Agenda and minutes
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APOLOGIES Minutes: Councillor Leslie Ayoola Councillor Jon Collins Wendy Honeyman-Smith Mark Sunderland
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DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST Minutes: None. |
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To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 15 September 2015. Minutes: The minutes for the meeting on 15 September 2015 were confirmed and signed by the Chair. |
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HEALTH AND WELLBEING STRATEGY ENGAGEMENT Presented by James Rhodes, Strategic Insight Manager, Nottingham City Council. Additional documents:
Minutes: James Rhodes, Strategic Insight Manager at Nottingham City Council introduced the report on the Health and Wellbeing Strategy Engagement. He also informed attendees there is a toolkit, and an online survey on the Health and Wellbeing website that allows groups to run the session that was given to citizens earlier in November.
Social isolation and loneliness has been a theme of the sessions run so far. At this point in the meeting, James handed out surveys for attendees to fill in. When they finished, forms were handed back in so that James can analyse them.
RESOLVED to note the report, and ask James to feedback responses before the next meeting. |
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Presentation by Karen Douglas, Employment and Skills Manager, Nottingham City Council. Minutes: Karen Douglas, Employment and Skills Manager at Nottingham City Council presented the report on the Area 6 Jobs Plan, highlighting the following points:
(a) 21 people from Area 6 (East Area) have commenced employment through the Jobs Fund. From the Step Into Work programme, 66 people have gone into employment;
(b) unemployment is falling in Nottingham – 13 wards out of 20 saw falls, with the largest fall occurring in Mapperley ward;
(c) Step Into Work programme in Nottingham has been funded by economic development. The City Council has a budget of £50,000 that Step Into Work can tap into for individuals. People can be referred by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), Futures, or self-referrals;
(d) the number of young people going into employment are slightly different than the number in the report. 37 young people engage through City College Nottingham, 15 through Futures, and 12 through Community Partners;
(e) in terms of the number of young people getting jobs; there are 20 that have achieved this in Dales ward, 19 in Mapperley, and 27 in St Anns. There are other avenues into employment, with Talent Match being one such example;
(f) as well as the organisations listed, Edale Children’s Centre in Dales ward, the advice centre in St Ann’s, Isaac’s Café in Mapperley and Nottingham City Homes (NCH) are being worked with so that they can link together;
(g) there are other activities planned, such as employer’s breakfasts, and a jobs fair at Greenway Community Centre. There is also a joint Area 6 newsletter planned;
(h) funding finishes for the Area based grant in March 2016;
(i) for Quarter 2 (July and August 2015), there have been 38 clients that have progressed into employment through the Area Based Grant;
Following questions from attendees, the following information was discussed:
(j) the Employment and Skills have targets for Area 6. The target for City College Nottingham is to get 71 people into work during the first year of the contract (starting 1December 2014). So far, 35 are into work;
(k) to date, 66 young people have now started work under the Step Into Work programme.
Currently, under the Step Into Work programme, Area 6 is performing joint worst out of the 8 area committees in Nottingham. However, when this work was started, there were twice as many unemployed in the 18-24 age category;
(l) no data has been collected on whether young people are being offered the living wage; the minimum wage must be offered at the very least;
(m) £3 million from the DWP covers the whole of Nottingham. Over three years, the target is to get 40% of unemployed young people into work, with 70% to receive some form of training. At the moment, the figure getting into work is around 36%;
(n) individuals that have been unemployed for 13 weeks are the target of all this work. There is a window between 13-36 weeks where help can be provided;
(o) across the City this programme ... view the full minutes text for item 26. |
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WARD PERFORMANCE REPORT Report of Corporate Director for Commercial and Operations. Additional documents:
Minutes: Fi Cusick, Neighbourhood Development Officer (NDO) for the Mapperley Ward introduced the Ward Performance Report, highlighting the following points:
(a) violence continues to be a challenge for the Police – primarily domestic violence. The other main issue is shoplifting, and work is being carried out with specific shops in the area to try and combat this;
(b) Facebook pages for each ward in the area have been launched. These are proving very popular, and people can report directly to Facebook;
(c) it has been decided to have a change to the management structure for the police in the area, with the result that Clare Rukas is being removed from her post responsible for Area 6 to work on the Neighbourhood project for the city division on community protection structure and police relationships;
(d) there is an issue with the Co-op in the Dales ward. The Neighbourhood Action Team (NAT) in Dales can do very little about shoplifting – this is shop policy to not confront shoplifters which would need looking at.
