ITEM EX11

EXECUTIVE – 4 SEPTEMBER 2002 

FORWARD PLAN AND FUTURE BUSINESS – SCHEDULES 

Schedule 1 – Recommended Additions

Topic/Decision	Executive Area 	Timing	
•	Review of Charges 
To review charges applicable across the various Council services and approve any variations in respect of discretionary charges	Leader of the Council 	10 December 2002	
•	Revenue Budget and Capital Programme 2003/04 - 2005/06 
To consider observations from Scrutiny Committees and make recommendations to the Council on the Budget, Council Tax, Capital Programme and Virement Limits	Leader of the Council 	21 January 2003	
•	Youth Justice Plan 
To consider Social & Health Care Scrutiny Committee views and make recommendations to the Council	Children & Young People	7 January 2002	
•	Early Years Units, Cholsey Primary School and Kidmore End Aided Primary School 
To seek approval for Early Years Units at these schools	Children & Young People	15 October 2002	
•	Redevelopment Proposals for Homes for Older People 
To consider proposals for consultation	Community Care & Health	1  October 2002	
•	Food Law Enforcement Service Plan   
To consider Community Safety Scrutiny Committee views and make recommendations to Council	Community Safety	7 January 2003	
•	Adult Learning Plan 2003/04 
To consider Learning & Culture Scrutiny Committee views and make recommendations to Council	Learning & Culture	10 December 2002	
•	Education Development Plan 2003-08 
To consider Learning & Culture Scrutiny Committee views and make recommendations to Council	Schools	10 December 2002	
•	Early Years Development & Childcare Plan 2003-08 
To consider Social & Health Scrutiny Committee views and make recommendations to Council	Schools	7 January 2003	

Schedule 2 – Amendments to Items in the Present Plan

Deletion: 2002/86 (no Executive decision required)
Retiming:  2002/143 (to October); 2002/112 (to November)  

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	
15 October  2002	•	Cherwell, Various Settlements - 30mph Speed Limits 	
	•	Bayworth/Sunningwell to Abingdon Cycle Route Network	
	•	Goring - Waiting Restrictions	
	•	Thame, Denbigh Road - Prohibition of Driving	
29 October 2002	•	Bicester, London Road - Pedestrian Crossing 	
	•	Bicester, Market Square - Traffic Management Proposals following opening of Skimmingdish Lane	
	•	Charlbury, Dyers Hill - Waiting restrictions	
	•	North Oxford Park & Ride – Associated Traffic Measures	
	•	Witney, Moor Avenue – Traffic Calming	
	•	Woodstock, Vermont Drive - Waiting Restrictions	
26 November 2002	•	Abingdon,  Wootton Road - 20 mph Speed Limit	
	•	Banbury and Carterton – Proposed Bus Only Links in connection with New Development 	
	•	Banbury, Crouch Street - Traffic Regulation 	
	•	Bicester North Rail Station - Access Improvements 	
	•	Burford – Consolidated Waiting Restrictions	
	•	Caversfield to Bicester; Ducklington to Witney - Cycle Routes	
	•	Chipping Norton, West End - Waiting Restriction	
	•	Milton (Abingdon), High Street -Traffic Calming 	
	•	Oxford, Botley Road Corridor – Traffic Measures 	
	•	Oxford, Holloway – Clearway Order	
	•	Preston Crowmarsh – A4074 Pedestrian Crossing	
	•	Thame Urban Cycle Network	
	•	Wallingford - Waiting Restrictions (Proposals by Town Council)	
	•	Wallingford to Cholsey Cycle Route (further consultation)	
	•	Watlington, Shirburn Street - Pedestrian Crossing	
	•	Witney, Hailey Rd - Traffic Calming	
10 December 2002	•	Banbury Inner Relief Road – Clearway Orders	
	•	Grove, Oxford Lane - Traffic Calming	
	•	Oxford, Broad Street - Experimental Parking	
	•	Thame to Haddenham Cycle Link	
21 January 2003	•	Kidlington, A4260 Oxford Road - Pedestrian Crossing	
	•	Oxford – individual disabled persons’ parking spaces in residential areas	
	•	Oxford, Beaumont Street -  Pedestrian/Cycle Facility	
	•	Wantage, Charlton Road (Near Springfield Road) - Pelican Crossing	

