January 2006
Agenda
MEETING: YORKSHIRE DALES NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY
VENUE: The Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes
DATE/TIME: Tuesday, 31st January 2006 at 10.30 am
Business
1. Minutes of the meeting held on 29 November 2005.
2. Public Question Time.
The National Park has allocated up to 15 minutes at the start of meetings to allow members of the public the opportunity to ask questions and/or to make statements that relate to the work of the Authority.
Notification of the subject matter of any question and/or statement must be received by the Chief Executive (National Park Officer) at Yorebridge House, Bainbridge, Leyburn DL8 3EE no later than 12 noon on the day before the meeting.
Each person will be allowed to address the meeting for up to three minutes.
3. Exclusion of the public from the meeting during the consideration of each of the items of business listed in column 1 of the following table on the grounds that each involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in the paragraph of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 specified in column 2:
| Item No. on the agenda | Paragraph No. |
| 16(a) | 1, 7, 8 and 9 |
| 16(b) | 12 and 13 |
4. Apologies for absence.
5. Declarations of the existence and nature of personal interests.
6. Declarations of lobbying.
8. Report of the Chief Executive
Chief Executive's Report Annex
9. NPAPA Improvement Plan
10. Annual Audit and Inspection Letter.
11. Budget: 2006/07.
12. Richmondshire 2021 – Draft Community Strategy.
13. Assessment of National Park Centres, Partnership Centres and Park Information Points.
14. Feedback from Members.
15. To receive the Minutes of the meetings of the:
(a) Planning Committee held on 8 November and 13 December; and
(b) Access Committee held on 3 November;
(c) Finance and Resources Committee held on 14 November;
(d) Audit and Review Committee held on 16 December, 2005
and to consider any recommendations contained therein that are not dealt with elsewhere on the agenda.
PRIVATE BUSINESS – MINUTES/REPORTS CIRCULATED TO MEMBERS ONLY
16. To receive the Private Minutes of the following meetings:-
(a) Finance and Resources Committee 14th November; 2005;
(b) Planning Committee held on 13th December,
and to consider any recommendations contained therein that are not dealt with elsewhere on the agenda.
17. Such other business as, in the opinion of the Chairman, should, by reason of special circumstances, be considered as a matter of urgency.
DAVID BUTTERWORTH
Chief Executive
National Park Authority Offices
Bainbridge
Leyburn
North Yorkshire
20 January 2006
Notes:
- Tea/coffee will be available a quarter of an hour before the meeting.
- Lunch will be provided for members and officers at approximately 1.00 pm.
Immediately BEFORE lunch (the meeting will adjourn at approximately 12.30pm) there will be a presentation on ‘Cycle Tourism Developments in the Yorkshire Dales’.
AFTER lunch there will be a presentation by the Solicitor/Monitoring Officer on Members’ Interests.
