Agenda and minutes
PDF 107 KBVenue: Walworth Academy, Shorncliffe Rd, London SE1 5UJ
Contact: Gerald Gohler, Constitutional Officer
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Preliminary business
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Welcome and introductions
Minutes: The chair welcomed councillors, members of the public and officers to the meeting. |
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Apologies
Minutes: There were apologies for absence from Councillors Neil Coyle, Helen Dennis, Paul Fleming, Rebecca Lury and David Noakes.
Councillors Maria Linforth-Hall and Adele Morris gave apologies for having to leave the meeting early. |
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Disclosure of members' interests and dispensations
Minutes: There were none. |
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Items of business that the Chair deems urgent
Minutes: There were no urgent items of business.
The vice-chair announced that the following information stalls were available:
· Community sports · Southwark Credit Union · East Street market · Bianca Road regeneration · Social research on people who participate actively in local democracy · Community Action Southwark
The Vice-Chair also announced that the Southwark Civic Awards scheme for 2016 was now open for nominations. The awards recognised excellence in active citizenship. Nominations of individuals, projects, organisations and businesses across the borough deserving of being honoured were encouraged. The closing date for nominations was Tuesday 29 March 2016. Nomination forms were available from the Mayor’s Office and on the council’s website. |
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Minutes
The minutes of the meeting held on 30 January 2016 to be agreed as correct record of the meeting, and signed by the chair.
Supporting documents: Minutes: RESOLVED:
That the minutes of the meeting held on 30 January 2016 be agreed as a correct record and signed by the chair.
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7.10pm |
Community engagement items
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Community announcements
Speakers to include:
· Metropolitan Police Service Minutes: Metropolitan Police
Sergeant Smith informed the meeting that police in Newington ward were focusing on particular addresses to tackle drug dealers, and had bi-monthly meetings with Tenants’ and Residents’ Associations. In response to a question from the floor about a perceived reduction in the presence of officers on the ground around the Brandon estate and lack of feedback, Sgt Smith urgent residents to attend the ward meetings. He went on to say that in response to fatal stabbing in the area, the police and their local partners had founded the anti-knife forum to work together to deter young people around Elephant and Castle from getting involved with knives. In answer to a question from the floor, the meeting heard that there was now a £20,000 reward in relation to this fatal stabbing. Those with any information should call 020 8721 4812. |
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Petitions and Deputations
The chair to advise on any deputations or petitions received. Minutes: There were none. |
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Public Question Time
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.
Supporting documents: Minutes: The following public questions were put to the meeting:
1. Why do street cleaners not use brooms and shovels; half the dirt remains on pavements?
2. Residents run out of recycling and rubbish bags, and do not receive new ones despite telephoning to order them. (This was raised by several speakers.)
Councillor Darren Merrill, cabinet member for environment and the public realm gave an initial response: recycling bags should be delivered every two to three months. If this was not happening, he encouraged residents to contact the council to flag this up. He would also be looking into this issue.
3. A question about housing in the face of central government austerity, which was also submitted in writing:
In answer to another question from the floor regarding street cleaning in the area, Councillor Darren Merrill responded that in past years the council had managed to keep the number of street cleaners constant despite significant cuts to the council’s budget. This year some cuts in the numbers of cleaning operatives had to be made, but the council felt confident to be able to provide the same level of service with the smaller teams. This would be monitored closely.
The following other questions were submitted in writing and accepted by the chair:
4. “Every year around March, one can tell that budgets are coming to year end, because there’s a rash of new speed bumps being built. As a cyclist, I hate these because:
a. They don’t slow traffic down, they just make it stop/start more and emit up to 60% more emissions (Transport Research Laboratory Report). b. They cause drivers to try to get past you between bumps and drive aggressively. c. They are uncomfortable to ride over at 20mph (the limit), especially with laden panniers. d. They damage vehicles and buildings.
When will speeding priorities change, focusing on: driver education/training, air quality and speed limit enforcement? Building speed bumps in cul-de-sacs (happening on my street) is utterly pointless.”
5. “Elephant and Castle Development
a. How much did Southwark Council sell the land for? b. How much did Southwark Council receive via Section 106? c. Out of all the houses being provided, how many are/will be council and what is the weekly/average rent of these council properties? d. How much has Southwark council sold the Aylesbury Estate for and to who?”
6. “Parking within Burgess Park / First Place Nursery. There is a current epidemic of parking enforcement within the car park where a specific bay ... view the full minutes text for item 2.3 |
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7.30pm |
Official council business
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Community Council Question to Council Assembly
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 2016. Minutes: RESOLVED:
That the decision on a question to be put to the July meeting of council assembly be deferred to the June meeting of the community council. |
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Cleaner Greener Safer 2016-17: Capital Funding Allocation
Note: This is an executive function for decision by the community council.
Members to allocate funding for the 2016-17 Cleaner Greener Safer capital programme in the Borough, Bankside and Walworth Community Council area from the list of applications set out in Appendix 1 of the report.
Supporting documents: Minutes: Andrea Allen, Senior Project Manager, introduced this item by informing the meeting that over 100 applications had been received for Cleaner Greener Safer funding for the Borough, Bankside and Walworth Community Council area. Some funding decisions had already been taken at the previous meeting on 30 January 2016.
The chair reminded organisations who applied for funding to invite their ward councillors to their meetings when discussing their projects.
