Cost of running Moseley Road baths

One of the issues that has been raised during the Conservation Appraisal of Moseley Road baths is the cost of running the building.

I have today received the figures for running Moseley Road baths – I have asked for similar figures for Sparkhill Baths, so that we can compare.

The figures are as follows:

Outgoings:
Employees (if two pools are operating) - £264,454
Employees (if one pool is operating, as is the present case) – £221,712

Maintenance of building – £42,215
Energy (electricity and gas) - £36, 963
Rates – £11,585
Water – £16,762
Misc - £1497

Transport allowance - £340

Supplies and service (chemicals, materials, office supplies) – £13,161

Asset rentals - £17,404

Total outgoings (if one pool is operating) - £361,639


Income
Sales on the door (if one pool is operating) - £87, 377
Sales on the door (if two pools are operating) - £132,364

Outgoings – income (if one pool is operating) = £274,262 - this is how much the pool is subsidized by the City

Update on Woodnorton House site

The Council have agreed on the sale of the Woodnorton House site, corner of Alcester Road and Moor Green Lane.

The site has been un-used since the 1999.

Between January and April this year, the Council advertised a 125 year lease of the site on the open market. Out of 22 bids, the Council decided to explore three of them. The 3 bids were examined by the Planning department who made comments on the proposed bids. The three bidders altered their designs accordingly and their final bidding price.

The winning bid involves the demolition of the main Woodnorton House and the building of 19 apartments. The bungalow at the Moor Green Road entrance will be restored and become one of the apartments. The bungalow was historically and architecturally more important than the main Woodnorton House and part of the deal was that it was retained.

The contract between the Council and the winnng bidder will be signed on the 11th December. The bidder provides a 10% deposit. The bidder then has 4 months to get planning consent for the 19 apartments - expect a planning application in mid-December. Once the planning consent is granted, the Council will then complete the contract - this should happen in mid-April.

Below are detail of what our Environmental Warden for Moseley and Kings Heath, Martin Holloway, did during week ending – 17th November 2006

"ROADS LEAFLETED(e.g. For advancement/bulky waste)"
None

"BAG SEARCHES (this is where bin bags left out too early are opened up by Martin to look for evidence of who left the bag on the pavement. If evidence is found, then the resident is fined £60 through a Section 46 notice)
Portman Rd (no evidence found)
Blenheim Rd (S46 notice served)
Springfield Rd (S46 notice served)
Highbury Rd (S46 notice served)
Station Rd (no evidence found)
Westfield Rd (no evidence found)
Grange Rd (no evidence found)

DUTY OF CARE EXERCISES (this is where shops are asked to provide details on how they dispose of their rubbish. They can be fined if they are unable to produce evidence)
none

LETTER SENT (these are either warning letters or issuing of fines)
Park Hill, xxx, Flats 1-6 Advancement
Leighton Rd Section 46
Dads Lane, Section 46
Blenheim Road, Section 46
Springfield Road, Section 46
Highbury Road, Section 46


EXCESS LITTER (this is where Martin will co-ordinate Waste Management to get a litter picker down to a particular road)
none


FIXED PENALTY NOTICES (these are fines for dropping litter – issuing these is quite complex and has to involve the police)
None (Currently awaiting updates from Mgmt as as result of no longer being allowed to Serve Sec71 notices)

BUTT BIN EXERCISE
None

DOG FOULING EXERCISE
none

OVERLOADED SKIPS
Thandi Skips, Clarence Rd

LITTER PICKS STREET NAME
None

MEETINGS/TRAINING

POST COLLECTION ST SURVEYS (this is where Martin visits a road to see how clean it has been left after the refuse crew have been)
Grange Road
Station Road
Westfield Road
Kingswood Road
Church Road

ADDITIONAL DUTIES
More sites referred to Your City Your Bham - Allotments in Highbury Park
Moseley & Kings Heath Street Champions Meeting at Moseley CDT
Liaised with Waste Mgmt regarding green waste collection in Moseley Area
Resolved issue of Advancement from Landlord in Anderton Park Road
Served Section 4 notice on 25 Alcester Road

