Agenda item

To update the committee on progress and seek approval to proceed.

The Community Services Manager introduced the report and informed Committee the report was a project update and the final report would be brought to Committee at a later date with the final costings. He advised that there were delays with entering into the Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) with Gloucestershire County Council (GCC) however Stroud District Council (SDC) were still on target to rollout charges in the late Summer/early Autumn of this year.

In response to Members questions, the Community Services Manager provided the following answers:

• Consultation with Parish/Town Councils would be undertaken following the  Committee and the Community Services Manger would contact the Wotton-under-Edge Town Clerk to identify if the proposal within the Chargepoint Rollout Strategy was suitable in terms of location. The framework from GCC is available to Parish and Town Councils which SDC is currently trying to obtain.
• The contractor Connected Kerb were liaising with the National Grid and have confirmed that there was enough electric capacity at the proposed sites within the Strategy, however work on the financial costs and accessibility to power sources was still to be determined. 
• The location change from Castle Street car park in Dursley to May Lane was identified due to residents being required to charge for a minimum of 4 hours as per the Central Government Funding requirements which was not possible at Castle Street car park.
• Information had been included on the website for Parish and Town Councils about how they could access the contract framework.
• GCC have undertaken letter drops in areas where on street parking had been proposed and the Community Services Manager would relay Councillor Layfield’s concerns around accessibility to the Project Manager at GCC. The Community Services Manager advised he would confirm to Councillor Layfield know outside of Committee  as to whether the supply would be 100% renewable energy.
• He believed Berkeley Town Council had pushed back on GCC’s on street parking proposal and instead pushed for car park charging. He would be meeting with the Clerk to discuss the Town’s needs.
• Councillor Green asked if a proposal to the intended contractor could be made to promote more localised renewable source such as the solar power.
• Legal advice would need to be sought on whether the details of the Non-Disclosure Agreement between SDC and GCC could be shared but he would be looking to share as much of the legal detail as possible and envisage an exempt item at a future Committee.

The Chair, Councillor Turner in response to Councillor Sutton’s question on Ebley Mill charging point using the water turbine from the River Frome advised she would speak with a previous councillor Simon Pickering on what was considered for Ebley Mill charging and come back to Councillor Sutton.

Proposed by Councillor Hynd and Seconded by Councillor Sutton.

On being put to the vote, the Motion was carried unanimously.