Agenda and draft minutes

Jonathan Butler and Mark Rollinson.

To consider any appeals in accordance with Procedure Rule 15.2 of the Access to Information Procedure Rules (in the event of an Appeal the press and public will be excluded).

(*In accordance with Procedure Rule 15.2, written notice of an appeal must be received by the Chief Democratic Services Officer at least 24 hours before the meeting.)

There were no appeals against the refusal of inspection of documents.

1 To highlight reports or appendices which officers have identified as containing exempt information within the meaning of Section 100I of the Local Government Act 1972, and where officers consider that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information, for the reasons outlined in the report.

2 To consider whether or not to accept the officers recommendation in respect of the above information.

3 If the recommendation is accepted, to formally pass the following resolution:-

RESOLVED – That, in accordance with Regulation 4 of The Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meetings and Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2012 or Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 as appropriate, the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of those parts of the agenda designated as containing exempt information on the grounds that it is likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the press and public were present there would be disclosure to them of exempt information, as follows:-‘

There were no exempt items.

To identify items which have been admitted to the agenda by the Chair for consideration.

(The special circumstances shall be specified in the minutes.)

There were no formal late items. However, there was supplementary information in relation to Agenda Item 10 Local Care Partnerships. This was circulated to Members prior to the meeting.

To disclose or draw attention to any interests in accordance with Leeds City Council’s ‘Councillor Code of Conduct’.

Cllr Rontree – declared an interest as he is a member of the Kirkstall Festival 2024, in relation to the Agenda Item 11 – Finance Report.

To receive any apologies for absence.

Apologies for absence were received from:

·  Cllr Smart

·  Cat Hyde – Co-opted member of Armley

·  Stephen McBarron – Co-opted member of Bramley and Stanningley

·  Tamsin MacDonald – Co-opted Member of Kirkstall

In accordance with Paragraphs 4.16 and 4.17 of the Community Committee Procedure Rules, at the discretion of the Chair a period of up to 10 minutes may be allocated at each ordinary meeting for members of the public to make representations or to ask questions on matters within the terms of reference of the Community Committee. This period of time may be extended at the discretion of the Chair. No member of the public shall speak for more than three minutes in the Open Forum, except by permission of the Chair.

On this occasion no members of the public wished to speak.

To receive the minutes of the Inner West Community Committee meeting held on 3^rd September 2024, for approval as a correct record.

RESOLVED – That the minutes of the meeting held on 3^rd September 2024, be approved as a correct record.

Members were asked to note the following:

·  In relation to Minute 24 – Leeds Streets for All.

o  Confirmation, that the intention is to deliver road safety improvements on Leeds & Bradford Road this financial year. The Leeds & Bradford Road project is being funded through the road safety portion of the CRSTS and has been approved as part of the business case, so the money is there and available and does not need any additional funding.

o  For the Leeds Streets for All Inner West consultation report, the Kirkstall Forge intervention, request for lighting on access routes, is now included and added to the publicly accessible web page.

·  In relation to Minute 25 – Finance Report

o  The handrail in Armley which residents had requested has now been replaced.

o  Members had been sent an email on 4th September, in relation to the CIL 123 List.

o  Leaflets for DAZL had been received for distribution.

·  In relation to Minute 26 – Update Report

o  The Jailey Fields play area is now operational. An open day had taken place, which had been successful with many residents from the area attending.

To provide the Inner West Community Committee with an update on the current Healthwatch Leeds Projects.

The Head of Locality Partnerships provided a cover report for the update on the current Healthwatch Leeds Projects. An Officer from Healthwatch Leeds presented the report, Members had been provided with slides and information.

The Officer highlighted the following points:

·  Healthwatch Leeds is an organisation that is the voice of the people and communities that use health and care services in Leeds, particularly those who are facing the greatest health inequalities. They provide an advice, information and signposting service to assist those who are struggling to navigate the health and care system and record enquiries on their database. They then feedback to the relevant organisations.

·  The latest projects included Community Mental Health Transformation and Repeat Prescriptions.

