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Agenda and minutes

Agenda and minutes

Venue: Conference Room, Braunstone Leisure Centre, 2 Hamelin Road, LE3 1JN

Contact: Randeep Singh Mattu, Ward and Community Engagement Officer (Tel: 0116 4541835) (Email:  randeep.mattu@leicester.gov.uk)  Elaine Baker, Democratic Support Officer (Tel: 0116 454 6355) (Email:  Elaine.Baker@leicester.gov.uk)

Items
No. Item

14.

INTRODUCTIONS

Councillors will elect a Chair for the meeting.

 

The Chair will introduce those present and make any necessary announcements.

 

The Chair and any other Councillors who are present will make any declarations of interest as required by the Councillors’ Code of Conduct.

Minutes:

Councillor Singh Johal in the Chair

Everyone welcomed and introductions given

No declarations of interest were made

15.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

Minutes:

Received from Rob Gale, Pastor at Trinity Life Church

16.

ACTION LOG OF LAST MEETING pdf icon PDF 323 KB

The Action Log for the last meeting, held on 27 July 2016, is attached for information and discussion

Minutes:

Agreed as correct.

Ward Councillors to consider whether to request the removal of the recycling bins on Avery Hill, due to problems with the fly-tipping of non-recyclable items. (Item 9, “City Warden”, refers)

17.

WARD COUNCILLORS' FEEDBACK

The Ward Councillors will provide an update on local ward issues

Minutes:

Nothing reported

18.

LOCAL POLICING UPDATE

Leicestershire Police will be at the meeting to provide an update on police issues in the Ward

Minutes:

All to note:

·           Sgt Wayne Chapman had moved in to the Ward neighbourhood team.  A Police Community Support Officer also would be joining the team shortly.

·           A large number of thefts were still occurring in the area.

·           Distraction break-ins had been a force priority for four weeks, but this had ended now.  The number of such break-ins had reduced.

·           Work was on-going with the City Warden to address anti-social behaviour in Mountcastle Road.  One acceptable Behaviour Contract already had been initiated.

·           The number of motorbikes and cars on Braunstone Park had reduced due to the recent weather, but consideration continued to be given to how access could be restricted.

·           No burglaries were reported during the recent Diwali period.

·           A national knife crime amnesty had resulted in over 200 knives being handed in locally.

·           Small fires had been started in Cort Crescent.  This issue had been passed to the Braunstone Blues.

 

All residents advised:

a)     not to leave anything of value in vehicles;

b)     to use a timer for lights now that evenings were darker; and

c)     to contact the Police for advice at any time.

19.

CITY WARDEN UPDATE

The City Warden will give an update on issues in the Ward

Minutes:

All to note:

·           The new City Warden for the Ward is Matt Davison.

·           Problems were being experienced with the garages in Raymond Road.  Difficulties in finding the owners had delayed the process, but they all had been contacted now.  The landowner would be fencing the whole area, leaving vehicular access, and all owners were required to repair their garage doors.

·           Community Protection Notices had been served requiring the shop owners on Wellinger Way to clear up the area around the shops.

·           A Section 80 Notice had been served in Overpark Avenue, requiring the gardens of a property to be tidied and cleared.

·           Problems with asbestos in properties managed by ASRA were being dealt with.

·           Leicester City Football Club had withdrawn from a community scheme at Braunstone Grove Young People’s Centre, due to dangers from the amount of broken glass at the centre.  Other anti-social behaviour at the centre also was occurring.

 

City Warden to contact the Housing District Manager and street Vibe about anti-social behaviour issues at Braunstone Grove Young People’s Centre.

20.

HIGHWAYS UPDATE

Highways officers will be at the meeting to provide an update on highways issues in the Ward

Minutes:

All to note:

·           Rowley Fields Avenue was scheduled to be resurfaced, as it was in a worse condition than Dumbleton Avenue.

·           As part of the planning permission granted for the development of the Faircharm Industrial Estate, Evesham Road would be made up to an acceptable standard for two-way access.  Evelyn Road would provide one-way access.

·           Various roads in the Ward had been surface dressed.

·           Environmental works to alleviate parking problems (for example, installing bollards and railings) were due to be carried out late November / early December 2016 in various roads, including Gallards Hill, Wilmington Avenue, Canterbury Terrace / Winchester Avenue and Raymond Road / Compton Road.

·           Environmental works on other junctions along Winchester Avenue are on the suggestions list for next year.

·           A request for a residents’ parking scheme and one-way traffic system on Raymond Road was to be considered.  The possibility of installing traffic regulation measures such as double-yellow lines also was being investigated.

·           Low metal railings would be installed on the Hinckley Road side of the grassed area in front of Braunstone Leisure Centre, to discourage travellers from using that site.

·           Consideration would be given to how parking problems in Lambert Street on Leicester City Football Club match days could be alleviated.

 

Highways Officers to:

a)     investigate a report of loose chippings remaining on Somerville Road some time after it had been surface dressed; and

b)     contact the Gypsy and Travellers team to advise that travellersd had accessed a site near the old police station.

 

Post-meeting notes

Since the meeting it has been advised that:

1.    The roads in this Ward that have been surface dressed are Audley End, Beaufort Road, Ellesmere Road, Heyworth Road, New Fields Square, Redmarle Road, Somerville Road, Thurlington Road, Turville Road and Waltham Avenue; and

2.    All of the surface dressed roads were to be swept during the week beginning 14 November 2016.

21.

WARD COMMUNITY BUDGET pdf icon PDF 193 KB

Councillors are reminded that under the Council’s Code of Conduct they should declare any interest they may have in budget applications.

 

An update will be given on the Ward Community Budget

Minutes:

All to note the update on the Ward Community Budget attached at the end of this Action Log.

b-inspired asked to arrange for copies of the Braunstone Alert to be delivered to the Rowley Fields Allotments, Christ Church (Dumbleton Avenue) and the Manor House Neighbourhood Centre if not already being done.  All to note that an electronic version of the Braunstone Alert can be seen on the b-inspired website.

Ward Members to consider how publicity in the Rowley Fields area for Members’ surgeries can be improved.

Consideration to be given to including a review of publicity, and how well it works, on the agenda of the next Braunstone Park and Rowley Fields Community Meeting.

22.

DATE OF NEXT MEETING

To note that the next meeting will be held at 5.30 pm on Thursday 23 March 2017.  The venue for this meeting will be advised nearer the date.

Minutes:

5.30 pm on Thursday 23 March 2017.  (Venue to be advised)

23.

ANY OTHER BUSINESS

Minutes:

Braunstone Adventure Playground

In view of concerns raised about the level of support being given by Ward Members to adventure playground staff in their campaign for funding not to be cut in 2017, Ward Members to meet the Manager of Braunstone Adventure Playground to discuss these issues.

All to note that the Ward Councillors fully support the Braunstone Adventure Playground.

24.

CLOSE OF MEETING

Minutes:

The meeting closed at 6.30 pm