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Minutes:
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
South 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 South Area for the January to March 2016:
Continuing priorities
Number |
Priority details |
1 |
Early morning,
daytime and weekend patrols for dog fouling on Bliss Way/Tenby Close,
Nightingale Avenue Recreation Ground, and Cherry Hinton Hall. |
2 |
Enforcement
targeted approach to areas where Addenbrookes site
joins residential areas such as Hills Road and Red Cross Lane and to work
with Addenbrookes to work towards the bus station
area being cleaned up. |
3 |
Enforcement to
work with the County Council, against utilities and companies that damage the
verge on Mowbray and Fendon Road. |
4 |
Enforcement
action against nuisance vehicles being repaired at Arran Close. |
5 |
Enforcement joint
working and patrols to deal with littering from students of Long Road Sixth
Form in the areas of Long Road and Sedley Taylor
Road. |
New suggested priorities
Number |
Priority details |
6 |
Deep cleanse, to include removal of graffiti, flyposting, litter,
dog fouling, vegetation cut back and sweeping at Limekiln Road, Cherry Hinton
Hall car park and New Bit. |
The
Committee discussed the following issues:
i.
Painting bollards in south area wards with white
paint so they were less of a trip hazard. For example:
a.
Hulatt Road – Wulfstan
Way near the block of flats.
b.
Hulatt Road – Mowbray Road.
ii.
Putting in a waiting area for the northern bus stop
on Wulfstan Way so people did not block the pavement.
iii.
Tidying litter in Hills Road/Long Road and Baldock Way.
iv.
More frequent emptying of the recycling bin and
site on Colville Road as it regularly overflows.
v.
Clearing of leaf mould, litter and general tidy up in Teversham
Drift.
vi.
Changing the time from 07:45 for removal of leaf
mould on Brooklands Avenue. The service was valued, the time was inconvenient.
ACTION POINT: The
Committee asked the Operations Manager – Community Engagement and Enforcement
to investigate if the following actions were possible:
i.
Painting ‘no cycling’ signs on the pavement (to check
with County Council).
ii.
Investigate the status of the vehicle (cannot
guarantee removal) of motor home parked in Church End since early 2015.
In response to Members’ questions the Operations Manager – Community
Engagement and Enforcement said the following:
i.
Daventry Council had implemented a Public Space
Protection Order that allowed the Council to fine people who take a dog for a
walk without at least one bag to collect poo. This was implemented on a basis
of evidenced need. Cambridge City Council did not have a similar Public Space
Protection Order at present, but did provide bag poo bags and was currently
trialling a dispenser. Other measures to reduce dog fouling would be reviewed
in future.
ii.
The Operations Manager
was looking for suggestions of activities that could be
considered for community pay back. She would liaise with the County Council if
any of these fell within their area of responsibility. Gunhild
play area equipment and fencing maintenance were suggested.
Councillors requested a change to the recommendations. Councillor
McPherson formally proposed adding the following additional recommendation 7 to
those in the Officer’s report:
Clearing of leaf
mould, litter and general tidy up in Teversham Drift.
The Committee unanimously
approved this additional recommendation.
Following discussion, Members unanimously
resolved to approve priorities for action as amended above.