Street Scene Select Committee- 12-months update
Scope of work by Select Committee • Reviewed issues in respect of the quality of the local street scene such as the extent of littering, fly tipping and anti-social behaviour in order to give these issues and areas more significant and direct attention. • Held over 5 sessions and 2 tours. • Consultation with 115 residents, 150 community groups, all elected members and to the Town and Parish Councils.
Recommendations from Committee • Report produced by committee included 21 recommendations. • Recommendations were endorsed by Cabinet in November 2018 and implemented into the service from 2019. • A detailed summary of progress for each recommendation is enclosed in Appendix 1 of the report in the agenda pack.
Structure of this session • We will go through recommendations in the same order as presented in the agenda pack. • For each recommendation we will revisit: – What was requested, – What action has been taken since the recommendation, – What impact/difference has this made, – Any challenges met, – Any work remaining.
Recommendations Number: 1.2.1 & 1.2.5 • Recommendations: • Challenges • • That street cleansing work schedules be Reduced number of staff reviewed and scheduled on the basis of • Demand of variety of activities need and that a culture of continuous • Ad Hoc work improvement be adopted. • Special events • That the recommendations of the Review of • Flooding the Street Cleansing Service be endorsed, subject to consideration of long term financial viability • Impact / Differences • What’s remaining made • Continue a 6 monthly review of services • Continue to work with Ward /Parish • Reviewed schedules councillors on continuous improvements • Reviewed Zoned areas to service. • More resources put into scheduled work to • Better co-ordination of schedules with ensure we reach all areas regularly and not just hot spots. grounds maintenance and waste services. • Compliments • Implementation of improved and risk • Ward work based gully cleaning.
Zone 1 - Daily cleaning areas Beaches - Summer period Daily / Winter period weekly Cleethorpes & Grimsby Zone 2 - Weekly cleaning areas Beaches - Winter period 1st October to 31st March Streets off Freeman Street Secondary Shops Zone 3 - 4 - 6 weekly Zone 4 - Quarterly
Recommendation Number: 1.2.2 • Recommendation: • Challenges • That the use of temporary Traffic Regulation • Resident do not move the vehicles as Orders be explored to assist in situations requested where access is required to carry out street cleansing. • Impact / Differences made • Working in conjunction with Ground maintenance, we have piloted an area, this • What’s remaining being Oole Road, Cleethorpes in which we letter dropped to request vehicles to be • Work with Engie to formalise this moved, and carried out both grounds and street cleansing maintenance work. This arrangement in form of a TRO. proved on this occasion to be a great success, we have further locations planned to carryout similar works. • Will look into TRO if required. The staff also received thanks for the children living down Oole Road in the form of a Christmas card.
Recommendation Number: 1.2.3 • Recommendations • Challenges • That the Council engage with shop owners to • Vacant Environmental Enforcement Manager encourage them to keep their frontage clean post now filled and in post. and tidy; and to implement enforcement to this • Education Resources now in place effect. • Confidence in evidence gathering across • Impact / Differences Environment teams now being improved through additional training and support made • To ensure that shop owners share our ambitions/vision for a cleaner place • Agreed process flow chart in place with enforcement staff to tackle business litter • What’s remaining • Ongoing interaction with LA Support to direct patrols re litter enforcement around known and • To deliver targeted education and enforcement emerging hotspots e.g. Patrick Street Underpass project around shop frontage litter control and • Specific shop frontage cases tackled include effective waste management arrangements at Asbestos found outside premises in South ward smaller independent businesses and to identify • Temporary CCTV camera added at Doughty Road appropriate pilot location. depot to pick up commercial waste deposited • and mis-use at the bring to site If town centre is chosen as a pilot, to ensure this • is linked into the partnership Town Centre Collaborative approach with Planning and Housing in implementing Operation Gateway to community safety plan. tackle unsightly business frontages
Recommendation Number: 1.2.4 • Recommendation: • Challenges • • That the recommendations within the Litter Bin Impact on members continued requests Review report be endorsed. • Re-location of some bins as they were causing hazards to motorists and • Impact / Differences pedestrians • Initial complaints from residents made • Flaps on the bins • Cleanliness of bins • Efficient Collections • Encouraging changing behaviours when • Waste Capacities bins move from old locations. • Material • What’s remaining • Manual handling • 4 Solar Compacting Bins • • A3 Poster Slots Tagging of bins • Project Benefits • Continued discussions with either removal of installation of bins • Advertising on bins
Street Litter Bin Renewal Project
Recommendation Number: 2.2.1 • Recommendation • Challenges • The options for the maintenance or • Maintaining repairs on the walkways i.e. ownership on the 80 un-adopted walk ways paving slaps/tarmac, repairing potholes within the borough be explored and lighting • 13 no ownership, who is responsible • Impact / Differences made • What’s remaining • The figure was 87 walkways • All walkways have been inspected • To work within budgets on the identified • All walkways have been identified below: Freehold/Adopted (46), Part ownership (5) • 46 – Freehold and Leased In (1), taking into account H & • 13 – Ownership not known • 5 – Public Bridleways S for the public. • 1 – Closed • All others have been transferred to the • 1 – Parish • relevant areas. 9 – LHP • 2 – No footpath • 5 – Part ownership • 4 – Private • 1 – Leased in
Recommendation Number: 2.2.2 • Recommendation • Challenges • • That the use of wild flowers in parks, open Understanding that some areas are not spaces and grass verges, in consultation with immediate in terms of picture perfect and Ward Councillors and communities, be it takes time to enable the flourish of supported wildflowers. • Cut and collect machinery – to be procured • Impact / Differences • What’s remaining made • To continue working with Ward Councillors and communities across the • Instant progress on A16 near Toll Bar borough to identify areas suitable Roundabout • Slow progress on A46 on A16 Peakes Parkway • Very effective on Matthew Fords Way
Recommendation Number: 2.2.4 • Challenges • Recommendations • Weeds – spraying cannot be carried out • That the recommendations of the review during rain or wind speeds over 15mph – this of the grounds maintenance service be year has seen a lot of rain and wind. • It takes more than one season to catch up in endorsed, subject to consideration of long areas where growth and soil amounts are term financial viability. high. • Impact / Differences made • Research shows that NELC spray more frequently that other Councils. • Grass cutting has increased in frequency and • Although full time tree team has been this has made an impact in relation to reduced established, training and retention of qualified staff is challenging. complaints • Gateways – requires more resources to • Frequency of weed spraying was increased, smarten the appearance however, the weather has not helped at all this • Frequent requests to tackle private and year unadopted land areas. • A full time tree team has been implemented • What’s remaining • A dedicated person to carry out playground • Gateways- long term review of schedules and inspections and carry out general repairs. funding • Gateways – A180 in particular has received • Weeds-further review in progress looking at additional budget from June 2019 to carryout timings of schedules, shared work with street monthly maintenance cleansing and action to remove soil/detritus.
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