PRESENT: Cllr Wells, R Alderson, F Ross, E Anderson, G Hoey, K Hammond, A Towns and G Dixon.
Also in attendance: T Allen, C Wilkinson and D Sanderson (Environment Team) and S Whittemore (Democratic Services)
APOLOGIES: D Dukes
98 DECLARATIONS OF PERSONAL OR PERSONAL AND PREJUDICIAL INTEREST – There were no declarations of personal or personal and prejudicial interest in respect of items on the agenda.
99 MINUTES – Resolved – That the minutes of the meeting held on 27 September 2006, having been circulated among the members, be taken as read and correctly recorded.
100 TO IDENTIFY ANY URGENT ITEMS OF BUSINESS – There were no urgent items of business to be discussed.
101 MATTERS ARISING – Map of open access and registered common to be put on the web. Access point established onto Risby Warren.
102 FEEDBACK FROM SITE VISIT TO ALKBOROUGH FLATS – Tim Allen to bring video to next meeting. The scheme has reduced high tide by 200mm. Cost for floodbanks £26m. Alkborough cost £10m. This scheme offers protection for 10 years.
103 MEMBERSHIP OF THE FORUM – Appointments were pending.
104 ANNUAL REPORT 2006 – Open access. Permissive paths – can attract money. Appointment of Definitive Map Officer. Rights of Way Improvement Plan. Operation Yokahama.
105 FOOTPATH NUMBERING – One suggestion was to leave the numbers as they are, but to use them in conjunction with a prefix that identifies the parish within which they lie. A letter from the Head of Planning and Regeneration on the subject was discussed in which it was suggested that a new set of numbers be employed instead. This system would also provide a prefix to identify the relevant parish and each parish would start with a number one and continue upwards according to the number of paths within the parish in total. Paths that crossed parish boundaries would share the same number, but would be distinguishable one from the other by means of the prefix. A suffix would also identify the link. Concern was expressed about whether this might confuse people who know certain paths by the present number.
106 DEFRA NEWSLETTER – The newsletter was distributed and noted.
107 YORKSHIRE AND HUMBER REGIONAL NEWSLETTER – The newsletter was distributed and noted.