Public Document Pack Area Forum (Bromborough and Eastham) Date: Tuesday, 17 February 2009 Time: 7.00 pm Venue: Grove Street Primary School, New Ferry CH62 5BA Contact Officer: Louise Harland-Davies Tel: 0151 691 8695 e-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.wirral.gov.uk AGENDA 1. WELCOME, INTRODUCTIONS AND APOLOGIES 2. MINUTES AND MATTERS ARISING FROM OCTOBER FORUM 3. AREA CO-ORDINATORS REPORT (Pages 1 - 28) 4. LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK 5. PUBLIC QUESTION TIME 6. PARTNER ORGANISATIONS UPDATE • Merseyside Police/Community Safety • Fire Service • Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust • NHS Wirral • Older Peoples Parliament 7. DATE OF NEXT MEETING • Date and venue to be confirmed This page is intentionally left blank Agenda Item 3 Bromborough and Eastham Area Forum Papers for the forum meeting Tuesday 17 February 2009 Grove Street Primary School New Ferry CH62 5BA 7.00pm – 9.00pm ____________________________ Louise Harland-Davies Area Forum Co-ordinator Tel: 0151 691 8695 Fax: 0151 691 8159 Minicom: 0151 691 8480 Email: [email protected] www.wirral.gov.uk Community Engagement Team, Corporate Services, Town Hall, Brighton Street, Wallasey, Wirral CH44 8ED Page 1 Bromborough and Eastham Area Forum Tuesday 17 February 2009 Grove Street Primary School New Ferry CH62 5BA 7.00pm – 9.00pm AGENDA 1. Welcome, introductions and apologies 2. Minutes and matters arising from October 08 forum 3. Area Co-ordinator’s Report 4. Local Development Framework 5. Public Question Time 6. Partner updates 7. Future meetings: Date and venue to be confirmed Page 2 Code of Conduct for Area Forum Meetings Indicate to the Chairperson when you would like to speak Let invited speakers finish what they have to say Respect others right to be heard Do not use abusive or offensive language Do not make any discriminatory remarks Do not have private conversations while meeting is in progress Page 3 3 Introduction: Membership of the forum 5 Section One Minutes from last Meeting 6 Section Two Local Updates 11 Anti-social behaviour team 12 Community Safety 14 Wirral Youth Service 16 Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service 19 Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Trust 21 Technical Services: Integrated Transport Funding 23 Equality and Diversity 26 Page 4 4 Introduction: Membership of the area forum Area Forums involve your local ward councillors, Merseyside Police, Wirral Primary Care Trust, Merseyside Fire and Rescue Services Representatives, along with your nominated Local Community Representatives and officers from various departments of the Council, who regularly attend to support the work of the forum. (Bromborough and Eastham Councillors all belong to the Liberal Democrat Party) Councillor Tom Harney (Chair) Louise Harland-Davies Eastham Ward Area Co-ordinator 0151 327 2146 0151 691 8695 [email protected] [email protected] Councillor Dave Mitchell Marjorie Hall Eastham Ward Community Representative 0151 327 2095 Eastham Ward [email protected] Eastham Village Preservation Association Councillor Phil Gilchrist Mark Anthony Craig Eastham Ward Community Representative 0151 334 1923 Bromborough Ward [email protected] New Ferry Regeneration Action Group Councillor Steve Niblock Ann Brocksom Bromborough Ward Community Representative 07939 578 041 Bromborough Ward [email protected] Port Sunlight Residents and Conservation Society Councillor Alan Taylor Bromborough Ward Inspector Andy Wise 0151 334 1135 0151 709 6010 [email protected] Merseyside Fire and Rescue Councillor Bob Moon Bromborough Fire Station Bromborough Ward 0151 296 5925 0151 334 4796 [email protected] Mark Parkinson All Ward Councillors can be contacted by Lead Officer post or via their email. They represent all Children & Young People residents regardless of political Head of Learning and Achievement persuasion. You can write to your local councillor at Wallasey Town Hall, Brighton Street, Wirral, CH44 8ED Our website is www.wirral.gov.uk Page 5 5 Section One Minutes and Matters Arising Minutes – Area Forum (Bromborough and Eastham) – 15 October 2008 Present Chair Cllr. T Harney Ward Councillor PN Gilchrist, RK Moon, SAM Niblock. Community Mrs M Hall [Eastham], MA Craig (Community Representatives Representative, Bromborough), Older People’s Parliament Ray Johnson Representative Lead Officer Mark Parkinson, Head of Learning & Achievement, Children and Young People’s Department. Area Co-ordinator Louise Harland-Davies Street Scene Manager Phil Miner Wirral University John Foster Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Wirral Primary Care Trust Jo Harvey, Director of Public Health for Wirral. Merseyside Police Inspector Andrew Wise Merseyside Fire & Simon Ashton Rescue Service Council Officers Jim Thompson, [Community Safety Team). Apologies Cllrs. GD Mitchell, A Taylor. A. Brocksom Index to Minutes Minute 1 - Welcome, introductions and apologies Minute 2 - Minutes and matters