Agenda
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A meeting of the Lochaber Committee will take place remotely on Tuesday 14 May, 2024 at 10.30 a.m.
Recording Notice: Please note this meeting will be recorded and uploaded to the Council’s YouTube channel.
You are invited to attend the meeting and a note of the business to be considered is attached.
Yours faithfully
Stewart Fraser
Head of Legal and Governance
BUSINESS
1. Apologies for Absence
Leisgeulan
2. Declarations of Interest/Transparency Statement
Foillseachaidhean Com-pàirt/ Aithris Fhollaiseachd
Members are asked to consider whether they have an interest to declare in relation to any item on the agenda for this meeting. Any Member making a declaration of interest should provide some information on the nature of the interest and leave the meeting at the appropriate time. Advice may be sought from Officers prior to the meeting taking place.
3. Housing Performance Report
Aithisg Coileanaidh Taigheadais
There is circulated Report No. LA/8/24 by the Executive Chief Officer Housing and Property.
The Committee is invited to consider the information provided on housing performance in the period 1 April, 2023 to 31 March, 2024.
4. Fort William Common Good Fund – Asset Register
Maoin Math Coitcheann a’ Ghearasdain – Clàr So-mhaoin
There is circulated Report No. LA/9/24 by the Executive Chief Officer Communities and Place and the Acting Executive Chief Officer Performance and Governance.
Members are asked to:-
i. note the contents of the list of property proposed to be included in the Common Good Asset Register for Fort William (Appendix 1);
ii. agree the commencement of the public consultation on the list of proposed property in accordance with the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 (the Act).
5. Community Regeneration Fund Assessment of Applications
Measadh Iarrtasan Maoin Ath-bheòthachaidh Coimhearsnachd
There is circulated Report No LA/10/24 by the Executive Chief Officer Infrastructure, Environment and Economy.
Members are asked to:-
i. consider the applications presented and agree whether to approve, defer or reject the application. An approval of funding should detail the amount approved and outline any conditions of funding that Members wish to attach to the approval over and above the required technical conditions. A deferral would allow an applicant to resubmit the current application at a future date with updated information or for the project to be approved subject to further funding becoming available. A rejection would mean that the application will not proceed and any future application to the fund should be brought forward initially as a new expression of interest; and
ii. agree the approved Community Regeneration Fund grant award for each application up to the value of the available area allocation.
6. Bereavement Services – Project Update
Cunntas às Ùr mun t-Seirbheis Chaoidh
There is circulated Report No. LA/11/24 by the Executive Chief Officer Communities and Place.
Members are asked to note:
i the progress of burial ground extensions in the Lochaber area.
ii the challenges with identifying and developing suitable land for burial ground development.
7. Islands (Scotland) Act 2018
There is circulated Report No. LA/12/24 by the Executive Chief Officer Performance and Governance.
Members are asked to note the update and acknowledge the work that has taken place.
8. Lochaber Parking Tariffs
Cìsean Parcaidh Loch Abar
There will follow Report No. LA/13/24 by the Executive Chief Officer Infrastructure, Environment and Economy.
9. Ward Discretionary Fund
Buidseat Fo Ùghdarras Uàird
The Committee is invited to note the following Ward Discretionary Fund grant awards from 1st April 2023 to 31st March 2024.
Ward 11
HLH Archive Centre – contribution to travelling exhibition costs Tir nan Og - £750
Lochaber Wheeled sports society – for purchase of bikes & helmets - £1,000
Knoydart Trading Limited – purchase of freezer - £2,350
Remembrance Day - £302.50
Nevis Landscape Partnership - National Park Working Group - £1,500
Repairs to viewforth toilets - £3,500
Knoydart Tree Nursery - project costs - £3,300
Lochaber Environmental Group - new website - £500
Nevis Community Radio Ltd - storm damage repairs - £469
Cruise Ship Maiden Visit Plaques - £187.50
CFINE - Fareshare in Highland - £1197
Ward 21
Kinlochleven Primary School Council – School trip - £250
South Lochaber Community Association – Contribution to Bus repairs - £1750
Lochaber wheeled sports society – for purchase of bikes & helmets - £1000
West Ardnamurchan Community Council – for purchase of IT kit - £450
Remembrance Day - £302.50
West Highland Way signs cleaning - £370
Nevis Landscape Partnership - National Park Working Group - £1,500
Repairs to viewforth toilets - £3,500
Voluntary Action Lochaber - Kinlochleven & Fort William CAGs - £3,000
Kentallen & Duror Community Centre - replacement seating main hall - £1,000
Nether Lochaber Community Association - North Ballachulish Water Tank Acquisition - £880
Lochaber Environmental Group - new website - £500
Nevis Community Radio Ltd - storm damage repairs - £469
Cruise Ship Maiden Visit Plaques - £187.50
Morvern Community Council - Local Place Plan Morvern - £1,000
10. Minutes
Geàrr-chunntas
There is circulated for information, Minutes of Meeting of the Lochaber Committee held on 23 January, 2024 which were approved by the Council on 14 March, 2024.
Read the Supplementary Agenda
LOCHABER COMMITTEE: TUESDAY 14 MAY 2024
In relation to the agenda circulated for the above meeting of the Lochaber Committee, the following supplementary report and additional item are circulated.
Agenda Item 8
Parking Income andTariffs
Cìsean Parcaidh Loch Abar
There is circulated Report No. LA/13/24 by the Assistant Chief Executive – Place.
Members are asked to:-
i. note the income reporting in section 4;
ii. agree the further increase in Tariffs in section 5;
iii. note the proposed tariffs for Glencoe Village Visitor Car Park in paragraph 5.2;
iv. agree the regulation of the car park sites in section 6.
Agenda Item 11
Appointment to the proposed West Highland Way Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO) Board of Trustees
The West Highland was Scotland’s first long distance route established under the Countryside (Scotland) Act 1967. It remains the most well-known route and walked by around 50,000 people end-to-end every year. The Council has been a member of West Highland Way Management Group since the 1980’s, this is currently led by Loch Lomond & Trossachs National Park Authority. There is increasing need to source external funds for the improvement, maintenance and administration of the route. The establishment of a SCIO is being proposed, this would have representation from each local authority involved in the management of the Way.
The Committee is invited to appoint one Member, from the Lochaber Area as an Interim Trustee of the West Highland Way SCIO for the first year of establishment and the first term once established.
Yours sincerely
Stewart Fraser
Head of Legal and Governance