·  Inner West and Inner South areas of Leeds were part of a pilot looking at mental health, metal health services, the local area and a few key aspects of the CMHT service model. The target population were those who have or have had a mental health condition, carers of people with a mental health condition and those who fall into both categories. The pilot showed that support was felt to be less effective due to it being infrequent, time-limited or took a long time to access. The impact of the area on residents’ mental health was fear of crime, anti-social behaviour, unsuitable housing and neighbour issues. The pilot found that people were more comfortable accessing services in traditional NHS-orientated venues and community-based venues. Only a minority of people were comfortable using phone lines. The Committee heard that the original plan was to extend the pilot, however, this had now changed and from February 2025, parts of the new model will be rolled out citywide to provide more joined-up community mental health services and support.

·  A project on repeat prescription had found that almost half of people were ordering their prescriptions online. However, fewer people from diverse communities, older age groups and those in low-income areas were using digital options. When using the digital options people praised the online ordering and pharmacy services. However, many found the online systems confusing, or they did not have the skills to use them, with some having to rely on others to order for them. It was also noted that there was inconsistent communication from GP’s and the pharmacies.

·  Key recommendations from this project were:

o  Keep non-digital options available

o  Surgeries and pharmacies should make people aware of electronic repeat dispensing and provide support to people to order online.

o  A consistent and clear approach in information for ordering online.

o  Better tracking to inform people when prescriptions were ready.

Members discussions and comments included:

·  It was acknowledged that anti-social behaviour was a cause for mental health. Members were of the view that the Council needed to be more effective when reports are received in relation to noise issues and to act earlier. It was suggested that LASBT be invited to attend either a future Committee or the Community Safety sub-group for further discussion on this matter.

·  Members  ...  view the full minutes text for item 36.

To provide the Inner West Community Committee with an update on the Local Care Partnerships (LCPs).

The Head of Locality Partnerships provided a cover report for an update to the Committee on the Local Care Partnerships (LCPs)

The Officer from the LCPs Development Team presented the report and provided the following information:

·  LCPs were adopted to work with and in local communities to provide joined up care with a focus on deprived areas of the city. Members were informed that Leeds is further ahead than other local authorities in using LCPs.

·  The LCPs are based on the Primary Care Network (PCN) footprints, there are 15 in total. They are shaped by population, community, geography and assets.

·  The aims of the LCPs are to work together across health and care partners to provide joined up, personalised care and to tackle health inequalities, including consideration of the wider determinants of health.

·  The LCPs are made up of Primary Care Networks, Health and Social Care Teams, Local Third Sector Organisations, Community Representatives, City Wide Third Sector Organisations and Leeds City Council Teams.

·  Partnership working helps to reduce duplication, provide a better experience for people using the services and increases job satisfaction for the workforce. Being place based allows the LCPs to tailor service delivery to local need and work with the community.

·  The LCPs engage via LCP meetings, sub-groups, learning forums, lunch and learn sessions, weekly digest and the dashboard. It was noted that the dashboard could be shared with the Community Committee as part of the Update Report.

·  The Healthy Leeds Plan has two main goals. Goal 1 is looking at reducing bed days, falls and children’s respiratory illness. The Armley LCP is working on falls prevention to reduce the frequency of falls and fractures in the frail population, and the West Leeds LCP is working on children’s respiratory issues and in November the first workshop was held to focus on accessing the RSV vaccinations in pregnancy, housing and air quality. Goal 2 is looking to address mental health and hypertension. It was noted that grants had been received for blood pressure tests.

·  A digital inclusion worker has been funded for 12 months to support organisations to sign up to the Data Bank and promote free access to WiFi.

·  It was noted that all are welcome to attend the meetings and learning sessions held by the LCPs.

Members discussions included:

·  Members were of the view that the weekly digest sent to members of the LCPs was useful for providing data and areas of need. However, it would be preferred if this was a monthly update.

·  GPs can elect to change Primary Care Networks.

·  There was a need for a connection between the LCPs and Housing Leeds to be greater to address any issues. It was also the view that there was a need to engage with private landlords. Members were informed of two sessions in February 2025, to bring together health and housing partners in the Inner South and East and North East of the city. However, more areas could be incorporated into the meeting if there were  ...  view the full minutes text for item 37.

This report provides the Community Committee with an update on the budget position for the Wellbeing Fund, Youth Activity Fund, Capital Budget, as well as the Community Infrastructure Levy Budget for 2024/25.

The report of the Head of Locality Partnerships provided the Community Committee with an update on the budget position for the Wellbeing Fund, Youth Activity Fund, Capital Budget, and the Community Infrastructure Levy Budget for 2024-25.

