Agenda and minutes

Councillor Arnold    )  other Council business

Councillor Smith    )

Chris Easton    -  Bestwood Anglican & Methodist churches

Angela Bolton    )  Neighbourhood Development Officer

Leigh Plant    )

None.

Last meeting held on 12 September 2018 (for confirmation)

The minutes of the meeting held on 12 September 2018 were agreed as a correct record and were signed by the Chair.

Please contact the Neighbourhood Development Officer at least 3 days before the meeting with any issues you wish to raise

No issues were raised.

Inspectors Christine Busuttil and Gordon Fenwick, Nottinghamshire Police, and Rupindar Kooner, Senior Community Protection Officer and Laura Arnold, Community Protection Officer, updated the Committee on policing matters in the wards, including crime and arrest figures, local initiatives to address crime and anti-social behaviour and current Police/Community Protection areas of focus.

During discussion, the following comments were made:

a)  the Councillors and community wanted to thank all those involved in ‘Operation Reacher’, which had been very successful in addressing crime in the area;

b)  the recent removal of travellers from Southglade within 4 days of their arrival was welcomed, and showed that it need not take weeks or months to achieve the outcome;

c)  the ‘Schools Officer’ scheme, similar to the one currently underway in Glasgow, where Officers are based in schools to work on community cohesion, collaborative working etc, has only been running in Nottingham for a short time and the effectiveness of the scheme will be reported to the next Committee meeting.

  RESOLVED to note the update.

Report and presentation by Eddie Curry, Head of Park, Open Spaces and Investment Funding

Eddie Curry, Head of Parks, Open Spaces and Investment Funding, presented a report and slide show, which detailed the ‘Nottinghamshire WW1 Roll of Honour Centenary Memorial’, a project to create a memorial on Victoria Embankment to honour and commemorate on one monument all 14,000+ from the City and County that lost their lives during World War 1.

Mr Curry stated that:

a)  anyone wishing to donate to the project can do so via Nottingham Open Space Forum at http://nosf.org.uk/roll-of-honour.html;

b)  if people wish to check that their relative will be included on the memorial, there is a roll of honour on the County website, and this can be added to if anyone is missing from the list - https://secure.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/rollofhonour.

RESOLVED that the report is noted and that members support the project and its promotion in the local community.

Presentation by Richard Campbell, Flood Mitigation Manager

Richard Campbell, Flood Mitigation Manager, introduced the report and gave a presentation, which detailed the ‘Blue Green Infrastructure Project’, a scheme to alleviate flooding along stretches of the Day Brook and River Leen watercourses. The main points were as follows:

a)  the project has an allocation of £2.5m, made up between FDGiA (central government ‘Flood Defence Grant in Aid’, Local Levy (locally raised income for local priorities) and ERDF (European Regional Development Fund) funding;

b)  the project will also open-up land currently unusable (due to it being classified as ‘flood plain’) for possible development;

c)  it will also deliver benefits such as environmental enhancements, improved biodiversity, habitat creation and improved public access to open spaces;

d)  phase 1 will be completed by December 2019;

e)  the aim is to re-naturalise / re-direct watercourses, thereby slowing the flow and lessening bank erosion.

During discussion, members stated that where land in private ownership is concerned, conversations should be held regarding the costs of the remediation works, bearing in mind that the value of the land concerned will rise significantly following the work.

RESOLVED that the report and presentation be noted, and the Flood Mitigation Manager be requested to submit an update report to the March 2019 meeting.

Report of Chief Executive, Nottingham City Homes

The Committee noted, without discussion, the latest Nottingham City Homes performance and spend proposals for the area, as detailed in the report and appendices.

Gary Cawthorne to report

Gary Cawthorne and Donna Denning, Bestwood Partnership, updated the Committee on performance for July to September 2018 (quarter 3) against Area Based Grants in the wards, including grant management, employment and training activity, children and young people initiatives and community centres / voluntary sector information.

During discussion, members stated that the performance against targets was exceptional and thanked Bestwood Partnership for its continued hard work.

RESOLVED to note the update.

Report of Director of Community Protection

Dale Griffin, Neighbourhood Development Officer, presented the report, detailing spend for 2018/19 and requesting approval for schemes as listed in a revised appendix 1 handed around the table.

RESOLVED to

(1)  approve the following schemes:

(2)  subsequent to the decisions in (1) above, note the following remaining balances:

Report of Director of Community Protection

The Committee noted, without discussion, the actions agreed in respect of projects and schemes in the wards for 2018/19, taken under delegated authority by the Director of Community Protection, as detailed in the appendices to the report.

Report of Director of Community Protection

The Committee noted, without discussion, the progress on ward priorities, including issues being addressed by Neighbourhood Action Teams, upcoming opportunities for citizens to engage, the ‘Respect Action Plans’ and the latest Crime and Drugs Partnership statistics for the area, all as detailed in the report and appendices.