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City Centre CCTV upgrade

Meeting: 05/02/2019 - Cabinet (Item 650)

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The Cabinet is requested to consider the agenda report and its appendix in the agenda supplement and to make the following resolution and also the recommendations to the Council:

 

A – RESOLUTION BY THE CABINET

 

That the PID in the appendix to the agenda report to roll together six years (2017-2023) of Asset Renewal Programme (ARP) funding for CCTV to enable an upgrade of 11 city centre cameras and the reinstatement of two cameras in Avenue de Chartres be approved.

 

B – RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL

 

That the release of £165,000 from reserves be approved.

 

Additional documents:

Decision:

RESOLVED BY THE CABINET

 

That the PID to roll together six years (2017-2023) of the Asset Renewal Programme (ARP) funding for CCTV to enable upgrade of 11 city centre cameras and the reinstatement of two cameras in Avenue de Chartres be approved.

 

RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL

 

That the release of £165,000 from reserves be approved.

Minutes:

This item was presented by Mrs Lintill (Deputy Leader and the Cabinet Member for Community Services). Mrs Hotchkiss (Director of Growth and Place) and Mrs Bushby (Divisional Manager for Communities) were also in attendance.

 

Mrs Lintill explained that a number of the CCTV cameras in the city centre date back to the original installation in 1996. There are a total of 63 CCTV cameras. The PID proposes 11 upgrades and replacement of two CCTV cameras previously removed from the Avenue Du Chartres car park. Location and public safety were considered before deciding which to replace. The new CCTV cameras will be maintained by the current contractors.

 

Mrs Bushby added that the CCTV cameras add value to Police operations and had recently helped the Police make an arrest.

 

With regard to the retention policy for the recordings made by the CCTV cameras, Mrs Bushby explained that unless a recording is used for evidence the retention period is 30 days. With regard to monitoring the CCTV Mrs Bushby confirmed that out of hours the cameras are monitored by Sussex Police in Lewes.

 

Mr Dignum then invited Mr Moss (CDC Ward Member for Fishbourne) to speak. Mr Moss wished to share his recent concern regarding activity at the Avenue Du Chartres car park and welcomed reinstating the two CCTV cameras. He then asked whether consideration had been given to using the city centre CCTV to supplement the footfall data collected by the BID. Mrs Hotchkiss explained that it would not be possible to use the CCTV to count footfall. She confirmed that the BID have a camera specifically designed to count footfall and have also started to use a mobile phone tracker to record the number of phones entering the city centre.

 

Mr Dignum then invited Mrs Apel (CDC Ward Member for Chichester West) to speak. Mrs Apel wished to share her experience of the city centre from the perspective of volunteering with the City Angels and sought reassurance that the CCTV cameras are monitored through the night. Mrs Bushby confirmed that the Police will respond to 999 and 101 calls and use any local CCTV cameras to help.

 

Decision

 

The Cabinet voted unanimously to make the resolution and recommendation below.

 

RESOLVED BY THE CABINET

 

That the PID to roll together six years (2017-2023) of the Asset Renewal Programme (ARP) funding for CCTV to enable upgrade of 11 city centre cameras and the reinstatement of two cameras in Avenue de Chartres be approved.

 

 

RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL

 

That the release of £165,000 from reserves be approved.


 

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