Councillor update on Planning Applications of importance in Moseley & KingsHeath Ward - Monday 20th November 2006

S/07195/05/FUL, 9 Boundary Drive, Moseley, Birmingham, B13 8NY - Proposal Retention of single storey side extension with alterations to roof -Awaiting Report

S/01945/06/ FUL, 141 Sandford Road, Moseley - Erection of single storeyforward extension, front porch, construction of new bay and bow windows tofront with canopy over.- Awaiting Report

S/01332/06/FUL, 7 Park Hill, Moseley, Birmingham, B13 8DU - Retention ofboundary walls to front and side. - Awaiting Report

S/01333/06/FUL, 7a Park Hill, Moseley, Birmingham, B13 8DU - Retention ofboundary walls to front and side - Awaiting Report

S/01697/06/FUL, St Mary's Row, Moseley Village Green, Moseley, Birmingham,B13 - Erection of Tolkien landmark sculpture to include 6.5m high metal"Ent" sculpture, life size statues of children, laying of resin bondedcrushed glass tiles, removal of three trees and planting of four new trees -Awaiting PP/Cons Exp

S/01723/06/FUL, 18 Belle Walk, Moseley, Birmingham, B13 9DE - Erection of1.8 metres high front boundary wall and 2 no. 2 metres high front gates -Report In Draft

S/02255/06/FUL - 582 Moseley Road, Moseley, Birmingham, B12 9AA - Use forassembly and leisure (D2) including skate boarding, BMX, climbing - internalalterations, external refurbishment, provision of parking spaces - AwaitingPP/Cons Exp

S/04017/06/FUL - 123 Moor Green Lane, Pitmaston, Moseley, Birmingham, B138NG - Conversion of existing buildings and erection of new buildings toprovide 64 one, two and three bedroom dwelling - Under consideration

S/04169/06/CAC - 08-118 Church Road, Land rear of, Moseley, B13 9AA -Demolition of garages - Approve - Conditions -Decision date 16/11/2006

S/04236/06/LDE - 7A Park Hill, Moseley, Birmingham, B13 8DU - Certificate oflawfulness for a lorry repair workshop and park (to rear of site) andancillary store to coach house - Under consideration

S/04780/06/FUL - 22 Goodby Road, Moseley, Birmingham, B13 8NJ - Erection ofsingle storey rear extension - Approve - Conditions. Decision date -26/10/2006

S/04933/06/FUL - 39 Forest Road, Moseley, Birmingham, B13 9DH - Demolitionof existing workshop and erection of one 1-bedroom flat - Underconsideration

S/05510/06/FUL - 145-147 Alcester Road, The Cross, Moseley, Birmingham, B138JP - use of the 1st floor as bar in conjuntion with ground floo andcontinuation of opening to 00:30 - Under consideration

S/05627/06/FUL - 126 Springfield Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B14 7DX -Demolition of existing bungalow and proposed development of two storey houseand garage - Under consideration

S/05637/06/FUL - 41 Amesbury Road, Moseley, Birmingham, B13 8LE -Proposeddevelopment of two storey detached dwelling house. - Awaiting PP/Cons Exp

S/05706/06/FUL - 26 Goodby Road, Birmingham, B13 8NJ - External ramps forwheelchair access - Awaiting PP/Cons Exp

S/05811/06/FUL - 126 Church Road, Moseley, B13 9AA - Retrospectivedemolition of lean-to extension and change of use of nursing home to 6 selfcontained flats. - Under consideration

S/06141/06/FUL - 40 Woodbridge Road, Moseley, Birmingham, B13 8EJ - Changeof use from retail (A1) to hot food takeaway (A5) - Awaiting PP/Cons Exp

S/06820/06/FUL - 35 Billesley Lane, Moseley, Birmingham, B13 9QT - Erectionof part two storey and part first floor side extension and bay window tofront - Under consideration