RESOLVED:
That the following amounts of 2016-17 Cleaner Greener Safer capital funding be allocated:
Cathedrals Ward
Ref Proposal name Award 533816 Charlotte Sharman edible playground £5,400 534997 Revealing Crossbones £6,480 535122 Lamlash Garden completion project £16,715 700076 Rochester Playground fencing and lighting £12,265 535542 Redman Green children’s play area £18,000
East Walworth ward
Ref Proposal name Award 700100 Henshaw Street re-design £10,000 |
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Allocation of Neighbourhoods Fund 2016-17
Note: This is an executive function for decision by the community council.
Councillors to allocate the Neighbourhoods Fund 2016-17 from the list of applications outlined in Appendix 1 of the report. Supporting documents: Minutes: Councillors discussed that, as in previous years, they had received more applications than funding was available. Cathedrals ward councillors were holding back some money, as one of the projects they wished to fund was still under discussion.
RESOLVED:
That the following amounts of Neighbourhoods Fund be allocated:
Cathedrals ward
Chaucer ward
East Walworth ward
Faraday ward
Newington ward
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Secure Cycle Parking (Bike Hangar)
Members to comment on the recommendations in the report which are due to be made to the cabinet member for environment and the public realm.
Supporting documents: Minutes: Councillors discussed the proposals contained in the report.
RESOLVED:
That the following comments be submitted as the official comments by the community council to the cabinet member for environment and the public realm:
· The Blackwood Street hangars should be moved to Aylesbury Road.
· The Rothsay Street hangars consultation has seen some opposition, so requests from residents on the Haddonhall Estate for hangars in Prioress Street and Potier Street should be considered as alternatives.
· The hangar in Manciple Street is outside someone’s door – this should be investigated.
· Members support the proposals on Hillingdon Street and Doddington Grove.
· Members welcome the proposal to move the hangar in Fielding Street from the street to in front of the allotments.
· In terms of the hangars on De Laune Street and Sharsted Street, the works around the Northern Line extension should be taken into account.
· The Penton Place and Penrose Street consultation results were quite finely balanced and the number of responses low. Further consultation may be needed. |
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Local traffic and parking amendments
Note: This is an executive function for decision by the community council.
Members to approve for implementation the local traffic and parking amendments, detailed in the appendices to the report, subject to the outcome of any necessary statutory consultation and procedures. Supporting documents: Minutes: Councillors discussed the proposals clarifying that Gray Street did not lose parking, the bay was being re-sited. Brook Drive was currently going through a review of the “C2” controlled parking zone.
The meeting heard that councillors were making a decision on whether or not the proposals would go out to statutory consultation, rather than making the decision on the schemes.
RESOLVED:
1. That the following local traffic and parking amendments be approved for implementation, as detailed in the appendices to the report, subject to the outcome of any necessary statutory consultation and procedures:
· Fielding Street – Convert single yellow lines to double yellow lines with an ‘at any time’ loading restriction adjacent to Empress Street and outside Nos. 11 to 15 to improve traffic flow and access.
· Gray Street - Relocate permit holder only bays and convert existing single yellow line to double yellow lines to improve traffic flow and access.
2. That the following parking amendment be rejected for implementation, as the streets are already subject to the review of the “C2” controlled parking zone:
· Brook Drive / Pastor Street - Provide two new car club bays and convert one pay & display bay into a disabled parking bay.
The meeting went into a break from 8.05pm and resumed at 8.25pm. At this point Councillors Maria Linforth-Hall and Adele Morris left the meeting. |
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8.05pm |
Theme - "Come and make a difference"
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Consultation booths - Walworth Road Town Hall
Minutes: Councillor Mark Williams, cabinet member for regeneration and new homes, introduced this item, and set out the scope of the consultation. The council had three options of how to proceed with the old Walworth Town Hall building which had been damaged by the fire in 2014:
1. Go ahead with the current plans and try to find the £16m shortfall (bearing in mind that securing the building cost the council £50,000 per quarter).
2. Approach Department for Culture, Media and Sports and Historic England to ask for permission to remove some of the heritage features inside in order to decrease the cost of the refurbishment, and to get more usable space from the building.
3. Sell the building (either on a long lease or sale of the freehold) and use the money to build a new, purpose-build town hall and library building.
Councillor Williams emphasised that the council did not have a preferred option. |
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Consultation booths - East Street
Minutes: Nicky Costin, from regulatory services, gave a presentation about what the council was trying to achieve with the £200,000 funding for the market that were available. He touched on the challenges faced by markets, among them the introduction of Sunday trading, multi-national discount stores, pound shops and on-line shopping.
Meetings had taken place with traders and their representatives over a 6-month period. Each trader has also been individually consulted. There had been two trials which had taken place in January and February 2016. Traders had clustered their stalls back to back for the first trial. The stalls had been placed in the middle of the road. In the second trial the traders had placed their stalls on one side of street facing the shops. Both trials had mixed feedback from the traders and the public.
Other on-going issues were fly-tipping and the electrics. Officers envisaged using a mixture of gazebos and refurbished stalls in future. They would also try to do some branding, and encourage young traders.
There were four questions in the consultation pack in the booths, on which he asked people to leave their feedback. |
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Consultation booths - Walworth Road post office
Minutes: The Vice-Chair explained that the Post Office was looking to turn the Walworth Road post office into a franchise office, which meant a private business would be taking over the site. There would be no guarantee of services being provided at the same location or of the levels of staffing and service being maintained. This created concerns. There had been a productive meeting of concerned parties organised by the Walworth Society which the Post Office had declined to attend. There was also a petition going around in support of the campaign for a better Post Office and against the closure of Crampton Street sorting office, which people should also think about.
The meeting then split into consultation booth workshops, and reconvened at 9.25pm.
The meeting heard that there was a public meeting about the future of Walworth Town Hall on 5 April 2016 at 7pm at St Peter’s in Liverpool Grove.
The chair thanked everyone for attending. |