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Please ask for: Nikki Stocks Telephone: 01482 613421 Fax: 01482 614804 Email: [email protected] Text phone: 01482 300349 Date: Wednesday, 18 May 2016 Dear Councillor, Northern Area Committee The next meeting of the Northern Area Committee will be held at 18:00 on Thursday, 26 May 2016 in Orchard Centre. The Agenda for the meeting is attached and reports are enclosed where relevant. Please Note: It is likely that the public, (including the Press) will be excluded from the meeting during discussions of exempt items since they involve the possible disclosure of exempt information as describe in Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972. Yours faithfully, Democratic Services Officer for the Chief Executive Town Clerk Services, Hull City Council, The Guildhall, AlfredPage Gelder 1 of 78 Street, Hull, HU1 2AA www.hullcc.gov.uk DX: 11934 HULL 1 Tel: 01482 300300 Northern Area Committee To: Membership: Councillors Bayes, Conner, Geraghty, Korczak Fields, Mathieson, McCobb and Wilson. Officers: Jane Price, Assistant City Manager (Neighbourhoods) Ken Upshall, Community Manager for Northern & North Carr Nikki Stocks, Democratic Services Officer (5) Public Set: Reference Library Page 2 of 78 Northern Area Committee 18:00 on Thursday, 26 May 2016 Orchard Centre A G E N D A PROCEDURAL ITEMS 1 Apologies To receive apologies for those Members who are unable to attend the meeting. 2 Declarations of Interest To remind Members of the need to record the existence and nature of any Personal and Discloseable Pecuniary interest in items on the agenda, in accordance with the Member Code of Conduct. (Members Code of Conduct - Part D1 of the Constitution) 3 Minutes of the Meeting held on 24th March 2016 7 - 14 To approve the minutes as a true and correct record. 4 Appointment to Outside Bodies 15 - 16 To consider appointments to Unity in the Community and Fair Share Trust Panel for Orchard Park. 5 Public Questions There will be a period of no more than 15 minutes during which written questions may be submitted by members of the public. Unwritten questions will be taken only at the discretion of the Chair. Questions will be answered at the meeting if possible, otherwise written replies will be sent. If required, decisions will be taken under the relevant agenda item below. As the agenda is to be considered in accordance with the Council's formal committee procedures rather than a public forum, the public present will not be able to participate in the Committee's discussions on the following items. Matters may be raised further at Forums. NON-EXEMPT ITEMS Page 3 of 78 6 Community Safety Update To update the Committee on community safety issues within the Northern Area. 7 Regeneration Projects 17 - 20 To update the Committee on regeneration projects and activity within the Northern Area. 8 Verge Parking 21 - 26 Members views are sought in relation to a citywide Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) covering parking on grass verges, following the report to Cabinet in February 2016, This paper is both to inform the Committee of what a citywide TRO prohibiting parking on grass verges would entail and also seeks Members views as to any areas/streets which they would like to see included, prior to the report to Cabinet in July 2016. 9 Highways Quarterly Report 27 - 30 To update the Committee on highways related schemes in the Northern Area. 10 Street Naming Decision 31 - 42 To consider street naming for a new residential development on land at Parkstone Road, Hull. 11 Waste and Open Spaces Quarterly Performance Report 43 - 48 This briefing provides the quarterly performance report relating to waste collection, recycling street cleansing and grounds maintenance in the Northern Area. 12 Street Cleansing and Grounds Maintenance 49 - 52 To update the Committee and provide an operational view of street cleansing, grounds maintenance and the introduction of zonal working. 13 Northern Housing Performance update 53 - 56 To update the Committee on the performance of Housing Landlord Services and the housing Investment Team for the period ending April 2016. Page 4 of 78 14 Northern Area Funds 57 - 70 To update Members on the Ward Budget Revenue and Capital unallocated funds remaining for 2016/17 for each ward and to detail all decisions taken by the Area Committee and under delegated powers from the 1 April 2016 to 15th May 2016 (Appendix 1 Revenue, Appendix 2 Capital) for information. 15 Area Neighbourhood Management Update 71 - 74 To update the Committee on key activities undertaken by the Northern Area Team. 16 Resolutions List 75 - 76 To update Members on outstanding actions as identified by the Committee. 