Venue: Eyres Monsell Community Centre, Hillsborough Road
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WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS Minutes: Councillor Blower welcomed everyone to the meeting. She noted that some people were present to discuss the relocation of a bus stop on Sturdee Road, but that this was not on the formal part of the agenda. She offered to allow a few minutes to discus this, but this was not taken up.
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DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST The first main item on the programme is Declarations of Interest where Councillors have to say if there's anything in the programme they have a personal interest in. For example if a Community Meeting wanted to talk about digging up a road and one of the Councillors lived on that road, he or she would have to say they had a personal interest in that.
Councillors are asked to declare any interests 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: Councillors were asked to declare any interests in the business on the agenda. No declarations were made. |
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THE EXCHANGE A brief update will be given following the consultation that was launched at the last meeting regarding the proposal to redevelop The Exchange. Minutes: Ian Stapleton, Housing Manager, gave an update on the consultation about the possible redevelopment of the Exchange. He made the following points:
Members of the public asked what would happen if negotiations with the owners of the Invincible were unsuccessful. Ian said that he hoped this would not be the case and that it was unlikely that a compulsory purchase order could be used on this site. People discussed the existing Council services on the site and heard that these would be included in the future development. |
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COMMUNITY MEETING BUDGETS Jerry Connolly, Member Support Officer will introduce and explain the different funds available to the Community Meeting. Minutes: Jerry Connolly gave a presentation on the budgets that were available to the Community Meeting. He made the following points:
Jerry pointed out that one project had already been submitted for £250 from the Community fund for a summer community gardening event for young people. The Councillors said they were delighted to support this and it was to be submitted to Cabinet for approval. |
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10,000 TREES PROJECT Adrian Russell, Service Director, Environmental Services, will invite members of the public to give suggestions on where they would like to see trees planted in their Ward. Minutes: Adrian Russell, Service Director, Environmental Services, explained the Council’s plan to plant 10,000 trees in the city over the next 3 years. He asked people to give their suggestions as to where they would like to see some of the trees planted and suggested that they may like to consider something like a community orchard.
Members of the public suggested that young people could have the opportunity to plant a tree themselves and have a plaque by them. Adrian welcomed this idea and encouraged people to submit any further ideas. |
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WARD PRIORITIES Jerry Connolly, Member Support Officer will present the findings from the Priority Cards that people were invited to fill in at the first meeting and will explain the next steps in producing the Ward Action Plan. Minutes: Jerry Connolly, Member Support Officer, gave feedback on the Ward Priority Cards that people filled in at the last meeting.
Jerry said that more specific details were needed to identify exactly where problem spots were. He circulated a form for people to fill in.
The meeting discussed another issue that came out of the forms regarding there not being enough facilities for young people. Local youth workers gave details of their activity programmes and youth clubs, plus activities over the summer holidays. They said that they would like to be involved in the Community Meetings. |
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CLOSE OF MEETING Minutes: The meeting closed at 7.35pm. |