S/06990/06/FUL - 12 Moor Green Lane, Moseley, Birmingham, B13 8ND -Erection of two storey side extension, forward canopy, first floor side &single storey rear extensions - Under consideration

S/07000/06/FUL - 280 Station Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B14 7TF -Retention of canopy to front and single storey side & rear extensions(amendment to previously approved application: S/07310/04/FUL) - Underconsideration

E-mail sent to Highways

To: highways@birmingham.gov.uk
Cc: Hendricks ; emily cox
Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 2:01 PM
Subject: Additional works for Highway Maintenance programme 2007/8

Thank you for sending me the proposed Highway Maintenance programme 2007/8.

Additional works that I would like to see considered are

Reconstruct the pavement of Valentine Road - it needs lifting a few inchs
Reconstruct the pavement of Wake Green Road (southside only) between School Road and Lenches Close - pavement needs raising a few inches inches
Reconstruct the carriageway of Moor Green Lane between Alcester Road and Queensbridge Road
Reconstruct the pavement of Heathfield Road, between the High Street and Florence Road - needs raising a few inches
Reconstruct the pavement on the southside of St.Mary's Row - it is an uneven mess!
Reconstruct the carriageway of Shutlock Lane
Reconstruct the pavement on the eastside of Alcester Road between St.Mary's Row and the car park entrance - when it rains you need a scuba diving suit to walk along here!
Resurface the 'service road' along the northside of Wheelers Lane, between Brook Lane and Howard Road East

Moseley Road baths update – 11th November 2006

The Conservation Survey of Moseley Road Baths is now pulling together all its information and will be published at the end of December 2006.

This information will then be used to support a Heritage Lottery Bid in April 2007. The £1million spent on emergency works during Winter 2004/5 will be considered as match funding.

The Conservation Survey will be putting forward two options for consideration, namely
OPTION 1 - restore the baths back to how it original was, BUT bring it up to modern hygiene standards and disability access. This would involve the creation of modern changing rooms utilizing the former slipper baths rooms and the boiler house. The library would have a mezzanine floor installed at one. All repairs to the building would be done to a standard where little or no maintenance would be required on the building for 25 years
OPTION 2 – restore Pool 1 back to its original use as a swimming pool. Concert Pool 2 into a non-swimming use. As per option 1, the whole building would be brought up to modern hygiene standards and disability access. This would involve the creation of modern changing rooms either side of Pool 1 utilizing the former slipper baths rooms and the boiler house. The library would have a mezzanine floor installed at one. All repairs to the building would be done to a standard where little or no maintenance would be required on the building for 25 years

Cost of OPTION 1 - £17million, plus
Cost of OPTION 2 - £20million, plus

For both options there will be a financial plan produced showing how many people we can expect to use the building and how much it would cost to run annually.

There now needs to be a debate as to the way forward. This debate has already begun politically. For those interested in the future of the baths, please attend a public meeting on Monday 27th November, 7.30pm at Moseley Road Methodist Church, which is directly across the road from the baths. The objective of the meeting will be to create a Friends of Moseley Road Baths. Such a group is now vital and will be a major player in the future of these baths

For further details on the meeting contact:
Chris Crean - 07720 147330
Steve Beauchampé - 0121 744 2310
Simon Inglis - 020 7794 7474 / 07770 276370

My personal thoughts are that I would like to move forward with Option 1 – namely retain both pools, BUT I need to know if there is widespread public support for this option.

The consultants are recommending bidding for £5million from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) in April 2007, BUT they feel that we are only likely to succeed in getting HLF money if we go forward with Option 2 – namely close one of the two pools.

The next issue is whether the Council can afford the £12million or £15million required. This maybe possible if the restoration is done in phases, say over a 10year period. The Heritage Lottery Fund would expect a firm commitment to spend this money as part of HLF bid – otherwise they will ask for their money back if we fail to do any work promised.

