Agenda and minutes

The Vice Chairman, Councillor Derek Brown welcomed everyone to the meeting of the Salisbury Area Board introduced the other Councillors and Officers.

He explained that the meeting would form three parts, with the first section focusing on the themed item 7 - Young People's Learning & Skills Opportunities in Salisbury.

The second section of the meeting starting at 8.00pm would be handed over to receive an update on the recovery plan for Salisbury city centre from a panel of representatives from partner organisations.

Normal Area Board business would resume at 9pm onward.

Apologies for absence had been received from:

• Cllr Mary Douglas – Chairman of the Board
• Cllr Atiqul Hoque
• Cllr Brian Dalton

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 11 January 2018, as attached.

Decision

The minutes of the meeting held on 11 January 2018 were agreed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

To receive any declarations of disclosable interests or dispensations granted by the Standards Committee.

There were none.

The Chairman will give an update on outcomes and actions arising from previous meetings of the Area Board, including:

·       Rough Sleepers

The Chairman gave the following update:

Rough Sleepers

A brief written report was attached to the agenda by way of an update following  the November area board meeting where we considered and studied options for the way forward with rough sleepers in the city. All of the partner organisations were working closely together on this ongoing issue.

a.     Healthwatch Wiltshire – March update

b.     Clinical Commissioning Group – March update

The Board noted the written information items attached to the agenda.

·       Healthwatch Wiltshire – March Update

·       Clinical Commissioning Group – March Update

The Chairman introduced Ariane Crampton (Head of Employment and Skills) and Steve Haines (Employment and Skills Officer) to present information on the opportunities for young people in Wiltshire.

Overview of policy briefing

There had been an unprecedented scale of skills reforms in the past 2 years, with employers at the heart of these reforms.

Swindon & Wiltshire Enterprise Adviser Network was part of the government funded national Enterprise Adviser Network, which was coordinated by the Careers and Enterprise Company. Designed to strengthen links between education and employers, to increase number of employer encounters young people have and to inspire and prepare young people for the world of work.

125 Enterprise Coordinators (EC) support schools across England. Each EC works with a cluster of 20 schools to provide free support, as and when required, to help schools plan and deliver careers activities and to make connections to local and national businesses.

EC also supports local Enterprise Advisers. A senior business volunteer, would be matched to a single school. They would use contacts to create opportunities for their school’s students and provide help in developing an effective careers strategy.

The Enterprise Adviser Network in Salisbury included:

·       Bishop Wordsworth’s

·       Sarum Academy

·       South Wilts Grammar

·       South Wiltshire UTC

·       St Edmund’s

·       St Joseph’s 

·       Wiltshire College

·       Wyvern College

Matched with Enterprise Advisers employed by:

·       Blue Flame Digital

·       Personnel Placements

·       QinetiQ (x2)

·       RCL Consultancy (x2)

·       Salisbury District NHS Trust

·       Spire FM (x2)

At the moment, technical education was not necessarily meeting the needs of the learners. People who follow a technical route had a much more difficult time making their way through the process. Lots of qualifications did not meet the technical requirements. Employers were not engaged in the current system and there were not enough apprentice opportunities.

Table with information leaflets to take away

A Mentoring fund was available to support programmes for pupils across England, to raise aspirations, inspire success, improve motivation, confidence and self-belief.

In Swindon and Wiltshire there were 14 schools taking part, 4 start this term, with nearly 300 pupils being mentored. There would be six meetings with volunteer mentors over 6 months.

This initiative aimed to ensure that all young people get an excellent programme of advice and guidance, based upon their own needs. Every school must ensure there was an opportunity for a range of education and training providers to access all pupils in Years 8-13 to inform them about approved technical educational qualifications or apprenticeships.

Every school should begin using the Gatsby Benchmarks to improve careers provision now, and meet them by the end of 2020.

An apprenticeship campaign had been launched and a survey of the young people taking part would be carried out in 6 months’ time after the campaign.

If you would like to be involved with mentoring leaflets were available with further information.

The board then heard from Joel who was the newly elected member of the new youth parliament for Wiltshire East. He promoted careers fairs, having gained successful careers guidance himself.

