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Election of Chair and Vice Chair - SAC Minutes: The Committee Manager took the Chair whilst the South Area Committee
elected a Chair. Councillor Avery proposed, and Councillor Moore seconded, the nomination
of Councillor Pippas as Chair. Councillor Dryden proposed, and Councillor Ashton seconded, the
nomination of Councillor McPherson as Chair. Resolved (by 4
votes to 4 (twice) and on the flip of a coin by the Committee Manager) that Councillor
McPherson be Chair for the ensuing year. Councillor McPherson assumed the Chair from the Committee Manager at
this point. Councillor Dryden proposed, and Councillor Ashton seconded, the
nomination of Councillor Meftah as Vice Chair Councillor Avery proposed, and Councillor Moore seconded, the nomination
of Councillor Pippas as Vice Chair. Resolved (by 4
votes to 4 and on Chair’s casting vote) that Councillor Meftah be Vice Chair for
the ensuing year. |
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Apologies for Absence Minutes: Apologies were
received from Councillors Ashwood and Sanders. |
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Declarations of Interest Members of the committee are asked to declare any interests in the items
on the agenda. In the case of any doubt, the advice of the Head of Legal should
be sought before the meeting. Minutes:
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Minutes To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 30 March 2015. Minutes to follow. Minutes: The minutes of the 30 March 2015 meeting would be published after the meeting for approval and signing as a correct record at the 5 October 2015 South Area Committee. |
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Matters and Actions Arising from the Minutes PDF 43 KB Committee Action Sheet from last meeting attached. Minutes: The Committee Action Sheet was noted for information.
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Open Forum Minutes: 1.
Ms Davis raised
the following issues: · Expressed disappointment that (agenda item 10) Hills Road Cycle Scheme was not on the agenda
for discussion. · There was no information regarding the extension to
Hills Road Cycle Scheme work, which would take weeks. · Took issue with areas of the new cycle lane
appearing to be unfinished (para 2.5 of the Officer’s report). · Asked for South Area Committee’s (SAC) thoughts on
the impact of parts of the cycleway being unfinished on commuters’ safety. SAC Councillors expressed concern for
pedestrians and cyclists, particularly people with visual/physical impairments
who may be affected by trip hazards. Councillor Taylor said she had been given
reassurances before the cycle scheme work was implemented that no problems were
expected. Councillors Ashton and Pippas said that Mike
Davies (Team Leader - Cycling Projects, Cambridgeshire County Council) had been
invited to attend SAC on various occasions in the past (including 29 June
2015). Councillor McPherson, as Chair, would ask him to attend the next SAC
meeting. ACTION POINT: Councillor McPherson to liaise with Mike Davies
(Team Leader - Cycling Projects, Cambridgeshire County Council) regarding Hills
Road Traffic and Safety Scheme to: ·
Seek a more joined up approach between City and County
Councils in response to residents’ concerns. ·
Request a County Officer attends next SAC meeting. 2.
Mr Rand raised the
following issues: · Thanked SAC for its financial support of the Queen Edith’s (ward) newsletter in the March
2015 meeting (15/89/SAC Area Committee Grants 2015-16 – SAC). The first
edition had now been published. · Expressed concern that street lights would be
turned off from April 2016. Expected events would follow a similar course to
Essex ie lights would be turned off, petitions submitted as a result, then
lights would be turned on again when funding was “found” as a result of
protests. Requested that Cambridgeshire County Council avoided following suit. Stated
Cambridgeshire County Council had refused to keep street lights on despite
funding being available. Councillor Taylor said the County Council
would have switched street lights off this financial year, but realised they
were not able to as a consultation exercise had not been undertaken. The
Highway and Community Infrastructure Committee would meet in early July 2015 to
discuss street lighting for 2016 onwards.
There was funding in the budget to keep street lighting in specific
areas eg around Addenbrooke’s Hospital. Councillor Dryden said joint meetings between
the City and County Council would occur regarding street lighting. The Safer Communities
Section Manager referenced the consultation going to the City Strategy and
Resources Committee in July 2015. Councillor Moore said a study had been
undertaken to look at the impact on crime of switching off street lights. The results
were unclear. No link was indicated between crime and light levels, but there
was not enough evidence to clearly say so. 3.
