Pubwatch Minutes

5th August 2010 - Babylon – 3.30pm

Environmental protection officer

• Last 7 to 8 months there has been a large increase of flyering down the walk.
• From the16th July temporary signs have been put into place to designate areas you’re not allowed to flyer in.
• Self-policing is a technique which can be tried although if this does not work then there will be a complete ban of flyering in the designated areas
• Signs are being put up to stop flyering.
• You will not have to pay for a permit to flyer, instead if they see any one violating the rules they will personally be fined and all flyers will be taken away from them. 
• Over the next couple of weeks they will be talking to different groups to see how these solutions are working out and whether there has been any sort of an improvement.
• Areas which will be affected are Commercial road, museum road, guildhall and outside of Gunwharf
• Can continue at the moment will be able to flyer during the day signs mean controlled area. Another idea is apply for permission, harassment to many people flyering.
• Setting up an area for flyering would be a positive move any chance of copy of map.

Police update

• All venues asked to email details of activities and events over fresher’s fortnight.  Venues are asked to liaise with police if they have any requests for drug dogs etc.
• Drinks promotions are starting to drop a little bit already, if this continues you may not have a warning just straight to expedited review.
• Reminder that new mandatory conditions are not on the licences at the moment. Although if they are breached then venues will be taken to review. It will be pushed.
• Regular three times a night visits any problems?
• If there was an issue then you would be called in by now, if you have heard no negative comments then you should be ok.
• The reasons for the 2nd and 3rd visits in a night is to give the officers time to see how things have been run and how situations are handled, there have been mixed concerns.
• Section 27 have been issued a lot more.
• Recourses are mainly used on a Friday Saturday night.
• Football - There will be 4 or 5 problem games categorised by risk.
• Issues with football?
• Friendly games as well they will be looked at as well although most friendly will go down as low threat.
• City council home office taken over liquor licences.

Safe Space

• Safe space only a few weeks away ½ way through, need to flyer, help people when they’re in a bad way, street pastors home base, mobile cttv and radio, happy with the way they work. Opens 27th august 7-11 2-doorstaff will be on at on at all times.
• Area for service people, door staff, police, etc will be provided.
• Guidelines still working on them.
• 11-4 in the morning.
• Will be located under the big screen below Mountbatten gallery
• Door staff meetings will be held there from the 27th
• Toilets will be open whilst safe space is open.
• 8-10 people £100 per night ambulance £400 +£1000 for over night stay.  Looking £8000 per night on saving, staff will not be paramedics but more qualified, say cut foot can stitch and etc.
• As time goes by it will be easier, if you send them to safe space it shows you are trying to help.

Best Bar None

• Tickets let san know, 5 venues fire safety but has now been fixed, free course to let you know responsibility learn do your own assessment, should have a letter going round to explain. Learning lesson fire training first aid next couple

Any Other News

• Lighting down the walk will go up on the 16th September
• Replacing mike O’Malley is Mike Hall
• Incidents any change will bring figures
• Drink aware will be coming down in the next couple of weeks to observe the nightlife down here
• Getting some one to safe space - why not use promoters
• Next meeting is 3rd September at the Guildhall