Joel noted  ...  view the full minutes text for item 76.

Representatives from the following agencies will be attending to provide an update on the recovery plan for Salisbury city centre. There will be an opportunity to ask questions:

• Wiltshire Council
• Wiltshire Police
• Wiltshire Police and Crime Commissioner
• Dorset and Wiltshire Fire Service
• Public Health England
• Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

A panel of speakers from agencies involved in the recovery presented updates before a general question and answer session with members of the public and media.

Panel:

•        Chair of panel: Alistair Cunningham (Corporate director, Wiltshire Council, Chair of Recovery Coordinating Group)

•        John Glen MP

•        John Thomson (Deputy Leader, Wiltshire Council)

•        Angus Macpherson (Police and Crime Commissioner)

•        Paul Mills (Deputy Chief Constable, Wiltshire Police, Chair of Strategic Coordinating Group)

•        Ben Ansell (Chief Fire Officer, Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue)

•        Tracy Daszkiewicz (Director of Public Health)

•        Dr Jenny Harries (Deputy Medical Director, Public Health England)

•        Cara Charles–Barks (CEO, Salisbury Foundation NHS Trust)

Around 75 people attended the community recovery update, which was held as an extraordinary agenda item as part of the Salisbury Area Board meeting.

The meeting was also attended by Chief Constable Kier Pritchard and Assistant Chief Constable Craig Holden, along with members of the community Area Board.

Key messages:

Police and crime commissioner

·       Safety of whole community is the key priority for all agencies

Public Health

·       Risk to public health is low

·       Will be attending Saturday market

Police

·       26 different local and national agencies are involved in supporting the work of the Strategic Coordinating Group. The group has considered the real risk to emergency responders; decontamination; 46 people have attended Salisbury hospital – other than the three patients, nobody else has required inpatient treatment

·       131 people who could potentially have been infected have received daily calls – none have developed symptoms

·       Officers from 15 different police forces have been involved with considerable support from other emergency services and the military

·       Scale of investigation is unprecedented

·       Hundreds of exhibits, hours of CCTV from across the city

·       Repeated appeals for information

·       Cordons may stay in place for some time

·       Numbers of scenes and location may change over coming days – no cause for alarm

·       Don’t be alarmed by police presence

·       Sgt Nick Bailey is overwhelmed by support – one pensioner sent in a cheque for 10% of his weekly pension to him. PM and Home Secretary have visited him. Thanks to hospital for the care they have provided to him, and the two Russian patients

·       Committed to restoring normality

·       Salisbury is one of the safest places to live and work

Wiltshire Council

·       Outline of recovery process provided – up to ministerial/COBRA level

·       We are engaging with business community and environmental groups

·       We will help community to recover

·       Immediate action is taking place to help the economy

·       We’ve visited 50 businesses to help them to apply for business rate relief

·       Working with HMRC to ensure businesses are helped

·       SWLEP has made their hardship fund available

·       SWLEP/Council have put £20,000 into a fund to help businesses immediately

·       Park and ride will be free until Easter Monday, when it will be reviewed

·       We will communicate with the community, and want to hear from you

·       We will produce online and printed material and will have face to face meetings

·       We are setting up a web  ...  view the full minutes text for item 77.

To receive a update from the LYN and to consider any recommendations for youth funding projects as detailed in the attached report.

The Board noted the update from the LYN and considerd the recommendations for youth funding projects as detailed in the

attached report.

Decision

Sarum Academy was awarded £948 towards the trampoline enrichment project and the purchase of safety mats.

Cllr Rogers noted that as he was a sponsor of the Salisbury Live Project, he would not vote on this application.

Decision

Salisbury Live was awarded £2,000 towards the Salisbury Live project 2018.

Cllr Dean noted that the Board was keen to work with Sarum Academy to develop the full sized grass pitch as a city wide facility.

Decision

Salisbury Sports Partnership was awarded £5,000 towards the provision of a full size artificial grass pitch.

The Board is asked to note the JSA Quarter 1 update report, and to express its thanks to the organisations, groups and partners who have contributed actions that address the local priorities set by the community.

