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Apologies for Absence
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Apologies for absence were received from
Councillors Marianne Elliot and Sophie Thornton.
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Exclusion of the Press and Public
To identify items where resolutions may be
moved to exclude the press and public.
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No items were identified where resolutions may
be moved to exclude the public and press.
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Declarations of Interest PDF 86 KB
Members to declare any interests they have in
the business to be considered at the meeting.
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There were no declarations of interest.
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Minutes of Previous Meeting PDF 172 KB
To approve the minutes of the meeting of the
Committee held on 12th January, 2023.
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The minutes of the meeting of the South Local
Area Committee held on 12th January, 2023, were approved
as a correct record.
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5. |
Public Questions and Petitions
To receive any questions or petitions from
members of the public.
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Question from Dr.
Simon Duffy
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Would the LAC agree
to set up a working group - which would include interested citizens
- to explore how we might empower the many different neighbourhoods
within the area and to follow the path taken by Frome and other
places - radically reducing loneliness and increasing
wellbeing?
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In response, Councillor Steve Ayris thanked
Dr. Duffy for his question and said that he had held discussions on
this matter with the Co-Chair of the Adult Health and Social Care
Policy Committee and that whilst it was felt that the South LAC
should consider this, he was not sure of the best way forward with
it. Councillor Ayris said that contact
should be made with Council Officers and felt that the issue could
be included within the community plan.
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Diane Owens, South LAC Manager, said that she thought this might link with some
existing work in the city around cohesion and collaboration and
that she had shared the question with some colleagues from the
council and VAS (Voluntary Action Sheffield) who are doing work in
this area. Diane said a member of the Team would speak to Mr Duffy
after the meeting and that she would obviously take a steer from
the committee in terms of following this up.
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Councillor Simon Clement-Jones said that
unfortunately we were at the end of the municipal year but felt
that the matter would fit well with priorities in the Community Plan.
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Councillor Sue Auckland asked whether the
Chair could put the matter on the agenda for the first public
meeting of the new municipal year or for
future discussion by the
committee.
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Councillor Nighat Basharat felt that something
needed to be done and tackling loneliness was about working with
communities. She said that since covid,
there were still many people who did not have the confidence to go
out in public. Councillor Basharat said
that it was good to hear that this was being addressed in Frome and
other places.
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Questions from
Russell Johnson
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1. Are the Elected Members here aware that Sheffield
City Council is using part of the old nurseries land at Graves Park
as a Waste Transfer Depot?
It is likely that
the required registration for this use is not in place. Would
Members, particularly Councillor Johnson who serves on the relevant
Sub-Committee, please concisely comment?
Furthermore, an FOI
response from Sheffield City Council stated that the area is not
designated as a depot. If that is the
case, the observed and photographed activities at the site appear
to be inappropriate.
More broadly, are
South LAC Councillors content with the Sheffield City Council
Trustees’ oversight of the Charitable Trust with regard to
Graves and many other parks?
Should the Sub-Committee consider co-opting
people who have the necessary knowledge and who have the
Park’s interests at heart?
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In response, Councillor Ian Auckland said that
the area in Graves Park was a depot and was referred to as a
depot. He said the park ...
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6. |
Economic Recovery Fund Round 2: funding to help improve local high streets and encourage people to spend their time and shop there
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The Local Area Committee received a
presentation from Dan Wilkinson, Information Officer, Business
Sheffield. He gave a brief update stating that the Economic
Recovery Fund was there to help build the foundations for economic
renewal across Sheffield by investing in communities and high
streets, building resilience to the cost-of-living crisis and
future economic challenges, making high streets and local centres
feel safe and welcoming and to encourage residents and visitors to
spend time and shop there. He said that
it was hoped that the fund would encourage businesses and groups to
work together on ideas to improve their high streets and bring new
energy to those that are already in place. Dan Wilkinson said that the fund would support
high street businesses to work with their communities and the
infrastructure would continue to thrive once projects were
completed. He said there were two types
of funds available, firstly the District Centre Fund which was up
to £200,000 for a large project or up to £50,000 for a
small project and secondly, the Flexible Fund for new, innovative
ideas that benefit local businesses up to
£50,000. He said the focus was on
collaboration and working together for the benefit the business
sector broadly not individual businesses and the deadline for
applications was 30th April 2023. He said that scoring for the grants would take
place in May, with contracts being agreed in June and July
2023. The aim would then be for
projects to start during August 2023 for completion by the end of
September 2024. Dan Wilkinson stated
that more information could be found via
www.sheffield.gov.uk/business/covid-19-economic-recovery-fund.
In response to a question, Dan Wilkinson was funded through the
City Council.
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Councillor Simon Clement-Jones thanked Dan
Wilkinson for his presentation.
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South Local Area Committee: Community Plan - Update
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The Local Area Committee received a
presentation from Diane Owens, South Local Area Committee Manager,
outlining the Community Plan. Ms Owens gave a brief update
following on from the information she had provided at the meeting
of the LAC held in January, and highlighted the six key themes of
the Plan. She provided more detail around the work that had
been carried out to the clearing up of The Lumb in Gleadless Valley, the speed
indication devices that had been installed, and said that the
Committee would be looking at the data received regarding speeding
in those areas and potentially identifying other areas for the
devices to be installed. She also
provided an update on the Neighbourhood Action Groups that had been
set up in the South LAC area following the £30k allocated by
the South LAC. She said there had been a boost in youth
activities in the area, and referred to the Youth Conference held
in November, and that the feedback from that would be fed into work
around the Economic Recovery Fund. She highlighted the work
that had been carried out using the Ward Pots and the Community
Infrastructure Levy. She referred to the priorities approved
at the January meeting for the purchase of two portable CCTV
cameras, funding allocated for community capacity building and also
for street art projects and where they would be located. She
said that over the next couple of months, the Team along with
Members, would be working to support voluntary, community and faith
sector, local communities and businesses by looking at projects and
how to get projects off the ground and would also be looking at the
online engagement platform and how this could be best used to
engage with local communities, and finally the King Charles
III’s Coronation, each LAC had been allocated £5,000 so
that they could offer grants to help support local community
organisations and residents for celebrations over bank holiday
weekend.
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Councillor Simon Clement-Jones thanked Diane
Owens for her presentation and asked those present if there were
any questions regarding the Community Plan.
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A member of the
public said that the Community Plan had talked about engaging with
local communities and he raised a question regarding parking
outside Greenhill school. He asked whether, as a community,
have can we push forward to tackle the issue. It was not about the
lack of parking spaces for safe parking.
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Councillor Clement-Jones said he met at the
Greenhill Historical Society the previous week and a similar issue
was raised He said that at the LAC Chairs Committee earlier
in the day, there had been a presentation from Highways Services
and the outcome from this was that a much better way to tackle
problems around parking would be at grass roots level, for
communities to raise issues and get things done at a more local
level. He said that he had asked about School Streets
Projects and around the A61 corridor and that he wanted the South
LAC to ...
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8. |
Close and Date of Next Meeting
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Councillor Simon Clement-Jones thanked
everyone for their attendance. He said
the next meeting would be sometime in June/July, yet to be
confirmed.
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