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Contact: Clare Cummins, Democratic Services
Email: clare.cummins@sheffield.gov.uk
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1. |
Apologies for Absence
Additional documents:
Minutes:
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Apologies for absence were received from
Councillors Dawn Dale, Tony Damms, Mark Jones and Garry
Weatherall.
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2. |
Exclusion of Public and Press
To identify items where resolutions may be
moved to exclude the press and public
Additional documents:
Minutes:
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No items were identified where resolutions may
be moved to exclude the press and public.
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3. |
Declarations of Interest  PDF 86 KB
Members to declare any interests they have in
the business to be considered at the meeting
Additional documents:
Minutes:
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No decalarations of interest were
received.
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4. |
Minutes of Previous Meeting PDF 107 KB
To approve the minutes of the Committee held
on 19 September, 2023
Additional documents:
Minutes:
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The minutes of the meetings of the Committee
held on 19th September, 2023 were approved as a correct
record.
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5. |
North East Local Area Committee Spend Report 2023/24 PDF 182 KB
Report of Lindsey Hill, Local
Area Committee Manager
Additional documents:
Decision:
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The Committee considered a report of the
Community Services Manager that advised each Local Area Committee
had a £100,000 budget to address local priorities, identified
within their respective Community Plans. The report set out
details of the spend in respect of the £100,000 that had been
authorised by the Community Services Manager, in consultation with
the LAC Chair and in accordance with the delegation granted in
September 2021.
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The report showed funding allocated to the
North East Local Area Committee for
2023/24, and set out proposals for its allocation and expenditure
in line with the North East Local Area Committee Community
Plan.
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5.3
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The report described the proposals for the use
of the remaining funding allocated for cost of
living work in the North East area, to a sum of
£45,000.
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RESOLVED: That the North East Local Area Committee:
(i)
notes the expenditure made in 2023/24 used to address local
priorities against the £100,000 budget to address local
priorities in the North East LAC in
2023/24 and includes the agreed underspend spend from 2022/23;
and
(ii)
agrees the proposals outlined in the report for use of the
cost of living funding within the North
East LAC area.
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5.5
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Reasons for
Decision
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The North
East LAC is asked to approve the broad allocation of funding
and expenditure under the priority headings identified to assist
its ability to monitor its budget, and to authorise the Community
Services Manager to approve expenditure above the current delegated
authority in certain circumstances so that delivery of the
Community Plan is not delayed.
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5.6
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Alternatives
Considered and Rejected
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Decisions on any expenditure
above the existing authority to the Community Services Manager
could be reserved to the LAC but this would delay delivery of
priority actions to address specific issues identified in the
Community Plan.
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Minutes:
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5.1
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The Committee considered a report of the
Community Services Manager that advised each Local Area Committee
had a £100,000 budget to address local priorities, identified
within their respective Community Plans. The report set out
details of the spend in respect of the £100,000 that had been
authorised by the Community Services Manager, in consultation with
the LAC Chair and in accordance with the delegation granted in
September 2021.
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5.2
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The report showed funding allocated to the
North East Local Area Committee for
2023/24, and set out proposals for its allocation and expenditure
in line with the North East Local Area Committee Community
Plan.
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5.3
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The report described the proposals for the use
of the remaining funding allocated for cost of
living work in the North East area, to a sum of
£45,000.
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5.4
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RESOLVED: That the North East Local Area Committee:
(i)
notes the expenditure made in 2023/24 used to address local
priorities against the £100,000 budget to address local
priorities in the North East LAC in
2023/24 and includes the agreed underspend spend from 2022/23;
and
(ii)
agrees the proposals outlined in the report for use of the
cost of living funding within the North
East LAC area.
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5.5
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Reasons for
Decision
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The North
East LAC is asked to approve the broad allocation of funding
and expenditure under the priority headings identified to assist
its ability to monitor its budget, and to authorise the Community
Services Manager to approve expenditure above the current delegated
authority in certain circumstances so that delivery of the
Community Plan is not delayed.
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5.6
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Alternatives
Considered and Rejected
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Decisions on any expenditure
above the existing authority to the Community Services Manager
could be reserved to the LAC but this would delay delivery of
priority actions to address specific issues identified in the
Community Plan.
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6. |
Youth Conference Update
Presentation from the Youth Involvement
Team
Additional documents:
Minutes:
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6.2
6.3
6.4
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Emma Hinchliffe, Youth Voice and Development Worker presented an update to
the committee on the Youth Conference that had taken place in
October bringing together representatives from local schools to
discuss issues affecting young people.
A poll had been carried out in September
across all the schools in the area to determine which of the
LAC’s priorities the students felt were most important to
them. The key areas identified became the points for discussion at
the conference. These were;
1.
