Strategy and Regeneration Overview and Scrutiny Committee – 9 May 2005.
Action Sheet
Members of the Scrutiny Committee:
Councillor Smyth (chair)
Councillor Humphreys (Vice Chair)
Councillor Ainsworth
Councillor Broughton
Councillor Compton
Councillor Dawson
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Councillor Fernandez
Councillor R Garrido
Councillor Jolley
Councillor King
Councillor Owen
Councillor Wilson
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A
A
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A - Apologies received.  - Present.
Officers and invitees present: Ruth Fairhurst, Paul McKenna, Bob Osborne, Richard Wynne and Karen Lucas.
Apologies received from Councillor Merry and Russell Bernstein.
Item
Responsible
Member/
Officer
Discussion
Action
Required/ By
Declarations of
There were no declarations of interest.
interest
Action sheet
Agreed and accepted.
arising from the 4
April 2005
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Strategy and Regeneration Overview and Scrutiny Committee – 9 May 2005.
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Matters arising – CCTV:
 Web cam information – details have been received from the
Directorate and will be circulated to Members by next week.
 A visit has been organised to Oldham to view their CCTV
operations for Monday 6 June 2005, departing from the Civic
Centre at 9.30am. Places are limited therefore must be booked
through Karen Lucas. (Cllr Smyth & Dawson)
 The merger of the Nuisance Link Team and the ASB Team
within New Prospect Housing are due to be merged any time
between September’05 and Jan’06.
 Research will be undertaken into the New York legislation
regarding the issue of an on the spot fixed penalty and fed back
to Members by July 2005.
Early Warning
System (EWS) –
Paul McKenna.
Councillor Ainsworth asked whether it would be appropriate or
practical to recommend incorporation of a CCTV network in the
extensive redevelopment work associated with the HMR programme
i.e. to encourage safe future community settings/neighbourhoods.
Following on from this other Members raised the issue of CCTV in the
context of licensing requirements.
There are three elements to the Salford Partner’s Performance
Management Framework:
 Annual baseline review
 Early warning system (EWS)
 LSP Performance management framework
The EWS is now operational and the first report was produced in
January 2005. The aim of the EWS is to provide the City Council and
LSP partners with an increased understanding of trends at both a
Citywide and ward level.
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Karen Lucas
DONE.
Members/Karen Lucas
6 June 2005.
Bruce Jassi/Karen
Lucas
July 2005.
Karen Lucas to action
6 June 2005.
and liaise with Officers.
Strategy and Regeneration Overview and Scrutiny Committee – 9 May 2005.
Action Sheet
To ensure the information provided by the EWS is incorporated into
future policies and service development the EWS is circulated to
Partners in Salford Coordination Group, Salford City Council Directors
team meeting, Salford Neighbourhood Management Team and
Regeneration Initiatives Officers Group. It is the responsibility of these
four groups to ensure responses are developed to the trends identified
through the EWS.
There are 7 domains: turnover, benefits, house prices, domestic
burglary, vehicle crime and juvenile nuisance. The methodology used
will highlight all aspects of immediate concern, rapid decline or a
steady decline.
It is still very early days; it will only become apparent over 3/4 quarters
how the information can be used constructively. It is a tool for Officers
and key organisations responsible for resource allocation and future
planning. There is no extra budget allocated to meet the extra costs
incurred from responding to issues highlighted by the system.
Agreed:
A further presentation
to be provided
incorporating the 2nd
and 3rd quarter EWS
Issues raised by Members:
report, a progress
 Councillor Smyth highlighted the need to reduce the youth
report and details of
unemployment figure. Paul explained that when officers are
any subsequent
doing further work to identify the reasons for ‘clusters’ of
actions in response to
incidents, youth unemployment might well be one of the
the ‘implications’
reasons.
highlighted by the
 Councillor Compton was concerned that any issues highlighted EWS.
in one quarter will get passed over to the next therefore creating A representative from
a delay in responding.
various partners and
 Councillor Dawson asked if the information was being shared
Neighbourhood
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Strategy and Regeneration Overview and Scrutiny Committee – 9 May 2005.
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Quarterly
progress on
regeneration
programmes and
projects.
Ruth Fairhurst,
Bob Osborne
and Richard
Wynne.
with each of the Community Executive Groups. Paul explained
that they are presently working with Neighbourhood
Management to see how they can gain a local perspective,
including sharing the report with the Executive Group in Irlam as
a pilot.
Officers provided a resume for each area of the city included in the
report. The following main points were highlighted:
 Greengate – Due to the emphasis on the quality of design there
is some delay.
