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Cabinet
Tuesday, 8 April 2008 at 7.30p.m
Council Chamber, Council Offices, Gernon Road, Letchworth Garden City
Items and reports
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Agenda and Reports - 8 April 2008 
Alternatively, the full items and reports are detailed individually below.
Item 5 - Public Participation
(A) Petition: "Ban the Bag" - received from St. Christopher School, Letchworth Garden City. Clara Bagenal-George (Sixth Form student) to speak.
(B) Bus Services in North Hertfordshire - Mr David Dixon
Item 6 - Items Referred From Committees
Item 6A - Referral from Performance, Audit & Review Committee - 27 March 2008 - Risk Management Update
Item 6A - PARC Referral - Risk Management Update
Item 6B - Referral from Performance, Audit & Review Committee - 27 March 2008 - Audit Commission - Annual Audit and Inspection Letter
Item 6B - PARC Referral - Audit Commission: Annual Audit & Inspection Letter
Item 7 - Capital Programme - 2007/08 Onwards
Report of the Strategic Director of Financial & Regulatory Services
To consider the impact of the approved capitalisation in respect of contributions to the Authority’s Pension Fund upon the 2008/09 Capital Programme and upon available capital funding resources.
Item 7 - Capital Programme - 2007/08 Onwards
Item 8 - North Hertfordshire Health & Safety Strategy and Policy Statement
Report of the Head of Financial Services
To consider the proposed revised 2008 Health & Safety Strategy and Policy Statement.
Item 8 - 2008 Health & Safety Strategy and Policy Statement
Item 9 - Regional and Strategic Planning Issues
Report of the Head of Planning & Building Control
To consider the current positions in respect of the following issues:
- The East of England Plan and other regional issues;
- ·West of the A1(M) at Stevenage – Planning Application;
- ·Stevenage & North Herts Action Plan (SNAP);
- ·Growth Area Liaison for Luton/Dunstable/Houghton Regis;
- ·Luton & Dunstable Northern Bypasses;
- London Luton Airport and Stansted Airport.
Item 9 - Regional and Strategic Planning Issues
Item 10 - Old Knebworth, Deards End Lane and Stockens Green Conservation Area Reviews and Knebworth Parish Register of Buildings of Local Interest
Report of the Head of Planning & Building Control
To seek final approval for the Old Knebworth, Deards End Lane and Stockens Green Conservation Area reviews and the Knebworth Register of Buyildings of Local Interest.
Item 11 - Update on Market Testing - Council's Market Operations
Report of the Head of Leisure & Environmental Services
To consider an update on the market testing of the Council’s Market Operations, and to consider an increase in the current budgets for the Council’s Market Operations.
Item 11 - Update on Market Testing - Council's Market Operations
Item 12 - Draft Climate Change Strategy
Report of the Strategic Director of Financial & Regulatory Services
To outline the steps necessary to ensure the Council meets its Nottingham Declaration commitment to have a Climate Change Strategy by January 2009.
Item 12 - Draft Climate Change Strategy
Item 13 - Exclusion of Press and Public
To consider passing a resolution to exclude the press and public for the remaining items of business.
Item 13 - Exclusion of Press and Public
Item 14 - Council Tax, Business Rates and Sundry Debtor Write Offs
Report of the Head of Revenue & Benefits
To seek approval to write off the amounts of Council Tax, Business Rates and Sundry Debtors detailed in Appendix 1 to the report.