Agenda for Berridge and Sherwood Area Committee on Wednesday, 28th September, 2016, 6.00 pm

Agenda and minutes

Venue: Ground Floor Committee Room - Loxley House, Station Street, Nottingham, NG2 3NG. View directions

Contact: Phil Wye  Email: phil.wye@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

13.

Apologies for Absence

Minutes:

Inspector Rob Wilson - Notts Police

14.

Declarations of Interest

Minutes:

None.

15.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 130 KB

Last meeting held on 25 May 2016 (for confirmation)

Minutes:

Subject to renumbering starting from ‘1’ due to it being the first meeting of the municipal year, the Committee confirmed the minutes of the meeting held on 25 May 2016 as a correct record and they were signed by the Chair.

16.

Police update

Verbal update

Minutes:

Inspector Woolley updated the Committee on performance and crime in the wards. He stated that there would be a focus on motorcycle crime, including reminding riders to use them safely, always lock them up to help prevent theft and to consider ‘marking’ them to enable owner identification if they are stolen.

17.

AREA COMMITTEE - IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF CITIZENS pdf icon PDF 273 KB

Report of Alison Challenger, Director of Public Health

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Gayle Aughton, Commissioning Manager, presented the report which informed the Committee of the outcome of the ward-level research and recent consultation on the health profile of Nottingham’s citizens to ensure that commissioning of Public Health Services will appropriately and most effectively meet the health needs of the local population.

 

Consultation included gathering information on the preferences of citizens with regard to venues and time of day to contact and access services. This feedback has proved very valuable and will be applied to future commissioning of health services by Public Health.

 

Internet links are provided in the report to a variety of Public Health statistical and commissioning information:

 

The health profiles can be found on the Nottingham Insight website:

https://nottinghaminsight.org.uk/f/96676/Library/Public-Health/

 

The Adults Healthy Lifestyle Strategic Commissioning Review can be accessed at:

http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/business-information-and-support/commissioning-contracting-and-procurement/commissioning-contracting-and-procurement-latest-news/

 

The report also included a summary of each Area Committee findings from the consultation, the questions of which included: 

 

(i  How can we support citizens to access services which will help them to have a healthy lifestyle?

(ii)  What are the barriers /gaps?

(iii)  What enablers can help overcome these barriers?

(iv)  How can we make services more attractive to hard to reach groups?

(v)  What works well in your area?

 

The report also noted how Councillor local knowledge and input has contributed to shaping the new model of ‘Adults Healthy Lifestyles’ and a summary of the Nottingham City Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy.

 

A ‘you said, we did’ response has been taken to feedback from the consultation.

 

The Public Health team is keen to develop a mutually beneficial relationship with Area Committees for information sharing of what does and doesn’t work, why services may not be performing as expected for citizens and how to improve access and services.

 

The main benefits of Public Health engaging with Area Committees includes:

 

·  increasing efficiency, saving officer time in undertaking community based questions with citizens;

·  improved quality of engagement with a wide and diverse range of stakeholders

·  increasing effectiveness, supporting evidence of services being developed to meet the needs of citizens, or requiring amendments.

 

The next steps to strengthening the link between Public Health and Area Committees includes:

 

·  investigation into linking Area Committee priorities with up and coming strategic commissioning reviews;

·  considering what would be the most effective and efficient way of communicating to Area Committees Public Health updates and key information.  

 

The committee made the following comments:

 

·  more work could be done to address teenage pregnancy in the local areas;

 

·  there needed to be a ‘more visible’ mental health service in the Sherwood area:

 

·  more should be done to educate / encourage people to live a more healthy lifestyle.

 

RESOLVED

 

(1) to note the approach and work undertaken to date towards improving the health of citizens;

 

(2) that members of the Committee forward to the Commissioning Manager:

 

(a)   any additional suggestions to ensure that Area Committee Plans are in line and supportive of the Council’s priorities and responsibilities for improving the health of citizens;

 

(b) any requests  ...  view the full minutes text for item 17.

18.

Nottingham City Homes Update pdf icon PDF 124 KB

Report of the Chief Executive, Nottingham City Homes

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Chanel Richards presented the report, which updated the Committee on key issues and themes linked to local priorities and the strategic themes for Nottingham City Homes, including summary updates on the key themes of the Capital Programme and major work, area regeneration and environmental issues, key messages from the Tenant and Leasehold Congress, Tenant and Residents Associations updates, area performance, and good news stories and positive publicity.