There is a possible 3rd option, where we hold back of a Heritage Lottery Fund bid for about 12 –24months and in the meantime spend £1million to £2million on necessary repairs. For example buy new boilers for the building. The present boilers date from the 1950’s and could break down any minute. We would buy new boilers that have the capacity to cope with heating two pools.

Whilst this money is being spent, we would start to mount a campaign to persuade the Heritage Lottery Fund to support the retention of two pools….and go for a £10million bid – the involvement of our local MP’s would be crucial. This is where a strong Friends of Moseley Road Baths is required.

We also need to debate whether we want modern changing room facilities – or something simpler. At the back of my mind, I do have this fear that modernizing this building may destroy that special feeling you have of walking into a time capsule – again we need to debate this. This could reduce the cost significantly.

Weekly work of Moseley and kings Heath Environmental Warden - w/e 3rd November 2006

Below are detail of what our Environmental Warden for Moseley and Kings Heath, Martin Holloway, did during week ending - 3rd November 2006

"ROADS LEAFLETED(e.g. For advancement/bulky waste)"
None

"BAG SEARCHES (this is where bin bags left out too early are opened up by Martin to look for evidence of who left the bag on the pavement. If evidence is found, then the resident is fined £60 through a Section 46 notice)
Kingswood Rd x 3 S46's served in Moseley
Church Rd
Woodstock Rd
Sandford Rd
Station Rd
Springfield Rd
Westfield Rd x 4 S46's served in Kings Heath
Grange Rd
Institute Rd
Melton Rd
Wheelers Lane
Russell Road
Silverfield Close

DUTY OF CARE EXERCISES (this is where shops are asked to provide details on how they dispose of their rubbish. They can be fined if they are unable to produce evidence)
City Clipper Barbers School Rd No contract - have given grace period to arrange a contract
99p High St, Kings Heath S33(1) - storage of waste to rear of premises

LETTER SENT (these are either warning letters or issuing of fines)
Trafalgar Road, , Victory House, Section 46
Kingswood Road Section 46
Dads Lane Section 46
Park Hill, Advancement
Park Hill, Advancement
Woodstock Road, Section 46
Brighton Road, Section 46
Church Road, Section 46


EXCESS LITTER (this is where Martin will co-ordinate Waste Management to get a litter picker down to a particular road)
Springfield Rd
School Rd
Chantry Rd


FIXED PENALTY NOTICES (these are fines for dropping litter – issuing these is quite complex and has to involve the police)
None (Currently awaiting updates from Mgmt as as result of no longer being allowed to Serve Sec71 notices)

BUTT BIN EXERCISE
None

DOG FOULING EXERCISE
x 2hrs Grove Rd Park

OVERLOADED SKIPS
Monster Skip Goldsmith Rd

LITTER PICKS STREET NAME
None

MEETINGS/TRAINING

POST COLLECTION ST SURVEYS (this is where Martin visits a road to see how clean it has been left after the refuse crew have been)
Grange Road
Station Road
Westfield Road
Kingswood Road
Church Road

ADDITIONAL DUTIES
x 1 Day - Graffiti identification sites and sites for Your City Your Bham Tidy Up

No Frank Zappa Festival next year

Our attempt to get funding for a Frank Zappa Festival in Cannon Hill Parknext year has failed see e-mail below

The L'Esprit Manouche Team of Dave Alexander and Berni Good had put in a bidfor funding - I had sent a letter of support. The Festival had the supportof the Zappa family, who would have played at the Festival. Ex-members ofthe Mothers of Invention would also have played. The idea of the festivalwas to rival the massive Zappanale Festival in Germany.

Councillor Martin Mullaney
(0121) 689 4372

----- Original Message ----- From: <Val_Birchall@birmingham.gov.uk>To: <info@lespritmanouche.com>Cc: <sophia.tarr@birmingham.gov.uk>; <mullaney3@blueyonder.co.uk>Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 10:22 AM

Subject: Urban Fusion

Dear Berni & Dave

I am sorry to have to let you know that the Urban Fusion panel turned downyour proposal for the Zappa Festival.