Schedule 4 – Items identified from Forward Plan for Forthcoming Meetings

Topic/Decision	Executive
Area	Ref	
17 September 2002

•	Budget Monitoring 
Monthly financial report	Leader of the Council	2002/78	
•	Medium Term Financial Plan 
To consider draft budget parameters	Leader of the Council	2002/130	
•	Capital Programme
To consider the quarterly update	Leader of the Council	2002/128	
•	Public Service Agreement
To agree the final form of the Oxfordshire County Council PSA  in the light of comments of the ODPM to the submitted proposals	Leader of the Council	2002/152	
•	Local Government Finance: Formula Grant Distribution
To consider a response to the government consultation in the light of the views of the Corporate Governance Scrutiny Committee	Leader of the Council	2002/153	
•	“Growing our Corporate Capacity”
To consider the responses to the proposals set out in the consultation paper and further action to be taken	Leader of the Council	2002/154	
•	Charging Policies Best Value Review 
Recommendations of the Best Value Committee together with any observations of the five Scrutiny Committees 	Leader of the Council	2002/90	
•	Racial Equality Scheme
Proposed scheme as required by the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000	Deputy Leader of the Council	2002/81	
•	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	2002/95	
•	Charging Policies for Home Care and Other Non-Residential Social Services 
To agree revised policies in the light of responses to the consultation authorised by the  Executive on 19 February 2002	Community Care & Health	2002/55	
•	Day Care Services, Wallingford & Didcot
To consider proposals for transfer of care services for older people to the Oxfordshire Care Partnership	Community Care & Health	2002/75	
•	Integrated Health & Social Services Equipment Service
To agree an action plan to implement integrated community equipment services	Community Care & Health	2002/151	
•	Annual Library Plan
Consideration of Learning & Culture Scrutiny Committee comments and recommendation to Council	Learning & Culture	2002/118	
•	Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Management Strategy - A Framework for Action 
To formally adopt the strategy, prepared by the  Shadow Chilterns Conservation Board (Decision required by end September) 	Learning and Culture 	2002/155	
•	Establishment of an Oxfordshire Local Access Forum
To decide on the arrangements for the establishment of the statutory Local Access Forum to advise local authorities and countryside bodies on countryside access provision for the County.	Learning and Culture	2002/156	
•	Carterton, Witney and Oxford – Public Transport Links
To consider alternative A40 bus lane scheme proposals	Transport	2002/133	
•	Cornmarket Street ,Oxford
To consider a project appraisal for the preferred scheme	Transport	2002/157	
•	Local Traffic and Highway Schemes
To consider any objections and representations arising from consultation on schemes in preparation:	Transport	2002/77	
•	Cherwell 30mph Speed Limit Project (Phases 1 and 2)	
•	Oxford, County Council Car Parks - Temporary/Emergency Use at Peak Christmas Shopping Periods	
•	Wheatley - Traffic Calming	
•	Witney – Measures to assist Pedestrians/Cyclists (Year 1)	
•	Witney to Freeland, A4095 - Route Action	
•	Wootton to Abingdon Cycle Route	

1 October 2002

•	Oxfordshire Plan
To propose a draft plan for consultation in the light of the views of the Scrutiny Committees	Leader of the Council	2002/144	
•	Financial Strategy and Budget Issues
To bring together the priorities emerging from the Oxfordshire Plan with the budget planning process	Leader of the Council	2002/144A	
•	Delegation Arrangements
To consider arrangements for delegation of non-strategic decisions 	Leader of the Council	2002/141	
•	Implementing Electronic Government
Consideration of a business planning framework for e-Government including proposals for the development of a contact centre; and approval of an IEG Statement for submission to ODPM	Deputy Leader of the Council	2002/147	
•	Adoption – Policy Initiatives
To consider policy changes in response to national policy development	Children & Young People	2002/158	
•	Homeless Families Policy
To consider a policy on support to homeless families	Children & Young People	2002/159	
•	Corporate Parenting
To consider arrangements for overseeing the Council’s systems which cater for children in care, including the inspection of children’s homes	Children & Young People	2002/176	
•	The Supporting People Programme
To consider a Supporting People Strategy for Oxfordshire in the light of responses to consultation, including a charging policy for services provided under the programme	Community Care & Health; Children & Young People	2002/160	
•	Redevelopment Proposals for Homes for Older People
To consider proposals for consultation	Community Care & Health	2002/188	
•	Three Counties Biological Records Unit
To consider a proposal for a Berks/Buck/Oxon Biological Records Centre, to be based in Oxfordshire, part funded by English Nature with additional partnership funding from all the local authorities in the sub region	Learning & Culture	2002/149	
•	Private Finance Initiative - Schools
To consider in principle a possible schools-based schemes or schemes to be the subject of a submission to the DfES for PFI credits	Schools, Leader of the Council	2002/143	
•	Review of Traveller Services
Review of policies and practice in relation to encampments and the management of local authority sites  	Strategic Planning & Waste Management	2002/112