Agenda and minutes

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Contact: Faith Mwende 020 8359 4917 Email: faith.mwende@barnet.gov.uk 

Items
No. Item

1.

MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING pdf icon PDF 64 KB

Minutes:

RESOLVED - that the minutes of the meeting held on 3 March 2015 be agreed a correct record.

2.

ABSENCE OF MEMBERS

Minutes:

An apology for absence was received from Councillor Daniel Seal, who was substituted by Councillor Val Duschinsky, and from Councillor Nagus Narenthira, who was substituted by Councillor Alison Moore.

3.

DECLARATIONS OF MEMBERS DISCLOSABLE PECUNIARY INTERESTS AND NON-PECUNIARY INTERESTS

Minutes:

There was none.

4.

REPORT OF THE MONITORING OFFICER (IF ANY)

Minutes:

There was none.

5.

PUBLIC QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS (IF ANY) pdf icon PDF 68 KB

Minutes:

Jez Simms (on behalf of Sheila Mahmood and separately in his own right), Kanu Dave and Stamo Ampatielou made public comments on agenda item 10.

 

Details of the questions asked and the published answers were provided with the agenda papers for the meeting.

 

Oral responses were given to the supplementary questions at the meeting.

6.

MEMBERS' ITEMS (IF ANY)

Minutes:

There were none.

7.

ANNUAL REGENERATION REPORT pdf icon PDF 373 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Committee considered the report.

 

Councillor Cooke moved a motion that was seconded by Councillor Moore,

 

“The Committee receive a report at the next meeting giving a breakdown for each regeneration area since 2003 and aggregation over all areas of the number of housing units in each tenure type, before and after the regeneration, the difference between them, and time during construction when no housing units are available for occupation”

 

Having been put to the vote the Committee voted:

 

For: 9

Against: 0

Abstain: 0

 

The motion was therefore carried.

 

Having been put to the vote the Committee voted:

 

In Favour: 5

Against: 0

Abstain: 4

 

The Committee;

 

The Committee;

 

RESOLVED

1.     To note the general progress being made towards delivering the Borough’s regeneration schemes and skills and enterprise activities, including key achievements and successes from April 2014 to March 2015, as well as expected activities in 2015/16.

 

2.     To note the Forward Plan of Milestones for 2015/16.

 

3.     To receive a report at the next meeting giving a breakdown for each regeneration area since 2003 and aggregation over all areas of the number of housing units in each tenure type, before and after the regeneration, the difference between them, and the time during construction when no housing units are available for occupation.

8.

LONDON BOROUGH OF BARNET ACCOMMODATION OPTIONS REVIEW STRATEGIC OUTLINE CASE pdf icon PDF 263 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Committee considered the report.

 

Having been put to the vote the Committee voted:

 

In Favour: 5

Against: 0

Abstain: 4

 

The Committee;

 

RESOLVED

1.    To acknowledge and note the contents of the Strategic Outline Case (SOC).

 

2.    To note the SOC indicates the preferred way forward for Barnet Council’s office accommodation is to proceed on the basis of a new build development at Colindale.

 

3.    That an Outline Business Case (OBC) should be prepared for consideration by LBB in June 2015.

9.

TOWN CENTRE REPORT pdf icon PDF 353 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Committee considered the report.

 

Councillor Cooke read a letter from a local business suggesting a way in which  the council can engage with local businesses. The committee agreed that officers should meet with ward councillors to discuss the idea further.

 

Having been put to the vote the Committee voted:

 

In Favour: 9

Against: 0

Abstain: 0

 

The Committee;

 

RESOLVED

1.    To approve and confirm the town centres set out in paragraph 2.6 as Main town centres.

 

2.    To approve the amendments to the “town centre offer” set out in table 1.

10.

DEPOT RELOCATION PROJECT pdf icon PDF 232 KB

Minutes:

Councillor Barry Rawlings, Councillor Andreas Ioannidis and Councillor Lisa Rutter had requested to address the Committee on this item and made comments in relation to the item.

 

The Committee considered the report. The Chairman invited Members to indicate whether they had any questions regarding the information contained in the exempt report, which would require the Committee to go into private session. The questions were answered in the private session.

 

Having been put to the vote the Committee voted:

 

In Favour: 5

Against: 0

Abstain: 4

 

Immediately following the decision, four members of the Committee supported a referral of the decision to Full Council, because it was considered that the large sum of money being paid to secure the deal, in addition to the annual rent, for a short term lease was a decision that should be taken by all councillors, not just the members of the committee.

 

The referral was supported by:

 

Councillor Phil Cohen

Councillor Geof Cooke

Councillor Pauline Coakley Webb

Councillor Alison Moore

 

The Committee;

 

RESOLVED – That having received the requisite number of support for referral, the item will be placed on the agenda for consideration by Full Council.

11.

BARNET DEVELOPMENT PIPELINE - TRANCHE 1 pdf icon PDF 277 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Committee considered the report.

 

Councillor Cooke moved a motion that was seconded by Councillor Moore,

 

“That all developments by the council on council owned land should be 100% affordable housing”

 

Having been put to the vote the Committee voted:

 

For: 4

Against: 5

Abstain: 0

 

The motion was lost.

 

The Chairman invited Members to indicate whether they had any questions regarding the information contained in the exempt appendix, which would require the Committee to go into private session. There were none.

 

Having been put to the vote the Committee voted:

 

In Favour: 5

Against: 0

Abstain: 4

 

The Committee;

 

RESOLVED

1.    To agree in principle to take forward the development opportunities at Broadfields, Whitings Hill, Northway/Fairway, with Coppetts Road and Moxon Street to follow.

 

2.    To receive a report in June with the preferred development option, and funding route for all five sites.

12.

DEVELOPMENT PIPELINE PROGRAMME TRANCHE 2 pdf icon PDF 246 KB

Minutes:

The Committee considered the report.

 

Having been put to the vote the Committee voted:

 

In Favour: 5

Against: 0

Abstain: 4

 

The Committee;

 

RESOLVED – To approve the principles of the projects within Tranche 2 of the Development Pipeline Programme.

13.

DAWS LANE pdf icon PDF 284 KB

Minutes:

The Committee considered the report.

 

Having been put to the vote the Committee voted:

 

In Favour: 9

Against: 0

Abstain: 0

 

The Committee;

 

RESOLVED – To agree the principle of a community hub on the Daws Lane site and instructs officers to come back to the June committee with detailed proposals around the redevelopment of Daws Lane as a community hub.  

14.

COMMITTEE FORWARD WORK PROGRAMME pdf icon PDF 227 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Committee noted the work programme.

15.

ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT THE CHAIRMAN DECIDES ARE URGENT

Minutes:

There were none.

16.

MOTION TO EXCLUDE THE PRESS AND PUBLIC

Minutes:

The Committee;

 

RESOLVED – that under Section 100A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972 the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act (as amended).

17.

DEPOT RELOCATION PROJECT - EXEMPT

Minutes:

The Committee;

 

RESOLVED - that the information contained in the exempt report be noted.

18.

ANY OTHER EXEMPT ITEM(S) THAT THE CHAIRMAN DECIDES ARE URGENT

Minutes:

There were none.