Jeremy Elloy, Malcolm Eady & Jonathan Cardy: councillors for Fulwell & Hampton Hill

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FROM COMMENTS April 2007: • Lib Dems invest in local services: After one year the Liberal Democrats are investing millions of pounds in key services for local people. Money from Council Tax reserves is being invested in improving secondary schools, the environment and facilities for young people. • Despite already being the lowest spending council in London, the Liberal Democrats have managed to make additional savings of over £4.5m to keep Council Tax down and pay for key service improvements. The increase in Council Tax was only 0.3% above inflation compared to the Tories who in 2003 increased total Council Tax by 15.6% (12.7% above inflation). Here are some of the things which are being invested in: • The introduction of improved recycling services from November 2007 including doorstep cardboard and plastics collections (£750,000). Extra youth services. An extra £250,000 per year. • A new sustainability team to reduce the Council's energy use (£100,000). • £0.5m on youth club refurbishment. • The Lib Dems have also found extra money to meet the growing need for care services for older people and those with learning difficulties (£900,000), the needs of children in care (£400,000) and with special educational needs (£300,000). • The surplus reserves built up by the Conservatives will be invested over the next four years. Here are just some of the things which the Lib Dems will be investing in: • £20 million on our secondary school buildings, over and above the £24m already planned for Teddington School. • £3.5m on setting up the new recycling service. • A new £1 million fund to help tackle climate change • A new £1 million fund for new youth facilities. • A new £400,000 economic development fund to help local businesses and high streets. • In the run up to the local elections last year, the Liberal Democrats promised to invest money in local services. The Liberal Democrats have kept their promises.

• ACTION to tackle local flooding: Local Councillors working alongside residents and local MP Vincent Cable have been trying to solve the flooding problems in our area. • The two major areas are Railway Road in Teddington and at Burton, Lindsay and Hartland Roads in Hampton Hill. • Cllr Cardy said "In both cases work has been needed both from the Council who are responsible for the gullies and Thames water who are responsible for the drains". • Cllr Eady added "The Council tried clearing the Railway Road problem but we discovered the problem lay with Thames Water. They have now carried out the repair work. • The Lib Dems have also carried work out to tackle the Burton and Lindsay Road issues. Thames Water have also improved the drainage under Park Road, all of which should mean the flooding issues have been resolved. • Cllr Elloy added "We will not know if this work has been completely successful until there has been a heavy downpour. We will keep an eye on this to make sure the work carried out has been effective".

• PLANNING update: Somerfields Jets off! Somerfields have withdrawn their application to develop the Jet garage site on Stanley Road. The future of the site remains uncertain. Your Lib Dem councillors will keep you informed of any new developments. • Vanishing Fuel There is a planning request to redevelop the Texaco garage on Hampton High Street. The plan under consideration is to build a single storey shop and restaurant. If this garage goes, the nearest fuel pumps will be at the Sainsburys on Uxbridge Road. • Hampton Road A full public enquiry will begin on May 9th for an office block on the side of the ex-Haymarket offices in Hampton Road. The company has now submitted a new application for a much smaller block. Residents have been objecting to the design of a new front entrance. Your councillors have been working with residents on all of the applications. Cllr Elloy said "This scheme could gobble up one of the last open spaces on the Hampton Road with an unnecessary office extension". • No Summers for Hampton Hill Your local Councillors have been in touch with Ann Summers. They have no plans for a shop in Hampton Hill. Some residents had been worried about graffiti indicating a new Ann Summers shop at the former picture gallery at the junction of High Street and Park Road. • Planning is based on strict laws and is not political. If you need help with assisting in supporting or opposing a planning application please get in touch with your local councillors.

• VINCENT Cable MP and your local Councillors are putting crime and personal safety at the top of the agenda. • The Liberal Democrats have launched a national campaign called "We can cut crime" which is a 5 point plan to tackle crime and help victims of crime. Priorities include putting more police on patrol and making prison work. • Local Councillor Jonathan Cardy said "We want to hear local people's experiences with crime and their ideas on how to make our community safer. Your councillors have been pressing for CCTV cameras for Hampton Hill High Street and a scheme has been costed. This should deter crime and improve policing across our area". • There are also regular opportunities for local residents to discuss policing in our area. Regular police surgeries at held at the Greenwood Centre on the first Wednesday of the month at 7pm. Councillor Cardy added "These meetings are a great opportunity for local residents. Please use them if you have local concerns and let your friends and neighbours know about them also".

