POP Residents’ Issue Log: December 2011

Issue Update Outcome Responsible Agent

1. General dog fouling

around Upper Horfield.

Police need evidence to enforce so this issue so it is

down to residents to film or photograph whenever

they witness dog owners allowing their dog to foul

the street and not clean up afterwards and report

to police.

No further action by POP at

but we continue to raise

awareness with campaigns.

Kate Berry to chase Dickens

Close suspects & report back.

Contact your local Police Beat

Team on 101.

BCC Dog Warden who can visit

offenders to speak about dog

control: 0117 9222 500.

2. Bags of catering waste

being dumped around

Upper Horfield

(Macauley Road).

Dave Bull has informed BCC Environmental Health

about possible catering operation taking place at a

property in the area.

Waste is being removed but no

response from Environmental

Health yet.

Bristol Environmental Health:

Dan Wilmott. Tel:

07825227627.

BCC Waste Services: Emma

Hennessey. Tel: 0117 9223428.

3. No drinking signs in

Poets Park.

Jenny Dean has secured funding for these and they

will be erected in the Park. Signs have been made,

just need to be fitted.

Signs are being installed on

Friday 20th

January at 10am.

Jenny Dean. Safer Bristol.

Tel: 07810506968.

4. Changes to bin collection

services advised.

There has been an issue regarding the change of

days for those living in flats with a Mini Recycling

Centre. In Horfield the crews now visit on a Friday

instead of a Tuesday.

Presume this issue is now

closed unless anyone else is

affected by these changes in

other areas.

Bristol City Council Waste

Service: various officers,

depending on location.

Tel: 0117 9222100

5. Low rate of reporting to

police from Somali

residents in Horfield and

Lockleaze.

Police ran a crime prevention event in Lockleaze in

December and will be working with BCHF to

improve the way it communicates to Somali

residents to build up confidence in reporting crime.

Continue to work with police

towards an event in 2012

targeting Somali residents to

ensure they are reporting

issues.

Jenny Dean and Kate Berry.

6. Good neighbour leaflet. Jenny Dean to provide some examples from other

areas to bring examples to a POP meeting in 2012.

Rachel Cobb and Jenny Dean.

7. Eliot Close Flats –

concerns about young

people entering flats

during the night and

causing a noise nuisance

Kate Berry advised and has spoken to tenants who

have been associated with this issue.

BCHF Repairs team asked to look to see whether

main door could be looked at to reduce the noise

when being closed.

As doors are wooden there is

little that can be done to

reduce noise if being slammed.

Kate Berry: 0117 9319774

Rod Brown: 0117 9319778

8. Litter in ABC Park Report raised with BCC Parks to have park cleaned. Contractor visiting on 16.12.11 Miles Harris: 0117 3521123

POP Residents’ Issue Log: December 2011

9. Traffic issues at north

end of Wordsworth Road

– cars entering no

through road and using

our tenants’ driveways

to double back on.

Cllr Emmett has been asked to find out whether a

No Through Road sign can be installed on the

corner of Eden Grove and the end of Wordsworth

Road to prevent cars ending up in the dead end.

No further action by POP.

Contract has now been issued

by BCC so sign to be installed

by end Feb 2012.

Cllr Sean Emmett.

Tel: 0117 903 1509

Joe Godfrey-McCabe

Assistant Area Traffic Engineer

Tel: 0117 9037310

10. Car parking area in

Beatrix: car was stolen

and cars parking in front

of car parks

Residents to report registration numbers of cars

blocking access to the police and also to report any

theft to the Police and Housing Officer.

POP to monitor situation and

encourage residents to report

issues to Police and Housing

Management.

Contact your local Police Beat

Team on 101.

BCHF Housing Management:

Kate Berry, 0117 9319774.

11. Noise pollution (BCC) to

attend POP meetings.

Dave Bull reported that it is likely they will be

coming along to POP meetings from now on and he

is meeting in January to discuss this

Noise Pollution working closer

with BCHF and can attend

future POP meetings as reqd.

Noise Pollution Team: Mark

Curtis. 0117 9222500

12. Land at entry of

Murdoch Square is being

wrecked by cars.

Residents need to take this issue to the Horfield

Residents’ Action Group and the Horfield

Neighbourhood Forum as this land is adopted.

No further action by POP. Upper Horfield RAG: 0117

9690011

Neighbourhood Forum: 0117

9036412.

13. BCHF to lock gates at

night.

BCHF noted this request and all staff have now

been issues with keys to avoid this happening.

Closed

14. Communal door on Eliot

Close flats sticking.

Contractor attended to look at electrics in

December. Still being investigated (13/01/12)

Awaiting report from

contractor.

Rod Brown: 0117 9319778

15. Rubbish at Davidson

Road Flats bin store

Kelly and Steve to visit site.

Kelly has arranged for 9 bins to

be removed and replaced with

2 large bins. POP to monitor.

Kelly Longdon: 0117 9224733

16. Access to bin store at

Beatrix difficult to access

Kelly and Steve to visit site.

Kelly recommended installing another door to the

store to improve access. Kelly writing to

Countrywide to suggest this.

Kelly to report back to POP in

January.

Kelly Longdon: 0117 9224733