ITEM EX13 

EXECUTIVE – 14 MAY 2002 

FORWARD PLAN AND FUTURE BUSINESS – SCHEDULES 

Schedule 1 – Recommended Additions for the New Forward Plan

Topic/Decision	Executive
Area	Timing	
•	Construction Services Best Value Review  
Recommendations of the Best Value Committee together with any observations of the Corporate Governance Scrutiny Committee 	Leader of the Council	11 June 2002	
•	Charging Policies Best Value Review  
Recommendations of the Best Value Committee together with any observations of the five Scrutiny Committees 	Leader of the Council	25 June 2002	
•	Capital Strategy 
To present an updated Capital Strategy and Asset Management Plan	Leader of the Council	25 June 2002	
•	Medium Term Financial Plan 
To present updated review and capital forecasts	Leader of the Council	23 July 2002	
•	Performance Management  
Quarterly performance monitoring report 	Leader of the Council	23 July 2002	
•	Family Support in Banbury 
To report on the re-allocation of funds arising from the closure of the Children’s Society Family Centre	Children & Young People	17 September 2002	
•	Sufficiency of Places for 3 and 4 year olds 
Priorities for capital developments for the next 2 years	Children and Young People	25 June 2002	
•	The Development of Childcare in Oxfordshire 
Approval of pilot schemes for directly managed childcare	Children and Young People	25 June 2002	
•	Old Gaol, Abingdon - Proposed ‘Cultural Centre’  
To consider the County Council’s response to report of Vale of the White Horse District Council’s Consultant 	Learning & Culture	11  June 2002	
•	Annual Library Plan 
Consideration of  Initial Proposals for consultation with Learning & Culture Scrutiny Committee	Learning & Culture	23 July 2002	
•	Annual Library Plan 
Consideration of Learning & Culture Scrutiny Committee comments and recommendation to Council	Learning & Culture	17 September 2002	
•	Neithrop Schools, Banbury 
Future organisation in the light of informal consultations with a view to formal consultation on proposals	Schools	25 June 2002	
•	Neithrop Schools, Banbury
To consider outcome of formal consultation and decide whether to refer to proposals to the School Organisation Committee for determination	Schools	04 September 2002	
•	Future Liaison Arrangements for Waste Management and Museums 
To consider the future status of the existing joint advisory committees in the absence of their former parent body, the Oxfordshire Forum	Strategic Planning & Waste Management, Learning & Culture	11 June 2002	
•	Cross Thames Travel Study 
To consider recommendations of the Steering Group 	Transport	11 June 2002	
•	European Car Free Day 
To report on discussions with the City Council and bus companies on measures to boost use of public transport etc on European Car Free Day 	Transport	25 June 2002	
•	Vehicle Incursions onto the Railway 
To assess the implications of the Selby railway accident for Oxfordshire	Transport	09 July 2002	
•	Guided Transit Express 
To report on progress of GTE and propose a development programme for 2002/2003	Transport	04 September 2002	
•	Bus Subsidies  
Decisions about possible subsidies, including a review of services in the Witney Area and requests for services	Transport	04 September 2002	
•	Regional Transport Strategy 
To consider a consultation by the SEERA Regional Planning Committee	Transport	04 September 2002	

Schedule 2 – Amendments to Items in the Present Plan

Deletions:  None
Retimings:  64/2002 (to June); 129/2001, 9/, 66/, 67/ and 94/2002 (to July); 69/2002 (to September).  (Note: all transport items originally scheduled for 25 June are moved either to 11 June or to one of the meetings from July onwards)

Schedule 3 – Appendix of Local Traffic and Highway Schemes
Because the timings of individual schemes often change as a result of issues thrown up by the consultation process, all the schemes for the new Plan period are listed.  However, it is likely that many of these will not give rise to objections, in which case they will proceed without the need for any decision by Executive.