The Board noted the JSA Quarter 1 update report, and expressed thanks to the organisations, groups and partners who had contributed actions that addressed the local priorities set by the community.

The Community Engagement Manager noted that this was the first report from the 2017 meeting where those in attendance had agreed the local priorities for the area. An update was attached to the agenda.

Questions:

·       Whilst the process was useful in identifying priorities, would it be repeated as new priorities come forward? Answer: This was a 2 year process and may become a 3 year process, therefore it would be repeated yes.

·       Cllr Dean noted that there were some new Cllrs representing the Area Board since the priorities had been decided upon. The document was extremely comprehensive. The Board should look at refreshing the list and have a tidy up to reflect on what our community has told us, enabling us to pull together the most important streams for work.

Due to this being a themed meeting focusing on item 7, the Chairman, on this occasion has asked partners to provide written updates only. Any written updates circulated at the meeting will be attached to the minutes.

a)    Salisbury City Council (SCC)

b)    Laverstock and Ford Parish Council

c)     Police

d)    Fire

e)    Salisbury BID

f)      Air Quality Group

g)    Community Engagement Manager

The Board noted written updates attached to the agenda or circulated at the meeting.

Wiltshire & Dorset Fire Service Update – attached to these minutes

Update from Laverstock and Parish Council

·       It is business as usual for Laverstock and Ford Parish as we stand firm with our neighbours in Salisbury.

·       Our litter pick at Bishopdown Farm went ahead on Saturday 10^th of March with 17 bags overflowing with litter were picked.

·       Our other two litter picks at Old Sarum and Laverstock were postponed due to the snow the proceeding week and now got ahead on Saturday the 24^th and Sunday 25^th of March respectively.

·       Our Lantern Parade on Tuesday 20^th of March will go ahead at Bishopdown Farm will go ahead from 6.30 all welcome to attend.

·       Our Country Park Information event is to go ahead at Greentrees Junior School as a drop-in type event on Saturday 24^th of March. There will be a variety of stands with volunteer leaders for the projects planned for the Country Park at Riverdown Park ranging from dog agility to wildlife study. All welcome but please arrive on foot, bike or public transport.

·       Handover date for the Country Park has slipped again due to the poor winter weather. We are currently liaising with Barratts on handover arrangements which look most likely to take place in May at the earliest now.

·       Our first new Play Park at Longhedge Village is now operational and we will be having an opening ceremony soon.

To note the update report attached to the agenda and to consider the funding recommmendations made by the Group, as detailed in the attached papers.

The Board noted the update report attached to the agenda and considered

the funding recommendations made by the Group, as detailed in the attached papers.

Decision

The Salisbury Area Board agreed the recommendations of the Health & Wellbeing Group, as detailed in the attached report, and listed below:

1.     Friends of Salisbury Medical Practice was awarded £528 towards the Tai Chi for older people with dementia.

2.     Friends of Salisbury Medical Practice – Know your pulse project was refused.

3.     Friends of Salisbury Medical Practice  - Gardening for health was refused.

4.     Salisbury Trust for the Homeless was awarded £1,500 towards the property redecoration works project.

To note the report attached to the agenda and consider any funding recommendations made by the CATG at the last meeting:

·       £600 – Issue 5741, Keep Clear markings on the Town Path.

·       £350 – Issue 5776, To Install an ‘Unsuitable for HGV’ sign at the junction of Clifton Rd and Devizes Rd.

·       £250 – Issue 5253, To replace the street name sign for Hedley Davis Court.

·       £300 - Issue 5480, No HGVs markingin Dews Road.

·       £2,000 (from 2018/19 budget) – Issue 5913, For a handrail between Cheshire Close and St Michaels Road.

The Board noted the update from the Group and considered the recommendations as detailed in the attached report.

Decision

The Salisbury Area Board agreed the recommendations as et out in the CAG report and listed below:

·       £600 – Issue 5741, Keep Clear markings on the Town Path.

·       £350 – Issue 5776, To Install an ‘Unsuitable for HGV’ sign at the junction of Clifton Rd and Devizes Rd.

·       £250 – Issue 5253, To replace the street name sign for Hedley Davis Court.

·       £300 - Issue 5480, No HGVs marking in Dews Road.

