Agenda and Minutes

To consider the Minutes of the meeting held on 8 December 2008.

The Minutes of the meeting held on the 8 December 2008 were agreed as a correct record subject to the amendment of the item ‘Mapping Data of Key Outcomes for the Borough’ replacing the word ‘doctor’ with ‘GP’, including Kate Fryatt as carrying out the action in relation to ACSOs and the addition of the following text:

 

“Kate Fryatt circulated a handout which provided information on areas of deprivation and what Hampshire County Council services had been doing related to this in Eastleigh”.

 

Christine Jackson advised that early discussions had been held with regard to access to health services for residents living in Velmore.

 

Christine Holloway confirmed that a briefing note detailing the activities and opportunities in the Velmore area would shortly be circulated and work was on going by the Local Areas Unit at the Borough Council.

 

Richard Rowland reported that the Police had also followed up the issues raised and he suggested that the residents be asked if they felt that they had seen any evidence of the work that had taken place.

 

Bernie Topham highlighted the redundancies that had been announced by Ford and advised that multi-agency task force had been established to ensure a coordinated response and a single point of contact. Bernie circulated two briefing papers relating to this advising that they were for information and did not require a response. Further information could be obtained from Kathryn Rankin the Economic Development Manager at the Borough Council.

Vince Johnston introduced his report which outlined the Local Area Agreement (LAA) priorities that the linked partnerships were already working towards and the local LAA priorities that the partnerships had but did not feature in National Indicators. The report had been requested by the ESP Executive as part of a discussion on performance monitoring.

 

The original purpose of the report had been to identify the priorities of the linked partnerships, to assess what, if any, other activity the ESP should consider to meet LAA targets.

 

The report identified that for some LAA themes/priorities there was little information on how they were being progressed. These were primarily in the themes ‘Employment Skills and Business Support’ and ‘Accessibility and Transport’.

 

The meeting focused on the priorities where a linked partnership had not been identified as taking a lead.

 

It was felt that it would be useful to amend the table to show other partnerships, agencies and individuals who were responsible for each priority. Members were requested to tell Vince of any other partnership or agency taking the lead who had not been identified.

 

The Chair thanked Vince for his report.

Vince Johnston introduced the item by reminding the meeting that it had been agreed to combine work on the Core Strategy with refreshing the Community Plan. The Core Strategy outlined how the Council proposed to use land in the borough over the next 20 years and would involve more detail than the Community Plan.

 

Vince had worked with staff in the Planning Policy section of the Borough Council to devise a first draft of the vision which would be included in both the Core Strategy and Community Plan. This had been circulated to partner organisations for comment. As a result of this comments were received and considered which had led to a revised draft being produced. The Cabinet Members at the Borough Council had reviewed this version and the final draft was now being presented to the ESP Executive to be approved.

 

The meeting discussed the draft vision and suggested some minor alterations. It was recognised that feeling safe in Eastleigh Town Centre was very important and on occasion it was necessary to take action on, and sometimes close, licensed premises that caused problems. It was discussed whether a reference should be made to the airport and decided that this was not necessary as the Core Strategy would have a section relating to this.

 

Consideration was given to what was the borough’s heritage and it was felt that it would be interesting to find out how residents would answer this question. It was suggested that this be considered for inclusion in the workshop session being held on the Core Strategy.

 

Vince advised that provided the vision was approved by the meeting it would be fed into the Core Strategy. The ESP would then need to concentrate on the Community Plan and the other elements that would make up this document. This would form the majority of the discussion at the meeting of the full partnership on 24 March 2009.

 

It was AGREED that, subject to the minor suggested amendments, the vision for the Community Plan be approved.

Richard Rowland advised that generally crime was low in Eastleigh borough. The high level crimes such as burglary that were monitored by the constabulary were down. Despite this burglary from property other than dwellings and theft from shops had both increased.

 

It was reported that the types of crime that were on the increase tended to change on a seasonal basis. Due to this the police were reviewing their priorities every three months to ensure resources were being put in the right areas. It was anticipated that some of the partner organisations would be invited to get involved in the meetings where these priorities would be discussed.

 

A special event was being held in March for the business community to discuss how crime could be targeted with a co-ordinated approach. It was advised that the Economic Development Teams at the Borough and County Council would be able to help with business contacts should they be needed. Richard agreed to distribute details of the conference.

 

In response to a question about cooperation between different police forces in Hampshire, Richard advised that all these forces worked together in relation to tackling burglary. It was hoped that this would encourage more cooperation in relation to other crimes.

 

Bernie Topham asked if there was anything more the ESP could be doing. Richard confirmed that they were working closely with the Community Safety (Crime and Disorder Reduction) Partnership and they would advise the ESP of any additional action that could be taken.

 

The Chair thanked Richard for the update.

Vince Johnston circulated some results of the Place Survey 2008/09. He advised that as many of the questions were new there was no data from previous years to compare the results to. It was anticipated that the Audit Commission would publish results from across the country on 9 March and this would allow comparisons to be made with other areas.

 

Vince agreed to circulate copies of the full electronic document on request.

Christine Holloway gave a short update on the progress being made with the RUBothered? service. Since the member of staff involved had left, the role had been divided into two parts. Work on the STAR project to reduce young people’s alcohol consumption and to deal with related issues would be dealt with by a new co-ordinator post. Work was on going into ways to continue to provide the counselling service, and Christine was optimistic that funding would be found through Hampshire County Council.

The dates for meetings of the ESP are shown below. All meetings will take place at the Civic Offices.

 

·    6pm on 24 March 2009 – ESP

 

Future meeting dates are proposed as follows:

 

·    9.30am on 16 June 2009 – Executive

·    9.30am on 8 September 2009 – Executive

·    6pm on 17 September 2009 – ESP

·    9.30am on 16 November 2009 – Executive

·    9.30am on 12 January 2010 – Executive

·    9.30am on 2 March 2010 – Executive

·    6pm on 15 March 2010 – ESP

 

If you would like to receive a hard-copy of any of the cited documents, please contact: Alison Wright, Legal & Democratic Services, Eastleigh Borough Council. Telephone: 023 8068 8111. Email: alison.wright@eastleigh.gov.uk.

 

Please note that the ESP website (www.eastleighstrategicpartnership.org) holds a range of ESP-related information, including the minutes and agendas.

If you would like to submit items to be considered for inclusion in future meeting agendas, circulation to ESP members or posting to the ESP website, please contact Vince Johnston, Change & Development Team, Eastleigh Borough Council. Telephone: 02380-688077 Email: vince.johnston@eastleigh.gov.uk.

The dates for future meetings were noted.