Minutes:
The Chairs Update Budget, inclusive of the Police Crime Statistics was circulated at the meeting.
Conservation Area Plaques
The award for the purchase and fixing of the plaques was endorsed at the November 2016 Policy and Delivery Committee meeting.
A resident suggested a map image of the area where the plaques were to be placed should be inscribed onto the plaques.
The Plaques were due to be placed in situ in March 2017.
Two of the Plaques were brought to the meeting and passed around, so Residents could see the final version before they are installed.
On the Plaque the area in the red line is the actual conservation area.
The four Conservation Areas are:-
All plaques will be fixed onto brick piers at entrance to the properties and all owners have agreed.
The Forum was thanked for awarding the funding for this Project.
A Resident suggested Kibworth Town is used as an example in terms of how the plaques could be incorporated into a walking tour.
The Chair and Residents thanked Peter Bliss for his management of the Project.
Action:
Councillor Bond requested to be sent a list of addresses of the areas where the plaques are to be placed.
Phoenix Therapy
The Phoenix Therapy award was endorsed at the Policy Finance and Delivery Committee meeting.
Commemorative Stones
The Chair noted the Commemorative Stones were previously part of Sandhurst Street primary School. They were rescued by a Resident and for a time located at Parklands Centre. The Forum on a number of occasions discussed how they should be preserved for posterity. The Civic Society looked at taking them on as a project where the outcome was an agreement to place them at Burton’s Corner.
The Civic Society alone cannot manage the project and two or three people were required to work with this Borough Council and Stone Masons to put a project proposal together.
Action:
It was agreed that Councillor Kaufman leads on taking this project forward.
Howden Road Bus Shelter Seat
The Bus shelter seat was now installed.
Oadby and Wigston Community First Responders
As a correction to the previous report in November 2016, the Community First Responders do not have a base in hospitals. In the future they are to provide an article for the Letter Box magazine on the work of the Community First Responders. The scheme does have a twitter account and Face book these are as follows: www.facebook.com/oadbywigstonCFRand https://twitter.com/OW_CFR.
Oadby and Wigston Community First Responders provided an update at the November Residents Forum meeting. They were awarded £180 to purchase two high visibility jackets.
Community First Responders work in partnership with East Midlands Ambulance service. They are locally based and respond via EMAS to 999 emergency calls.
Community First Responders use their own vehicles to travel to an incident. Generally CFRs will arrive on scene prior to the Ambulance and start treatment. They are trained by East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) to FPOS (first person on scene) levels. This is a different level of training and is more advanced than for general first aid.
Oadby Swimming Pool Site, Leicester Road, Oadby
A briefing paper was circulated at the meeting following a resident request for an update.
Action
The briefing paper will be distributed with the minutes.
Residents raised a series of questions to which the Chair provided a response.
In the public involvement section, most of the resident suggestions are incorporated in, “community centre use”.
The only option put aside was the suggestion that the old building be demolished and the area restored to open space costing £100,000, as this was considered not financially viable. The County Bridge Club group has put in a proposal for use.
It was questioned by a resident if there was mention of a Plan 4 3G football pitch.
The Chair noted that in the December 2015 minutes there was no mention of the site being used for this.
A resident questioned why Planners have not engaged with the CCGs (Clinical Commissioning Groups). The Chair could not comment on this and noted there is potential for the NHS to engage if, dentists and doctors were up for this. A site could help everyone work together to provide an integrated centre for Oadby.
On the timescale for development there is a desire to move forward swiftly in the not too distant future.
A resident commented that they support the site being used for housing as there is enough space for recreation. Plus there is no need for another recreational centre when there is a scarcity of housing which is much needed.
7events Group and Siting A Defibrillator
The 7events Group was awarded £250 as part of the funds to purchase a defibrillator to be placed on Oadby Parade. This has been endorsed by the Policy Finance Development Committee.
Grey Post Boxes
The grey post boxes have yet to be removed.
Double Yellow Lines on Stoughton Road
The Highways Department at County Council has assured the placing of double yellow lines on Stoughton Road will be concluded by April 2017.