This report by the Constituency Manager details the impact of the Wirral South Constituency Committee’s various funding and priority activities throughout 2014/15 including details of budgetary spend.

A report by the Constituency Manager reviewed the work carried out by the Committee throughout 2014/15. The report broke down all the elements of work carried out (e.g. grants funds, priority based projects etc.) and detailed the impact it had on the residents of Wirral South. The report also set out the budget spent in relation to each strand of work carried out.

The Committee considered its 2014/15 budget as follows:

·  £50K Wirral South Health & Wellbeing Fund

·  £38,720.50 core budget rolled over from 2013/14 (allocated £10k per ward)

·  £50K Core budget allocated to three main priorities

·  £77,750 Road Safety Money

·  £35K “Your Wirral” funding

·  £10k “Love Wirral” funding

It was noted that one of the Committee’s priorities was to improve open spaces and to increase the number of green flag parks in Wirral South and the main judging criteria for the Green Flag Award was as follows:

·  A welcoming place

·  Healthy, safe and secure

·  Well maintained and clean

·  Sustainability

·  Conservation and heritage

·  Community involvement

·  Marketing

·  Management

The Committee also considered the following list of progress made so far as follows:

·  Park management plan revised

·  Application for green flag submitted

·  A brand new main entrance sign erected

·  A secondary entrance sign erected at Ellen’s Lane entrance

·  Lines of sight improved by reducing height of existing hedges

·  New flower beds dug and planted up

·  Dead trees removed

·  New litter bins throughout

·  Work carried out on offending vegetation in roof of Mayer Hall/Pennant House

·  Stonework repaired on Mayer Hall/Pennant House

·  Stumps removed (Parks)

·  A new fence at Ellen’s lane

·  Replacement of rose bed in Ormerod gardens

·  Edging of all paths throughout

·  Disabled access swing installed

·  ‘Legacy Kit’ donated to Friends Group consisting of tools etc.

·  New play equipment installed

It was reported that the ‘Park’s Priority Task and Finish Group’ had been set up to focus on Mayer Park.  Progress made had included the following:

·  Park management plan revised

·  Application for green flag submitted

·  A brand new main entrance sign erected (Beb Cllrs Core Budget)

·  A secondary entrance sign erected at Ellen’s Lane entrance

·  Lines of sight improved by reducing height of existing hedges (Friends)

·  New flower beds dug and planted up (Beb Cllrs Core Budget)

·  Dead trees removed (Parks)

·  New litter bins throughout (Constituency Budget)

·  Work carried out on offending vegetation in roof of Mayer Hall/Pennant House (Asset Management)

·  Stonework repaired on Mayer Hall/Pennant House (Asset Management)

·  Stumps removed (Parks)

·  A new fence at Ellen’s lane (Constituency Budget)

·  Replacement of rose bed in Ormerod gardens (Beb Cllrs Core Budget)

·  Edging of all paths throughout (imminent Friends)

·  Disabled access swing installed (Constituency Budget)

·  ‘Legacy Kit’ donated to Friends Group consisting of tools etc. (imminent Constituency Budget)

·  New play equipment installed (teen see-saw and nest swing)

The Constituency Manager informed that the green flag judging of Mayer Park had taken place but no formal decision had yet been received.  He invited Mr Dennis Boyd of the Friends of Mayer Park to report on the proceedings of the judge’s visit.  Mr Boyd provided the detail of the judge’s visit and informed that she had been very impressed with Mayer Park and that as a result, he was hopeful that Mayer Park would be awarded a green flag which would demonstrate how well everyone was working together to improve facilities in the Park.  Mr Boyd thanked the Constituency Manager for all of his help and the Committee for its bold decision to invest in the Park and for the trust it had in the Friends Group.

RESOLVED:

That the progress made by the Committee throughout 2014/15 and detailed in the report be noted.