At its regular meeting last night (Tuesday 22 April), Council resolved as follows:
Revitalisation of Gosford CBD
Council made a number of resolutions to support the revitalisation of Gosford CBD as outlined below:
A William Street Mall HUT adjoining Mortimer Lane to be offered to the Police converted to a Police Booth bannered and manned.
B Police be requested to publish response times and record offences on the internet monthly.
C Council Rangers to be engaged with Police and ACS to develop protocols, in a planned management response to issues of anti social behaviour and provide additional security presence.
D Return of bike patrols.
E Return of dog and handler.
F Review of proposed plans for stage 3 Kibble Park to promote a strong community spirit in Gosford.
G Council request an overall management review of the methadone distribution within the City and in association with the Council and the Gosford Chamber of Commerce.
H Council note the Chamber of Commerce’s support of Council inspection of disused shopfront retail premises.
I Council note the Chambers of Commerce support of Gosford City Council in resuming or demolishing at the owners expense (when Legislative amendments are complete) recalcitrant Owners neglect premises.
J Council request the Police to monitor the CCTV cameras recently installed.
K A letter be written to Member for Gosford, Marie Andrews MP, Minister for the Central Coast John Della Bosca, and the Minister for Police, David Campbell seeking their commitment to the implementation of the above resolution.
L A holistic and multi-pronged approach be developed to consider safety for the entire community and the BID Committee be requested to work with Council to introduce a ‘100 days to a safer community program’ as implemented in Portsmouth, UK .
M Council implement the Youth Engagement Strategy program into the City Centre.
N Part of Councils consultation as required by the SCRAP committee involves the relevant Government departments when and where necessary.
