Agenda and minutes

RESOLVED to appoint Councillor Carole Jones as the Chair of the Committee for the 2016/17 municipal year.

RESOLVED to appoint Councillor Brian Parbutt as the Vice Chair of the Committee for the 2016/17 municipal year.

Councillor Alex Ball – work commitment

Beth Hanna

Debbie Royle

None.

Meeting held on 18 February 2016 (for confirmation)

The Committee confirmed the minutes of the meeting held on 18 February 2016 and these were signed by the Chair.

Report of the Chief Executive of Nottingham City Homes

Kristian Murden, Area Housing Manager at Nottingham City Homes (NCH), presented an update to the Committee:

(a)  a consultation exercise was held recently with Winchester and Woodthorpe residents to discuss future improvement works including external wall insulation and heating upgrades. Positive feedback was received and artists impressions of the improvements were taken favourably;

(b)  fencing upgrades in Northwood Crescent and Springfield Street are now complete, and other areas are being investigated to see if they would benefit from a similar scheme;

(c)  NCH have recently taken over the caretaking of the Frobisher and Wilmington garden flats. This has already had a positive impact on the tenants as they have a caretaker on a daily basis so the areas are kept very clean and tidy.

The following comments were made during the discussion which followed:

(d)  the positive consultation from residents of Winchester and Woodthorpe is very positive, considering there will be major work and upheaval for them whilst this is ongoing;

(e)  there are some gaps in the new fencing on Northwood Crescent.

RESOLVED to

(1)  note the update and performance information;

(2)  note the allocation of funds for 2016/17:

Sherwood - £41,993.09

Berridge - £6,860.83

(3)  investigate the gaps in the fencing at Northwood Crescent and resolve these.

Inspector James Woolley, Nottinghamshire Police, provided a verbal update to the Committee, highlighting the following:

Berridge Ward

(a)  in quarter 4, overall crime was down. There were small increases in anti-social behaviour and robbery, and reductions in burglary and vehicle crime;

(b)  at the year end, overall crime was down, with reductions in robbery and dwelling burglary, but a slight increase in violence. There has been a change in policing inspectors to Rob Wilson and Sergeant Shipley;

Sherwood Ward

(c)  in quarter 4, overall crime was down 10%. There has been an increase of violence of 29%, but reductions in robbery and burglary and a large 67% reduction in vehicle crime. There has also been reductions in shoplifting and anti-social behaviour;

(d)  at the year end all crime was down by 4%. Violence has increased by 19% but burglary, robbery and vehicle crime are all down. Issues with crime at the prison have been in the news, but the police is working with the prison to prevent this;

(e)  the sergeant for Sherwood is now Nick Wealthall, the beat managers are the same as before and the area is losing one Community Support Officer. A new Facebook page has been launched for policing in the area and has been very successful;

Committee members would like to see crime figures included in the ward report as they used to be. The new ward report format is in a period of review so this will be fed back.

RESOLVED to note the information

Report of the Director of Neighbourhood Services

Leigh White, Neighbourhood Development Officer, presented the report focussing on current priorities and issues facing the ward and providing details of forthcoming events and activities. The report replaces the previous Performance Report which used operational data supplied by the Crime and Drugs Partnership.

Leigh highlighted that the community cohesion event organised in April was very well attended.

RESOLVED to note the priorities, current issues and supporting information for Berridge Ward.

Report of the Director of Neighbourhood Services

Leigh White, Neighbourhood Development Officer, introduced the report focussing on priorities and issues facing the ward and providing details of forthcoming events and activities. The report replaces the previous Performance Report which used operational data supplied by the Crime and Drugs Partnership. Leigh highlighted the following additional information:

(a)  a Residents’ Association is being established for the central Sherwood area. Residents are keen and want to begin working on projects for the area;

(b)  the picnic at Peggy’s Park was successful with around 60 attendees. The Pirate’s Park picnic has been postponed to August;

(c)  the date of the Carrington Tenants and Residents Association august meeting in the report is incorrect and should be the 8^th August rather than the 9^th August.

RESOLVED to note the priorities, current issues and supporting information for Sherwood Ward.

Report of the Director of Neighbourhood Services

Leigh White, Neighbourhood Development Officer, presented the report, providing councillors with the latest spend proposals under the Area Capital Fund including highways and footways.

RESOLVED to:

(1)  note the new 2016/17 allocation;

(2)  approve the Area Capital Fund programme of schemes for Berridge and Sherwood wards:

Berridge Public Realm schemes

Sherwood Public Realm schemes

(3)  note the commitment of funds in Berridge and Sherwood wards as detailed in the appendix to the report.

Report of the Director of Neighbourhood Services

Leigh White, Neighbourhood Development Officer, presented the Delegated Authority report.

RESOLVED to note the following actions taken under delegated authority:

(1)  Berridge ward

2)  Sherwood ward

To meet on the following dates at 6.00pm:

28 September 2016

30 November 2016

1 March 2017

AGREED to meet at 6.00pm on the following dates:

28 September 2016

30 November 2016

1 March 2017