Agenda and minutes

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 as required by the Councillors’ Code of Conduct.

Councillor Singh – Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting and led introductions.

Apologies were received from Charlotte Glover, City Warden and Sgt Lane.

The Action Log of the Troon ward community meeting held on 14^th January 2016 is attached and Members will be asked to confirm it as an accurate record.

The action log of 14 January 2016 was circulated and confirmed as an accurate record.

Councillors will provide an update on ward information.

Councillor Cank reported that:

• She had met with city warden and local residents to address issues around Longhurst Close, plan was to install gates at the two car parks and introduce signage to show residents parking only.
• There had been discussion re: parking  issues with Northfields primary school – zig zag lines to be re-painted and looking to install bollards.
• Activated signs on Victoria Road East now working and would be interesting to know if trigger showed number of cars complying.
• Housing shortages in area were an ongoing issue.

Councillor Singh reported that:

At full council he had raised questions concerning the recent Junior Dr’s action which were available on the Leicester City Council webcast of that meeting.

Leicestershire Police will be at the meeting to provide an update on local policing issues.

It was explained that Troon ward was covered by two police beats – Northfields area and Rushey Mead area.

PCSO Ben Hill gave a brief update on policing issues in the Northfields area and reported crime statistics for the last two months were noted which included:

• Burglary – 1 empty property and 2 distraction burglaries, 2 arrests had taken place and both had been charged and bailed to appear in court.
• Theft from vehicles – 0
• ASB – 0

A PSP was in place for the golf course to address issues with youths congregating on the car park for anti-social purposes.

Issues with parking at Northfields Primary School were being addressed.

PC Douglas gave a brief update on policing issues in the Rushey Mead area of the ward and reported crime statistics for the last two months were noted which included:

• Burglary (Dwelling and Non-dwelling) – 33, of that only 8 in March
• Theft from vehicles – 15

Patrols were ongoing for burglary operations in both beat areas.

Patrols were also being maintained in Longhurst Close to address issues with ASB/parking.

The Chair thanked both officers for attending and also for the efficient dealing of burglaries in the Cromwell Estate area.

Councillor Cank congratulated PCSO Ben Hill on recently passing his PC exams.

Residents were reminded that crime statistics could be viewed on the police website and that incident reporting could be made in a number of ways using either Crimestoppers or Fearless.org which was a new website that allowed anonymous reporting.

The City Warden will provide an update on issues in the Ward.

No-one was available to present on this item, however the City Warden had provided an information leaflet which was circulated to those present.

An officer from the Highways Team will provide an update on issues relevant to the Troon Ward including an update on Huggett’s Close.

Robert Bateman from highways provided an update on issues in the ward which included:

• The vehicle activated signs on Victoria Road East had been repaired – RB to investigate if they record the number of vehicles speeding and feedback to next meeting
• Sinkage issues – work had been done to address this, residents were encouraged to report any more incidents

• Huggetts Close – attended with Cllr Singh following last meeting and estimates had been carried out with a proposal to create 5 parking spaces at a cost of £30,000

The Chair reported that there were a number of potholes at the junction of Overton Road/Hastings Road that needed permanent fixing – RB agreed to look into that.

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 together with a summary and update of grant applications submitted for consideration since the last meeting.

Applications Fast Tracked since the last meeting:

1736 Northfield Foodshare – Northfield Walking Football. Application for £500 - FAST TRACKED

Applications Considered since the last meeting:

1612 – Leicester Bharat Football Club. Application for £1670 – NOT SUPPORTED

1636 – People Under Twenty – Revitalise Project. Application for £2,000 -SUPPORTED TO THE AMOUNT OF £1000

1637 – Emerald Seniors Club – Activity Programme. Application for £1,500 -NOT SUPPORTED

1638 – The Emerald Centre – Community Café. Application for £1,488 -NOT SUPPORTED

1665 - Jeetesh Chauhan – Summer Garba and Rass. Application for £490 – NOT SUPPORTED

5153 – West Humberstone Gospel Mission – Charnwood Newsletter. Application £315.91 - SUPPORTED TO THE AMOUNT OF £250

5155 – Shri Guru Ravidas Temple – Cultural Event. Application for £2000 -SUPPORTED

1704 - Darul Arqum Educational Trust – Spring Fete. Application for £1,610 - NOT SUPPORTED.

1705 - Darul Arqum Educational Trust – Ladies Lunch Club & Over 50’s. Application for £700 - SUPPORTED

1706 - Darul Arqum Educational Trust - Reading Group. Application for £250 -SUPPORTED

1707 - The Redeemed Christian Church of God – Queens 90^th birthday event. Application for £2000 – SUPPORTED TO THE AMOUNT OF £1000

It was reported that the ward councillors had committed £10,000 from the community budget towards the Huggetts Close highways project to install additional parking spaces.

It was also noted that the ward councillors had agreed to commit funds from the next financial year towards the project being led by Councillor Cank to address parking issues at Northfields Primary schools.

After approval of the above applications the Community Budget balance was £0 with no carry forward into the new financial year.

Payments on approved bids would be made within 2 weeks.

The meeting closed at 7.25pm