Authority - September 2008

AGENDA  

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Business

1. Minutes of the meeting held on 29 July 2008.

2. Public Question Time.

The National Park Authority 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.  Each person will be allowed to address the meeting for up to three minutes.

Notification of the subject matter of any question and/or statement must be received by the Chief Executive (National Park Officer) at Yoredale, Bainbridge, Leyburn DL8 3EL no later than 12 noon on the day before the meeting.

More detailed guidance is available from the Authority’s Secretariat.

3. Exclusion of the public from the meeting during the consideration of Item Nos 19 and 20 on the agenda on the grounds that they each involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972.

4. Apologies for absence.

5. Declarations of lobbying.

6. Chairman’s Report.

7. Member Champions:

• Report from the Member Champion for Forward Planning.
• Matters to be raised by Member Champions.
• Questions.

8. Chief Executive’s report.

9. Wood Lane Car Park, Grassington.

10. Direct Elections Consultation.and Appendix 1 and Appendix 2.

11. National Park Authority Priorities 2009/10. plus Annex A and Annexes B,C and D.

12. Statement of Final Accounts 2007/08.  [Report to follow]

13. Annual Governance Report 2007/08.  [Report to follow]

14. Conservation areas:

1. Linton – Proposed Extension plus Map 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
2. Carperby – Management Plan.

15. Disability Equality Scheme.

16. Appointments to the Yorkshire Dales Access Forum.

17. Member Feedback plus Annex.

18. To receive the Minutes of the meetings of the:

• Planning Committee held on 8 July and 12 August.
• Access Committee held on 22 July.
• Finance and Resources Committee held on 8 August 2008.

and to consider any recommendations contained therein that are not dealt with elsewhere on the agenda.

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Private Business  -  Reports circulated to Members only

19. Producing a costed plan for the Dales Countryside Museum.

20. Sedbergh National Park Centre.

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21. 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
Yoredale, Bainbridge

22 September 2008