To receive a presentation on actions to address Priority 3 within the Council’s Corporate Plan; “A clean, well maintained and safe borough where people are proud to live and work”.
Minutes:
Alison Crowe, Programme Manager for Priority 3 in the Environment and Community Safety Service, provided the Panel with a presentation on the actions being undertaken to deliver objectives under Corporate Priority 3.
The priority was to create “A clean, well maintained and safe Borough where people are proud to live and work.” This was split down into 5 objectives with 17 projects making up the overall programme.
Objective 1 was “To strengthen partnerships and work with our communities so that people feel safe in and proud of their neighbourhoods, particularly by reducing anti social behavioural crime such as flytipping”. There were specific targets relating to increasing confidence in policing and reducing fear of crime and perception of anti social behaviour. Police attitude surveys would be used to monitor progress.
In respect of actions to take forward objective 2 – “to make our streets, parks and estates clean, well maintained and safe” – a range of indicators would be used to monitor progress including data relating to littering and flytipping.
Objective 3 was “to move to more sustainable modes of transport by making Haringey one of the most cycling and pedestrian friendly boroughs in London”. The aim was to achieve top quartile status by 2018. Objective 4 was “to prevent and reduce violence against women and girls (VAWG)”. This was an underdeveloped area of policy that required the collaboration of a number of different agencies.
Objective 5 was “to work with partners to prevent and reduce more serious crime, in particular youth crime and gang activity.” Targets had been set by the Mayors Officer for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) and the Youth Offending Team for improvements.
She provided an overview of key workstreams for the next year. These included:
• The new approach to waste and cleansing;
• A new delivery model for highways and street lighting;
• The bus accessibility programme;
• Community in Action – a community engagement trial focussed in Noel Park; and
• The introduction of joined up enforcement.
In respect of the targets within Objective 2 regarding bus reliability and safer roads, it was noted that these were largely the responsibility of external partners and based on national targets. In particular, Transport for London (TfL) was responsible for funding a lot of initiatives relating to sustainable transport.
The Panel noted that community engagement on key work streams would be both informal and statutory, as appropriate. In respect of sustainable transport, it was noted that baseline data was provided by a perception indicator in respect of cycling. In addition, there was also a LIP indicator to increase levels of walking by 3% by 2018. The Panel noted that improving traffic flow could mean requiring drivers to drive more slowly.
In respect of street cleansing, the Panel noted that although changes had been made to “put out” times, they were under constant review. It was challenging to find a time that suited everyone. An update on progress could be made to the Panel in due course.
In response to a question, it was noted that more vehicles would be needed if waste collection were to take place outside of rush hours. However, the Interim Neighbourhood Action Team Manager agreed to check to see if the option of collections proceeding in the opposite direction to the traffic flow during rush hour periods had been investigated.
AGREED:
1. That a list of the 27 bus stops within the Borough that are due to have work completed to bring them up to a DDA Standard be circulate to Panel Members; and
2. That the Interim Neighbourhood Action Team Manager be requested to confirm whether the option of waste collections proceeding in the opposite direction to traffic flow during rush hours has been investigated by Veolia.