Agenda and minutes

To receive any apologies from members unable to attend the meeting

Apologies were received from Councillor Lee due to attendance at other Council business.

Members to declare any personal/personal prejudicial interests in any items on this agenda

Councillor Cereste declared a personal interest for Italian weekend and Cllr Rush for his attendance at the Italian Community Association held at the Fleet.

Approve the minutes of the meeting held on Wednesday 14 December 2011

Minutes of the previous meeting were agreed as a true and accurate record.

The Neighbourhood Manger (S1) gave an update to the Committee regarding the ‘You Said We Did’ updates displayed at the meeting.

A question was raised by a member of public regarding the planned replacement of works for the National Grid on Jubilee Street and why there was no paperwork made available at the meeting for the public to take away.  The member of public also raised concerns over the lack of consultation for residents.

A representative from the National Grid advised the Committee that there were major replacements planned and that representatives had visited many properties in the Jubilee Street area, however, it had been difficult to cover all areas and that the organisation had relied on the radio and other media to reach all residents. The National Grid representative offered an email contact point with the aim to send posters to residents that required them.

The National Grid Representative outlined to the Committee the areas of work to be carried out and gave assurances that the disruption would be kept to a minimum.

Update from the Youth Forum on progress with consultation regarding installation of new recreational facilities at Park Farm play Area

The Committee received a presentation from the Community Based Youth Worker, on the progress of various Youth Forum projects made to date.  The Committee was also advised of the consultation work currently taking place in schools and the work of the Youth Leaders.

The following key points were highlighted:

• Encouragement was given to Stanground young people aged 16 to 19, to THINK BIG and make a difference in their community;
• Support provided by Peterborough City Council 8 to 19 services;
• Funding from the Stanground Central Ward Community Leadership Fund to the youth projects of £600;
• Advertisement for support through Schools, Youth Clubs and the Youth MP;
• Young people to undertake voluntary work which would provide the opportunity to learn new skills for the future which was an excellent skill to add to a Curriculum Vitae;
• Completion of a Community Project;
• The project started in February 2012 and would be complete by the Easter Holidays 2012;
• Planning Day held at Stanground Fire Station on 16 February;
• A planned Stanground Spectacular! To be held in the Easter Holidays;
• Stanground Spectacular would be open to the whole community; and
• Planned events were: Bouncy castle, clowns, BBQ, penalty shoot out and music.

The Committee was also provided with the contact details should they wish to become involved in the youth initiatives.

An opportunity to hear about the number of events planned in the city and how communities can get involved.

The Neighbourhood Committee received a presentation from the Head of Commercial Operations and the Resilience Services Manager, regarding the events planned for the City of Peterborough for 2012 and was advised on how to become involved.

The following key points in the presentation were highlighted:

·         St John’s Square;

·         City Centre Management;

·         Halfords Tour Series;

·         Olympics;

·         Perkins Great Eastern Run;

·         Peterborough Italian Festival;

·         Christmas Lights;

·         Christmas Event;

·         New Years Eve;

·         City Centre Events;

·         Peterborough City Council to provide advice to residents on holding street parties for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee;

·         How to apply for road closures in the community to celebrate the Queen’s Jubilee; and

·         Funding from Peterborough City Council that was available to community groups wishing to hold a street party.

The Committee was advised that if they were interested in  becoming involved in holding a Diamond Jubilee street party or would like to volunteer for any of the scheduled events, they would need to contact the Head of Commercial Operations or the Neighbourhood Manger (S1).

A presentation outlining the service provided by Enterprise Peterborough to manage the city’s waste, cleansing and landscaping operations.

The Committee received a presentation from Richard Oldfield highlighting the services, which included the management of the City’s waste, cleansing and landscaping operations.

The following key points within the presentation were highlighted:

·         Street Care model;

·         Enterprise working with the Neighbourhoods Team and Councillors on the Street Care Model in order to monitor progress against objectives;

·         Waste and recycling services;

·         Working with Peterborough over the recycling target which was set at 60%;

·         Working with Community Groups and Schools regarding what waste should be recycled; and

·         Enterprise working with Sense to provide a textile recycling service which was planned to roll out to other charities.

The public was also advised about how they would apply for an extra brown bin in order to recycle garden waste.

Comments and responses to questions included:

·         Residents that experienced maggots in their black bins should contact Enterprise Peterborough for advice on how to resolve the issue;

·         Thanks were offered to Peterborough Enterprise over the salt bin refills over the winter period;

·         Consideration of whether textile plastic bags commissioned by Peterborough Enterprise should be made clearer? 

·         Suggestions were provided over double bagging and hosing out bins in order to deal with maggot issues;

·         Recent recycling figures were slightly ahead and the target to reduce waste going to landfill sites was likely increase;

·         Dog fouling incidents had shown an increase in the Queens Walk area;

·         Details on what materials should be recycled was available on the Peterborough City Council website;

·         Enterprise Peterborough had provided an information leaflet to all households on all items that should be recycled;

·         Providing skips for household waste was not a good solution for Bushfield’s Resident Centre Flats as it would been seen as commercial waste and would not count in the target figures for household waste;

·         It was proposed that stickers providing detail on items that should be recycled would be placed on top of bins;

·         Visits to the Recycle Centre were available to all members of public; and

·         Further methods of communicating which items of rubbish should be recycled, were being explored.

It was agreed that the Director of Enterprise Peterborough was to investigate:

• Whether clearer details should be provided on textile bags to show that the bags were commissioned by Enterprise Peterborough;
• Which areas of Fletton, Stanground and Woodston had received a distribution of leaflets, detailing the types of items of household waste which should be recycled;
• The issue of dog fouling in the Queens Walk area and consider a solution to combat incidents accruing regularly on public pathways;
• Investigate the provision of recycle bin allocation for  Bushfiled Residents Centre and consider an alternative solution for the residents needs.

Action Agreed

It was also agreed that the Neighbourhood Manger (S1) would:

• Make arrangements for the next meeting of Fletton, Stanground and Woodston Neighbourhood Committee, to invite Waste Recycling Team to present an agenda item on recycling.

An opportunity for any member of the public, elected and co-opted members of the Neighbourhood Committee to raise anything that affects your area and to suggest items for future meetings.

Members of the public, Elected and Coopted Members were given the opportunity to raise anything that affects their area and suggest items for future meetings.

Issues raised included:

• Planning application for Stanground Surgery and the port-a-cabin proposal for the back of the surgery;
• The stolen ‘residents only, no parking’ sign which was located in Jubilee Street; and
• Development of the residents association for the Cardea Estate and that anyone requiring further detail should contact Paul Chippington via email.

Action Agreed

It was agreed that the Neighbourhood Manger (S1) would investigate whether:

Parking Services should consider a rebate on parking fees for the residents of Jubilee Street, due to the ‘residents only, no parking’ sign being stolen recently.

Request a replacement of residents parking scheme signs in Jubilee Street.

Consider request  for the Open Session of the Neighbourhood Committee meeting to be moved to the start of each agenda in order to accommodate the needs of the elderly wishing to leave early.

The next meeting will be confirmed following full council in May.

The next meeting of Neighbourhood Committee for Fletton, Stanground and Woodston was to be agreed at Annual Council in May 2012.