Agenda and minutes
Venue: Virtual Meeting
Contact: Connor Hall Scrutiny Adviser
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Declarations of Interest Minutes: None. |
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Minutes of the Previous Meeting PDF 495 KB Minutes: Note: The minutes were read out and agreed upon after discussion of the City centre PSPO.
A committee member requested that on page 18, that regarding the inclusion of communities in bullet point 3 it be specified that white communities be included in any roundtable meetings and the roundtable be called a community cohesion group.
The minutes of the meeting held on 10 September 2021 were accepted as a true and accurate record. |
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Minutes: The Regulatory Services Manager began by explaining
the chronology of the PSPO’s democratic
process thus far. The Regulatory
Services Manager informed committee that there had been
108 anonymous responses to the public consultation.
The Regulatory Services Manager
assured committee they had identified and taken forward the
principles that the committee had asked them to consider in this
consultation for the comparative work between this and the
Pillgwenlly PSPO consultation. The
Regulatory Services Manager
highlighted that they had retained the style and
question and format using the Pillgwenlly PSPO for this
consultation process, including some of the questions and
observations that were made by this committee for the previous
PSPO; these included being more specific on residents and
businesses respondents, and questions were added regarding the
experience of anti-social behaviour as recommended by the committee
in July. The Regulatory Services
Manager informed committee that the previous format was then
followed, wherein it went through restrictions with an
agree/disagree option for respondents. The Regulatory Services
Manager informed committee that the top line brief was that there
was wide-spread support for this PSPO; there was agreement that the
area covered should stay the same, though a notable number of
responses thought the area should be expanded. The Regulatory
Services Manager noted that there were some specific requests for
the committee to consult more on constraints around aggressive
begging around cash points, and the questionnaire process was
amended for that consideration. The Regulatory
Services Manager reminded committee that the
report outlined the nature of responses, though some specific text
from responses were included. The Regulatory Services Manager highlighted the recommendations that the report made: for
committee to recommend to Council that the new PSPO be implemented
with the additional control around the unsafe or dangerous use of
e-scooters and bikes, as well as not to include a urination or
defecation control, though the Regulatory Services Manager reminded committee that
this wasn’t ruled out wholly and could be added if
necessary. A committee member expressed
disappointment in the number of responses received and reminded
invitees and committee that it had been requested by committee that
frequent advertisement of the consultation was done, which was seen
weekly, though the lack of response was still a shame. The
committee member felt that the responses received were polarised.
The committee member expressed approval in seeing that e-bikes had
been included in the survey as requested. A committee member noted that
question 5C of the survey could easily be misinterpreted as instead
of being seen as asking whether the link between the banning
begging 10 metres from cash points should be removed, he’d
interpreted it as asking whether a more expansive ban on begging
was appropriate. The committee member felt that this question was
too ambiguous. · The Regulatory Services Manager noted the difficulty in articulating this question and reiterated the question asked whether the link between begging bans and cash points were still relevant to the public. The Regulatory Services Manager reminded committee that begging was not illegal ... view the full minutes text for item 3. |
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Scrutiny Adviser Reports PDF 521 KB a) Forward Work Programme Update (Appendix 1) b) Actions Arising (Appendix 2) c) Information Reports (Appendix 3) Click here to join the meeting as an attendee.
Minutes: Forward Work Programme: A committee member noted that
Scrutiny was still waiting for information regarding the climate
change report. The Scrutiny Advisor noted that this was the next
priority and assured committee they’d be informed of any
changes. The Scrutiny Advisor noted that a meeting had been added for 10th December 2021 to look at the Welsh Language 5 Year Strategy, and that he had just received further information regarding that.
This meeting was terminated at: 17:05pm
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