Agenda for Berridge and Sherwood Area Committee on Thursday, 24th September, 2015, 6.00 pm

Agenda and minutes

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Items
No. Item

14.

Apologies for absence

Minutes:

Councillor Jane Urquhart (Other Council Business)

Carol Mee – Carrington Tenants and Residents Group

Ben Rosser – Pythian Club

Ruth Greenberg – Partnership Council

15.

Declarations of interests

Minutes:

None

16.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 266 KB

Last meeting held on 18 June 2015 (for confirmation)

Minutes:

The Committee agreed the minutes of the meeting held on 18 June 2015 and they were signed by the Chair.

17.

Police Update

Verbal update

Minutes:

Sergeant Nick Wealthall of Nottinghamshire Police updated the Committee highlighting the following points:

 

a)  The consultation with Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) over the proposed reduction in their numbers had recently concluded and 2 PCSOs would be lost in this area (due to a wider programme of voluntary and compulsory redundancies) temporarily reducing the number of PCSOs in this area to 9. This will be increased to the full complement of 19 through redeployment.

 

b)  The Speedwatch community car is now operational and community groups are being trained to run the scheme.

 

c)  An operation is underway addressing the problem of items being thrown over the wall of the prison which has resulted in a significant decrease in the number of incidents. Trees are to be planted to create an additional barrier and further netting is to be installed to reduce incidents further.

 

d)  Overall, Sergeant Weathall reported that acquisitive crime was down. The largest increase was a 200% increase in theft of a motor vehicle in Forest Rec beat but this represented an increase of only two crimes. He reported percentage figures for the year 24/09/14 to 24/09/2015 as follows:

 

 

Burglary Dwelling

Robbery

Theft from Motor Vehicle

Theft of Motor Vehicle

Carrington

-28.6

+20

-47.1

-33.3

Edwards Lane

-70.6

-83.3

-42.9

-20

Forest Fields

-35.9

-64.3

+114.3

-40

Forest Rec  Arboretum

0

-26.1

+62.5

+200

Hyson Green

+25

-45.5

+225

+33.3

New Basford

-11.1

+16.7

+53.3

-72.7

Radford East

-9.4

-41.2

-80

-50

Sherwood

-47.8

-50

-55

+25

Sherwood Rise

-38.1

-42.9

-58.3

-28.6

 

e)  The new university terms and the return of students posed a challenge but a lot of work was being done with the universities, for example at freshers fairs, to advise students on security.

 

RESOLVED to thank Sergeant Wealthall for the information he had provided.

 

 

18.

AREA CAPITAL FUND pdf icon PDF 168 KB

Report of Strategic Director for Commercial and Neighbourhood Services

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Angela Bolton, Neighbourhood Development Officer, presented a report which proposed schemes to be funded from the Local Transport Plan (LTP) and Public Realm (PR) budgets and informed the Committee of the remaining funds available. In addition to the schemes outlined in the report a further approval of a scheme at Nottingham Rd/North Gate area for £2400 for improvements to include re-seeding grassed area, planting bulbs, refurbishment of existing benches and other hardware was sought.

 

RESOLVED to approve the following Area Capital fund schemes, and to note the remaining available funds for Berridge (£88,462) and Sherwood (£116,007):

 

Location

Scheme

Cost (£)

 

 

 

Berridge Ward

 

 

 

Fisher Street/ Stanley Road (LTP)

Provision of road safety markings in the vicinity of Scotholme and Forest Fields Primary Schools to reduce congestion and improve pupil safety.

 

6250

Shipstone Street (LTP)

Further funding to existing survey around residents parking

 

3000

North Gate/ Nottingham Road (PR)

Area improvement to include re-seeding grassed area, planting bulbs, refurbishment of existing benches and other hardware.

 

2400

Peppers Gardens Lights (PR)

 

Update lighting within Peppers Gardens to reduce antisocial behaviour and maintenance costs.

 

6022

Sherwood Ward

 

 

 

Winchester Street link footpath (PR)

Preliminary research into a right of way order, advertising and consultation regarding link footpath from Winchester street to Woodthorpe Grange Park.

 

3000

Sherwood Ward (PR)

Installation of benches and litter bins at identified locations across the ward.

5000

 

19.

WARD PERFORMANCE REPORTS - QUARTER 1 pdf icon PDF 203 KB

Report of Strategic Director for Commercial and Neighbourhood Services

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

John Marsh, Locality Manager introduced the report which compared performance against key indicators during April – July 2015 with the same period of 2014 to the Committee highlighting the following points in relation to Berridge ward:

 

a)  The cleanliness index score of 87% for quarter one (Q1) 2015 was 7% lower than in 2014 and 8 incidents of graffiti were reported compared to 7 in this period of 2014. However, incidents of flytipping reduced from 148 in 2014 to 126 this year.

 

b)  Weedkilling had taken place at the beginning of September and weeds should now visibly be dying back as a result. Councillors were asked to identify any remaining problem areas to Neighbourhood Management colleagues.

 

c)  Neighbourhood Management ran a stall at the Hyson Green Cultural Festival enabling them to engage with people from different local communities.

