Agenda item

RESOLVED that the report notifying the receipt of the following petitions be noted and the recommended actions for responding to them be endorsed:-

(a)       Containing the signatures of 64 signatories (at 13th July 2020), in respect of persistent antisocial and criminal behaviour issues we are having in the Ripley Grove Community, in the shelterbelt area adjacent to Harry Road Recreational Ground:-

Meeting with residents 21^st July and agreed to erect fence. 

Councillor Howard raised a number of points of clarification in regard to information provided by Council officers which had created some confusion and had led to some trees being cut down rather than topped.

(b)       Containing the signatures of 29 signatories, in respect of a request for trees on Mount Vernon Crescent to be trimmed (not cut down):-

RESOLVED that a meeting take place involving the Leader, Ward Councillors and officers to discuss the position but that in the meantime residents be asked to refrain from cutting the trees.