• ALPHA Road Playground: Liberal Democrat councillors want to know if local residents would like to see a children's play ground in the Alpha Road park. Cllr Eady said "We want to improve facilities for local parents and their children. We have identified a geographical gap and we want to know if residents would like to see such a play ground put in the park". Councillors are asking residents to let them know if they would support such a facility. Three years ago, a similar idea was suggested to residents but the Tories did not make funding available. The Liberal Democrats are trying to identify what funds could be made available if the support was there for the play ground. • ROAD Safety Issues: The Liberal Democrats want to improve safety of roads and pavements across our area. Cllr Elloy is interested in hearing from any residents who may have road safety concerns. Cllr Elloy said "There is a big issue with illegal parking on the corner of streets in our area especially the busy Hampton and Stanley Roads. I have asked the council to put double yellow lines in the most dangerous corners." Cllr Cardy added "If you know of any other road safety issues then please drop us a line". • RECYCLING Improvements: Doorstep plastic and cardboard recycling is being introduced in November. In the mean time, if you are missing any recycling boxes or would like more information please get in touch with your local councillors. Apparently some residents never got their food waste boxes. For your free boxes please contact 08456 122 660.

• FROM COMMENTS winter 2006/7: the Liberal Democrats will introduce the doorstep collection of plastic bottles and cardboard later this year, whilst retaining the weekly waste collection. Despite scare-mongering and lies by the Tory opposition, the plastics and cardboard pilot scheme which had been in operation in some of the streets of Hampton will be extended across Hampton and the Borough in November. There will be a massive education exercise to let residents know how and when their waste will be collected and importantly extra investment in new street collection vehicles which will be purchased later this year. The Tories have been claiming that the Lib Dem council was planning to collect residual household waste fortnightly rather than weekly. This simply isn't true. Residents in Hampton were concerned to see a vehicle mixing recyclable materials together, however this was just part of an experiment to understand which was the best method to collect recycled materials. The Council still wants residents to separate materials as this is the most environmental and cost effective way to recycle.

Cllr Malcolm Eady said "We aim to have the best and greenest waste collection in London. Doorstep collection of plastic bottles and cardboard was a key election promise, which we will be delivering later this year. This will increase the recycling rate in Hampton and across the Borough". Cllr Jonathan Cardy added "Recycling all recyclable waste is vitally important to protect our environment. Central government intends to impose increasing charges on waste going to land fill, especially organic waste, as landfill space is running out". Jonathan continued "Boroughs who do not meet recycling targets will be heavily penalised. More charges from central government mean more Council Tax so it makes financial as well as environmental sense for all of us to do all we can". The Council is hoping to encourage more residents to make use of the current food waste collection or for residents to compost their own organic waste. For more information contact one of your local councillors. Organic landfill is being particularly discouraged because it creates methane which is a much more powerful greenhouse gas than CO2.

• TACKLING climate change: The Lib Dems are tackling climate change locally. They have led the way including a policy to charge parking per- mits based on carbon emissions or engine sizes for cars older than 2001. Cllr Eady said "We hope people will change their behaviour and the next time they buy a car they will buy a less polluting car". As well as this national first the Council have also employed a Sustainability Manager to help the council and the borough's residents become even greener. Cllr Jerry Elloy added "As well as signing up to a climate change strategy we have also reduced the amount of energy the Council used in its first hundred days".

• YOUR local Councillors are eager to hear about any crime or anti-social behaviour problems in your area. Cllrs Elloy, Eady & Cardy are eager to tackle these issues to help make Hampton as safe as possible. Cllr Jonathan Cardy said "We hope residents will come along to the next police meeting to discuss these issues with your local police team as well as your councillors". Residents who are interested in the policing of their local area are being invited to Police Liaison Group meeting at Hampton Junior School on Monday 19th March at 7.30pm.

• HAMPTON Community College has received the Investor in Careers (IiC) accreditation. Awarded by Connexions, the accolade followed a rigorous inspection and covered all aspects of careers work. It was structured around four key elements relating to the management of careers education and guidance; commitment; organisation; delivery and evaluation.

• BUCKINGHAM Fence has been dismantled. This was put up by the last Conservative administration without consultation and has been taken down because of opposition by the residents. Consultation has already been a mark of the new Liberal Democrat Council, and following representation about the open land; the Council has agreed to award Buckingham Fields Village Green Status. This should ensure that it remains safe and open for community use well into the future.