The main reasons for this are set out below.
The festival was heavily reliant on the income from ticket sales of 10,000 at £25 each which the panel felt was unrealistic
The panel was concerned the project could jeopardise Urban Fusion funding from AWM if the output targets were not met - this would leave BCC open to risk of not being able to draw down the funding for this and other projects in the programme
The budget is heavily reliant on income £250K from ticket sales but does not take into account the payment of VAT on ticket sales, which would impact significantly on the total income
The panel felt the project was not sufficiently "Birmingham specific"
The overall budget is £370K with only 20k confirmed at this stage and box office and merchandising income a risk

The panel comprised the Urban Fusion funders (Arts Council England and Advantage West Midlands), Birmingham City Council, Marketing Birmingham, Audiences Central and two independent advisers.

We had 107 proposals and you did very well to make the shortlist of 28 as genuinely about 80 of the projects proposed were high quality, good artistic ideas which could have benefited the city, were there funds available to support them all. I realise this will be disappointing but it simply was not possible to fund everything, and projects had to be selected for their ability to meet the funding criteria.

Best wishes
Val

Weekly job list for Environmental Warden - w/e 27th October 2006

I am constantly asked what do our Moseley Wardens do. Hopefully, this e-mail will should some light on what our Environmental Warden does.

Moseley and Kings Heath Ward has three Wardens. One environmental Warden, Martin Holloway, and two Street Wardens, Kim Monaghan and Graham Flint.

All three are funded out of a combination of Community Chest and Neighbourhood Renewal Funds monies – Moseley and Kings Heath Ward has a total of £288,000 per year. The cost of the three Wardens is approx. £90,000.

The Environmental Warden has the powers to fine people.
The Street Warden do NOT have the powers to fine people, and are mainly used to collect intelligence on environmental and police issues. Plus they report any environmental or highway faults

The three Wardens work closely together and have agree to split their patrols geographically.

The two Street Wardens focus their patrols on Moseley shopping centre, north Moseley and the roads immediately off Alcester Road down to Queensbridge Road.

The Environmental Warden patrols Kings Heath and assists the Street Wardens in Moseley when enforcement powers are needs.

Martin Holloway, the Environmental Warden, e-mails me a weekly list of what he has done. It is very impressive and we have agreed to make this public on the understanding that residential house numbers are blanked out.

Thus:

Week Ending 27th October 2006

"ROADS LEAFLETED(e.g. For advancement/bulky waste)"
Ascot Road

"BAG SEARCHES (this is where bin bags left out too early are opened up by Martin to look for evidence of who left the bag on the pavement. If evidence is found, then the resident is fined £60 through a Section 46 notice)
xxx Station Rd No evidence found
xxx York Rd No evidence found
xxx Station Rd No evidence found
xxx Westfield Rd S46 Adv Notice to be served
xxx Westfield Rd S46 Adv Notice to be served
xxx Barn Lane S46 Adv Notice to be served
xxx Brook Lane S46 Adv Notice to be served
xxx Springfield Road No evidence found
xxx Barn Lane S46 Adv Notice to be served
xxx Portman Road S46 Adv Notice to be served
xxx Mossfield Road No evidence found
xxx Kingswood Road No evidence found