Mr Bower took
issue with public speaking rights at Area Committees and asked for these to be
more generous. |
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Record of Urgent Decisions taken by the Chair, Vice Chair and Spokesperson for South Area Committee To note decisions taken by the Chair, Vice Chair and Spokesperson since the last meeting of the South Area Committee. |
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Accordia Scooter Park Project Procurement PDF 66 KB Additional documents: Minutes: The decision was noted. |
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Trumpington Bowls Pavilion Extension PDF 57 KB Additional documents:
Minutes: The decision was noted. |
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Policing & Safer Neighbourhoods - SAC 29 June 2015 PDF 300 KB Minutes: The Committee
received a report from the Police Sergeant regarding the policing and safer
neighbourhoods trends. The report
outlined actions taken since the Committee on 2 February 2015. The current emerging
issues/neighbourhood trends for each ward were also highlighted (see report for
full details). Previous priorities and engagement activity noted in the report
were:
i.
Continue to target the
supply of controlled drugs (Class A).
ii.
Target road safety by
addressing anti-social cycling and speeding.
iii.
Reduce dwelling burglary. The Committee discussed the following policing issues:
i.
Contacting
the police to become speed watch volunteers.
ii.
Anti-social
car parking near schools. SAC said sufficient warnings had been given and
requested the Police to now take enforcement action eg
issuing parking tickets.
iii.
Cars
parking in cycle lanes.
iv.
Road
safety near Addenbrooke’s Hospital.
v.
The
number of burglaries, specifically bikes in outbuildings.
vi.
Cycle
theft in Trumpington. vii.
Dwelling
burglary. viii.
Registering
personal property through immobilise.com so the Police could trace property
that was reported stolen.
ix.
Checklist
of information police would like members of the public to include when
reporting crime.
x.
Mismatch
in reported information: Violent crime incidents were declining but the number
of news headlines were increasing.
xi.
Anti-social
cycling, particularly by language school students. xii.
Cycles
blocking pavements when parked on them. This was a trip hazard for pedestrians. xiii.
Drug
dealing in Rock Road and associated needle drops. Clean up requests to be made
to the Operations Manager –
Community Engagement and Enforcement. xiv.
Management of the Cambridge Lakes. xv.
Incidents of racial abuse near Cherry Hinton Hall. xvi.
Anti-social
behaviour involving dogs in the Cherry Hinton area. SAC asked for the minutes to show their
thanks for the neighbourhood policing work, particularly by PCSOs. Members of the public asked a number of
questions, as set out below. 1. Mr
Taylor raised the following points: ·
The Police &
Crime Commissioner had undertaken to visit each Area Committee once a year. It
was a shame this had not occurred. ·
Speeding had been
omitted from the last series of Police priorities. ·
There were no statistics
on road traffic offences or injuries, so queried how these were being tackled. Sergeant Horton
said speeding would be monitored more closely in future. Details had been left
out of the SAC report due to an oversight. 2. Mr
Bower asked why the Officer said crime levels were dropping in his verbal
report when high levels were listed in the SAC report. Sergeant Horton
said all area committees received the same report format. Violent crime
statistics included domestic abuse, which may affect trend levels, but did not
seem to be a major issue (in terms of numbers) given the lack of comment from
residents. 3. Ms
Davis referenced Hills Road cycleway work. She asked what was more unsafe,
cycling on the pavement or the unfinished roadway. Sergeant Horton
suggested cycling on the road where an even surface was available, and the
shared pavement cycleway where the road surface was uneven. The following priorities were unanimously agreed:
i.
Discharge dwelling burglary as a specific SAC
priority as it was a ‘standard’ cross-city police priority. SAC could re-instate it
as a specific area priority if required in future.
ii.
Continue to target the supply of controlled drugs
(Class A).
iii.
Continue to target road safety (and speeding) by
addressing anti-social cycling and parking.
iv.
New priority: Management of the Cambridge Lakes. |
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Environmental Data Reports - SAC PDF 919 KB 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 quarter of April to June
2015: Continuing priorities
i.
