Agenda item

Move on to Item 6: Have Your Say

Resident: question about notice board locations Vyner Street and Lawrence Street

Cllr Merrett replied: there are no nearby noticeboards in those areas

Resident: asked about publicity of the meeting - noted low attendance. Was it publicised far and wide?

Cllr Melly responded: As far as we know, residents’ associations and community groups have their own keys to their own notice boards, the current noticeboards in Guildhall Ward are not CYC-owned and we don’t have keys or access ourselves.

Resident: Two points – firstly, next time suggest publicising in shop noticeboards. Secondly – is ward funding not covering the gaps in council services? Instead of ward funding spends, the taxi marshals should be funded by taxi drivers and the grass seeds and wildflowers should be funded by council gardening teams.

Cllr Melly replied: We’d be happy to advertise meetings and events in shops and community spaces, and we do do this, where appropriate. As regards seeds, they are advantageous for the environment, local wildlife and people. Guildhall Ward does not have that many green spaces. As regards the taxi marshals, this increases safety of local residents and there was a larger cost to the scheme, we just made a contribution – it was a funded by a combination of traders, drivers, residents, and council funding.

Cllr Merrett also replied: It's important to say that residents, businesses and taxi drivers themselves, all contributed to the funding of that scheme and its total cost. Without the addition of ward funding, they would not have had the amount to be able to proceed with the scheme. It has been match-funded with Community Safety funding. We discovered that the scheme would not have continued otherwise. Regarding publicity, we would be happy to increase visibility of the meetings and we are on the case about that.

Resident raised a concern about a fence: The fence structure (at _____ ) is faulty, would there be any volunteers able to help with it? Had asked but was told that it was not permitted due to Health and Safety concerns and risk.

Cllr Melly responded: aware of this issue and yes, the fence is in a state. Wood and metal are faulty. Painting the fence would be too close to the road and with the fast car speeds, it’s too risky for the fence and safety of pedestrians. Has been in conversations to progress this with Highways and other teams, and has been chasing this.

Resident: Works on Jewbury, re-do trees and mud has been left – what has or could be done – perhaps wildflowers? Could you take a look, it’s near the back of the Sainsburys

Cllr Melly responded: I will look into it. I can find out the land ownership and see what we could do.

Resident: Groves Community payback – cleaning up and planting of the area – can anyone help, who can I contact?

Cllr Melly: How about goodgym, asking them for help?

Resident: I’ve got them coming next fortnight. Still need more help with it.

Cllr Merrett: How about asking York Cares, they have the Employee Volunteering.

Resident: I will try contact them again and see.

Closing of the meeting: Cllr Clarke thanked everyone for their participation, thanked Council officers and the presentation team.

Meeting close.

Annex:

·        YouTube video link for the 20-minute video on designs: https://youtu.be/rfvDxKIMJYs

·        Email: regeneration@york.gov.uk

·        Presentation deck as PDF

·        Ward Funding budgets 2023-2024

·        Ward funding budgets 2024-2025, as of August 2024