DUTY OF CARE EXERCISES (this is where shops are asked to provide details on how they dispose of their rubbish. They can be fined if they are unable to produce evidence)
24/10/2006 Addison Road Car Sales Addison Rd, Kings Heath 1
24/10/2006 C G W Carpets Addison Rd, Kings Heath 2
24/10/2006 Xpress Floors High St, Kings Heath 21-23
24/10/2006 British Red Cross Addison Rd, Kings Heath 2a
24/10/2006 Adams Childrenswear Alcester Rd South, Kings Heath 1
24/10/2006 Arden News Alcester Rd South, Kings Heath 7
24/10/2006 Hoagies Diner Alcester Rd South, Kings Heath 23
25/10/2006 Lloyds Bank Alcester Rd South, Kings Heath 32
25/10/2006 Sainsburys Alcester Rd South, Kings Heath 38
25/10/2006 Pound Stretcher Alcester Rd South, Kings Heath 68
25/10/2006 Cornish Connection bakery High St, Kings Heath 79
25/10/2006 Barnados Alcester Rd South, Kings Heath 16
26/10/2006 Bright House - an electrical shop (was called Radio Rentals) Alcester Rd South, Kings Heath 20
26/10/2006 PDSA (Pets in need of Vets) Alcester Rd South, Kings Heath 30
27/10/2006 Hughes High St, Kings Heath 134
27/10/2006 Dolland and Aitchinson Alcester Rd South, Kings Heath 51a
27/10/2006 Post Office Counter Alcester Rd South, Kings Heath 8
27/10/2006 Collonade Insurance Brokers Alcester Rd South, Kings Heath 43
27/10/2006 Sun valley amusements Alcester Rd South, Kings Heath 12-14
27/10/2006 William Hill Bookmakers High St, Kings Heath 61
27/10/2006 Blockbuster video High St, Kings Heath 67
27/10/2006 Shirley Ann 'Florists' High St, Kings Heath 87
27/10/2006 Heritage High St, Kings Heath 91
27/10/2006 Connell Survey & Valuation High St, Kings Heath 93
27/10/2006 Greggs High St, Kings Heath 130
27/10/2006 Halfords ltd High St, Kings Heath 143
27/10/2006 Johnstans Butchers High St, Kings Heath 151
27/10/2006 McDonalds High St, Kings Heath 151b
27/10/2006 Clarke's Shoes High St, Kings Heath 151g

LETTER SENT (these are either warning letters or issuing of fines)

Moor Green Lane, xxx Advancement
Woodbridge Road, xxx Section 46
Augusta Road, xxx Section 46
Portman Road, xxx Section 46
Barn Lane, xxx Section 46
Barn Lane, xxx Section 46
Brook Lane, xxx Section 46
Addison Road, xxx Section 46
Park Hill, xxx Advancement
Brook Lane, xxx Advancement
Brook Lane, xxx Advancement
Brook Lane, xxx Advancement
Springfield Road, xxx Advancement
York Road, xxx Advancement
Station Road, xxx Advancement


EXCESS LITTER (this is where Martin will co-ordinate Waste Management to get a litter picker down to a particular road)
Caroline Road
Melton Road


FIXED PENALTY NOTICES (these are fines for dropping litter – issuing these is quite complex and has to involve the police)

BUTT BIN EXERCISE
None

DOG FOULING EXERCISE
None
OVERLOADED SKIPS
ISL Waste Services – 7060630, xxx Moor Green Lane
MCP Skips 7775557 xxx Station Road

LITTER PICKS STREET NAME
None

MEETINGS/TRAINING

POST COLLECTION ST SURVEYS (this is where Martin visits a road to see how clean it has been left after the refuse crew have been)
Grange Road
Station Road
Westfield Road
Kingswood Road
Church Road

ADDITIONAL DUTIES

Highways Maintenance Programme 2007/8

I've been asked by Highways for consideration of highway repairs for the 2007/8 programme.

My priority issues that I intend to ask for inclusion are as follows:

Reconstruct the pavement of Valentine Road - it needs lifting a few inchs
Reconstruct the pavement of Wake Green Road (southside only) between School Road and Lenches Close - pavement needs raising a few inches inches
Reconstruct the carriageway of Moor Green Lane between Alcester Road and Queensbridge Road
Reconstruct the pavement of Heathfield Road, between the High Street and Florence Road - needs raising a few inches

Are there any others that need looking at?

Amesbury Road, Moseley, YouTube video

See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybX22J0e7gw

also see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT7aciy_pio