Venue: Watershed, Upperton Road
Contact: Stacey Welton/Kate Owen
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ELECTION OF CHAIR Councillors will elect a Chair for the meeting. Minutes: Councillor Russell was elected as Chair for the meeting. |
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APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE Minutes: Apologies were received from Reverend Canon Barry Naylor from St Andrew’s Church, Reverend Jenny Few from Robert Hall Babtist Church and Reverend David Cundill from Church of the Martyrs. |
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DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST The first main item on the programme is Declaration of Interest where Councillors have to say if there is anything in the programme they have a personal interest in.
Councillors are asked to declare any interest they may have in the business on the agenda, and/or indicate that Section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 applies to them. Minutes: No declarations were given. |
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IMPACT OF THE STUDENT COMMUNITY IN THE AREA The meeting will discuss the impact of the student community in the area, with a view to promoting cohesion between communities in term time and fulltime. Representatives will be available from De Montfort University and the City Wardens. Minutes: The Chair explained that the meeting was to discuss the impact of the student community in the Westcotes Ward and part of the Castle Ward. She invited attendees to input their queries, concerns or comments. These were then responded to by Ward Councillors for Castle and Westcotes, local police, representatives from De Montfort University (DMU), and Council Officers from Environmental Services.
Waste and Street Cleaning Residents discussed a number of concerns relating to wheelie bins on pavements, litter, fly tipping, end of term house clear outs and vermin. A member of the public also expressed concern that litter was blown into the estate from the Leicester Royal Infirmary and noted that Councillor Kitterick had already complained to the hospital regarding this.
· The City Wardens and DMU had carried out an initiative to inform students of the procedures with waste when leaving a premises.
Student Houses/ Landlords Concern was expressed that some student landlords did not keep up maintenance on their properties, building waste was left on the street and ‘To Let’ signs were in front of the properties.
Bede Island/ Castle Park It was noted that there had been reports of people on Bede ... view the full minutes text for item 46. |
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CLOSE OF MEETING Minutes: The meeting closed at 9.10pm |