The Locality officer presented the report highlighting the following points:

·  To note the remaining balance of £17,219.70 for the Wellbeing Fund. A breakdown of the projects was listed at Table 1 of the submitted report.

·  Members were asked to the consider the two projects listed at Paragraph 23 of the report:

o  On The Verge who were requesting £1,500.00 from the Wellbeing Fund.

o  Gilbert and Sandford external railings painting requested by LCC Housing Leeds for £13,848.00 from CIL.

·  Members were informed that 3 projects had been considered and approved by Delegated Decision Notice (DDN) since the last meeting on 3^rd September:

o  Bramley Christmas Tree - £1,330.00

o  10 Stone Steps Handrail - £1,619.68

o  Living in Bigger Bodies - £1,260.00

·  Monitoring information in relation to Kirkstall Festival was provided at Paragraph 26.

·  Members were asked to note the remaining balance of £12,771.98 in the Youth Activity Fund, with projects listed in Table 2 of the report.

·  Members attention was drawn to Table 3 which provided information in relation to the Small Grants and Table 4 which provided information in relation to the community skips.

·  The Inner West Community Committee has a capital budget of £1,957.27 available to spend and Members were asked to note the capital allocation summarised in Table 5.

·  The Committee were asked to note the current balance of £105,459.21 in the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL). The projects provided through the CIL were listed at Table 6 of the report.

Members discussions included:

·  Members agreed to move the grit bin and CCTV projects from wellbeing to the CIL fund.

·  Members also decided to move the 10 stone steps handrail project from CIL to Capital.

·  Members requested an update from Leedswatch on the monitoring information from the CCTV cameras in each ward. 

RESOLVED –

a)  Details of the Wellbeing Budget position (Table 1) to be noted.

b)  Wellbeing proposals considered with the following outcomes:

·  On the verge who were requesting £1,500.00 from the Wellbeing Fund. – Defer for more information.

·  Gilbert and Sandford external railings painting requested by LCC Housing Leeds for £337.59 from Capital and then £13,510.41 from CIL. - Approved

c)  Details of the projects approved via DDN (paragraph 23) to be noted.

d)  Monitoring information of its funded projects (paragraph 27) to be noted.

e)  Details of the Youth Activities Fund (YAF) position (Table 2) to be noted.

f)  Details of the Small Grants and Skips Budget (Tables 3 & 4) to be noted.

g)  Details of the Capital Budget (Table 5) to be noted.

h)  Details of the Community Infrastructure Levy Budget (Table 6) to be noted.

The report of the Head of Locality Partnershipsbrings to members’ attention an update of the work which the Communities Team is engaged in, based on priorities identified by the Community Committee. It also provides opportunities for further questioning, or to request a more detailed report on a particular issue.

The report of the Head of Locality Partnerships provided an update on the work which the Communities Team had been engaged in, based on the priorities identified by the Community Committee.

Members were updated on the following:

·  90 young people from schools in the Inner West area had attended the Youth Summit at the Civic Hall on 15^th November. It was noted and the Committee were unanimously delighted that the number of children had increased by 25 since the previous year. Members thought it was the loudest summit that they had attended, the young people were well behaved, and it had been a success.

·  Cllr Hinchcliffe thanked all those members who attend the sub-group on the 9^th November.

·  The Children and Families sub-group were putting together an information document on the impact of vaping in under 18’s. Members were requested to circulate the leaflet once it is completed, this will be after the tobacco bill goes through parliament.

·  The student changeover had been a success, with message about reducing waste getting out to the students.

·  It was noted that requests for enforcement on overgrown vegetation should only be made if it is encroaching onto the highway.

·  A thank you was sent to the team who remove fallen leaves.

·  Work had been ongoing at the Kirkstall Bridge Shopping Centre in relation to anti-social behaviour. It was noted that this had reduced by 96%. A warden will hopefully be provided on site over Christmas.

·  Members were requested to report back on action days.

·  Concerns had been raised in relation to the Gyratory and the markings for merging into lanes. This issue is due to be addressed.

·  A request had been made to Housing Offices that Members receive mor notification on walkabouts.

RESOLVED – To note the content of the report and updates provided at the meeting. 

To note the next meeting will be on Tuesday 4^th March 2024 at 6pm. Venue to be confirmed.

RESOLVED – To note the next meeting will be on Tuesday 4^th March 2024 at 6pm.  Venue to be confirmed.

The meeting concluded at 20:05