Agenda and minutes

Borough, Bankside and Walworth Community Council - Tuesday 17 March 2015 7.00 pm

Venue: InSpire at St Peter’s, The Crypt, St Peter’s Church, Liverpool Grove, London, SE17 2HH

Contact: Sean Usher, Constitutional Officer 

Items
No. Item

1.

Introduction and welcome

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    Minutes:

    The chair welcomed councillors, members of the public and officers to the meeting.

2.

Apologies

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    Minutes:

    Apologies for absence were received from Councillor Maisie Anderson; and for lateness from Councillor Neil Coyle.

3.

Disclosure of Members' interests and dispensations

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    Members to declare any interests and dispensation in respect of any item of business to be considered at this meeting.

    Minutes:

    There were none.

4.

Items of business that the Chair deems urgent

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    The chair to advise whether they have agreed to any item of urgent business being admitted to the agenda.

     

    Minutes:

    The chair announced that a group of media students from South Bank University had asked to film the meeting as part of their Masters degree.

     

    The chair asked the meeting for permission and it was agreed that the meeting could be filmed.

5.

Minutes

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    To agree the minutes of the meetings held on 29 November 2014 and 7 February 2015 as a correct record of the meeting.

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    Minutes:

    Councillors considered the draft minutes of the Borough, Bankside and Walworth Community Council meetings of 29 November 2014 and 7 February 2015.

     

    RESOLVED:

     

    That the minutes of the meetings held on the 29 November 2014 and 7 February 2015 be agreed as a correct record and signed by the chair.

6.

Petitions and Deputations

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    The chair to advise on any deputations or petitions received.

    Minutes:

    There were none.

7.

Theme: The Future of Council Housing

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    There will be a variety of speakers and presentations and the opportunity for the public and councillors to discuss the theme.

    Minutes:

    The chair introduced the theme and invited Councillor Richard Livingstone, cabinet member for housing to address the meeting. Questions were received from local residents.

     

    The meeting then heard from two council officers, Alice Ewing-Orr and Tim Bostridge, about the future of council housing and the council’s plans for it. This included a presentation on the potential sites and the consultations taking place. Members of the public were encouraged to take part in any consultations about council housing. Information was circulated at the meeting on the ways to get involved in the consultations.

     

    The chair then invited speakers from groups opposed to the current redevelopment of the Aylesbury Estate to address the meeting.

8.

Public Question Time

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    This is an opportunity for public questions to be addressed to the chair.

     

    Residents or persons working in the borough may ask questions on any matter in relation to which the council has powers or duties. Responses may be supplied in writing following the meeting.

     

    A list of all questions asked or responded to since 23 July 2015 will be circulated at the meeting with the responses.

     

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    Minutes:

    The following public questions were received at the meeting:

     

    1.  Can the council remove the car park sign on Larcom Street as the car park no longer exists?

     

    2.  There is an issue with the parking plates (for meters) on Walworth Place and Cadiz Street (opposite 24 Cadiz Street). Can the council rectify this as people have been using the space as a long term car-park?

     

    3.  There is a dangerous junction on John Ruskin Street. Can the council make it safer?

     

    4.  Can the surgery details of all the community council members be distributed at the next meeting?

     

    An additional question was received after the meeting:

     

    5.  What is happening to the credit union on Walworth Road?

     

    Officers will pass the questions on to the relevant departments and officers and seek responses for the next meeting.

9.

Community Council Question to Council Assembly

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    Each community council may submit one question to a council assembly meeting that has previously been considered and noted by the community council.

     

    Any question to be submitted from a community council to council assembly should first be the subject of discussion at a community council meeting. The subject matter and question should be clearly noted in the community council’s minutes and thereafter the agreed question can be referred to the constitutional team.

     

    The community council is invited to consider if it wishes to submit a question to the ordinary meeting of council assembly in July 2015.

    Minutes:

    The community council agreed to submit the following question, which had originally been raised during public question time, to council assembly:

     

    “What plans does the council have to improve planning, housing and regeneration policy to ensure easier access to information on progress, better access to opportunities for local people, and better standards by developers in employment?”

10.

Community Annoucements

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    To include representatives from:

     

    Youth Community Council

    Southwark Police

    Minutes:

    Inspector Martin Nicholson from Southwark Police addressed the meeting. He discussed the declining levels of overall crime in Southwark, but noted that some forms of violent street crime were on the increase.  Inspector Nicholson took questions from the public and councillors on a number of issues including arrests under the Mental Health Act.

11.

Refresh and update of the Community Infrastructure Project List (CIPL) to guide S106 and CIL expenditure in each Community Council

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    Note: This is an executive function.

     

    Members to consider the recommendations contained within the report.

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    Minutes:

    Members discussed the item and raised the possibility of having regular (quarterly) updates on CIPL at community council meetings. This request was passed on to the relevant officers.

     

    Note: This is an executive function.

     

    RESOLVED:

     

    That the funded schemes (as amended) be noted and the Community Infrastructure Project List (CIPL) for this community council, which replaced the previous CIPL agreed in 2013/2014, be updated.

12.

Cleaner Greener Safer capital fund Borough, Bankside and Walworth

    Note: This is an executive function.

     

    Members to consider the recommendations contained within the report.

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    Members discussed the report.

     

    Note: This is an executive function.

     

    RESOLVED:

     

    That the allocation of funds for the 2015-16 Cleaner Greener Safer (CGS) capital programme in the Borough, Bankside and Walworth Community Council area for East Walworth, and Faraday wards, as set out in Appendix 1 of these minutes be approved.

     

13.

Allocation of Neighbourhoods Fund 2015/16

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    Note: This is an executive function.

     

    Members to consider the recommendations contained within the report.

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    Members discussed the information contained in the report.

     

    Note: This is an executive function.

     

    RESOLVED:

     

    That a total of £160,224 of the Neighbourhoods Fund 2015/16 from the list of applications outlined in Appendix 1 of the report be allocated. This amount consists of two elements, namely £150,000 available for 2015/16 and £10,224 of unallocated funding carried forward from previous years revenue programmes, known as Cleaner, Greener, Safer Revenue (CGS Revenue) and Community Council Fund (CCF). The actual allocations are detailed in Appendix 2 of the minutes.

     

    The allocations for Cathedrals and Faraday wards will be decided at a special meeting of the Community Council on 9 April 2015. The reason for the decisions being deferred is that after the decisions were announced, it came to light that due to administrative errors, some applications from Cathedrals and Faraday Wards were not included in the selection process or placed wrongly in another ward.

14.

Re-instating yellow lines at the corner of Stanworth Street and Millstream Road, Bermondsey SE1

15.

Local Parking Amendments

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    Note: This is an executive function.

     

    Members to consider the recommendations contained within the report.

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    Members noted the report.

     

    Note: This is an executive function.

     

    RESOLVED:

     

    1.  That the local traffic and parking amendments, detailed in the appendices to the report, be approved for implementation subject to the outcome of any necessary statutory consultation and procedures.

     

    2.  That for Webber Street and Glasshill Street, the following be approved:

     

    a)  convert existing permit bay in Webber Street to loading only bay

    b)  install new permit bay outside No. 21 Glasshill Street

    c)  introduce new ‘at any time’ waiting restriction (double yellow lines) on the raised table in Webber Street.

     

Appendix 1 and 2

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