Myton News March 18_Layout 1 17/01/2018 10:02 Page 1 March 2018 Myton News Ward news - information about your neighbourhood and community Electoral boundary changes As part of the Boundary Commission for England’s review, and following three rounds of public consultation in Hull, ward boundaries will change in time for the local elections in May 2018. The aim of the review is to ensure that each councillor represents approximately the same number of voters and that the pattern of the wards reflects the interests and identities of the local communities, as well as promoting effective local government. The current number of wards will be reduced by two and there will be two fewer councillors representing the city. How will this affect the Myton ward? Myton will be split between three new wards. The area south of Anlaby Road, Ferensway and Freetown Way will form part of the new St Andrews and Dockland ward which extends westwards to take in much of the current St Andrews ward. Most of the remaining area north of Anlaby Road, Ferensway and Freetown Way will form part of the new Central ward which extends north to include the Sculcoates area. The notable exception is the Terry Street and Margaret Street area (including Leicester Street, All Saint’s Street, Derby Street and Hudson Street) which will form part of the new Avenue ward. Myton will be known as Central when the changes come in May 2018. Colin Inglis Rilba Jones Martin Mancey 67 Wellington Street West 4 Lime Tree Villas c/o Room 55 Hull Tweendykes Road The Guildhall HU1 2DG Sutton on Hull Alfred Gelder Street HU7 4XD Hull HU1 2AA Tel: 01482 589 366 Tel: 01482 711 871 Tel: 01482 613 583 Email: Email: Email: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Myton News March 18_Layout 1 17/01/2018 10:02 Page 2 Myton ward news HiQ fencing Clifton Primary School Further to our last meeting at Spring Bank Well done to Clifton Primary School for their community centre, we advised that the Council fantastic Key stage 2 results for 11 year olds in would fund the erection of a fence around the Hull. They have earned a place at the “top of the front and side of HiQ. We promised to remove class” in Yorkshire and the Humber. 90% of the seat outside these premises and add extra pupils reached the expected standard and PSPO (Public spaces Protection Orders) to 13% achieved the higher standard which meant remind everyone that street drinking causing that Clifton Primary was the best performing school in Hull. antisocial behaviour will not be tolerated in this area. This work has now been completed and both residents and businesses have seen a Are you experiencing significant reduction in the number of street nuisance calls? drinkers congregating in this area. Currently Hull City Council Trading Standards team is running a service aimed at helping elderly and vulnerable residents who have been victim to scam calls. Officers from Trading Standards are visiting vulnerable residents who have been called by criminals who have attempted to steal money by using a banking scam or have received calls from rogue traders purporting to sell goods and services with misleading offers. Free advice and guidance is given by the officers to residents to prevent them from being targeted further by these scammers. For residents particularly at risk, Trading Standards have a small number of telephone call blocking devices available for loan which intercept unwanted calls. Nuisance calls can have a negative impact on people especially those who are vulnerable and elderly. Some calls can appear genuine, but in fact they are calls to obtain information from people. Then there are silent calls which some people find unnerving and upsetting, leaving some people too frightened to go out to the shops because they believe that burglars are checking to see if their property is empty. We will continue to work with Nobody should put up with these nuisance calls and if you would like further information on this partners, listen to the local service, call Trading Standards on community and ensure we all 01482 300 300. work together tackling issues which are important to local residents. Extra PSPO signs have also been placed on Spring Bank, Pier and Marina area. Myton News March 18_Layout 1 17/01/2018 10:02 Page 3 Myton ward news Would you like to discourage adults from smoking at your school gates? We do. Smoking rates have dropped considerably but children are still taking up the habit; in part because they do what they see. Research shows that the best way to reduce smoking amongst children and young people is to reduce adult smoking. Asking adults not to smoke at the school gates will go some way to help. Hull City Council is offering all primary schools the opportunity to run a competition to design a sign; bespoke to your school asking adults not to smoke at the school gates. Every school that enters will have a sign developed from one of their pupil’s art work. To find out more about this campaign and how to enter contact your neighbourhood coordinator for Myton by calling Tel: (01482) 300 300 or email [email protected]. There’s a lot more information available at: www.smokesnojoke.com too. If you’re interested in stopping smoking why not come along to one of our community drop-in clinics. New community group #CrimeNotToCare A new residents group has been set up for Hull City Council has joined forces with Keep Blundle and Strand Close, Beverley Road - Britain Tidy to launch a new campaign to tackle so look out for any meetings they may be the epidemic of fly-tipping that is affecting arranging in the future. The Neighbourhood communities up and down the country. Area Team is looking forward to working with #CrimeNotToCare, is being run in partnership them on any projects and events they with environmental charity Keep Britain. organise. The campaign aims to get the message across If you want to set up your own residents group, that if an individual's waste is fly-tipped, even if or would like to be more involved within your they gave it to a third party to dispose of, they local area and make a real difference but don’t can be prosecuted and end up with a fine and know how to find out where your nearest a criminal record. group are, contact Neighbourhood Networks Waste can be dropped off at any of the three on (01482) 826 061 or visit household waste and recycling centres at https://www.nnetwork.org.uk. Burma Drive, Sutton Fields and Wiltshire Alternatively you can contact your Road, and every household is entitled to one Neighbourhood Area Team by emailing us at free bulky item collection a year of up to five [email protected] items. Dumping is a crime, help us and make and we will be more than happy to assist you those who do it pay for it. with this. See it, report it, and stop it. Myton News March 18_Layout 1 17/01/2018 10:02 Page 4 Myton ward news Centre Public Realm update A fistful of awards Main works on Phase one areas was completed This year we have submitted successful entries at the end of December 2016. Majority of works for several national and regional; awards. on Phase two areas were completed by the APSE contract date, end March 2017. At the Association for Public Service Excellence Beverley Gate. The scheduled monument has (APSE) awards in August we scooped the award been sympathetically retained within a stepped for ‘Best Public/Private Partnership’ for the Fruit seating area; lawn and new lighting has been Market and the Council was also shortlisted for provided. Council of the Year. Sub-contractors are currently on site undertaking Insider Yorkshire Property remediation works on the street furniture and In July 2017 the Council won ‘Best Regeneration finessing work to paving and electrical work. Project of the Year’ for the Public Realm project. The Beverley Gate balustrade and stone Academy of Urbanism cladding are fully installed and reopened to the public. Humber Street has recently won the prestigious accolade of ‘Great Street’ at the Academy of Nine state of the art digital advertising panels Urbanism awards in London. As part of the prize have been installed and commissioned. we have received a specially written poem and a The handover of areas to Highway Authority has sketch of the street. It is hoped that the poem will begun with ten of the twenty areas having been be reproduced on a gable end on Humber Street. adapted to date. The Rose Bowl and Queens Gardens. Wellington Street West An entrance has been created through the wall and a ramp provided to create seamless access update between the Rose Bowl and the garden areas. After consultation with residents in the Wellington The sunken areas between the western ponds Street West area, the Council funded the removal has been raised to a level surface and repaved. of shrubbery bordering the footpath on the southern side. This has made a huge New seating and the solar gate sculpture - improvement to the lighting and residents feel a 10 metre structure, developed by Tonkin Liu safer. and created by local craftsmen at Strata, has been installed in Queens Gardens. The new paving, a decorative steel ring structure and the steel discs engraved with the dates. Solar Gate lights up at night and the 16 steel plates will light up historic events on specific dates.