Agenda and draft minutes

Tony Locke – Neighbourhood Partnership;

Councillor Nicola Bowden-Jones – Neighbourhood Committee

Tony Locke – Neighbourhood Partnership.

Councillor Nicola Bowden-Jones – Neighbourhood Committee.

These were done.

Apologies were received from Mary Wellbourne.

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None declared.

To agree the minutes of the previous meeting as a correct record and to note the Action Tracker.

The minutes were agreed as a correct record and signed by the Chair. The Action Tracker was noted.

Up to 30 minutes is allowed for this item.

Any member of the public or Councillor may participate in Public Forum.  Public Forum items should be emailed to democratic.services@bristol.gov.uk on the working day prior to the meeting.  For this meeting this means that your submission must be received in this office at the latest by 12.00 noon on Wednesday 5 October 2016.

Both Statements were noted. With respect to the Farriers Arms, the Police reported that Morrisons had assured them that they would take action to remove the squatters.

With respect to Statement 1, it was agreed that the NP Co-ordinator invite James Freeman, Director of Firstbus to come and speak to the NP.

With respect to Statement 2, it was agreed that the NP Co-ordinator facilitate a meeting with Morrisons and the Planning Sub-Group.

Action: NP Co-ordinator to :-

1 -  facilitate a meeting with Planning Sub Group and Morrisons with respect to Farriers Arms

2 - invite James Freeman – Head of First Bus to speak to NP.

Report of Bristol Waste Team.

The NP was informed  that following an in depth review and analysis of the options, Bristol Waste Company had recommended that the Neighbourhood Partnership approve the Stapleton Road Pilot for a 12 week period.

The following points arose during discussion:-

• Asked if there was a contingency plan if the pilot did not work properly, the NP was informed that staff would work within the community, and street by street if required, to ensure that the pilot ran smoothly. It would reassess arrangements if it still did not go well;
• It was not possible to assess households that were not officially houses in multiple-occupation (HMO’s). Residents would be able to call and get more bags if the need arose;
• There would be a higher presence of enforcement as well as Bristol Waste Company staff visiting the area during the pilot;
• As far as Bristol Waste Company staff  were aware, this was the first pilot of its kind.

            Resolved – that the pilot for the 12 week period as detailed in the report be approved.

Verbal Update Report of Fof FP Chair, Brian Smith

The NP heard from Brian Smith, the Chair of Friends of Fishponds Park who informed them that a Committee and constitution had been formed. They had carried out consultation regarding the park and the biggest issue was the playing area which the Council confirmed was beyond its reasonable life. 94 % of those consulted were in favour of new play area. A design brief would be completed in 3 weeks which would be considered by the Environment Sub-Group and their comments would be brought to this NP at its December meeting. It was intended to remove the current equipment this financial year with the new installation in the next financial year. Avenues of funding were being considered such as National Lottery and application to Tesco. He asked the NP for any other ideas they might know of for fund raising.

With fund raising in mind, the Committee proposed to have a Glow in the dark event where a company specialising in light events illuminated the trees from 2 December to 2 January. This would cost up to £4000 but could not be funded by the wellbeing budget as an application had not been submitted in time.

Resolved – that the verbal update from Friends of Fishponds Park be noted.

Neighbourhood Committee and Neighbourhood partnership decision and discussion

(Report of subgroups and NP Co-ordinator, Abdulrazak Dahir)

The NP first received a Police Activities Update on NP priorities as follows:-

• Prostitution – Officers in Fromevale and Eastville had joined forces in monitoring. There had also been a nationwide operation concerning exploitation and brothels. The results would be available in December;
• Street drinking – this had been particularly apparent in Fishponds Park. A Police presence around the park had been well received;
• Burglary – this would be a focus as there was generally a surge at Christmas. She also reported an emerging pattern of thefts of gold from Asian community members, who are preparing for the Diwali celebrations.
• Parking at schools – every school in the area receives a daily patrol. Road Safety week would take place at the end of November;
• Neighbourhood Watch – a Co-ordination meeting was being arranged and officers would attend to restart relationships.

The following points arose from discussion:-

• It was reported that there had recently been several break-ins to retail premises, these were particularly concerning as they had been from the front. The Police replied that somebody had been arrested for these and the break- ins had now declined. There would be additional patrols in order to keep on top of the problem;
• It was reported that there had been an incident outside Lidl with drunken individuals who weren’t aware of their action. Was it possible to ban these individuals from shopping or issue them with Community Service Orders. The Police responded that there had been long-running incidents of this sort. PCSO’s regularly patrolled the length of Fishponds Park to Morrisons and collated information on incidents of nuisance. The Police were working with the Council’s - ASB team to engage with these individuals to stop drinking and if this failed injunctions would be issued. It was noted that the Shopwatch Scheme which relied on the business community to communicate with each other and the Police on issues of concern had not taken off. The Police pointed out that they were happy to work with anyone that could assist them;
• It was noted that the new Public Safety Protection Orders were reliant on incident reporting in an area as evidence of a problem. This Council had not applied for one yet.

Part 1: Citywide NP Event.

This was noted.

Part 2: NP Equalities Review 2016.

It was noted that the Equalities Report was available online.

Part 3: Wellbeing Grant Applications.

1. Holy Trinity Church Stapleton – There were no NP comments. On being put to the vote, the Neighbourhood Committee unanimously granted the application;

2. Stoke Park Children Centre – The NP Co-ordinator reported that this had been recommended for refusal as it did not address the NP priorities, it was outside the NP area and it did not provide a breakdown of where the children would come from. He was happy to provide feedback to the applicant with respect to submitting a better application. There were no NP comments. On being put to the vote, the Neighbourhood Committee unanimously refused the application;  ...  view the full minutes text for item 21.

Neighbourhood Partnership decision and discussion.

(Report of Neighbourhood Officer, Georgie Bryant.)

As there was not enough time to cover this agenda item, it was agreed to carry forward to the next NP meeting in Dec 2016.

Neighbourhood Partnership to note progress and discussion.

(Report of NP Co-ordinator, Abdulrazak Dahir)

The NP Co-ordinator asked that comments be submitted to him by e-mail.

7pm on 8 December 2016 at The Vassall Centre, Oldbury Court, Fishponds.

This was noted as 7pm on 8 December, 2016.

CHAIR  __________________