed, in particular the dropped kerb crossing points that should be repaired to minimise the potential for tripping to occur. This would benefit pupils using the route but also all pedestrians crossing Fulbar Road at this point.
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“The pedestrian barrier at the crossing point at West Lane is damaged, this should be repaired/replaced.
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The above suggested repairs have been ordered to be done through our maintenance colleagues, on a 28 day completion deadline from 5/11/24.