Early morning patrols for dog fouling on Bliss
Way/Tenby Close, Nightingale Avenue Recreation Ground, Godwin Close, Godwin
Way, Gunhild Way and Cherry Hinton Recreation Ground.
ii. Enforcement targeted approach to areas where Addenbrooke’s site joins residential areas such as Hills Road and Red Cross Lane and to work with Addenbrooke’s to work towards the bus station area being cleaned up. iii. Enforcement to work with the County Council, against utilities and companies that damage the verge on Mowbray and Fendon Road. iv. Park deep cleanse, to include removal of graffiti, flyposting, litter, dog fouling, vegetation cut back and sweeping at Cherry Hinton Recreation Ground and areas surrounding green space. v. Enforcement work to investigate and enforce fly tipping and illegal waste disposal at the public recycling points in the South Area vi. 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 vii.
Park deep cleanse, to include removal of graffiti,
flyposting, litter, dog fouling, vegetation cut back and sweeping at Ainsdale
play area, Nightingale Recreation Ground and Kingfisher Way play area. The Operations Manager – Community Engagement and
Enforcement suggested discounting priority iv as it
had been completed. The Committee discussed the following issues:
i.
Cars parking on Mowbray Road verges.
ii.
Cleaning of the passageways around Hulatt Road, Mowbray Road and Wort’s
Causeway.
iii.
Alleyways should be included in ‘deep clean’ work
as standard in future, not just streets in an area.
iv.
Possibility of grass cutting causing hazards by
mowing over cans/bottles on verges and processes to overcome the issue.
v.
Positive response to enforcement action taken
against dog fouling on Nightingale Recreation Ground.
vi.
Enforcement action by City Officers and Addenbrooke’s staff has led to less fly tipping near the
hospital. vii.
Mounting mobile CCTV cameras on lamp posts in order
to take enforcement action, to save requiring an Officer to be physically
present in an area to witness an incident. viii.
Cleansing at Cherry Hinton Recreation Ground ACTION: Operations
Manager – Community Engagement and Enforcement to investigate if mobile CCTV cameras
can be placed on street lights to monitor dog fouling and other environmental
issues in/near recreation areas. In response to Members’ questions the Operations Manager – Community
Engagement and Enforcement said the following:
i.
To follow up with Addenbrooke’s
to see if they would accept surplus City Council bins that included ashtrays in
the top. These would be used (just) off site as Addenbrooke’s
was a non-smoking site.
ii.
A central pool of Rangers would undertake work in
the south area until a specific member had been recruited to the team.
iii.
A Dog Warden has recently been to Cherry Hinton
Hall area to educate people about irresponsible dog ownership and was shortly
holding a free microchipping event. The Committee discussed the following as an additional
and revised recommendations for action: Recommendation 4 Enforcement action against nuisance vehicles being
repaired at Arran Close. Following discussion, Members unanimously resolved to approve priorities for action
as amended below: Continuing priorities
i.
Early morning patrols for dog fouling on Bliss
Way/Tenby Close, Nightingale Avenue Recreation Ground, Godwin Close, Godwin
Way, Gunhild Way and Cherry Hinton Recreation Ground.
ii. Enforcement targeted approach to areas where Addenbrooke’s site joins residential areas such as Hills Road and Red Cross Lane and to work with Addenbrooke’s to work towards the bus station area being cleaned up. iii. Enforcement to work with the County Council, against utilities and companies that damage the verge on Mowbray and Fendon Road.
iv.
Enforcement action against nuisance vehicles being
repaired at Arran Close.
v.
Enforcement work to investigate and enforce fly
tipping and illegal waste disposal at the public recycling points in the South
Area vi. 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 vii.
Park deep cleanse, to include removal of graffiti,
flyposting, litter, dog fouling, vegetation cut back and sweeping at Ainsdale
play area, Nightingale Recreation Ground and Kingfisher Way play area. |
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Hills Road Cycle Scheme PDF 53 KB Information report from
County Council for Committee to note. There will be no discussion of this item. Minutes: The information report was noted. |
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Access From the Main Rail Station to Cambridge Leisure PDF 883 KB Information report from
County Council for Committee to note. There will be no discussion of this item. Additional documents:
Minutes: The information report was noted. |