(i)

Peverell Ward –

·         

the avenue of trees planted in Pounds Park were to be extended;

(ii)

Compton Ward –

·         

the replacement of trees in Thorn Park;

·         

the planting of trees on the green in Kneele Gardens, Hartley Vale.

(i)

efforts had been made to monitor the use of mini moto’s on Peverell Park Road and move the drivers on where possible;

(ii)

there had been four instances of criminal damage within Central Park over the past three months, including arson at the sheds of the allotment. To combat this issue the Police had -

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increased patrols within Central Park;

·         

seized alcohol and moved young people on;

·         

been working closely with the allotment officer and the Allotment Watch.

(iii)

that for the past three months up until January 31 2010 anti-social behaviour had remained similar, whilst recorded crime had been reduced by 30 per cent compared to statistics collated from the same period last year;

(iv)

parking outside of Hyde Park School was being monitored with those motorist’s parked on the School Keep Clear lines being asked to move on;

(v)

following reports of obstructive parking, increased monitoring had been undertaken at Weston Park Road;

(vi)

at present there had been no issues raised following the closure of Mutley Plain to motorist’s.

(vii)

the local PCSO had been undertaking high visibility foot patrols in the area and monitoring the parking on Revel Road;

(viii)

the local PCSO had been undertaking high visibility foot patrols and had been disposing of alcohol, particularly around Hartley Park;

(ix)

vehicles parking dangerously or causing obstruction outside Compton Primary School had been asked to move on.

(x)

between November 2009 and January 2010 anti-social behaviour had been reduced by 40 per cent compared to statistics from the same period last year.

(xi)

road monitoring on Torr Lane had been undertaken by local PCSOs in relation to road safety;

(xii)

it was believed that the issue of parking outside Kings School had now been resolved.

(xiii)

between November 2009 and January 2010 anti-social behaviour had been reduced by 38 per cent compared to statistics from the same period last year.

(xiv)

the problem with cars for sale on Eggbuckland Road had re-appeared;

(xv)

the police representative would ask the PCSO to monitor the parking situation on Revel Road on a Thursday morning, as this was reportedly when it was at its worst;

(xvi)

the police were currently undertaking an exercise with the local community in order to ascertain the latest PACT priorities.

(i)

the principal of locality working was endorsed by the City Council in February and would be launched in early June 2010;

(ii)

the purpose of locality working was to improve public engagement and improve the way in which service providers worked together;

(iii)

Partners and Communities Together (PACT) meetings would be used as the principle forum in which residents would be able to make their views known about service provision. However, the format of PACT meetings may vary between different neighbourhoods;

(iv)

locality working would aim to build links in the neighbourhoods between resident groups, schools and youth forums to improve community engagement;

(v)

although Area Committees had ceased there would still be numerous opportunities for residents to have contact with ward councillors, through PACT meetings, ward surgeries and local resident association meetings.

(vi)

the boundaries for locality working had been agreed, however, it was possible that the boundaries may change in the future after the effects of locality working had been reviewed;

(vii)

although co-opted members would no longer have a role in local area meetings, it was felt that they should be invited to PACT meetings as they would be ideal neighbourhood representatives.

(viii)

a lack of advertisement in the local press had contributed to a lack of attendance at Area Committee’s;

(ix)

pre-meetings for future PACT meetings had been arranged in Compton ward and the Hartley end of Peverell Ward without consultation with ward councillors;

(x)

the locality which contained Compton and Peverell was too big and issues concerning these areas were not relevant to areas across the Parkway such as Woolwell or Glenholt.

(i)

the Hyde Park Road and Peverell Park Road improvements had been undertaken prior to members being consulted;

(ii)

members had not received any consultation on the Beacon Park Road improvements, although, it was noted that the effect was greater on the Ham ward than the Peverell ward;

(iii)

the report failed to mention the improvement works at Ford Park Road, which some members had not been consulted on and these were now complete;

(iv)

the road markings by Somerfield on Mutley Plain were extremely poor and were, in fact, a danger to road users.