Agenda and minutes

Finchley & Golders Green Area Environment Sub-Committee - Wednesday 15th January, 2014 7.00 pm

Venue: Crown Moran Hotel (Sala Room), 142-152 Cricklewood Broadway, London NW2 3ED

Contact: Chidilim Agada 020 8359 2037 Email: chidilim.agada@barnet.gov.uk 

Items
No. Item

1.

Minutes of last meeting

Minutes:

RESOLVED – That the Minutes of the meeting of the Sub-Committee held on 22 October 2013 be agreed as a correct record.

2.

Absence of Members (If any)

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor Melvin Cohen, Councillor Lord Palmer (Councillor Jack Cohen substituting) and from Councillor Colin Rogers (Councillor Arjun Mittra substituting).

3.

Declaration of Members' Disclosable Pecuniary interests and Non Pecuniary interests (If any)

Minutes:

There were none.

4.

Public Question Time (If any)

Minutes:

There were none.

5.

Member's Item - Introduction of the Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) in Hampstead Way and neighbouring roads pdf icon PDF 98 KB

Minutes:

The Sub-Committee heard Councillor John Marshall’s representation on the knock on consequences of the Introduction of the Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) in Hampstead Way and neighbouring roads.  The Sub-Committee noted that the residents in Asmuns Place and Hampstead Way (numbers 142 - 166), NW11 were requesting the extension of the hours of the Temple Fortune CPZ (zone TF) in Asmuns Place and Hampstead Way (numbers 142 - 166) NW11, to include the hours of 3pm - 4pm (Monday - Friday)

 

RESOLVED – That the Strategic Director for Growth and Environment instruct officers to engage with ward councillors on agreeing the buffer boundaries of the Controlled Parking Zone.

6.

Matters referred from the Finchley and Golders Green Area Residents Forum (If any)

Minutes:

The Sub-Committee received the below items, which had been referred to the Sub-Committee by the Chairman of the Finchley and Golders Green Residents Forum.

Issue No.

Details

Issue 10(Finchley and Golders Green Residents Forum of 15 January 2014)

Would Barnet consider issuing residents in The Terraces with one PERMANENT visitor's permit per household (like a Carer's permit) which we could issue to a single person visiting our premises? I ask this because, though voucher charges have come back down to £1.00 for the present time, our current chargeable parking hours of 91 hours per week (7 days a week) are positively draconian  and could become even more so if the hours change.

This is all because of Beacon Bingo (and I would recommend they re-locate to the new empty DWELL site at Staples Corner where there is ample parking day and night).

We should be able to entertain visitors without constantly having to buy vouchers (an extra council tax in reality)!  Even in the West End and Knightsbridge, for example, residents living adjacent to large department stores can entertain visitors In the evenings after 6.30pm without incurring the purchase of vouchers for them; or their visitors having to pay for parking. The same applies to our neighbours in other parts of our own borough e.g. Golders Green, Finchley etc.

We, living at the poorer end of this Borough, seem to be doubly penalised and in these strained financial times, that is an increasing burden.

Perhaps you could request of Beacon Bingo that they purchase on our behalf 50 vouchers per year (less than one per week) for each household in The Terraces from their obvious profits which allow them to burn fuel unnecessarily outside their premises each night.

 

Following discussion and consideration of this item, the Sub-Committee:                                   

RESOLVED – That the Strategic Director for Growth and Environment instruct officers to explore options / solutions and report back to the next meeting of the Sub-Committee and that the report comments on other such schemes within the borough and other neighbouring boroughs.

7.

Any item(s) the Chairman decides are urgent

Minutes:

There were none.