 Higher Broughton – there are 5 tenants remaining all have been
contacted regarding CPO and possible warrant of possession.
The City Council now has a full enforcement Team and the new
legislation is due to start in October 2005 that will help to speed
up the process.
 Eccles – the grants for new shop fronts is going ahead. An
application to convert the old cinema into residential
accommodation has been received.
 Port Salford – Members discussed the immense impact the
extra traffic would have on the surrounding area. Richard
explained that an in depth impact study will be undertaken.
 Quay 5 Ordsall – Members asked if there had been any bulk
buying as the 231 properties were sold within 6 weeks.
Richards explained than buyers were not allowed to purchase
more than 2 apartments.
 Seedley Village – to date 100 home swappers have now moved
into their new homes. Officers were congratulated by Members
of the Scrutiny Committee for the success of this scheme.
The City Council are awaiting a decision by the ODPM
following the completion of CPO Enquiry for the land on
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Management to be
invited to the meeting.
Paul McKenna &
Karen Lucas to action.
Agreed:
Members requested
that the Scrutiny
Committee formally
acknowledge the
success of the house
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Strategy and Regeneration Overview and Scrutiny Committee – 9 May 2005.
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
Nansen Street.
Swinton Community Justice Initiative – various issues are still
being considered.
Issues raised by Members:
 Councillor Ainsworth asked if the SHIFT project could be
included on the next report – agreed.
 Councillor Dawson asked as part of the scrutiny process if
information pertaining to the major projects i.e. impact on jobs
and regeneration investment could be included on the report.
Agreed.
 Councillor Ainsworth requested that the prospect of connectivity
of the Broadway link route to the residential /regeneration areas
and initiatives on and to the north of the Eccles New
Road/M602 corridors be explored - the interest being to connect
these areas to localities of potential job creation and the Quays
and to open up the recreational (walking /cycling etc)
opportunities of a possible waterside route along the canal.
Officers agreed to take this back for possible future
consideration.
Work programme Members are encouraged whenever possible to forward questions
through to Scrutiny Support prior to an item being presented at a
Scrutiny Committee, therefore enabling the officer time to provide a
response at the actual meeting.
Councillor Ainsworth raised concerns about the lack of family housing
being built in the city and asked if it would be the Strategy and
Regeneration SC who would be able to include this topic on their work
programme.
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swap scheme. Karen
Lucas to action.
Further update to be
provided in 6 months.
Ruth Fairhurst, Bob
Osborne and Richard
Wynne.
Officers to include the
extra information into
future reports (refer to
the para opposite).
7 November
2005.
Members/Karen Lucas
Ongoing.
Karen Lucas to clarify.
6 June 2005.
Strategy and Regeneration Overview and Scrutiny Committee – 9 May 2005.
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Karen Lucas informed Members about the forthcoming annual review
of the Scrutiny Committee, whereupon Members will evaluate the
topics considered in the last year (were they the right topics?) and
agree the priorities for the forthcoming year.
Agenda items –
6 June 2005.
Forward plan
Date of the next
meeting.
Any other
business
The review is
scheduled for the
Scrutiny Committee on
the 6 June 2005.
Karen Lucas.
No issues raised.
There were no items on this month’s forward plan relevant to this
Scrutiny Committee.
To be held on Monday 6 June 2005 (deferred for a week due to the
bank holiday) details as follows:
9.30am – Visit to Oldham to view their CCTV (best practice).
12.00pm – Buffet lunch in the committee room.
12.30pm – Discussion forum on anti-social behaviour with Neil
Pilkington.
1.30pm - Members briefing.
2.00pm - Scrutiny committee.
 Work programme event – a reminder to Members that if they
have not already done so to inform Scrutiny Support if they will
be attending the work programme event on the 24 May 2005, at
the Monton House Hotel at 12.15pm to 4.00pm.
 Environmental Day event – Once again a reminder to Members
to inform Scrutiny Support if they will be attending this event on
10 June 2005 at Buile Hill Banqueting Suite, 12.00pm to
3.30pm.
 Don Brown has been appointed Head of the Community Safety
Unit. Don is due to start on the 6 June 2005 and as part of his
induction will be attending this committee on the 4 July 2005.
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Karen Lucas
Members/Scrutiny
Support
24 May
2005.
As above.
10 June
2005.
Strategy and Regeneration Overview and Scrutiny Committee – 9 May 2005.
Action Sheet
Chair
Deputy Chair
Assistant Director
Scrutiny Support Officer
Councillor Alice Smyth
Councillor Ann-Marie Humphreys
Russell Bernstein
Karen Lucas
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