Residents are asking the Council to install a small fence around the play equipment installed a couple of years ago on the Grange Lane park.
There have been problems with dogs fouling the area underneath the equipment.
Grange Lane petition. click to enlarge
Although the Council has cut back on the number of amenity skips it provides, several residents associations continue to run programmes aimed at making it easier for tenants to get rid of unwanted items.
The skips are only in place for a few minutes and residents must ensure that they put any rubbish into the skips and not leave it on the path or highway.
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York men are being encouraged to lace up their boots and kick off their fitness by joining Back to Boots football sessions at York Sports Village in Heslington on Wednesday 12 June.
York City in the Community and benenden health are backing a second block of council-run sessions following an extremely popular first nine weeks. The sessions take place from 6.30pm to 7.30pm and will run weekly to Wednesday 31 July. As well as learning and improving football skills from the expert York City coaches, new players will also be offered a free health check.”
The sessions are aimed at men who want to return to football and increase their activity levels, and there has been great feedback from participants who have attended so far.
The Liberal Democrat Group have announced their new Shadow Cabinet for the 2013/14 Civic Year.
Earlier this month, Cllr Keith Aspden was chosen as the new Leader of the Lib Dems taking over from Cllr Carol Runciman and last week Westfield Councillor Lynn Jeffries joined the Group. The Lib Dems will now have the same number of councillors – nine – as the Conservatives, the official City of York Council opposition since 2011.
Lynn Jeffries will lead for the Group on Communities, Housing and Equalities; Carol Runciman will return to the Children and Education brief where she was Executive Member between 2003 and 2011; and Ian Cuthbertson will lead for the Group on Public Health.
Cllr Keith Aspden, Liberal Democrat Group Leader, commented:
“I am delighted to announce such a strong Shadow Cabinet team for the forthcoming Civic Year. The experience and expertise we have will enable us to constructively hold the ruling Labour Group to account. With Lynn joining the Group we now have the same number of councillors as the Conservatives and in the coming months we will cement our position as the real alternative in York.”
A colourful and imaginative exhibition of work produced by York’s adult learners is on display at York Explore Library from Friday 24 May to Sunday 26 May.
The exhibition has been collated by City of York Council’s community education team, and as well as pieces from its own creative courses it includes work from the Fine Art Departments of York College and WEA (Workers Education Association).
It is an opportunity to see the work of students across the city and see what can be achieved by attending local courses.
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Workplaces in York are being invited to take part in a free competition to encourage more people to ride bikes as part of the 2013 York Cycle Challenge.
More than 81 businesses and 1,600 people are set to take to the streets over the three week period from 1 to 21 July for the annual event.
The challenge is supported by City of York Council’s i-Travel initiative, made possible by £4.6 million of government funding which the council successfully bid for in 2011.
Unlike other cycling events, The York Cycle Challenge is all about encouraging people to simply hop on a bike so that they can experience the benefits of riding first hand.
A second phase of panels that converts daylight into free daytime electricity with zero carbon emissions is to be installed on the roofs of suitable City of York Council homes.
To take advantage of changes to the Government-set Feed-In Tariffs, the council has agreed with social enterprise Empower Community andsolar photovoltaic panel contractors Nationwide Solar to complete the installations ahead of the 1 July deadline.
Besides houses with conventionally pitched roofs, this phase will also consider roofs of suitable flats, where tenants of the top floor flats will benefit from the free electricity generated. In addition, suitable sheltered accommodation schemes will be assessed, including those with extra care facilities, where the free electricity will be used for the council-run communal areas.
A group of Year 5 pupils from Clifton Green Primary School will be helping to make a Smarter York on Thursday 23 May when 47 pupils will make light work of litter in the area.
The litter pick of Ashton Park, Crombie Park and the area around Crichton Avenue shops will help the young people to achieve their Archbishop of York Youth Trust Young Leaders Award.
The award scheme aims to help equip young people to be a force for good in the local community and encourages to develop a mindset for helping others.
The latest results for the Police mobile speed cameras have been published.
Last week saw 34 drivers stopped on the A1237 near Monks Cross.
Next highest number was 19 on Tadcaster Road in the space of half an hour one Saturday evening. Other high numbers were detected at Beckfield Lane (15), Strensall Road Huntington (11) and Stockton on Forest (10)
The monthly figures reveal that the above roads – together with York Road in Haxby – are those where drivers in York are most likely to be caught speeding.
The numbers caught speeding in York are relatively small compared to other sites in the County.
85 speeders were caught in one 4 hour period at North Stainley while 95 triggered the cameras at Calcutt over just 30 minutes.
66 offenders were logged on the A64 westbound by pass near Tadcaster in 3 hours one tea time.
A full set of stats can be found at this web site http://www.northyorkshire.police.uk/10951
Below are enforcement locations for North Yorkshire Police’s mobile safety cameras for week commencing Wednesday 22 May 2013.
The mobile safety cameras will be in operation at the following sites at various times during the dates stated. Cameras will not be in use all day, every day.
• Beckfield Lane Acomb York
• Church Lane Wheldrake
• Grange Farm, Wheldrake Lane, Elvington
• Greenshaw Drive Haxby
• Main Street Askham Richard
• Main Street Flaxton
• Malton Road York
• Millfield Lane Poppleton York
• Murton Way Murton York
• Skipwith Road Escrick
• Stillingfleet Mine, Escrick Road
• Strensall Road Huntington York
• Tadcaster Road Dringhouses York
• Temple Lane Copmanthorpe York
• The village Stockton-on-the-Forest York
• Towthorpe Road Haxby
• Woodhouse Farm, Escrick Road
• York Road Haxby York
• A1039 Flixton
• A1237 Monks Cross York
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The Council will carry out resurfacing works on one of York’s major link roads from next week, as part of the Access York scheme which is creating two new Park & Ride sites in the city.
Works will start on Boroughbridge Road (A59) between Plantation Drive and Seldon Road and on Poppleton Road (also A59) between Holgate Park Drive and Acomb Road from Tuesday 28 May.
A signed diversion route will be put in place between 9.15am and 4pm. During these hours inbound traffic only will be allowed to use the A59 through the work area. Outbound traffic will be diverted via Acomb Road, Wetherby Road and the A1237 (York Outer Ring Road).
Works will only take place outside the peak traffic periods – when traffic flows are reduced.Some evening work will take place as needed to prepare the site for the following day. Drivers are advised to try and find alternative routes, if possible, for the duration of the works.
The duration of the works are as follows:
Phase 1: Holgate Park Drive to Acomb Road, four days commencing 28 May
Phase 2: Plantation Drive to Seldon Road, ten days commencing 3 June.
Travellers using Water End will be unaffected during Phase 1 of the works. During Phase 2 outbound travellers from Water End will be diverted during off peak hours when the Water End to Carr Lane section is being surfaced. Local bus routes will be maintained wherever possible.
For more information about the scheme and bus diversions please visit www.york.gov.uk/parkandride.