 

He then highlighted the following points in relation to Sherwood ward:

 

d)  The cleanliness index score for Q1 2015 was 89%, 1% lower than in 2014. However, a recent change to the organisation of neighbourhood colleagues, making them responsible for their own areas of the ward was expected to see performance increase. There was no change in the number of reports of graffiti, remaining at 6, and flytipping incidents had reduced from 85 in 2014 to 49 this year, a decrease of 42%.

 

e)  Weedkilling had also taken place in Sherwood ward in mid-September and work was underway citywide addressing the problem of Japanese Knotweed.

 

f)  Consultations events had been held in both Peggy’s and Pirate Parks and a Friends of Pirate Park group has been established.

 

RESOLVED to note the key ward performance information provided for quarter one.

20.

ACTION TAKEN UNDER DELEGATED AUTHORITY - WARD ALLOCATIONS pdf icon PDF 191 KB

Report of Strategic Director for Commercial and Neighbourhood Services

 

Minutes:

Angela Bolton, Neighbourhood Development Officer, presented the report which updated the Committee on funding decisions made under delegated authority to support the local community. The Committee noted that the report should have referred to the Union Pakistan Kashmiri Organisation and not the United Pakistan Kashmiri Organisation.

 

RESOLVED to note the actions taken under delegated authority and outstanding balances as follows:

 

(1)  Berridge Ward

 

Item

Recipient

Total

May half term youth activities

The Pythian Club

£150

Awards Evening

Muslim Community Organisation

£425

Hyson Green Cultural Festival

HGCF

£1500

Development worker post

Muslim Community Organisation

£135

Wormaries

Edible Ave

£320

Summer youth activities

The Pythian Club

£1500

Carnival activities and events

Zodiac All Star Carnival Troupe

£1500

Youth activities

The Sumac Centre

£1500

Family Fun Day 28th July

Various

£600

Roma community work action plan

Various

£1000

Pakistan Heritage Week

Union Pakistan Kashmiri Organisation

£600

 

Allocation 2015/16

£15,000

Unspent Balance b/fwd 2014/15

£983

Total Available Allocation 2015/15

£15,983

Decommitted funds

 

Allocated Funds (Spent and unspent)

£9230

Uncommitted balance as at 24/9/2015

£6753

 

(2)  Sherwood Ward

 

Item

Recipient

Total

Pythian Club – 10 week programme of activities for young people at ELCC

Pythian Club – subject to checks and agreements

£1000

 

Allocation 2015/16

£15,000

Total Available Allocation 2015/16 (inc. carryover from 2014/15)

£15,264

Allocated Funds (Spent and unspent)

£1000

Uncommitted balance as at 24/9/2015

£14,264

 

 

 

21.

AREA COMMITTEE COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES pdf icon PDF 142 KB

Report of Strategic Director for Commercial and Neighbourhood Services

Minutes:

Angela Bolton, Neighbourhood Development Officer, introduced the report proposing the appointment of Community Representatives for the 2015/16 municipal year.

 

She informed the Committee of an addition to the proposals in the report: Lynda Masters of Forest Fields Improvement Association.

 

RESOLVED to appoint the following Community Representatives for the 2015/16 municipal year:

 

Carol Mee, Carrington Tenants and Residents Group

Moby Farrands, Partnership Council

Farook Mir, The Seeds Foundation

Lynda Masters, Forest Fields Improvement Association.

22.

Appointments to Outside Bodies pdf icon PDF 182 KB

Report of Corporate Director for Resilience

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Nancy Barnard, Governance Manager, introduced the report asking the Committee to approve appointments to outside bodies.

 

RESOLVED to:

 

(1)  Agree the following appointments to Outside Bodies:

 

Forest Fields Advice Centre Management Committee – Cllr Neal

New Basford Community Association Management Committee – Cllr Jones (Observer)

 

(2)  Agree to delete the following outside bodies from the register for Berridge and Sherwood:

 

Edwards Lane Community Association Management Committee

Sherwood Community Association Management Committee

Winwood Community Association

 

 

 

23.

Nottingham City Homes Update pdf icon PDF 133 KB

Report of Chief Executive, Nottingham City Homes

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Chanel Richards, Tenancy and Estate Manager, Nottingham City Homes introduced the report updating the Committee on Nottingham City Homes’ performance and asking for approval of £10,856 from the Sherwood Environmental budget to alleviate issues with crime and drugs around HMP Nottingham. During discussions the following points were highlighted:

 

a)  Edwards Lane estate had successfully applied for equipment for Peggy’s Park;

 

b)  Work had been done with ‘Young Inspectors’ at Northgate Primary School;

 

c)  Regarding performance, this was on target for antisocial behaviour cases, below target for repairs and rent collection (but with significant time to improve this performance by year end) and below target for void re-let times.

 

RESOLVED to

 

(1)  Approve the use of £10,856 from the Sherwood Environmental budget to install five new gates around Gunthorpe Drive and around the perimeter of the prison to prevent illegal activity. The funding will also be used to install a roller barrier to the wall on the land next to 2 Gunthorpe Drive to prevent individuals climbing onto the wall.

 

(2)  Note the update.