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8.25 to 8.45
Minutes:
The Committee received an Environmental Report from Wendy Young the Operations Manager (Community Engagement and Enforcement) .
The Committee discussed the emerging priorities.
Q1 Leila Dockerill
Campkin Road is looking untidy and messy.
Wendy Young agreed to arrange a walk about with the rangers.
Q2 Councillor Austin
What is the deadline
for requesting new bins and where can people view the styles available?
Requests for new bins were welcomed as soon as possible, so that work could be programmed in and full details of the styles available could be found the bin mapping website.
Q4 Councillor Bird
Welcomed
the work recently undertaken in East Chesterton.
Q5 Councillor Scutt
Residents had raised
concerns about dog fouling on Bateson Road Play Area.
Councillor O’Reilly stated that the area was rather tired.
However, it had been cleaned and dog waste bins had been installed.
Q6 Councillor Scutt
Milton Road has no
recycling bins. Why?
The installers were out of stock of the metal recycling bins when other bins were installed in this area. They would be reminded to return to the area and complete the installations.
Councillor Perry suggested a new priority be added to address fly tipping in Akeman Street and Darwin Drive.
The Committee
Resolved unanimously to:
i.
Enforcement joint working and patrols to deal
with littering from students of Cambridge Regional College in the areas of Campkin Road and Nuns Way Recreation Ground and to work
with the local businesses to address litter from their premises.
ii.
Enforcement patrols to tackle fly tipping on
communal archways and green areas at Minerva Way.
iii.
Enforcement
patrols to address issues of littering in and around the Bermuda Terrace area and
to follow up on intelligence received as a result of the mail drop to the area.
iv.
Patrols to address fires and illegal camping at Logan’s Meadow.
v.
Patrols to address dog fouling on Kings
Hedges “Pulley” Recreation Ground including
early mornings, evenings and weekends.
vi.
Joint working patrols to address the issues
of illegal camping and dogs being off lead at Histon
Road cemetery.
vii.
North area patrols of focus on abandoned,
untaxed and nuisance vehicles.
viii.
Park deep cleanse, to include
removal of graffiti, flyposting, litter, dog fouling, vegetation cut back and
sweeping at Blandford Walk play area, St Albans
Recreation Ground, George Nuttall Close/Woodhead Drive play area and Chesterton Recreation Ground.
ix.
Fly tipping in Akeman
Street and Darwin Drive.