arising from July forum Minute 3 - Area Co-ordinator’s report Minute 4 -‘You Decide’ Results Minute 5 - Public Question Time Minute 6 - Partner Updates Minute 7 – Date of next meeting. Minute 1 - Welcome, introductions and apologies The Chair, Councillor Tom Harney, welcomed Area Forum members and 19 members of the public to the meeting in Bromborough. He introduced and welcomed Mark Parkinson, Head of Learning and Achievement in the Department for Children & Young People, as Lead Officer, and Andy Wise, new Neighbourhood Police Inspector. Page 6 6 Apologies for absence were received from Councillor GD Mitchell and Councillor A Taylor. Minute 2 - Minutes and matters arising from previous forum The minutes of the meeting of the Area Forum on 1 July 2008 had been included on pages 5/14 of the Area Co-ordinator’s report. Matters arising; Updates on the removal of signs and carriageway markings in Eastham Village, a safety audit at the junction of Eastham Rake and the A41, and the Go-kart-track at Hooton, were gives on page 14 of the Area Co-ordinator’s Report. Minute decision: Resolved: That the minutes of the Area Forum of 1 July 2008 be confirmed as a true record. Minute 3 - Area Co-ordinator’s report The Area Co-ordinator highlighted items of particular interest in her report and drew attention to additional reports that were available at the meeting on – • The Older People’s Parliament • Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service • The Highways Structural Maintenance Programme 2009/2010. • Transport Integrated Programme • A DVD made by students from six Wirral Secondary Schools to publicise ways in which community groups have used Area Forum funding to benefit local communities. The Area Co-ordinator advised that there is a balance of unallocated funding of £7,664.08 available for projects in Bromborough/Eastham. Voluntary and Community Sector groups are invited to submit applications by the closing date of 12 noon on Monday, 10 th November 2008. Wirral’s Adult Social Services have advised that there is to be a public consultation on the proposed development of Mendell Lodge. The consultation will be launched on 30 October 2008. The Chair introduced Liz Hawkins, Outreach Youth Worker, and a group of young people. The group gave a presentation on their involvement in a Youth Voice Conference held in St George’s Hall, Liverpool on Friday, 11 October, when they had been awarded a prize of £500. Minute decision: Resolved: That – i. Liz Hawkins and the young people be thanked for their presentation and congratulated on their success at the Youth Voice Conference; ii the Area Co-ordinator be thanked for her report. Minute 4 -‘You Decide’ Results The Chair reported on the results of the You Decide survey for the Bromborough/Eastham area. These were 1) young people, 2) street cleanliness, litterbins etc., and making sure roads are swept. The Chair invited members of the public to advise the Area Co-ordinator if they had any further ideas for using the money. A report will be taken to Cabinet in December, the outcomes will be published in the local Press and feedback will be given at the next area forum meeting. Page 7 7 Minute 5 - Public Question Time Q Cycling. Some cyclists are using the pavements as unofficial cycle routes because of the amount of traffic on the roads. A [Insp. Rice] The law is that pavements are for pedestrians. Cyclists should be on the road but we are aware that the roads are busy and some roads are dangerous because of the lack of consideration by motorists. I don’t think a parent should be riding a bicycle on the pavement but there may be occasions when a very young child needs to be supervised by an adult. When using a pedestrian crossing the cyclist should dismount and walk across the crossing. Jim Thompson added that Allport Lane is different because there is parking on both sides of the road. Members of the Area Forum contributed to a lengthy discussion on the issue. Q Can we have an update on the closure of Police Stations? A [Insp. Wise] There are no closures planned. Laird Street and Birkenhead Central Police Stations will be upgraded as part of the new Command Centre. Police provision across the Wirral will not be altered but there will be more consistency as everyone will be working from the new Command Centre. No other police stations are planned for closure. Bromborough will be fully manned, there are about 25 staff working from Bromborough on a shift system. Q I attended hospital following an accident. I was admitted at 4 pm, treated at 8 pm and discharged at 11 pm. I was given a Freephone number for a taxi home. I am 80, my husband is 82 and is blind. What happens in circumstances where people are unable to pay for a taxi? A [John Foster] I will investigate the incident described. Q Can we have an update on repairs to A41. Drains that have collapsed. A [Phil Miner] Some of the drains on the A41 are in part ownership by the Council and United Utilities.