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Apologies for Absence Minutes: Councillor Neal – annual leave Councillor Quddoos – unwell
Inspector Fenwick, Nottinghamshire Police Carol Mee, Carrington Resident’s Association |
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Declarations of Interests Minutes: None. |
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Minutes of the meeting held on 18 December 2019, for confirmation Minutes: The Committee agreed that the minutes of the last meeting held on 18 December 2019 were a correct record and the Chair signed them. |
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Items from Community Representatives Minutes: Maxi Leigh, Support for Survivors, updated the Committee on work undertaken by the group during the Covid pandemic, including:
- door-step deliveries of items such as medication to those unable to go out; - helping where possible those suffering any mental health issues; - explaining the current covid regulations to those that were finding them difficult to understand; - holding 1:1 sessions, funded by a ‘Big Lottery’ grant, for people struggling with technology, such as Zoom.
Resolved that the thanks of the Committee to Maxi and her group for the work they were doing in the area be recorded. |
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Police and Community Protection Update Minutes: (a) Police updates
Inspectors Fenwick (via email as he was unable to attend), English and Busuttil gave the following ward statistics / information for April to September 2020 in comparison to the same period last year:
Basford (Insp Fenwick - via Leigh Plant, NDO)
- All crime down by 10%, 98 less (866 - 964); - Victim based crime down 9%, 74 less (709 - 783); - Violence with injury down 21%, 29 less (107 - 136); - Rape up 55%, 5 more (14 – 9). Note: above includes no repeat victims or locations and a couple are historic reports.
- ‘All burglary’ reports down by 24%, 7 less (35 - 42); - ‘All theft’ offences down by 26%, 48 less (131 - 179); - Vehicle offences down by 43%, 27 less (35 - 62); - ‘All domestic incidents/crimes’ down by 1%, 3 less (205 - 208); - ‘Hate crime’ incidents up by 15%, 5 more (38 - 33); - ASB up by 53%, 193 more (552 - 359)c.
Police are currently focussing on the following areas in relation to drug use/supply:
- Selwyn Close; - Rosegarth; - Wilton Street / Terrace; - Vernon Park area.
In respect of any crime / ASB in the area, the Police would ask that local residents use 101 to report and assist them with their investigations / intelligence gathering:
Warrants have been served at the following locations:
- Pennant Rd; - Gabriel Close; - Newlyn Drive.
Future operations include:
- ‘Reacher’ commencing in the local area; - a ‘metal theft’ week of action; - ‘Sceptre’ – a knife amnesty / education etc.
Berridge (Insp English)
(b) Community Protection update
Senior Community Protection Officer Rupinder Kooner updated the Committee on action within the wards as follows:
Basford
Berridge
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Nottingham City Homes Update Minutes: Wade Adams introduced Nicky Brake, both Area Housing Managers, and informed the Committee that Nicky will be taking over responsibility for this Area Committee due to a reorganisation at Nottingham City Homes (NCH).
Nicky introduced herself and stated the following in regards to the NCH update:
· NCH are slowly returning to ‘normal’ duties as lockdown restrictions are lessened. Specifically the Housing Patch Managers (HPM) have started to return to their patches;
· NCH has been contacting a high number of vulnerable tenants to ensure they are supported and their housing needs are being met, and signposting tenants to outside agencies should they uncover any further needs outside of the NCH remit;
· The COVID work restrictions on HPMs are assessed weekly and their current priorities continue to be contacting and supporting vulnerable tenants.
Resolved that the thanks of the Committee to Wade for his work in the area be recorded and the update be noted. |
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Public Space Protection Order - proposed extension PDF 222 KB Report of Director of Community Protection Additional documents:
Minutes: David Scothern, Principal Enforcement Officer, introduced the report, detailing a request for the Committee to authorise a 3-year extension to a Public Spaces Protection Order, due to expire on 19 October 2020, prohibiting access to land at Neston Drive, Cinderhill, Nottingham. The restricted area was originally created as a Gating Order made under section 129A of the Highways Act 1980.
The Committee stated that it had received no complaints about the restrictions being in place during the last 3 years, therefore were fully supportive of the extension.
Resolved that
(1) being satisfied that the test in Section 59 of the 2014 Act has been met, and having regard to the rights of freedom of expression and freedom of assembly, the Committee authorise an extension to the Nottingham City Council (Neston Drive, Cinderhill, Nottingham) Gating Order 2009 (GO 5006) for a further three years from 19 October 2020;
(2) authority be delegated to the Director of Community Protection to carry out the necessary advertisements and arrange for appropriate signage to be erected where necessary in accordance with the legislative requirements. |
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Area Capital Fund 2019/20 & 2020/21 PDF 295 KB Report of the Director of Community Protection Additional documents: Minutes: Leigh Plant, Neighbourhood Development Officer, presented the report and revised appendix 1 (published as a supplement to the agenda), which provided a summary of approved schemes to date during the 2019/20 financial year, and the latest spend proposals for approval in regards to highways, footways and public realm schemes.
Resolved
(1) to note the following:
(i) the 2019/20 spend summary, as per the report;
(ii) in light of the approvals in (2) below, the remaining 2020/21 balances of Basford (£63,855 LTP & £33,938 public realm), Berridge (£4,671 LTP & £1,600 public realm) and Sherwood (£9,595 LTP & £3,308 public realm);
(2) to approve the following spend:
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Ward Councillor Budget PDF 210 KB Report of the Director of Community Protection Additional documents:
Minutes: Resolved to note the report and appendices detailing ward Councillor budget spend on local projects, authorised under delegated authority by the Director of Neighbourhood Services. |
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Report of the Director of Community Protection Minutes: Leigh Plant, Neighbourhood Development Officer, presented the report, which detailed the work carried out in the wards during the lockdown period of the Coronavirus pandemic, and also provided the latest statistics on crime and other important issues, such as cleansing and unemployment, within the area.
RESOLVED
(1) to note the report;
(2) that the Committee recognised the work and effort of volunteers in the area during the pandemic and thanked all those involved in assisting local residents wherever necessary.
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Meeting dates To note that meetings will be held at 6.30pm on the following Wednesdays (either at Loxley House or remotely via Zoom video conferencing, dependent upon the pandemic situation at the time):
25 November 2020 24 February 2021 Minutes: The Committee noted the meeting dates for the remainder of the 2020/21 municipal year of Wednesday 25 November 2020 and 24 February 2021, and that they would be held either at Loxley House or remotely via Zoom video conferencing, depending on the pandemic situation at the time. |