·       £2,000 (from 2018/19 budget) – Issue 5913, For a handrail between Cheshire Close and St Michaels Road.

To consider applications for funding from the Community Area Grants Scheme, as detailed in the attached report, and listed below:

The Board considered the applications for funding from the Community Area Grant Scheme for 2017/18 as detailed in the attached report.

Applicants present were invited to speak in support of their applications and answer and questions.

Following discussion, the Board voted on each application in turn.

Decision

Bemerton Community was awarded £5996.52 towards a Glass door at St Johns Place.

Reason – The application met the Community Area Grants Criteria 2017/18 and this would assist the greater use of this valuable community used facility.

Karen Linaker noted that the next bid had come in following an invite from the Board. As a result the Group was not in a position to put funds of their own towards the project.

Decision

The Secret Garden was awarded £5000.00 towards items to support outreach interaction and engagement.

Reason – The application met the Community Area Grants Criteria 2017/18

Decision

Salisbury Canoe Club was awarded £2008.50 towards a Landing stage.

Reason – The application met the Community Area Grants Criteria 2017/18

Decision

Salisbury Community Circus was awarded £587 towards an aerial circus rig.

Reason – The application met the Community Area Grants Criteria 2017/18

Decision

Five Rivers Indoor Bowls Club was awarded £5,000 towards work to the Roof.

Reason – The application met the Community Area Grants Criteria 2017/18

Decision

Salisbury Wildlife Group was awarded £984 towards Tools and equipment.

Reason – The application met the Community Area Grants Criteria 2017/18

The Board will consider possible Community Area Grant Funding bids for 2017/18 as detailed in the attached report.

The Board considered six capital funding projects as detailed in the attached report.

Decision

Safer Salisbury Community Group was awarded £3,500 towards two new community access defibrillators.

Note: These would be situated in the market square at the disabled toilet block and on Castle Street, possibly on the Tesco Building.

Decision

Alabare was awarded £1,500 towards the Men’s Shed project

Decision

Salisbury City Council was awarded £5,000 towards the Friary Community Centre internal enhancements

Decision

Salisbury City Council was awarded £5,000 towards New floodlighting at Churchill Gardens skatepark

Decision

Salisbury Community Area Transport Group was awarded £7,000 towards 3 new bus shelters in Devizes Rd and Coronation Rd, third location to be delegated to the Officer Paul Shaddock in consultation with Sven Hocking chair of CATG.

It is recommended that the Area Board:

(i)              Acknowledges that there has been a substantial improvement in the overall condition of Wiltshire’s roads in recent years, but further investment is still required.

(ii)             Approves the highway maintenance scheme list for 2018/19 prepared for the Area Board,

(iii)           Notes that a new five year programme will be developed shortly, making use of the Council’s new Highways Infrastructure Asset Management System (HIAMS), to ensure best value for money and whole life costing for the highways asset.

The Board noted the report and considered the proposed Highways Investment schemes for 2018/19, for the Salisbury area as detailed in the report.

Comments raised included:

Cllr Walsh noted that with an increase of 10.5% in council tax, the Salisbury area would only have 3 roads resurfaced. At that rate, we would never finish all that needed to be done. He felt the City had been led down, adding that as time goes by the roads would be ghastly.

Cllr Brown noted that a budget of £2.5m had been included to carry out safety defects and minor repairs. Safety was still the number one priority. If people report the potholes or defects on the reporting system quickly, they would then be included in the list.

Cllr Rogers was delighted that Westwood Road was in the 3 that would be done. He had waited 10 years for this work.

Decision

The Area Board

(i)              Acknowledged that there had been a substantial improvement in the overall condition of Wiltshire’s roads in recent years, but further investment was still required.

(ii)             Approved the highway maintenance scheme list for 2018/19 prepared for the Area Board,

(iii)           Noted that a new five year programme would be developed shortly, making use of the Council’s new Highways Infrastructure Asset Management System (HIAMS), to ensure best value for money and whole life costing for the highways asset.

The Chairman thanked everyone for attending and noted that the next meeting of the Salisbury Area Board would be held on Thursday 17 May 2018, at 7.00pm.