Agenda and minutes

Councillor Chaplin was elected Chair for the meeting.

Apologies were received from Councillor Mustafa Kamal, Mr Woody Wood and Mr Michael Davis.

The first main item on the agenda 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.

Members are asked to declare any interests they may have in the business to be discussed.

Councillor Chaplin disclosed an Other Disclosable Interest, as she had asked Jasmine Sore to make the cakes on sale at the meeting in aid of the Lord Mayor’s chosen charity, MacMillan Cancer. Councillor Chaplin said she hoped to raise £20 from the evening sales towards the charity. The sale actually raised £85.00.

The Chair then read a letter from the Lord Mayor, Councillor Kamal thanking ward residents for support given to the charity.

The letter also contained the Lord Mayor’s thanks to Mike Keen, Democratic Support Officer, for his valued support over the years, his work with the Stoneygate Ward Community Meetings, and best wishes for his retirement.

The minutes of the previous Stoneygate Community Meeting, held on 3^rd December 2013, are attached, and Members will be asked to confirm them as a correct record.

RESOLVED:

that the minutes of the Stoneygate Community Meeting held on 24th September 2013 be confirmed as a correct record.

A discussion to take place on proposed bench locations on Evington Road.

Feedback will be given to the meeting Patchwalk taking place prior to the meeting.

An officer from Leicester City Council’s Highways Service will be present to discuss parking arrangements during the Kasabian event on Victoria Park, due to take place June 2014.

A local community member will talk about the effects of dementia and what can be done to support dementia sufferers.

Philip Parkinson, Interim Chair of Healthwatch Leicester, will provide an update on the work of Healthwatch, and inform of how people can get involved to improve local health and social care services. 

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 for consideration:

i)          Earth Guardians – Urban Greening Project on Sacred Spaces Area on Evington Road                                                                               £500

Application received to fund the development of a planting area in the Ward. The application was deferred at the last Stoneygate Community Meeting pending further information.

ii)         Creativity Works (LCC) on behalf of Stoneygate Councillors – Stoneygate Community Leaflet 2013/14                                £851

Application received for funding to produce a community leaflet to households in the ward, on how community funding was spent, and advising how people can bid for funding.

iii)        Baitul Mukarram Trust– Day Trip to London                          £3,500

Application received for funding to take 100 people to London to visit the Houses of Parliament and Madam Tussauds.

iv)        Greater Noakhali Shomiti UK – Independence Day of Culture Programme                                                                                           £3,000

Application received for funding to celebrate the Independence Day of Bangladesh.

(Joint bid with Belgrave & Latimer, and Spinney Ward – total £3,000)

v)         Norman Perrin – International Women’s Day                         £500

Application received for funding towards the International Women’s Day event at the Highfields Centre.

(Joint bid with Spinney Ward – total £1,000)

i)          Exotics 60 Plus Group                                                                  £3,000

Application received to part fund the renovation of a building on the Ajani Centre site to provide groups and users with meeting, event and general use space.

RESOLVED:

that the application be supported for the full amount of £3,000

ii)         Cleansing Services, Leicester City Council                            £1,840

Application received to install 4 litter bins in Evington Ward.

RESOLVED:

that the application be supported for the full amount of £1,840

iii)        Parks Services, Leicester City Council                                    £1,000

Application received to carry out community clean-ups/environmental enhancements/action days on the Evington Brook.

RESOLVED:

this application was discussed under the agenda item regarding Evington Brook, and was supported for the full amount of £1,000 subject to the condition the funding was not to be used for salaries

The following applications were tabled at the meeting:

iv)        Leicester Malawi Association – Integration Event for the Malawi Community with the Wider Community                          £200

(Joint bid with Abbey and Beaumont Leys Wards – Total £600)

Application received to fund an event of sharing food, music and arts with the wider community.

RESOLVED:

that the application be deferred to enable further information to be obtained from the applicant around the actual use of the funding applied for.

v)         HART – South Highfields Street Party                                     £800

Application received to fund the organisation of a street party, following the success of a previously held event.

RESOLVED:

that the application be supported for the full amount of £800.

vi)        HART – Subsidised Coach Trips for Ward Residents         £240

Application received to fund the provision of an 83 seat coach for a seaside trip.

RESOLVED:

that the application be supported for the full amount of £240.

vi)        Earth Guardians – Urban Greening Project on Sacred Spaces Area on Evington Road                                                                               £500

Application received to fund the development of a planting area in the Ward.

RESOLVED:

that the application be deferred as the land belonged to the Council, and required approval in writing to use the land.

Dates of Future Meetings

Future meetings will be arranged and advertised on the Council’s website at http://www.leicester.gov.uk/councillors-democracy-and-elections/community-meetings/stoneygate/

1.    Councillor Desai suggested the meeting invite a retired GP who would deliver a talk on dementia. Residents agreed this would be a good way of highlighting issues some people faced, and also tied in with information from the health Scrutiny at Leicester City Council. An invitation would also be sent to the Deputy City Mayor to deliver a talk on health issues in the city.

2.    The Chair said that in 2014, Members would focus on outcomes in the ward, and asked residents to inform them of ideas of items they wished to see at the meeting.

The meeting closed at 8.30pm.