Mapperley Ward
(e) i) a 3g camera has been installed within the ward;
ii) Police have carried out speeding operations on Ransom Road, Querneby Road, and Brewsters Road;
iii) Metropolitan Housing have a home swap event on Wednesday 11 November;
iv) a Councillor’s ward walk will take place on Friday 13 November. Feedback from the walk will be aired at a ward forum on 16 November at St Judes’ Church;
v) Friends of Coppice Park had a successful event last Tuesday 3 November. The firework display had 500 attendees;
vi) feedback was given on the current events booking system. STARA felt that a lot of work was done on the cinema project, but they felt a lack of support. The King Edward’s Park Halloween event was an annual event, but could not be held this year;
vii) the Sneinton Market Christmas lights switch on is on 26 November;
Dales Ward
(f) i) the area around Greenway Centre in Sneinton has become a neighbourhood policing priority, in direct response to resident’s concerns;
ii) £75,000 is to be spent on developing the play park near Greenway. £60,000 of section 106 money will be used to improve Greenway walk – this money cannot be used on the park itself. Local Streetscene team will be cutting back the walk to assist with access to the Aldi development;
iii) the week of action in September focused on the business area of the ward. The local fire service leaflet dropped every single house concerning home fire safety – a significant number if people did not have smoke alarms. In addition to this, Police removed cars not taxed or insured properly. Streetscene crews did a number of deep cleans;
iv) Councillors hosted a local issues meeting;
v) residents litter pick took place – thanks to everyone involved;
vi) local ward Councillors are always keen to formulate new ways of engaging with local people, through ward walks, and an increased number of local issues ... view the full minutes text for item 27. |
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DELEGATED AUTHORITY PROJECTS Report of Director of Commercial and Operations. Additional documents:
Minutes: Michelle Graley, Neighbourhood Development Officer for St Ann’s Ward presented the report of the Strategic Director for Commercial and Operations, 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
Committed Schemes Cost
Let’s shine and Give a Smile £200 Dales Week of Action 2015 £600 Dales Barrier Trough Planting 2015 £1,052 EPIC 2015 £2,027 Sneinton Cinema £895 Community Learning Network/UPKO £400 Oliver Hind Youth Club 2015 £515 Party in the Park 2015 £500 STARA Litter Pick 2015 £94
Total uncommitted £8,918
Unspent Committed Balance b/fwd 14/15 £9,169 Uncommitted Balances b/fwd 14/15 £201 Balance as at 31/03/2015 £9,370 Budget Allocated 15/16 £15,000 Balance Available 15/16 £24,370 Allocated Funds (Spent and Unspent) 15/16 £15,452 Uncommitted Balances as at 31/03/16 £8,918
Mapperley Ward
De-Committed Schemes Cost
Micklebrough Park £126 Gating order £200 Dog fouling signs £350 Dog training classes £500 Story telling Augustine’s Primary School £600 Committee representatives £297 Organising local residents £422 Vouchers for young people contrib environmental work £2,493 Next generation £795 Fireworks event 04 Nov 12 – Friends of Coppice Park £200 Youth @ St Judes £17 Mapperley WEEE Event £53 Botany Avenue Corridor of Colour 2013 £260 Park notice boards £1,168 Jobs fair 2013 £200 Holding Hands 2014 £250 Health and Wellbeing project £1,395
Committed Schemes
Community cycle cinema £350 Good neighbours/Free 4 All £2,640 Health & Wellbeing Project £1,946 STARS Summer Playscheme 2015 £1,500 STARS Weekly After-school club 2015/16 £5,472 BY Youth Club Summer Programme 2015 £401 Area 6 Play & Youth team Bowling session £150 Good Neighbours project £2,880 National Diversity Awards 2015 £1,260
Total Uncommitted Funds £7,950
Unspent as at 31/03/15 £27,983 Uncommitted as at 31/03/15 £1,571 Balance as at 31/03/2015 £29,555 Budget allocated 15/16 £15,000 Balance available to spend £44,555 Allocated funds £36,605 Uncommitted Balances as at 31/03/16 £7,950
St Ann’s Ward
Committed Schemes Cost
St Ann’s Advice Group – Financial resiliences workshop £684 Christmas light switch on St Ann’s and Sneinton – top up £4,198 Local issues meeting (YCYV) – top up £309 St Ann’s week of action 2015 – top up £1,291 Afro Caribbean and Asian Forum – football team kit and equipment £2,000
Unspent committed balances b/fwd 14/15 £17,470 Uncommitted Balances b/fwd 14/15 £29,169 Balance as at 31/03/2015 £46,638 Budget allocated 15/16 £15,000 Balance available to spend £48,568 Allocated funds (spent and unspent) £8,482 Uncommitted balances as at 31/03/16 £40,086 |
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AREA CAPITAL FUND Report of Corporate Director of Commercial and Operations. Additional documents:
Minutes: Michelle Graley, Neighbourhood Development Officer for St Ann’s ward introduced the report of Corporate Director of Commercial and Operations, detailing the latest spend proposals under the Area Capital Fund:
(a) the latest update to the Area Capital Fund was circulated at the meeting. The latest schemes are highlighted in the resolutions listed below.
RESOLVED to:
(1) note that the following funding is available:
Dales £48,105 Mapperley £20,761 St Ann’s £106,848
(2) approve the following new schemes:
Dales LTP Schemes
Mapperley LTP Schemes
Mapperley Public Realm Schemes
St Ann’s LTP Schemes
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NOTTINGHAM CITY HOMES UPDATE Report by Kristian Murden, Tenancy and Estates Manager at Nottingham City Homes. Minutes: Kristian Murden, Tenancy and Estates Manager at Nottingham City Homes updated the Committee on key issues and themes that link back to local priorities. The following information was provided:
(a) part of the Colwick Woods Court garage site has been demolished. 8 new 2 bedroomed houses with their own parking and landscaping will be built. Councillors pointed out that further parts of the site could be developed if this was possible. John Cass was widely thanked for his input;
(b) Housing Patch managers at King Edward Park have been working to clear a large patch of land in order to create a community garden.
RESOLVED to:
(1) note the allocation of funds for 2015/16 – remaining budget Dales - £43,129, Mapperley - £17,026.06, St Ann’s - £170,672;
(2) approve the Area Capital Programme Funding for Dales, Mapperley and St Ann’s;
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