Agenda and minutes
Venue: Ground Floor Committee Room - Loxley House, Station Street, Nottingham, NG2 3NG
Contact: Noel McMenamin, Constitutional Services, Tel: 0115 8764304 Email: noel.mcmenamin@nottinghamcity.gov.uk
No. | Item | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE Minutes: Councillor Sue Johnson – Chair (unwell) Councillor Jon Collins (other Council business) Councillor Chris Tansley ( other Council business)
Michelle Graley – Neighbourhood Development Officer Caroline Pickering – Friends of Coppice Park
In the absence of Councillor Johnson, the Chair was taken by Councillor Leslie Ayoola, the Vice-Chair. |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DECLARATIONS OF INTERESTS Minutes: None. |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last meeting held on 23 June 2015 (for confirmation) Minutes: The Committee confirmed the minutes of the meeting held on 23 June 2015 as a true record and they were signed by the Chair of this meeting. |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Area Committee Community Representatives 2015/16 PDF 236 KB Report of Strategic Director for Commercial and Neighbourhood Services Additional documents:
Minutes: Fi Cusick, Neighbourhood Development Officer, introduced a report of the Strategic Director for Commercial and Neighbourhood Services, requesting approval of the appointment of community representatives from locality-based organisations to the Area Committee for 2015/16. Ms Cusick confirmed that requests for nominations had been sent to all organisations represented on the Committee in 2014/15, but that several organisations had not yet responded.
RESOLVED to appoint the following Community Representatives to Area Committee East for the 2015/16 municipal year:
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Appointments to Outside Bodies PDF 183 KB Additional documents:
Minutes: Noel McMenamin, Governance Officer, introduced a report of the Corporate Director for Resilience, requesting approval of appointments to locality based outside bodies, in line with the Executive Board decision taken in June 2015 to delegate this responsibility to Area Committees.
RESOLVED to approve the following appointments to locality-based outside bodies:
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nottingham City Homes PDF 822 KB Report of Chief Executive, Nottingham City Homes Minutes: The Committee considered a report of the Chief Executive, Nottingham City Homes, updating the Committee on budget allocation and performance, and requesting approval for an environmental submission.
During discussion, the Committee made the following points:
(a) The Bentinck, Manvers and Kingston external wall insulation and district heating work was commended as a very good project, though there had been issues with car parking availability, the unsightliness of heating pipes and residents’ keys while work was carried out;
(b) The improvements elsewhere to the Nottingham City Homes property portfolio left Burrows Court looking even more in need of improvement work. Councillors requested an update at the next Area Committee meeting;
(c) The request for funding for capital funding at Dooland Drive was approved without substantive discussion.
RESOLVED
(1) to note the available budget for area regeneration and environmental issues in Area Committee East for the remainder of 2015/16, as follows: Dales ward- £43,129, Mapperley ward - £22,354, St Ann’s ward - £170,672;
(2) to approve the following new scheme:
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Re-allocation of Capital Funding for Mapperley Ward Parks PDF 283 KB Additional documents:
Minutes: James Dymond, Parks Development Manager, introduced a report of the Director of Sport, Culture and Parks proposing reallocating capital funding to parks in Mapperley ward to enable a range of site improvements to take place.
Mr Dymond explained that capital funding allocated to several parks and open spaces in Mapperley ward was no longer required as works were completed. Reallocating this funding would help deliver additional works of benefit to citizens from within agreed budgets.
RESOLVED to approve expenditure of £15,000 at Coppice Park and Astley Drive Play Area through reallocating previously-agreed capital funding, as follows:
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ward Performance Report Report of Strategic Director for Commercial and Neighbourhood Services Additional documents:
Minutes: Greg Foister, Neighbourhood Development Officer (NDO) for Dales and Fi Cusick, NDO for Mapperley, introduced the Strategic Director for Commercial and Neighbourhood Services’ report providing summary updates on key themes within the Nottingham Plan 2020 for Quarter 2 2015/16, highlighting the following:
St Ann’s
(a) There is concentrated project working on identifying and dealing with domestic violence, and this is likely to increase reporting of domestic violence crimes;
(b) Overall crime has increased in the ward, but anti-social behaviour and noise pollution levels have significantly reduced;
(c) Cleanliness scores consistently above the 86 points target, fly-tipping and graffiti levels are down, but dog fouling remains an issue;
(d) St Ann’s councillors have asked for a review of parking concerns across the ward, and are also keen to ensure there is local targeted work delivered to get the unemployed back into work.
