D McAllion and C Grainer, (both Renfrewshire Council); J Divers, Scottish Fire and Rescue; M McLaughlin, West College Scotland; and L Barlow and K Simpson, Sweco.

There was submitted the Minute of the meeting of the Greener Renfrewshire Thematic Board held on 29 August 2016.

DECIDED: That the Minute be noted.

A presentation was given by L Barlow and K Simpson from Sweco relative to an update on the sustainability elements of the City Deal Projects.

The presentation gave a brief recap on the sustainable goals and objectives; summarised the City Deal stages; highlighted the methodology of the carbon assessment; outlined the carbon output for each of the options and the preferred route; and detailed the next steps.

DECIDED:  That the presentation be noted.

The report indicated that carbon emissions was one of the principle measures to address climate change and was a key priority for all Local Authorities. As a consequence, the Carbon Management Plan, which was approved by the Planning & Property Policy Board in 2014 set a target reduction of 36% carbon emissions from the 2012/13 baseline by March 2020. This covered a number of sectors across the Council. The report provided an update on the achievements of the Carbon Management Plan.

Council, gave a presentation relative to an overview of the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD).

The presentation gave a brief overview of the main points; drew attention to the Data Zones within the application; highlighted the areas of deprivation within Renfrewshire; and outlined the next steps.

DECIDED:  That the presentation be noted.

The report provided a summary of the first phase of Renfrewshire’s Stalled Spaces Scotland programme and intimated that the £20k budget for the first phase of the programme had now been exhausted, although Architecture & Design Scotland (A&DS) had advised that an additional £10k had been made available for projects within Renfrewshire.  It was noted that this additional funding did not require to be match funded but would be administered through A&DS and had a requirement for all applications to be submitted to them for approval which had previously been approved in principal through the Greener Renfrewshire Thematic Board.

DECIDED:

(a)  That the detail of the projects completed in the first phase of Renfrewshire’s Stalled Spaces Scotland programme be noted; and

(b)  That the applications which had been received for funding in the second phase of the programme, being administered through A&DS be noted.

A presentation was given by the Lead Officer, Greener Communities Sub-Group relative to the West End Stalled Spaces Projects.

The presentation gave a brief overview of the various projects and the stages of development; outlined the goals and objectives; and detailed the next steps.

The report advised that at the meeting of the Community Planning Partnership Board in September 2016 the progress made by each Thematic Board in the three years since the Renfrewshire Community Plan 2013-23 was scrutinised and it was agreed that a further report be submitted to the December meeting which included details of improvement actions to mitigate the key challenges which had been identified.  A number of Greener Renfrewshire Thematic Board measures were highlighted as not achieving target and the report provided detail on the progress and remedial actions on the indicators which were not achieving target.

DECIDED:    That the report be noted.

The presentation gave a brief overview of the Low Carbon Travel and Transport programme; highlighted the key targets; outlined the European Development Fund rules; detailed the workshop participants; highlighted the draft proposal and the Feasibility Scope;  and summarised the next steps.

DECIDED: That the presentation be noted.

DECIDED:    That the report be noted.

DECIDED: That the report be noted.