Issue - meetings

The Committee received a report from the Operations Manager – Community Engagement and Enforcement.

 

The report outlined an overview of City Council Refuse and Environment and Streets and Open Spaces service activity relating to the geographical area served by the East Area Committee.  The report identified the reactive and proactive service actions undertaken in the previous quarter, including the requested priority targets, and reported back on the recommended issues and associated actions. It also included key officer contacts for the reporting of waste and refuse and public realm issues.

 

The following were suggestions for Members on what action could be considered for priority within the East Area for the quarter of October to December 2015. Additions were shown underlined.

 

Continuing priorities:

     i.        Enforcement patrols to tackle fly tipping at Ekin Road, Riverside and St Matthews Estate

    ii.        Early morning, daytime and weekend patrols for dog fouling at the following locations:

-      Romsey Recreation Ground

-      Petersfield Recreation Ground

-      Cannon Green

-      St Thomas’s Square and Road

-      Ravensworth Garden play areas

-      Coldhams Common

-      Thorpe Way play area

   iii.        Enforcement patrols to deal with the litter issues at Cambridge Leisure Park at Clifton Road including liaison and educational visits with nearby schools and colleges.

  iv.        Enforcement work to tackle bins on streets in the Romsey and Petersfield areas.

 

New suggested priorities:

   v.        Park deep cleanse to include removal of graffiti, flyposting, litter, dog fouling, vegetation cut back and sweeping at Jack Warren Green play area, Great Eastern play area, Shenstone House play area and Ravensworth Garden play area 

 

The Committee discussed the following issues:

    i.          Litter bins had been requested in Wycliffe and Brook Road.

  ii.          Confirmed that the priorities were in addition to the services usually undertaken by the Council.

 iii.          Thanked Officers for the work undertaken at the Abbey Road and Elizabeth Way roundabouts.

iv.          Dog bins had been requested in Romsey ward and questioned why these could not be provided.

  v.          Questioned the frequency that weeds were cleared.

vi.          Raised the issue of fly tipping in main walkways in Petersfield.

 

In response to Members’ questions the Operations Manager – Community Engagement and Enforcement said the following:

    i.          An amount of work had been undertaken at the Elizabeth Way roundabout through the Community Pay Back Team and the City Council would be undertaking further work in the upcoming months.

  ii.          Some of the locations proposed for dog bins in Romsey were not feasible locations.

 iii.          The frequency that weeding was undertaken would be passed to the relevant Operations Manager to respond to members.

 

ACTION: Operations Manager to email frequency that weeding is undertaken to Members.  

 

Following discussion, Members resolved (nem con) to approve the continuing and new suggested priorities for action as amended above.