(1)

the minutes of the meeting held on 13 January 2010 are confirmed as a correct record subject to the following amendment (minute 44 refers) ‘Member of Devonport Leisure Trust’;

(2)

the minutes of the meeting held on 25 January 2010 are confirmed as a correct record subject to the following amendments (minute 44 refers) ‘Trustee of Mount Batten Sailing and Water Sports Centre’ and Member of Devonport Leisure Trust’. 

(i) 

the authority currently operated a kerbside recycling scheme to all households in the city; 163 bring recycling banks were provided together with two centres at Chelson Meadow and Weston Mill; in addition garden waste was collected from April – October;

(ii)

the Local Area Agreement recycling stretch target for recycling was 33 percent by 2009/10, which was unlikely to be met by the authority, due partly to the effects of the economic downturn;

(iii)

the recycling rate in Plymouth had increased from 26.7 percent in 2007 to 30.5 percent in 2008/09; the projected overall recycling and composting rate for 2009/10 was 29.6 percent;

(iv)

current initiatives included –

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extending the garden waste collection scheme;

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refurbishment of Chelson Meadow Household Recycling Centre;

(v)

future initiatives to increase recycling rates included –

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extending the garden waste scheme to a further 30,000 households during 2010;

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targeted campaigns to tie in with national ones, ie real nappy week;

(vi)

if the recycling rate could be increased by two percent this would save the authority over £78,000 in disposal costs;

(vii)

the most deprived areas within the city statistically produced 80 percent less recycling per household than the more affluent areas; it was proposed to target key areas in conjunction with partnership working, which included –

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Mutley and Greenbank

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Stoke

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16 – 24 year olds

(viii)

work was being carried out to investigate the opportunities for partnership working, such as community focus weeks.

(a)

garden waste sacks delivered to properties that did not require them, would be collected and redistributed to other areas;

(b)

currently it was not feasible to provide a glass kerbside collection services due to budget restraints;

(c)

the recycling of glass from the banks was included in the overall figures;

(d)

two recycling systems were in operation in Stoke; properties were either provided with a bin if there was sufficient space, or a bag;

(i)

two stretch targets had been set in 2006/07, one to increase the reporting of domestic violence incidents and the other to increase those brought to justice for domestic abuse;

(ii)

a detailed action plan had been drafted which focused on improving the ability for people to report incidents and to raise awareness; on average it took 35 violent assaults before the victim reported it;

(iii)

the stretch target for the reporting of the violence incidents recorded by the police was currently off track; the target had been set at 7241 but the current performance level was 6424;

(iv)

the brought to justice stretch target was currently on track; significant progress had been made by the police in investing and supporting the victims and increasing the detection rate.

(a)

incidents of domestic abuse could occur in a public place and not just within the home; domestic abuse was defined as physical, sexual, psychological, emotional or financial abuse that took place within an intimate or family type relationship;

(ii)

the brought to justice performance level was 34 percent, although the detection rate was slightly higher at 47 percent; there were a number of reasons that cases did not make the court;

(iii)

there were a total of 13 safe houses in Plymouth; work was undertaken with the victims in order that they could remain in their own homes, such as securing injunctions or civil orders;

(iv)

a survivors’ forum had set up in order to reduce the number of occasions that it took to report violent assaults.

(i)

this was a particularly complicated issue involving different land owners, geographical difficulties and fly tipping on public land and the rear gardens of residents in Carlton Close;

(ii)

the work undertaken to date included –

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removal of fly tipped rubbish from the disused garage site;

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planting which had increased the natural screening and minimised the likelihood of further stone throwing;

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clearance of dead and diseased trees on the pathway between Channel Park Avenue and Budshead Road;

(iii)

proposed works to be undertaken in the area included –

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erection of fencing to protect new planting;

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clearance of fly tipped rubbish from residents’ gardens

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CCTV and chicanes to reduce fly tipping.

(1)

the views of the Councillors from both Efford and Compton Wards are sought relating to the progress of Councillor Ball’s Councillor Call for Action;

(2)

one of the first priorities for the South East and North East and Central Localities is to review the issues raised in the Councillor Call for Action.

(1)

the report is amended as indicated;

(2)

the report is submitted to the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board.

(a)

work programme for 2009/10

(b)

draft work programme for 2010/11