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Appendix 2 – Min. 4071 – Dst Cllr D Wood: West Harptree Parish Council Report, 6/7/22
Clean & Green Week / West Harptree Speeding Phase 1
Before and after photos of cutting back vegetation around the signs was circulated previously.
C&G Weeks aside, the new vegetation response team hired as part of the Investment in Neighbourhood Services is designed to respond to issues like these.
West Harptree Speeding Phase 2
I look forward to being involved in any public meeting that discusses the best uses of the funds available.
Resurfacing of A368 and Ridge Crescent
I have vired £750k unspent pothole money from an earlier year to this year. The report states:
“Resurfacing will allow for the extension of the A368 West Harptree (part) approved Surface Treatment Scheme to be extended into a full resurfacing through the village of West Harptree.”
There will also be some surface dressing on the A368 this week.
Area Working – Report back from Chew Valley Area Forum
I said I’d feedback anything significant from the CVAF. There was an interesting presentation on communities helping B&NES develop more bespoke plans for the four geographically distinct parts of B&NES – Chew Valley, Somer Valley, Keynsham area and Bath/Bathavons.
It’s early days but this is a significant development. Their intention is to engage the community and representatives in forming a long-term plan for each area, importantly this will be specific to each, recognising that one area may need to focus on certain issues that are completely different from another part of the authority.
I met with the Communities Director afterwards to press the case for broader area teams, where siloes are broken down and different teams across the Council get to know each area and work together in a more holistic way to solve problems.
2023 Manifesto
We’re developing our 2023 Manifesto and I am chairing the process. I’ve asked that the process is thrown open to allow wide engagement from the public, including asking for input from parish councils, residents’ associations in Bath and specialist community groups.
- Status: Approved