	Timing	Scheme	
11 June 2002	•	Witney – Cycle and Pedestrian Route Scheme 	
9 July 2002	•	Childrey – 20 mph Speed Limit (Better Ways to School)	
	•	Watlington, Shirburn Street - Pedestrian Crossing	
23  July 2002	•	Abingdon,  Wootton Road - 20 mph Speed Limit	
	•	Banbury, Southam Road - Pedestrian Crossing	
	•	Chipping Norton, Burford Rd - Pedestrian Crossing	
	•	Goring - Waiting Restrictions	
	•	Shiplake, Station Road - Traffic Calming	
	•	Shippon, Elm Walk - Traffic Calming	
	•	Thame, B4012 Howland Road - 40mph Speed Limit	
	•	Thame, Denbigh Road - Prohibition of Driving	
	•	Wallingford - Waiting Restrictions (Proposals by Town Council)	
	•	Wallingford, Wantage Road – Waiting Restrictions	
	•	Wootton to Abingdon Cycle Route	
04 Sept 2002	•	Oxford, roads around St Phillip and St James School – Access Control Measures	
17 Sept 2002	•	North Oxford Park & Ride – Associated Traffic Measures	
	•	Caversfield to Bicester Cycle Route 	
	•	Ducklington to Witney Cycle Route	
	•	Oxford – individual disabled persons’ parking spaces in residential areas	
	•	Wheatley - Traffic Calming	
	•	Witney – Measures to assist Pedestrians/Cyclists (Year 1)	
	•	Witney, Hailey Rd - Traffic Calming	
	•	Witney, Moor Avenue – Traffic Calming	

Schedule 4 – Items identified from Forward Plan for Forthcoming Meetings

Topic/Decision	Executive
Area	Ref	
28 May 2002

•	Budget Monitoring 
Monthly financial report	Leader of the Council	44/2002	
•	Monitoring of Key Performance Targets
Quarterly review	Leader of the Council	34/2002	
•	Public Service Agreement
To authorise submission to DTLR for an Oxfordshire County Council PSA 	Leader of the Council	4/2002	
•	E-Government and “Raising our Performance” 
To consider a business planning framework for E-Government including the development of a contact centre	Deputy Leader of the Council	11/2002	
•	Racial Equality Scheme
Proposed scheme as required by the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000	Deputy Leader of the Council	81/2002	
•	Social Services Leaving Care Service 
Implementation issues	Children & Young People	115/2001	
•	Education Capital Projects
Project Appraisals for Botley/North Hinksey Early Years; Carswell;  Sonning Common; St Birinus	Schools	85/2002	
•	DfES Green Paper “14 – 19: Extending Opportunities, Raising Standards”
To consider a draft response to the Green Paper for submission by 31 May 2002 deadline	Schools	104/2002	
•	Speed limits in Rural Settlements Project – Cherwell Phase 2
Results of preliminary consultation on proposals for individual parishes	Transport	100/2001	
•	Local Traffic and Highway Schemes
To consider any objections and representations arising from consultation on schemes in preparation (listed in Appendix - Schedule 3)	Transport	19A/2002	

11 June 2002

•	Oxfordshire Plan 2003/08
Initial review proposals	Leader of the Council	38/2002	
•	County Hall Refurbishment
Proposed agreement with the Osborne Group to provide for the refurbishment and future shared use of accommodation in County Hall	Leader of the Council	56/2002	
•	Construction Services Best Value Review 
Recommendations of the Best Value Committee together with any observations of the Corporate Governance Scrutiny Committee 	Leader of the Council	89/2002	
•	Old Gaol, Abingdon - Proposed ‘Cultural Centre’ 
To consider the County Council’s response to report of Vale of the White Horse District Council’s Consultant 	Learning & Culture	106/2002	
•	Future Liaison Arrangements for Waste Management and Museums
To consider the future status of the existing joint advisory committees in the absence of their parent body, the Oxfordshire Forum	Strategic Planning & Waste Management, Learning & Culture	113/2002	
•	Vulnerable Road Users’ Audit
Approval of guidelines	Transport	126/2001	
•	Park & Ride Car Parks – Single Ticketing
Proposals for combined parking and journey tickets	Transport	32/2002	
•	Local Transport Plan
Annual report for submission to DTLR	Transport	65/2002	
•	Management and Operation of Park and Ride Car Parks
To decide in the light of tenders how the sites are to be managed and operated from Autumn 20002	Transport	66/2002	
•	Cross Thames Travel Study
To consider recommendations of the Steering Group 	Transport	110/2002	
•	Local Traffic and Highway Schemes
To consider any objections and representations arising from consultation on schemes in preparation (listed in Appendix - Schedule 3)	Transport	80/2002