Places to go and things to do for young people
2.
How communities get information and how might the LAC communicate
better with young people
3.
Health & wellbeing issues affecting young people
4.
The Cost of Living Crisis and what
support is available for young people
Effective discussions took place at the
conference and examples were provided of the students’ ideas
and suggestions. Some students had offered to work with the LAC in
the future to help spread messages amongst their peers.
Attendance had been affected by the floods
that impacted the city on the day of the conference and there was a
desire to hold a roadshow event next that would allow the officers
to visit schools and enable more young people to contribute to the
plans for the local area.
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7. |
Sheffield Youth Neighbourhood and Communities (SY-NC)
Additional documents:
Minutes:
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Abdul Malik, Youth Worker, presented an update
to the committee on the Sheffield Youth Neighbourhood and
Communities (SYNC) project. The committee heard that one of the
key aims of the project was to tackle
exploitation in the area.
Work had started in the summer and
a number of schools had been involved.
Hubs had been set up in the community for young people offering
different activities such as sports and debates and at the weekend
sports sessions were attracting young people who also could access
support for mental health issues. Workers were able to informally
discuss any difficulties were experiencing at these sessions and
then refer them on to other support services.
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8. |
Family Hubs Update
Update from Natalie Burrows, Children’s
Centre Coordinator
Additional documents:
Minutes:
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There was no one in attendance at the meeting
to provide an update on the Family Hubs.
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9. |
Roadshow Interactive Session
The live webcast to be paused
to allow public participation in this interactive
session
Additional documents:
Minutes:
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The live webcast was paused, and the public
participated in a Roadshow Interactive Session. There were
information stalls situated around the building which contained
information relating to the different priorities of the
North East Local Area Committee
Community Plan.
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9.2
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After the interactive session, the live
webcast of the meeting recommenced.
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10. |
Public Questions and Petitions PDF 139 KB
(a)
to receive any questions or petitions from members of the public;
and
(b)
to note the attached document setting out the responses to
questions raised at the last meeting, which were not provided at
the meeting
Additional documents:
Minutes:
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The Committee received the following questions
from members of the public who had attended the meeting to raise
them:-
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(a)
Mick Daniels
Mick Daniels thanked members for the leaves
being removed from Firth Park.
Mr Daniels believed that the committee had
agreed that there would be a Christmas Tree installed in Firth
Park but he had since been told that two
yew trees were being planted instead.
Mr Daniels had been told that there would be a
Post Office opened in the area by September but was since informed
that it would be situated in Firth Park Library and the work needed
for this to happen would take a couple of months.
Councillor Belbin responded to the questions
explaining that the Firth Park Forum had discussed installing a
Christmas Tree, however, the cost was high and there were
insufficient funds available. A decision was made instead to plant
two conical yew trees as a permanent solution and lights would be
provided to put on them.
The situation with the Post Office was not
within the Council’s control. The postmaster had decided on
the new location but no definitive
timescale could be given on when it would be ready.
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(b)
Mr Sanni
Mr Sanni highlighted issues that he had
encountered in the Firth Park area including the presence of rats
and people leaving refuse in the building where he was a tenant
rather than using the bins provided. He had reported the problems
to his landlord but they had not been
resolved.
Members agreed that this was not an acceptable
situation and offered to discuss it further with Mr Sanni to find
solutions such as pest control services provided by the council and
support when contacting his landlord.
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(c)
Pete Thornett - Scraithwood Estate Tenants and Residents
Association
Mr Thornett
highlighted that the Scraithwood Estate
was a one road estate and that the requested 20mph speed limit was
to protect residents who were disabled. A lot of the residents were
elderly and Mr Thornett asked for an
explanation why a 20mph speed limit could not be implemented.
Councillor Dunn suggested that an officer from
the Transport department could visit the site and assess the
situation.
Councillor Chaplin encouraged Mr Thornett to continue with his petition and agreed
to continue to pursue the speed restrictions with Councillor
Dunn.
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(d)
June Luxon
June Luxon highlighted the problem of cars
parking on Barnes Road blocking disabled ramps and preventing
people from using the pavements. They had enquired about dropped
kerbs being installed but permission was refused.
Councillor Belbin acknowledged that there was
a problem with parking in that area but that enforcement resources
were limited. The police were only able to provide enforcement if
vehicles were causing an obstruction.
Serjeant Gulzar advised that there was
unprecedented demand in this area but
the police were working in partnership with parking services and he
would feed this information back to the local Police Community
Support Officers (PCSOs).
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(e)
Margaret Whelan – Friends of Concord Park ...
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