Agenda and minutes

The Chairman noted that item 11 with the minute document should have included Hayward Road with the title which the Committee agreed with. 

The Chairman also noted that the resolution of item 11 should have referenced that the Consultation should read Monday – Sunday.   The Committee agreed this.

The Minutes of the meeting held on 12 February 2015 were agreed as a correct record

An apology for absence was received from Councillor Stephen Sowerby who was substituted for by Councillor Brian Salinger. 

An apology for absence was received from Councillor Paul Edwards who was substituted for by Councillor Tim Roberts.

An apology for absence was received from Councillor Philip Cohen who was substituted for by Councillor Laurie Williams.  

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The Committee received the item below, which had been referred to the Committee by the Chairman of the Chipping Barnet Area Residents Forum, Councillor Lisa Rutter:

The Committee noted this issue and considered the impact which residents encountered, therefore the Committee:

 Resolved:

·         That the Committee agreed to instruct and delegated powers to the Commissioning Director for Environment to review the issue and to consider options in order to resolve this matter. 

·         That the Area Forum Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Ward Members be informed of any developments.

The Community Engagement, Participation & Strategy Lead Officer introduced the report and requested that the Committee consider the recommendation as set out within the report.  The Chairman noted that the report was excellent and welcomed the Committee to agree the recommendations

Following the consideration of the item the Committee:

·         That the Committee noted the review and its findings and the recommendations to improve Area Committee and Residents’ Forum operations.

·         That the Committee noted the proposed relationship with the Council’s Theme Committees – particularly the Environment Committee – and the implications for the Area Committees, including the need to coordinate with the deadlines for external funding cycles.

·         That the Committee noted and supported the proposals to delegate additional resources to Area Committees to meet need and resolve issues in their local areas, including a proportion of income from the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) (if agreed by Policy & Resources Committee on 9 July 2015).

·         That the Committee approves the list attached at Appendix B as an accurate record of the outstanding historic issues raise as of 12 June 2015, and notes the estimated total cost of the works, taking the following revisions into account:

o   RE15 should be removed from the list as this is an issue relating to Hendon, not Chipping Barnet (this has no cost implication)

o   RE47 should be shown as ‘on hold’ and the estimated outstanding costs of £20,000 removed from the estimated total cost of the backlog.

·         That the Committee approve the draft guidance produced in response to the instruction from Environment Committee and attached at Appendix D.

·         That the Committee refers the backlog issues listed at Appendix B, for which outstanding costs are more than £25,000 and which are neither closed nor fully funded (i.e. excluding RE 44, whose costs are estimated at £25,000 or less) to Environment Committee for consideration at their meeting on 15 July.

o   This corrects the misnumbered issue space (shown as RE4 rather than RE44) in the published paper, removes RE47, for which there are no outstanding costs, and RE25, which is considered as a separate issue under Agenda Item 9.

·         That the Chipping Barnet Area Committee refers issue RE44 onto its work programme for consideration at its October meeting – as this has an estimated cost of £25,000 or less – when additional resources from CIL may be available to fund it (subject to agreement by Policy & Resources Committee on 9 July to allocate a proportion of CIL to Area Committees).

o   This corrects the misnumbered issue space (shown as RE4 rather than RE44) in the published paper, removes RE47, for which there are no outstanding costs, and RE25, which is considered as a separate issue under Agenda Item 9.

·         That the Committee agreed to follow the approach set out in this report (in paragraphs 1.18-1.28) when considering other issues on its agenda, as well as any issues which are referred on to the Committee from the July 2 Residents’ Forum.

·         That the Area Committee approved the transfer of £17,000 of  ...  view the full minutes text for item 8.

The Re Senior Engineer for Traffic and Development introduced the report and presented Appendix A, review of London Cycle Campaign proposals for Chipping Barnet.   The Committee noted their concerns of the proposal which were identified for Chipping Barnet.   The Committee recognised that cycling is an important consideration within Chipping Barnet.  The general view of the committee was that the cycling scheme was prohibitively expensive and was thought not to be viable due to the necessary infrastructure redesign of the highways. Additionally it was noted that there is currently a cycle path running from Underhill to Finchley

The Committee noted 4.1 of the report which highlighted that further studies or consultation will be included in report for consideration by the Environment Committee to agree future years work programmes.

Having considered and provided comments the Committee:

Resolved:

·         That the contents of the report be noted.

·         That Ward Members be informed of any further proposals

There were no urgent items.