Agenda item

To consider the report of the Assistant Chief Executive (Citizens and Communities) providing an update on work carried out to create Neighbourhood Improvement Plans for its priority neighbourhoods. The report advises the Area Committee on the form its future work programme and community engagement strategy is likely to take and updates Members on the West Yorkshire police review and the changes that will impact on the Inner North East.

NEIAC considered the report of the Assistant Chief Executive (Citizens and Communities) providing an update on work carried out to create Neighbourhood Improvement Plans for its priority neighbourhoods. The report advised on the form the future work programme and community engagement strategy was likely to take and updated Members on the West Yorkshire Police review and the changes that will impact on the North East Inner area.

B Yearwood, ENE Community Safety and Insp M Davison attended the meeting to provide further detail on the proposed restructure to WYP and discussed the following matters with Members:

• The establishment of one Leeds Division, located at an Elland HQ, supported by a structure arranged around the local authority “area wedge and ward” structure comprising of three Locality Teams and 33 Sergeant led ward based Neighbourhood Policing Teams
• The intention to embed wider partnership working with other service providers
• The impact on provision at Stainbeck Police Station
• Police training programmes and the availability of training in respect of recognising signs of dementia

Ch Ins Davidson reassured the AC that the new structure would maintain the established good working practices and cross-ward boundary liaison between NPTs. Additionally, he reported that the NE Area WYP team, along with the Area Leads for community safety,  would meet on 26 March 2014 to discuss policing priorities and estate strategies for the NE area

(Councillor Taylor left the meeting at this point)

K Wood Neighbourhood Manager for Inner North East provided the AC with a brief update on employment, skills and training in the locality, highlighting the careers fair to be held in the Reginald Centre during March 2014.

The report included proposals for the new community committee; including the 2014/15 work programme and two proposed investigations for the AC to consider:

1) A Community Committee investigation into why the residents of the Queenshill and Brackenwood estates did not benefit from the same affluence as their neighbours. This would aim to identify the reasons and create actions for the Community Committee to drive through the necessary channels to improve the situation.

2) A Community Committee investigation into why young people in the Inner North East did not access apprenticeships.

Future meetings – Members noted the intention to hold four formal meetings a year, one per quarter, to carry out council business and decision making, with a further four action focused meetings throughout the year. These Action meetings would be tailored to a particular priority involving intensive community engagement, key partners and the Area Committee Lead Member using new methods such as Twitter or more in-depth case studies - resulting in solid action being taken to drive change.

Community Committee name - Members were asked to consider and decide on a recommended place-based name for the new community committee for the NEIAC area, so that the new committee could be formally constituted at the council’s AGM. The following suggestions were discussed:

a)  Community Committee for Chapel Allerton, Moortown, Roundhay

b)  Chapel Allerton, Moortown & Roundhay Community Committee

RESOLVED

a)  That the work carried out to create Neighbourhood Improvement Plans for 2014/15 be noted and approval be given for Ward Members to take an active role in shaping and monitoring the plans via ward member meetings.

b)  That the work carried out to create a new work programme structure be noted and approval be given to its key priorities for focus in 2014/15.

c)  That the name “Community Committee for Chapel Allerton, Moortown and Roundhay” be agreed for the new Area Committee format to take effect from June 2014