Venue: The Gateway Centre, Front Street, YO243 3BZ
Contact: Michal Czekajlo
Community Involvement Officer
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6:30pm, drop-i surgery with Councillors, Police and partners
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Find out about community groups active in your
area
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School parking issues
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Give us your views on what is important to you in
your community
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Update on the Front Street regeneration
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7:00pm main meeting  PDF 3 MB
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Centre of Excellence for Disabled Children on the
Windsor House site – an update from the Project
Manager
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Update from a representative of TalkTalk on the roll out Ultra Fibre Optic in the
area
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Ward budget – an update on recently funded
projects, plus plans for the year ahead
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Have your say
Additional documents:
Minutes:
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WELCOME
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Cllr Waller welcomed everyone to the Ward Committee
Meeting.
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POLICE UPDATE
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Inspector Lee Pointon, introduced Superintendent Robson and
Sergeant Danny Leach who was the newly appointed Sergeant for York
South. Following restructure, the team
comprised Sergeant Leach, 3 PC’s (one still to be appointed)
and 16 PCSOs for this area.
With regard to crime in the
ward, there had been a problem with anti-social behaviour (ASB)
prevalent in certain areas with youths riding round on mopeds and
causing problems. As PCSO’s could
not deal with the moped problems by bike, specialist resources had
had to be deployed. He asked that
if residents heard or saw any mopeds causing problems to contact
the team.
Burglaries were down by 50%
over last 2-4 months. They had been
particularly active with property marking and the team had changed
how they carried out house to house enquiries and provided crime
prevention advice which had produced benefits.
With regard to vehicle crime,
there had been a ‘blip’ last month, largely down to one
individual who had been released from prison for three weeks, after
which he returned to prison.
This year the team was looking
to re-engage with the community.
Sergeant Leech said that he was local to this area as he had been
born and bred in Acomb and he was genuinely pleased to be working
here in the south of York. He took a
pride in his work and wanted to make a difference to the community
he was serving. He said he was
happy to provide advice and attend events.
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A resident asked whether the
youths on mopeds were usually insured.
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Inspector Pointon said we check that they are MOT’d, taxed and insured. Recently 4/5 mopeds had been taken off the streets
in one night. If they have been
modified, i.e. the exhaust we check with DVLA and if they had not
been notified then their insurance would be null and
void.
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Cllr Waller reported that there
had been an issue with off-road bikes, they had been causing a
nuisance at the end of Foxwood Lane on Sunday riding round and
round.
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The issues around off-road
bikes were about where and how they are ridden. If they are on
private land it is ok. The mopeds will
have registration plates or distinguishing marks. If a vehicle is seen not displaying a registration
plate they are automatically spoken to. There was a question about how the off-road bikes got to the fields and whether
they were driven on roads. The
team was soon to get ownership of their own off-road
facility. Incidents should be reported
via 101.
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Cllr Waller asked when
information would be available on the team restructure.
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The restructure should be
completed by 1st April and on 2nd April
Sergeant Leach would be in a position to supply a copy. The team should be contacted by email on
SNAyorkcity@northyorkshire.pnn.police.uk this
is preferable to contacting PCSO’s but ringing 101
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the full minutes text for item 2.
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