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Conversation with my County Councillor
I had an interesting conversation with Cambridgeshire County Councillor Rupert Moss Eddcart during which we discussed a range of subjects: On Schools The executive county councillor responsible for schools is not technologically aware, and takes it on trust when officers say schemes such as fingerprinting pupils, issuing online laptops to pupils and creating databases of […]
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Influencing North Area Policing
I spoke on the setting of local policing priorities at Cambridge City Council’s North Area Committee on the 6th of March 2008. I said that I had attended these meetings a number of times, particularly when the police were present to make suggestions on improving policing in the area. I believed that I was participating […]
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Accessibility of Cambridge City’s Planning Process
I believe: There should be clear, timely notification of the speaking rules at planning meetings given to applicants and interested parties. Site notices should used in a greater proportion of applications, and should contain more details of how to have your say. Site notices should be placed in prominent places*. It should not be necessary […]
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North Area Committee – March 2008
I attended Cambridge City Council’s North Area Committee meeting on the 6th of March 2008. The official minutes won’t be published for many weeks and judging by past experience they’ll miss out the interesting bits. So here’s my recollection: Councillor Nimmo-Smith updated the meeting on his discussions with Anglia Water, The Environment Agency, South Cambridgeshire […]
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Cambridge Congestion Charge – FOI Request
To: foi at – cambridgeshire.gov.uk Could you please send me by email or preferably make available on your website, the documents which comprise the output of the circa one million pounds spent on consultants as part of the preparations for making a bid to the central Government’s Transport Innovation Fund in late 2007. I expect […]
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Dispersal Orders and Ecops Operation in Cambridge
To: Kevin Wilkins (County Councillor and Police Authority member with a specialisation in Cambridge City) and Olive Main, Independent Member of the Police Authority. At the Cambridge City Council’s East Area Committee on the 28th of February Sgt. Cross of the Police reported problems with the operation of dispersal zone which includes Mill Road in […]
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Cycleway Sign Suggestion
Clare Rankin, David Bradford, I am writing to you as you are listed as “Walking and Cycling Development and Promotion Officers” on Cambridge City Council’s Website. I have noticed that on the Cambridge Cycle Campaign map (http://www.camcycle.org.uk/resources/citycentre/) recently sent to most houses in Cambridge it states it is acceptable to cycle through the bollards and […]
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Stop and Account in Cambridge
I believe the “stop and account” form used by the police isn’t working and in my view is damaging to the relationship between the public and the police. The way the form is used affects the nature of an encounter between the police and a member of the public. I attended a local community meeting, […]
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Green Bins
Dear Cambridge City Council’s City Services Helpdesk, I saw 12 broken green recycling bins while walking down Hale Avenue and Harvey Goodwin avenue in Cambridge this morning, I am attaching photographs of most of them. Could you please let me know if you have any plans to replace these bins. I am aware that I […]
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Cambridge CCTV Signage
Martin Beaumont, This afternoon I spotted what looked like one of the City’s RCCTV cameras on a lamppost next to Parker’s Piece with the camera pointing at the entrance to Parkside Pools / the Kelsey Kerridge Sports centre and Car Park. There was no sign on the lamp post the camera was attached to and […]