Agenda and minutes

Councillor Alex Ball (work commitments)

Councillor Mohammed Ibrahim (personal reasons)

Councillor Brian Parbutt (on leave)

Jawaid Khalil

Ben Rosser

None.

Last meeting held on 28 September 2016 (for confirmation)

The minutes of the meeting held on 28 September 2016 were agreed as a true record and signed by the Chair.

Verbal update

Inspector Robert Wilson, Nottinghamshire Police, gave a verbal update on crime and policing in the Berridge ward, highlighting the following:

(a)  a priority in the ward is providing a heightened police presence in areas target by antisocial behaviour (ASB). This has resulted in a reduction in antisocial behaviour of 13% in the ward;

(b)  violent crimes have reduced in the area by 26% despite a rise in other areas on the city. Violence with injury has reduced by 51% whereas violence without injury has remained roughly the same;

(c)  dwelling burglary numbers have fallen by 10 offences, and non-dwelling burglary by 7 offences. There has been a recent arrest and recovery of property from a number of burglaries;

(d)  there has been a reduction of 17% for overall crime which is a good reduction.

Inspector Christine Busattil, Nottinghamshire Police, gave a verbal update on crime and policing in the Sherwood ward, highlighting the following:

(a)  crime in the ward has increased slightly overall. The main increase has been robbery, with personal robbery up by 5 offences. There is no pattern to these;

(b)  violence against people has increased, as has crimes against society which includes prison crimes, crime involving social media and sexual offences;

(c)  ASB has reduced by 77% which is a good decrease.

RESOLVED to note the information and thank Inspectors Wilson and Busuttil for the updates

Nick Burns, Senior Community Protection Officer (CPO) introduced the report which provides a response to questions raised at the Area Cluster Meeting in September 2016. Nick highlighted the following:

(a)  CPOs work in shifts patterns from either 8am-4pm or 2pm-10pm. Both Berridge and Sherwood wards have PCOs on both of these shifts. There is a further shift by car from 3pm-11pm or 5pm-1am dealing across the city with noise and antisocial behaviour. Shifts can be flexible;

(b)  the CPO service is currently fully staffed in the Berridge ward but has a vacancy in the Sherwood ward;

(c)  the issues in Berridge and Sherwood wards are similar, with priorities being fly tipping, dog-fouling, noise and antisocial behaviour;

(d)  in the last 3 months there have been 29 Fixed Penalty Notices issued, 3 alcohol surrenders, numerous trade waste visits, 18 graffiti actions, 86 Section 215 notices issued, 187 fly tip actions,  and 87 Community Protection Notice Warnings (CPWNs);

(e)  CPNWs and Community Protection Notices (CPNs) are issued for issues such as bins in streets. The process for CPNs is to first knock on doors andobtain the details of the resident, issue the CPNW and then, if the issue is not resolved, a CPN which can lead to a fine. Citizens have a 28 day appeal period. 13 full CPNs were issued in the last 3 months;

The following information was given during the discussion which followed:

(f)  stickers which used to be stuck to bins on streets that had already been reported are no longer in use as they fall off in both hotter and colder weather. This is not a major issue as the turnaround for resolving bins on streets is good;

(g)  around 10 bins have been removed from households that persistently leave them out, and they have been written to. The council only has a duty to clear waste, not provide bins.

RESOLVED to note the information and thank Nick for the update

Moby Farrands, Partnership Council, gave updates on the following:

(a)  a new organisation is being sought to take the lead on the NEST energy saving project in Hyson Green. It is cheap to run but needs a charitable organisation to run it;

(b)  there was an event at the Council House in October for all Community Representatives to discuss their roles and common goals. There was discrepancy in the number of representatives from each area with Berridge and Sherwood having fewer than other areas. Lots of useful suggestions to improve Area Committees came out of the event;

Carol Mee, Carrington Tenants and Residents Association (TRA), gave updates on the following:

(c)  the Carrington TRA continues to maintain the Green Flag and Nottingham in Bloom award-winning community garden off Church Drive, which is now benefitting from signage provided by the council and plants from Woodthorpe Park plant shop. They are also involved in improving St John’s Churchyard, including laying new paths, planting trees and removing overgrown shrubbery;

(d)  the TRA is working with the council to hold a community picnic in the refurbished Pirate Park in August;

(e)  the underpass between Mansfield Road and Selkirk Way has benefitted from a deep clean by the council this year. Improvements continue to the area with extension of the planted area with wild flowers;

(f)  the TRA is taking party in Nottingham Trent University’s Mapping Nottingham’s Identity project, one of the aims of which is to encourage the architects of the future to pay more attention to the character and needs of the areas they are designing buildings for.

RESOLVED to thank Moby and Carol for the updates.

Verbal update

Councillor Ferguson introduced the report giving an update on the Employment and Skills Partnership, which co-ordinates and promotes employment and skills in Areas 4 and 5. The report includes the group’s agreed priorities and success stories of clients that NG7, Futures and Castle Cavendish have worked with.

RESOLVED to note the update

Verbal update

This item was postponed to due unforeseen unavailability. A written update will be provided at the next committee meeting.

Report of the Chief Executive, Nottingham City Homes

Chanel Richards, Tenancy and Estates Manager, Nottingham City Homes (NCH), introduced the report which provides updates on key issues which link back to local priorities and the strategic themes for NCH. The report provides summary updates on the following key themes:

·  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;

·  good news stories and positive publicity.

RESOLVED to

(1)  note the update and performance information contained in the report;

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

(3)  approve the Area Capital Programme funding request as set out below:

Report of the Director of Neighbourhood Services

Debbie Royle and Leigh White, Neighbourhood Development Officers, introduced the reports focussing on current priorities and issues facing the wards of Berridge and Sherwood.

RESOLVED to note the priorities, current issues and supporting information for Berridge and Sherwood wards

Report of the Director of Neighbourhood Services

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

RESOLVED to

(1)  Approve the Area Capital Fund programme of schemes for Berridge and Sherwood wards as set out below:

Berridge LTP Schemes

Sherwood LTP Schemes

(2)  note the commitment of funds in Berridge and Sherwood wards as set out below:

Berridge Ward

Sherwood Ward

Debbie Royle introduced the report, informing the Committee on decisions made under delegated authority that support the local community in a variety of ways.

RESOLVED to note the actions taken under delegated authority: