COMMITTEE REF: REF: AB(W)/02/16 NOTICE OF MEETING COMMITTEE : West Luton Area Board DATE : Tuesday, 23 February 2016 TIME : 19:30 PLACE : HOCKWELL RING COMMUNITY CENTRE, MAYNE AVENUE, LUTON, LU4 9LB [VENUE ADDRESS] COUNCILLORS : AKBAR S. SALEEM BURNETT SHAW A. KHAN SIMMONS T. MALIK WAHEED RODEN CO-OPTED MEMBERS: Representative of Bedfordshire Police Sgt Ruth Connelly Representative of Health Authority (Vacant) Ward Forum Representative (Vacant) QUORUM : 3 MEMBERS Name: EUNICE LEWIS (01582 547149) INFORMATION FOR THE PUBLIC From 6.00 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. Ward Forums will take place. The Forums will enable issues that are specifically relevant to each Ward to be discussed. The Area Board will commence at 7.30 p.m. PURPOSE: To enable the Council to effect locally based communication, consultation and decision-making. This meeting is open to the public and you are welcome to attend. 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Page 2 of 29 AGENDA Agenda Subject Page Item No. 1 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE 2 MINUTES 2.1 6TH OCT. 2015 3 - 12 3 CHAIR'S ANNOUNCEMENTS 4 FEEDBACK FROM WARD FORUMS 5 PUBLIC QUESTION TIME 6 PETITIONS, IF ANY 7 YSWD NGP REPORT 13 - 21 Report of the Service Director - Housing and Community Living 8 LCCG ORAL REPORT ON PSYCHIATRISTS 22 - 22 BLOOD TESTING AND EAST LONDON COMM SERVICES - POWERPOINT PRESENTATION 9 REVIEW OF TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN L&D 23 - 23 HOSPITAL - POWERPOINT PRESENTATION Report by the Luton and Dunstable Hospital - David Houghton 10 Op METEOR AREA WEST - POWERPOINT 24 - 24 PRESENTATION Report by Bedfordshire Police - Berni White 11 LUTON'S RIGHTS OF WAY IMPROVEMENT PLAN - 25 - 25 POWERPOINT PRESENTATION Report by the Service Director - Engineering and Transportation - Keith Dove 12 STRANGERS WAY REPORT - WEST AREA 26 - 28 BOARD Report by Len Welson 13 ITEMS FOR NEXT BOARD MEETING DATE OF NEXT MEETING (TO BE CONFIRMED - AT MEETING) Page 3 of 29 AGENDA ITEM 2 WEST LUTON AREA BOARD 6TH OCTOBER 2015 AT 7.30 P.M. PRESENT: Councillor T. Malik (Chair) Councillors Akbar, Burnett, A. Khan, S. Saleem, Shaw, Simmons, and Waheed. 25 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE (REF: 1) An apology for absence from the meeting was received on behalf of Councillor Roden. 26 MINUTES (REF: 2.1) Resolved: That the Minutes of the meeting of the West Area Board, held on 18th June 2015 be taken as read, and agreed as correct record and the Chair be authorised to sign them. 27 CHAIR’S ANNOUNCEMENTS (REF: 3) The Chair, Councillor T. Malik welcomed all residents and organisations present. 28 FEEDBACK FROM WARD FORUMS (REF: 4) The Ward Councillors advised on the top three key issues raised at their relevant ward forums as follows: CHALLNEY – COUNCILLOR SHAW Over speeding on Penbrook Avenue ; - Need to cut down bushes and trees - Need to reduce speed limit to 20mph. L&D Traffic Plans - Disappointment with the current traffic plans of the redevelopment of the Luton and Dunstable Hospital as submitted to the Council. - During the L&D consultation with local residents, they were not informed of the plans to have access through Lime Avenue and Dunstable Road - Concerns that residents had not been consulted with especially with regards to such significant proposals in the plan with likely impact on local resident - The Challney Ward wish to put forward proposal objecting to the traffic plans as already submitted to the Council Page 4 of 29 - That the West Luton Area Board be called upon to support the proposals to object to the traffic plans put forward by the L&D Hospital. David Houghton Programme Director of the Redevelopment Team commenting on the issues raised by Councillor Shaw explained that the L&D were very clear about the traffic management plans to have access through Lime Avenue to Dunstable Road and that the plans were workable. Although he was not at the previous meeting of the Board where this discussion took place, during the consultation with residents the L&D spoke in detail about the traffic management plan including various options for access in the vicinity. He stated that the inclusion of Lime Avenue was an option to ease the traffic flow as the existing plans were not effective and definitely required an alternative. Also the L&D was currently looking at how to advocate effective parking and how to address them appropriately. LEAGRAVE – COUNCILLOR AKBAR Hockwell Ring ASBO an issue Rubbish dumps found on roads around the Leagrave area. Hockwell Ring moto bike nuisance LEWSEY – COUNCILLOR BURNETT Highways Parking ASBO Resolved: (i) That the Ward Forum updates and actions required be noted. (ii) That the proposal put forward by the Challney Ward, objecting to the Traffic Management Plans regarding access through Lime Avenue to Dunstable Road be supported by the West Luton Area Board due to the likely impact on the lives of local residents. (iii) That the objection to the Traffic Management Plan of the L&D Hospital Redevelopment Team be taken into account when considering the Application for Planning Permission in respect of the L&D Management Plan. (iv) That David Houghton Programme Director of the Redevelopment Team is requested to report back the outcome of any review of the Traffic Management Plan and prior to submission of a Planning Application to the Council. Page 5 of 29 29 PUBLIC QUESTION TIME (REF: 5) The following issues and concerns were brought to the attention of the police in regards: Proposed plans to curb and address anti-social behaviour and public nuisance regarding nuisance moto bike riding in the area; Possibility of a dedicated Police Team to tackle this issue especially as some other councils have a dedicated police task force to address such issues Responding to questions about anti-social behaviour and moto bikers’ nuisance, the police explained that any cause of action taken must be in line with Government Legislation and this is incredibly frustrating both for the police and for residents. There are a few nuisance bikers known by the police and who are now facing eviction. The police further explained that should offenders fall of their bikes and sustain injury during the cause of pursuit the police could be held responsible and become liable. Any evidence from members of the public and local residence is crucial to their operation. Furthermore, the Council could also be of help in regards to where the offenders live whether they lived in social housing, if so, it may be possible to have them evicted on the grounds of ASBO. The police further explained that the issue of lack of funding has been a challenge in their operation. There was suggestion that the PCC for Bedfordshire and Luton is requested to jointly attend the next meeting on 23rd February 2015 to advise the Committee in terms of funding to tackle this issue in West Luton. The police will continue to encourage local residents to work closely with the police and help provide evidence to address this matter. Resolved: (i) That Bedfordshire/Luton Police be requested to jointly attend the next meeting of West Luton Area Board meeting on 23rd February 2016 to give clarity on the issue of funding for a dedicated Police moto bike team to help address the issue of nuisance caused by bikers in West Luton. (ii) That the Area Board’s thanks to the Police be recorded. Page 6 of 29 30 PETITION – (REF: 6) None this time 31 YOU SAID, WE’RE DOING: NEIGHBOURHOOD GOVERNANCE PROGRESS REPORT (YSWD NGP) (REFS: 7 & 9) Members received progress on the “YSWD Neighbourhood Governance report which was jointly delivered by the Neighbourhood Governance Manager Marek Lubelski and Representatives of the Luton Clinical Commissioning Group (LCCG) focusing on the health and wellbeing part of the report. The report gave an overview of the progress on addressing community priorities in West Luton under the following headlines; safer and stronger communities; health and wellbeing; and environment and economy as agreed by local people and councillors and council partners. He stated that working closely with the community was beginning to have an impact across the various wards in the west area. Members received further update of some of the areas covered by the report as follows: The victims of the 7/7 remembered – Organisers Peter Adams and Rehana Faisal described the event as a positive way forward for Luton by people from different communities Flying Start Project 2014 to 2024 covering Luton’s pregnancy to five strategy – This is an agenda item to be reported fully at this meeting Health and Wellbeing including 4 GP Practice Contracts Consultation– Covered by the CCG as Item 9 of this Agenda In response to comments and questions from Members Dr Monica Alabi, and a Luton CCG representative and Marek Lubelski advised: 4 GP Practices contracts coming to an end and the CCG looking for a different way of delivering care. The consultation is currently in progress with the Council and being managed by NHS England. The CCG is currently engaging and consulting with local residents to look at different modules of care, however people should be aware that this is an initiative that came from NHS England. Piloting of Social Prescription: This is a new initiative on how the CCG work with the GPs to look at alternative options to access Page 7 of 29 health and wellbeing services around GPs and Practice Teams in a non-medical form of support.