 

RESOLVED

 

(1)  to note the update and performance information (appendices 1 and 2) and the allocation of funds for 2016/17 (appendix 3);

 

(2)  to approve the allocation of the following funds:

 

(a)   £235.00 as a contribution towards a consultation exercise relating to the park area and future proposals at Gawthorne Street;

 

(b) £130,000 to carry out a major fencing and boundary upgrade to Northwood Crescent properties.

19.

Area Based Grants pdf icon PDF 202 KB

Report of the Business Development Manager, NG7 Training Employment and Advice

Minutes:

Jawaid Khalil, NG7 Training, Employment and Advice (TEA), presented the report, which updated the Committee on the new round of Area Based Grants for Area 5, including setting out key priority areas, the funding allocation for each priority and details of delivery partners and their activities.

 

Councillors made the following comments:

 

·  while work done to date at a local level on sexual health etc was commended, it was done as a ‘one off’, whereas Councillors would prefer a continuing programme of work to address such issues;

 

·  the approach to work to be undertaken must be in consultation with ward councillors / local residents.

 

RESOLVED

 

(1)  to note the update;

 

(2)  that NG7 TEA submit an update report to the Committee twice a year and report verbally to each meeting.

20.

Area Committee Community Representatives pdf icon PDF 194 KB

Report of the Director of Neighbourhood Services

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Minutes:

RESOLVED

 

(1)  to appoint the following as community representatives for the remainder of the 2016/17 municipal year:

 

·  Carol Mee - Carrington Tenants and Residents Group;

·  Moby Farrands - Partnership Council;

·  Farook Mir - Seeds Foundation;

·  Ben Rosser - The Pythian Club;

 

(2)  that future meetings include a ‘community representative good news stories’ item;

 

(3)  that the Neighbourhood Development Officer (NDO) be requested to organise a pre-meeting, to be held before each Area Committee meeting, for community representatives / NDOs to discuss issues on the agenda.

21.

Area Capital Fund pdf icon PDF 240 KB

Report of the Director of Neighbourhood Services

Minutes:

The NDOs presented the report, detailing the latest spend proposals under the Area Capital Fund 2016/17, including highways and footways.

 

RESOLVED to note the report and approve the following schemes:

 

(a)  Berridge ward

 

·  Wilkinson Street - contribution to a traffic flow scheme - £1,000;

·  North Gate / Ash Villas - street nameplate replacement - £700;

·  Radford Road - provision of litter bins - £1,355;

 

(b)  Sherwood ward

 

·  Oak Street - further contribution to previously agreed dropped crossings scheme - £1,786.

22.

Action taken under Delgated Authority pdf icon PDF 198 KB

Report of the Director of Neighbourhood Services

Minutes:

RESOLVED to note the following spend taken under delegated authority since the last meeting:

 

(a)  Berridge ward

 

Hyson Green YC Summer Playscheme

08.06.2016

£1,000

Hyson Green Cultural Festival

08.06.2016

£1,000

NAE Summer Programme

29.06.2016

£500

Take One – Dance Floor

28.07.2016

£500

Volunteer Hate Crime Project

28.07.2016

£1,000

Women United

16.08.2016

£280

 

Total Available Allocation 2016/17

£15,081

Allocated Funds (spent and unspent)

£12,937

Decommitted funds

£735

Uncommitted balance as at 16/08/2016

£2,891

 

(b)  Sherwood ward

 

  No allocations since last meeting.

 

  Total Available allocation 2016/17    £37,615

  Allocated funds (spent and unspent)  £24,510

  Uncommitted balance as at 31/08/16  £13,105

23.

Berridge and Sherwood Ward Report pdf icon PDF 121 KB

Report of the Director of Neighbourhood Services

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Minutes:

Beth Hanna, NDO, presented the report, which detailed current priorities, issues and forthcoming events and activities in the Berridge and Sherwood wards.

 

RESOLVED to note the report.

24.

Area Committee Priorities Action Plan pdf icon PDF 106 KB

Report of the Director of Neighbourhood Services

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The NDOs presented the report, which informed the Committee of the Area priorities identified through Area Cluster meetings and detailed actions taken and proposed as a result of those priorities.

 

Councillors made the following comments:

 

·  any priorities identified must no compete with / contradict the Council’s Manifesto or Policies;

·  the priorities must be ‘local’ to the wards, not city-wide;

·  a priority for Sherwood is cleansing / street cleaning as the whole area is currently very untidy.

 

RESOLVED to note the report and request that the NDO contact street cleansing regarding prioritising the Sherwood ward as an area that requires enhanced attention.