17 Northern Area Committee Work Programme 77 - 78 To update the Committee on the future Work Programme. EXEMPT ITEMS 18 No Exempt Items THERE ARE NO EXEMPT ITEMS ON THIS AGENDA Page 5 of 78 Page 6 of 78 Northern Area Committee 24 th March, 2016 PRESENT:- Councillor J. Conner, Councillor S. Wilson (Deputy Chair), Councillor T. Geraghty, Councillor J. I. Korczak Fields, Councillor K. E. Mathieson and Councillor D. J. McCobb. IN ATTENDANCE:- J. Price (Assistant City Manager – Neighbourhoods), K. Upshall (Community Manager – Northern and North Carr) and N. Stocks (Democratic Services Officer). PC Palmer (Humberside Police) – minute 67 N. Harne (Assistant City Manager (Housing Strategy and Renewal) – minute 69 S. Henley (Transport Asset Management and Design) – minute 70 M. McEgan (Assistant City Manager – Housing) – minute 71 APOLOGIES:- Councillor S. Bayes Minute Description/Decision Action No. By/Deadline PROCEDURAL ITEMS 64 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST No declarations of interest were made in respect of the items that follow below. 65 MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON 28TH JANUARY 2016 Agreed - That the minutes of the meeting of this Committee, held on 28th January 2016 having been printed and circulated, be taken as read and correctly recorded and be signed by the Chair. 66 PUBLIC QUESTIONS The Democratic Services Officer reported that no written questions had been received. NON-EXEMPT ITEMS 67 COMMUNITY SAFETY UPDATE Page 7 of 78 PC Palmer attended the meeting to answer questions and provide the Committee with an update on community safety across the Northern area. Members were informed that there were a number of issues around Orchard Park Road and Ellerburn Avenue shops, antisocial behaviour in the Shaw Park play area and a number of reports of fires in the park and damage to play equipment. Police Community Support Officers had undertaken nightly visits of hotspot areas. Begging had risen in the Endike Lane area and a red card system had recently been introduced. A number of searches had been conducted in relation to the cultivation of drugs and drug dealing, following a number of reports. Two cannabis factories had been closed down and further arrests for possession with intent to supply had been made. Members raised an issue with regard to a resident who had reported antisocial behaviour by groups of youths on motorbikes and cars in the Dane Park Road area. In response. Members were informed that there had been a recurrence of issues in the area. Several arrests had been made in the Shawpark area for criminal damage and traffic offences, and three bikes had been seized. None of the individuals arrested had been council tenants. Members were further informed that an operation had been scheduled to address issues in the Danepark area. Members were informed that local PCs had been ring-fenced to community issues and tasked to implement demand reduction schemes. One scheme had commenced which sought to tackle cycle theft in the Northern Area. Agreed – that the update be noted 68 PROPERTY DISPOSALS UPDATE The Principal Property Manager presented a briefing paper which updated the Committee on the progress made on the disposal of assets which already had Page 8 of 78 Cabinet approval and sought Members’ views on a number of proposed asset disposals which were scheduled for submission to Cabinet on 25 th April 2016. Members discussed concerns with regard to the George Ashton site. Agreed – that the Northern Area Committee Assistant City requests that no action be taken for a period of three Manager - months to enable Members to consider alternative Property and uses for the site. Assets 69 HOUSING REGENERATION PROJECTS The Assistant City Manager – Housing Strategy and Renewal submitted a briefing paper which updated the Committee on the Neighbourhood Renewal projects in the Orchard Park and Greenwood Ward. Members were updated on the Gorthorpe demolition and relocation of the cable line to Padstow House. It was anticipated that the surrender contract would be signed by 11 th April 2016. Delays had impacted upon the tender period which had now expired. As such the demolition contractor had to be re- procured. Gorthorpe demolition was expected to commence around June 2016 Agreed – (a) That the report be noted. (b) That Member be updated on the progress of Assistant City the Gorethorpe demolition, off agenda; and Manager – Housing (c) That Members receive further feedback on Strategy and the Green Deal/ECO Programme events, off Renewal agenda. 70 STREETSCENE SERVICE S – HIGHWAYS QUARTERLY REPORT The City Streetscene Manager submitted a briefing note which provided details of the progress of highway related projects and schemes, together with anticipated dates for completion and costs, in the Northern Area. Page 9 of 78 Discussion took place around the specific schemes that were not included in the briefing paper. Members were informed that scheme 1014 – Ellerburn Avenue housing works to the carriageway and kerbing was now complete. The next steps were to progress with the adoption of the highway. City centre works and the approach roads into the city had been prioritised and some additional funding had been awarded for city centre footpaths, however financial pressures remained.

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