Venue: Willow and Birch rooms - Riverside Community Pavilion. View directions
Contact: Karen S Dunleavy Tel: 01733 452233 Email: karen.dunleavy@peterborough.gov.uk
Note: Prior to the start of the meeting, from 6.00pm, ward forums will be held for the Fletton & Woodston, Stanground East and Stanground Central Wards. These separate meetings will give local residents the opportunity to talk directly with their elected members to raise any issues or concerns they have in their neighbourhood. This Neighbourhood Committee meeting will also include a display relating to planned National Grid Works on Oundle Road due to commence in March 2012.
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Apologies for Absence To receive any apologies from members unable to attend the meeting Minutes: Apologies were received from Councillor Lee due to attendance at other Council business.
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Declarations of Interest Members to declare any personal/personal prejudicial interests in any items on this agenda Minutes: Councillor Cereste declared a personal interest for Italian weekend and Cllr Rush for his attendance at the Italian Community Association held at the Fleet.
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Minutes from the previous meeting PDF 76 KB Approve the minutes of the meeting held on Wednesday 14 December 2011 Minutes: Minutes of the previous meeting were agreed as a true and accurate record. |
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Issues arising from previous meeting Minutes: 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.
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Youth Forum Update from the Youth Forum on progress with consultation regarding installation of new recreational facilities at Park Farm play Area Minutes: 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:
The Committee was also provided with the contact details should they wish to become involved in the youth initiatives.
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Updates on Matters of Interest Relevant to the Committee |
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City Centre Calendar of Events 2012 An opportunity to hear about the number of events planned in the city and how communities can get involved.
Minutes: 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).
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Enterprise Peterborough Streetcare Model A presentation outlining the service provided by Enterprise Peterborough to manage the city’s waste, cleansing and landscaping operations. Minutes: 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:
Action Agreed
It was also agreed that the Neighbourhood Manger (S1) would:
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Open Session 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. Minutes: 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:
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.
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Next Meeting The next meeting will be confirmed following full council in May. Minutes: The next meeting of Neighbourhood Committee for Fletton, Stanground and Woodston was to be agreed at Annual Council in May 2012.
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