Agenda and minutes

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

RESOLVED to appoint Councillor Gul Nawaz Khan as Vice-Chair of the Committee for the 2016/17 municipal year.

Councillor Rosemary Healy  -  personal

Yaseer Farook

Peter Goode

None.

To confirm the minutes of the meeting dated 9 February 2016.

The minutes for the meeting on 9 February 2016 were confirmed and signed by the Chair.

Report of Director of Neighbourhood Services

Greg Foister, Neighbourhood Development Officer for the Dales Ward, introduced the Ward Performance report.

Members were invited to provide feedback on the new format of the Ward Performance report.  The statistics element of the report was praised, but it was felt that there were too many priorities in the main body of the document, and that more input and agreement would be needed from the Area Committee.

It was also felt that whilst statistics and data are good, there needs to be an action plan of what to do with the data. 

Further information on ward performance was provided:

(a)  issues in the Dales ward include dog fouling, bins, fly tipping, as well as a major issue with parking, particularly at the Academy.  There is going to be a new Aldi store on the Colwick Loop Road;

(b)  engagement of local residents in the Dales ward continues through regular ward walks.  There are upcoming ‘community cohesion’ events (which would ordinarily happen as part of other events);

(c)  Nottingham City Homes (NCH) have built 39 new properties in Mapperley ward.  There will be a ‘meet the developer’ session on 13 June;

(d)  phases 1 and 2 of the Mapperley Road parking scheme have been implemented;

(e)  on 18 June at Mapperley Sports Village, there will be a St. Ann’s Armed Forces Day;

(f)  new CCTV cameras have been placed in St. Ann’s ward to try and combat fly tipping and drug dealing;

(g)  twenty trees have been taken down in St. Ann’s ward; work is being carried out with Ward Councillors to try and determine where forty new trees will go;

(h)  the new football pitch at King Edward’s park has nearly been completed, and there has also been agreement for a new skateboard plaza in the Ward;

(i)  the introduction of new CCTV cameras was welcomed by community representatives.  This new CCTV can be publicised by Area Newsletters;

(j)  fly tipping is a problem in all three wards.  Education is required, but not just in schools.  There could be a place for education on fly tipping in the week of action in each ward;

(k)  there is only one waste and recycling centre in Nottingham City, at Lenton Industrial Estate, and this can result in large queues at the site. 

  Nottingham City Council does not charge for bulky waste collection currently, whereas many neighbouring authorities do.

RESOLVED to note the priorities, current issues and supporting information for the Dales, Mapperley and St. Ann’s wards.

Report of Corporate Director of Commercial and Operations

Greg Foister, Neighbourhood Development Officer for the Dales ward presented the Area Capital Fund report.

Two additional schemes in the Dales ward, and one extra scheme in Mapperley ward were tabled at the meeting, and are included in the tables under (2) below.

RESOLVED to:

(1)  note the monies available to Dales, Mapperley and St. Ann’s wards at the end of 2015/16:

  Dales  £4914

  Mapperley  £12725

  St. Ann’s  £90577

  and to approve the Area Capital Programme of schemes for Dales, Mapperley and St. Ann’s wards for 2015/16, as set out below:

  Mapperley Withdrawn Schemes

  St. Ann’s Withdrawn Schemes

(2)  note the monies available to Dales, Mapperley and St. Ann’s wards for 2016/17:

  Dales  £96514

  Mapperley  £106900

  St. Ann’s  £127084

  and to approve the Area Capital Programme of schemes for Dales, Mapperley and St. Ann’s for 2016/17, as set out below:

Dales Public Realm Schemes

Dales LTP Schemes

Mapperley LTP Schemes

Mapperley Withdrawn Schemes

St. Ann’s LTP Schemes

St. Ann’s Public Realm Schemes

Report of Corporate Director of Commercial and Operations

Greg Foister, Neighbourhood Development Officer for the Dales ward, introduced the report on the use of Delegated Authority by the Director of Commercial and Operations.

RESOLVED to:

(1)  note the actions agreed by the Corporate Director of Commercial and Operations in respect of projects and schemes with Area 6 (detailed in Appendix 1);

(2)  note that Ward Councillors have bene allocated £5000 each for 2016/17 to support the work in their ward.

Report of Chief Executive of Nottingham City Homes

Garry Nelmbs, Tenancy and Estates Manager at Nottingham City Homes (NCH) provided an update on the key issues and themes which link back to local priorities and the strategic themes for Nottingham City Homes.

It was reported that although NCH were slightly behind on their target for repairs, tenant satisfaction had increased from previous figures taken.

RESOLVED to:

(1)  note the update and performance information in Appendices 1 and 2 of the agenda;

(2)  note the allocation of funds for 2015/16, detailed in Appendix 3 of the agenda;

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

To meet on the following dates at 6pm:

2016  2017

13 September  14 February

15 November

RESOLVED to meet at 6pm on the following dates in 2016/17:

2016    2017

13 September  14 February 

15 November

Andrew Campbell also took the opportunity to thanks Dorothy Holmes for all the work she had carried out in conjunction with Area Committee East over the years.