Agenda and minutes

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

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

Councillor Thomas, Chair for the meeting welcomed those present and led introductions.

It was noted that the meeting would be structured in a two part format.

Part one would include:

·       The formal procedures of the meeting including brief updates from the Police, City Warden and other invitees, feedback from the Ward Councillors and an update on the Ward Community Budget.

Part two would be:

·       An opportunity for residents to directly address service representatives at their advice tables with queries, issues and concerns.

Councillor Chohan declared an interest in the business of the meeting as he was a resident in the Belgrave Ward.

There were no apologies for absence.

The Action Log of the Belgrave community meeting held on 14^th March 2017 is attached and Members will be asked to confirm it as an accurate record.

Any update on actions taken since the last meeting will be reported at this meeting.

The action log of the Belgrave Community meeting held on 14^th March 2017 was agreed as an accurate record.

Progress on Actions from last meeting not otherwise on the agenda:

·       TNS update – external works on the BNC had commenced, feedback from groups using the centre had been taken into account and it was agreed that works on the interior of BNC would start from 23/10/17 after Diwali and would be expected to be completed by the end of the year.

Ward Councillors will provide an update on matters being dealt with in the Belgrave Ward.

Councillors reported that:

·       Cossington Park had a number of issues at the moment namely:

Overgrown shrubbery had been reported to park wardens for action,

ASB – police were investigating

·       Brahma Samaj – the building was to be refurbished and works had begun on the roof.

·       Old Sainsburys site – a planning application for a mixed development of shops, business units and residential had been submitted and was waiting an outcome.

·       Congratulations were offered to Arinder Bhullar a local shopkeeper in Belgrave Road who had designed the clothes worn in a new film “The Black Prince” due to be released soon.

PC Martin Rawlings introduced himself to the meeting explaining he was now based in Belgrave.

A brief outline of crime statistics was given and residents were invited to speak to the officer during the 2^nd part of the meeting.

Everyone was reminded to be vigilant and encouraged to report any issues to the police as they could only take actions if incidents were reported.

The City Warden briefly outlined the work being done in the ward since the last meeting which included addressing flytipping as well as tackling issues of rubbish dumping with commercial businesses that had seen 75 notices being served and 14 £300 fines being issued for non-compliance.

The City Warden invited residents to speak with him during the 2^nd part of the meeting.

Residents were advised that there was now a team of Park Wardens who were responsible for issues across parks including Cossington Park.

Action: Park Warden Service to be invited to attend to next meeting.

Action: City Warden to circulate a letter to local business about non licensed leafletting.

Tony Kendall encouraged residents to attend the Abbey Pumping Station, especially during the summer months when there would be a number of activities taking place including children activities every Tuesday.

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

An update on the Ward Community Budget will be provided at the meeting.

The Community Engagement Officer informed the meeting that:

·       The opening balance for the community budget this financial year was £19,384 which included a carry forward of £1384 from the previous financial year.

·       Councillors had supported a number of bids to date amounting to £5294.60p

·       The balance for the next cycle of bids was £14,089.40 and the closing date for bids to this round was 30/9/17

·       All applications must now be made online and details of bids supported could be obtained from the Community Engagement officer.

To note dates of future meetings as follows:

Tuesday 28^th November 2017

Tuesday 13^th March 2018

Venues to be confirmed.

Dates for future meetings noted:

Tuesday 28^th November 2017

Tuesday 13^th March 2018

Both meetings to start at 6.30pm and at venues to be confirmed.

There being no further business the formal 1^st part of the meeting was closed and residents invited to talk to their local councillors, police and city warden during the 2^nd part.

The meeting concluded at 7.45pm

PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR DETAILS OF SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES YOU CAN TALK TO AT THIS MEETING.

You can raise matters of concern, give opinions and find out information which may be of use: