Agenda item

8.1

Dave Luck, Community Assembly Manager, reported as follows:-

·               The Skate Park at Occupation Lane was to be installed around April 2013 and would include a Mocam, together with a new gate.  It should be noted that the equipment was removable and that a review meeting would be held after the first few months of operation.

·               Tommy Rush had been employed as an Enforcement Officer and was in post until the end of March 2013.  He had undertaken proactive patrols in connection with dog fouling, littering and fly-tipping, and had undertaken specific pieces of work in connection with the Birley Spa Lane shops and the Frecheville Hotel.

·               700 responses had been received to the Community Assembly consultation mail-out which had seen leaflets delivered to all homes in the South East Community Assembly area.  These responses would provide a basis for the 2013/14 Community Assembly Plan alongside statistical area profiles.  Top priorities identified in the consultation were road and pavement repairs, clean streets, crime and anti-social behaviour, activities for teenagers, parks and open spaces, and services for older people.  The next stages in the Community Assembly Plan were an analysis of surveys and area profile and meetings with local stakeholders, with a draft version to be shared with Assembly Members for presentation to the next Community Assembly meeting on 27^th March 2013.

8.2

RESOLVED: That the South East Community Assembly:-

(a)

notes the information reported; and

(b)

thanks Steve Robinson, Principal, Birley Community College, and his staff, for the excellent facilities provided for the meeting.