Agenda item

RESOLVED:

That subject to the amendments mentioned below the minutes of the meeting held on 28 January 2015 be agreed as an accurate record of the meeting and signed by the chair.

Amendments:

Item 6 – the deputation from the Friends of Dulwich Park

The paragraph below should be included after the spokesperson’s address.

The chair explained that he was happy to rule out any proposals for traffic (including big traffic lanes) going through Dulwich Park.  He said a Southwark spine or quietway would not be going through the park in the way people had feared.  This followed a conversation the chair had with Councillor Mark Williams, the cabinet member for Regeneration, Planning and Transport.

Item 7 – community announcements and presentations

Police updates

The second paragraph under police updates which should say Sergeant Victoria Benbow covered East Dulwich ward.

Item 13 – cleaner, greener safer capital funding programme 2015 – 2016

Dulwich Library Annexe

Village ward and East Dulwich ward awarded funding to the Dulwich library annexe for £6,500 not £10,000. 

To include College ward who also awarded funding to the annexe for £6,500.

Matters arising from the previous minutes

Police base for Dulwich

The issue of a police base was highlighted at the community council meeting on the 3 December 2014 and on the 28 January 2015.  The chair and other councillors recently met with the Borough Commander in order to receive clarity on the matter.

The Borough Commander wrote the following which the chair read out at the meeting and said would be noted in the minutes: 

“In hindsight, I recognise that a glimmer of hope in some has been misrepresented and while I have remained consistent on my views, I have softened my approach in light of the apparent support for this proposal from the nine councillors in the area.

Ultimately if you decide that the annexe would be a community centre, I respect your decision making and will use it as outlined below.  I am sorry we do not agree on this issue but I hope you understand my position; I certainly understand and respect yours.

If Dulwich Library annexe turned into a community room my staff will use it as a “contact point” if it is made available to us.  I do not however feel it would improve attendance or indeed visibility in the ward.  I have looked at evidence base across London - private space to improve contact points and we have actually determined that the opposite occurs and more people would visit the contact point if we are clearly visible to passers by.  We are unable to call it a police base or drop in centre or anything else along these lines.  The only thing they would use it for would be as a “contact point” which means if people wanted to meet the police then - for 3 hours a week they would base themselves in that room if it were made available to them.”

In response to the above, Robin Crookshank Hilton, vice chair of the East Dulwich safer neighbourhood panel thought the borough commander’s comments were positive and beneficial to the work of the community and the council as a whole and it was a good starting point to receive clarification that the annexe would be used a contact point by the police.

One hour free parking – shopping parades

Councillor Michael Mitchell mentioned that he anticipated an item on the one hour free parking at shopping parades would be tabled at the meeting.

Matt Hill, public realm programme manager provided the meeting with an update which was covered under item 15, local traffic and parking amendments.