• CARLISLE Park: We are very pleased to welcome our new tenant who has taken up residence in the flat on the top floor of the pavilion. We hope that our park keeper will be very happy in his new home. Residents can feel reassured that although he may not be working in the park all the time he will be present when the rest of us have gone home! This is something that Cllr. Suzette Nicholson has been pressing for since she was first elected in October 2004.

• THE future. The Council and other key groups are responsible for producing a Community Plan that sets out some key objectives for the next ten years. Residents were asked to register their views. The themes in the consultation included: Safer and stronger communities Greener and cleaner Healthier Communities Children and young people Business and culture As well as being able to make your views known online, some of you have been visited and asked to complete paper versions. By doing these two things we hope that more people would be able to contribute than a traditional consultation meeting. The results will be analysed and feedback given.

• PARKING in Station Road: Cllrs Elloy, Eady & Cardy are particularly taking the lead in changing the present restrictions. They are discussing the change of this area's parking to include 20 minute parking slots so that car drivers can make quick visits to the Post Office and other shops in this road.

• HORSE Chestnut Trees: You may have noticed that leaf miner moth has affected the Horse Chestnut Trees in Bushy Park and elsewhere. This caused their leaves to brown earlier than usual. If the tree becomes weakened it is also likely to be affected by the more serious 'bleeding canker'.

• BUS stops Work will be taking place in the Hampton area in the coming months on a number of the local bus stops in order to comply with the Disability Discrimination Act of 1995. Consultation to minimise any possible major inconvenience has taken place, but it is necessary that access to buses by disabled people does comply with the act.

Cllr Jonathan Cardy

Tel: 8943 0096 E-mail: cllr.jcardy@richmond.gov.uk

Roles: Environment and Sustainability Overview & Scrutiny Committee; Richmond Housing Partnership Management Board; Richmond Upon Thames Arts Council; Royal Paddocks Allotment Management Committee.

I have lived in Teddington for more than fourteen years and work for a local company as their compliance manager. I have been on the council before, from 1998 to 2002 my work on the Council then mainly involved housing, community safety, transport and recycling, as well as helping local residents put their case to the planning committee. In my years off the Council I have amongst other things been an elected staff representative on my previous employers European works council. I have done voluntary work with several local charities, in ways as various as hedge laying to being a trustee. I am also an amateur archaeologist and have taken part in digs at Olduvai Gorge and on Easter Island. I am taking a keen interest in the current plans to renovate Bushy Park, if you choose me as your Councillor I would work to protect the village character of Hampton Hill and the small town ambience of North Teddington.

Cllr Malcolm Eady

Tel: 8977 1398 E-mail: cllr.meady@richmond.gov.uk

Roles: Cabinet Member for Children's Services and Education; London Councils (formerly ALG) - Children and Young People and Families Forum.

Malcolm has been a Teddington resident since 1973. He has two children, both of whom were educated at local state schools. He is a Professional Chartered Mechanical Engineer. For 22 years was a production design consultant, advising on applications of new technologies, which included carrying out environmental impact of competing products, and he then spent 8 years as a IT manager.

He was elected to the council in May 2002. Currently chairman of Education Overview & Scrutiny committee. He also serves on the Transport Consultative committee, Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education, and Children's Quality Services Group. He is treasurer for Churches Together in Teddington, local Treasurer for the Children's Society, and a Governor of St Mary's & St Peter's School.

Cllr Jerry Elloy

Tel: 8977 3966 E-mail: cllr.jelloy@richmond.gov.uk

Roles: Audit Committee (Vice-Chair); Finance and Strategy Overview & Scrutiny Committee; Investment Committee (Vice-Chair); Planning Committee; Statutory Accounts Committee; Royal Paddocks Allotment Management Committee.

I have lived in Teddington for 20 years. My three children were all educated at local schools and colleges, and my wife has taught in local secondary schools and the tertiary college during that time. My professional background is in administration, and I have worked for the Church Commissioners and the Archbishops' Council over the last 30 years. I became a councillor in 2002. My council activities have included work on the Investments Committee, the Planning Committee and the Strategy and Resources Overview and Scrutiny Committee. I am a Governor at Stanley Nursery and Infants School, which all my children attended. I am particularly interested in environmental issues, but I am also interested in sport - cricket especially. I am keen to promote greater use of Council facilities for community activity throughout the Borough, with particular emphasis on increasing facilities for children and teenagers.

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