Agenda and minutes

Freemen Community Meeting - Wednesday, 14 March 2012 6:15 pm

Venue: Aylestone Recreation Ground Football Pavilion

Items
No. Item

1.

ELECTION OF CHAIR

Councillors will elect a Chair for the meeting.

2.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

3.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

The first main item on theagenda is Declarations of Interest where Councillors have to say if there is anything on the agenda they have a personal interest in. For example if a meeting was due to discuss a budget application put forward by a community group and one of the Councillors was a member of that group, they would not be able to take part in the decision on that budget application.

 

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.

 

 

4.

MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING

The minutes of the previous Freemen Community Meeting, held on 7 December 2011, have been circulated and Members are asked to confirm them as a correct record.

 

5.

COUNCILLORS' COMMUNITY REPORT

Your Ward Councillors will report on things they have been involved in within the ward and there will be an opportunity to ask questions.

6.

CITY WARDEN UPDATE

Scott Clarke, City Warden, will provide an update on the work of the City Wardens in Freemen.

7.

POLICE AND COMMUNITY SAFETY UPDATE

An Officer from the Leicestershire Constabulary will provide an update on local policing.

8.

FOOTBALL DEVELOPMENT AYLESTONE RECREATION GROUND

·         Bookings for the astro turf and grass pitches.

·         General operational update

9.

LOCAL FOOTBALL ACTIVITY: PARTNER CLUB AND OTHER PROJECTS

There will be an update on local football activities.

10.

AYLESTONE LIBRARY PROPOSAL UPDATE

Adrian Wills, Head of Libraries & Information Services, will provide an update on the proposed changes to Aylestone Library.

11.

AYLESTONE LEISURE CENTRE - LOCKERS UPDATE

There will be an update on the lockers at Aylestone Leisure Centre.

12.

SAFFRON FETE

Kellie Bugby will provide on update on the 2012 Saffron Fete.

13.

COMMUNITY MEETING BUDGET

Councillors are reminded that they will need to declare any interest they may have in budget applications, and/or indicate that Section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 applies to them.

 

The following applications have been received and approved prior to the meeting:

 

1)    Linwood Centre – ‘Coffee Morning’ - £150

2)    Engage Multimedia ltd – ‘Friendly goes large’ - £500

3)    St Christopher Friendship Group  - ‘Social leisure inclusion’ - £250

4)    Urban Arts – Catch 22 - £250

 

 The following applications are to be considered at the meeting:

 

Application 1:

‘Saffron Summer Fete Auditions’ - The Pink Lizard Developing Youth and Community - £700

The Pink Lizard proposal is to deliver auditions sessions for the 2012 Saffron Summer Fete. Pink Lizard will deliver at least 5 sessions of 2 hours per session where training, support and auditions will take place. The young people will perfect their talents ready to go on stage at the fete and perform before a live audience.  

 

Application 2.

‘Don’t Just Kick It’ - Owen Johnson - £500

The project aims to deliver elite football coaching to children of all abilities and financial backgrounds located at the Aylestone Astro Turf.

 

Application 3.

Goldhill Adventure Playground’ - Dee Dixon - £2,000 (£2,000 also requested from Eyres Monsell Ward)

The application is for soft surfacing to accompany the disabled play equipment to be installed at the front of the playground to enable special needs users the opportunity to play on special designed equipment alongside main stream users.

14.

ANY OTHER BUSINESS