Dales
(e) there was good community engagement demonstrated during the most recent Week of Action, with over 6.5 tonnes of rubbish removed. The next Week of Action will focus on Sneinton Dale, and will address shopping/retail waste;
(f) mobile cameras will be used at fly-tipping hotspots to help identify offenders;
(g) there is an issue with the ineffective treatment of weeds in the ward, and further work will be undertaken to address the problem;
(h) the Neighbourhood Management Team will continue to engage with New College Nottingham on engaging with hard-to-reach communities in the ward on employment issues;
(i) there will be further local consultation on the development of Greenway Park;
(j) the report highlighted the schedule of ward walks in September and October 2015.
Mapperley
(i) Phase 2 of the Mapperley Road Residents Parking Scheme continues to make progressis the main issue being taken forward, with Phase 2 now in development;
(j) consultation is taking place on proposals to develop the site of the former Morley School;
(k) the Friends of Coppice Park are holding its annual Fireworks Display on 4 November;
(l) the next Mapperley ‘Day’ of Action is taking place in the week beginning 2 November. Activities will include action against speeding vehicles;
(m) Keepmoat Homes plan to erect a stone sign at or near the site of St Ann’s Well at its Kingsthorpe development to commemorate this local historical site;
(n) a mobile camera is now in operation and will be deployed at crime and ASB hotspots.
Inspector Claire Rukas provided the following update on crime and anti-social behaviour:
(o) overall crime has risen, and violent crime, including domestic violence, remained a key priority;
(p) robbery, burglary dwelling and theft from vehicles figures have reduced. However, burglary dwelling remained a significant issue in Mapperley Park, and addressing this ‘hot spot’ was a Police priority;
(q) criminal damage had increased in August 2015 but crime statistics had been unusually low in August 2014.
During discussion, the following issues were raised:
(r) while the levels of community engagement with the Week of Action initiatives were encouraging, community representatives and councillors wanted ... view the full minutes text for item 19. |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
AREA CAPITAL PROGRAMME 2015/2016 PDF 208 KB Additional documents:
Minutes: Greg Foister and Fi Cusick, Neighbourhood Development Officers, introduced the Strategic Director for Commercial and Neighbourhood Services’ report detailing the latest spend proposals under the Area Capital Fund.
RESOLVED to
(1) note that the following funding is available (Area Capital 2015/16):
Dales £83,105 Mapperley £38,911 St Ann’s £108,848
(2) approve the following new schemes:
Dales LTP Scheme
Dales Public Realm Schemes:
Mapperley LTP Schemes
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
AREA COMMITTEE EAST – Delegated Authority Projects - 15th September 2015 PDF 188 KB Report of Strategic Director for Commercial and Neighbourhood Services Additional documents:
Minutes: Greg Foister, Neighbourhood Development Officer, presented the report of the Strategic Director for Commercial and Neighbourhood Services, detailing decisions made under delegated authority within Dales, Mapperley and St Ann’s.
RESOLVED to note the actions taken under delegated authority, as follows:
Dales Ward Cost
Let’s Shine and Give a Smile 2015 £200 Dales Barrier Troughs 2015 £1,052 EPIC 2015 £2,027 Dales Ward Week of Action £600 Sneinton Cinema £895 Community Learning Network/UPKO £400 Oliver Hind Youth Club £515 Party in the Park £500
Mapperley Ward
Friends of Coppice Park Easter Egg hunt £200 CEO – Community Cycle Cinema £350 EPIC – Good Neighbours/Free4All £2,640 CABRA – Health and Wellbeing Project £1,946 STARS Summer Play Scheme 2015 £1,500 STARS weekly After-School Club 2015/16 £5,472 BY Youth Club Summer Programme 2015 £401 Area 6 Play and Youth Team Bowling Session £150 Good Neighbours Project £2,880
St Ann’s Ward Cost
King Edward’s Community Funday £1,506 Nature Land Trip for Local Families £175 KE Steps Room Hire Costs £2,700 Bright Ideas - Raggaerobics £1,500 National Playday £900
|