To receive apologies for absence.

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Amil, Manning, Mills and Parrott.

To confirm as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting of the Policy Development and Decision Group held on 14 September 2016.

The Minutes of the meeting of the Policy Development and Decision Group (Joint Operations Team) held on 14 September 2016 were confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

To discuss issues in connection with homeless people and begging.

The Policy Development and Decision Group (Joint Operations Team) made the following recommendation to the Mayor:

That the Assistant Director of Community and Customer Services be requested to commission a consultation exercise with the public, partners and the voluntary sector to assess opinion with regards to what further action the Council (and partners where appropriate) should take in response to the issues of:

·       introducing bylaws or Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPOs) to address the problem of rough sleeping on the seafront and town centres;

·       providing support to, and safeguarding, individuals with a genuine rough sleeping / street homelessness need; and

·       the use of motor homes as permanent accommodation in residential areas/public highways.

The Mayor considered the recommendation of the Policy Development and Decision Group (Joint Operations Team) set out above at the meeting and the record of decision, together with further information is attached to these Minutes.

To discuss issues in connection with motor homes parking in residential areas.

This item was considered as part of the item in Minute 14 above.

To consider the submitted report on the above.

The Policy Development and Decision Group (Joint Operations Team) made the following recommendations to the Mayor:

(i)       that the establishment of a local lottery as outlined in Exempt Appendix 2 to the submitted report be approved;

(ii)      that the preferred option to appoint an External Lottery Management (ELM) be approved and the appointment of Gatherwell Ltd be progressed by the Assistant Director of Corporate and Business Services;

(iii)      that the Assistant Director of Corporate and Business Services and Assistant Director of Community and Customer Services be appointed to hold the licence for the local lottery and submit the necessary application to the Gambling Commission; and

(iv)     that the Assistant Director of Corporate and Business Services and Assistant Director of Community and Customer Services, in consultation with the Deputy Mayor and Executive Lead for Health and Wellbeing and Corporate Services, be authorised to make any necessary changes to the proposed local lottery to meet the requirements of the Gambling Commission and Gatherwell Ltd.

The Mayor considered the recommendations of the Policy Development and Decision Group (Joint Operations Team) set out above at the meeting and the record of decision, together with further information is attached to these Minutes.

To consider the submitted report in respect of a potential helipad and a light rail system to Brixham.

The Policy Development and Decision Group (Joint Operations Team) made the following recommendations to the Mayor:

(i)       that the Assistant Director of Corporate and Business Services be requested to consult the private sector and businesses in the aviation sector for their views on the principle of establishing a helipad facility for Torbay and that this should give the opportunity for the private sector undertaking feasibility work and to put forward proposals;

(ii)      that an informal working group comprising the Mayor and business leaders be established to investigate the economic benefits to Torbay of having a helipad facility;

(iii)      that further discussions be held between the Spatial Planning Department and Devon Air Ambulance in respect of their needs for adequate facilities; and

(iv)     that due to the economic growth in Brixham in the fishing and tourism industry there is a need to improve transport links in and out of Brixham and the surrounding area to cope with this growth and the Assistant Director of Corporate and Business Services be requested to consult with the fishing industry, Brixham Town Council, rail user groups and existing rail owners to establish, in principle, if the formation of a light railway system will benefit the long term economic prospects of Brixham and the surrounding area.

The Mayor considered the recommendations of the Policy Development and Decision Group (Joint Operations Team) set out above at the meeting and the record of decision, together with further information is attached to these Minutes.

To consider the submitted report on the above.

The Policy Development and Decision Group (Joint Operations Team) made the following recommendation to the Mayor:

That the Modern Slavery Statement set out in Appendix 2 to the submitted report be approved.

The Mayor considered the recommendation of the Policy Development and Decision Group (Joint Operations Team) set out above at the meeting and the record of decision, together with further information is attached to these Minutes.