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49.

To receive apologies for absence

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Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Alexander, Allison, Bull, Brabazon, Hare, and Reith, and for lateness from Councillor Cooke, Davies, and Schmitz.

 

The Mayor sought the meeting’s agreement to the variation of agenda business as follows :

 

to consider Item 14  – Reports of Committees in conjunction with Item 9 – Community Safety Strategy (as an item on the Cabinet agenda in relation to Item 9).

 

to consider Item 11  – Deputations and Petitions –after Item 9. The Mayor reported that there were four deputations to be heard and she was going to allow the normal 30 minutes to be extended to 45 minutes in order to hear each deputation and allow for questions and responses.

 

to consider Item 13 – Oral questions after Item 11,  and then by jointly considering Items 10 – Progress report – responses to the outstanding for all commission’s  final report with Item 12 – Haringey Debate

 

The Mayor hoped that Members would appreciate that her attempts to vary the agenda were in order to ensure that maximum time was given to items.

 

The variation was agreed nemine contradicente.

 

NOTED

 

50.

To ask the Mayor to consider the admission of any late items of business in accordance with Section 100B of the Local Government Act 1972 pdf icon PDF 35 KB

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Minutes:

The Chief Executive advised that there were two late items of business, which could not be available earlier, and which would need to be dealt with at this meeting.

 

Item 14 –  To receive reports from the following Bodies

 

Report No 1 2013/14 of the Cabinet  9 July  2013

 

The Chief Executive advised that report was late for consideration and could not be forwarded to Full Council until Cabinet had met on 9 July 2013  and had agreed recommendations for full Council  in respect of the Community Safety Strategy, and also the Local Code of Corporate Governance.

 

Item 15   Questions and Written Answers

 

The Chief Executive advised that notice of questions was not requested until 8 clear days before the meeting, following which the matters raised had to be researched and replies prepared to be given at the meeting.

 

NOTED

 

 

51.

Declarations of Interest

A member with a disclosable pecuniary interest or a prejudicial interest in a matter who attends a meeting of the authority at which the matter is considered:

 

(i) must disclose the interest at the start of the meeting or when the interest becomes apparent, and

(ii) may not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must withdraw from the meeting room.

 

A member who discloses at a meeting a disclosable pecuniary interest which is not registered in the Register of Members’ Interests or the subject of a pending notification must notify the Monitoring Officer of the interest within 28 days of the disclosure.

 

Disclosable pecuniary interests, personal interests and prejudicial interests are defined at Paragraphs 5-7 and Appendix A of the Members’ Code of Conduct

 

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Minutes:

There were no declarations of interests.

 

NOTED

 

52.

To approve as a correct record the minutes of the meeting of the Council held on 20 May 2013 pdf icon PDF 108 KB

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Minutes:

RESOLVED:

 

That the minutes of the meeting of the Council held on 20 May 2013 be signed as a true record.

 

53.

To receive such communications as the Mayor may lay before the Council

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Minutes:

i.The Mayor advised that she had invited and welcomed to the meeting three ‘Junior Volunteer Police Cadets’.  The Cadets were launched in Haringey  on Thursday 6 June 2013.  The Mayor advised that the purpose of the Police Cadets was to invite young people aged 10-13 years old to take part in a programme which would teach them life skills, social responsibility and help build positive relationships with the police.

The Mayor advised that she would be sending a briefing on exactly what their programme entailed, and hoped that Councillors would support the Cadets and give them encouragement.

 

The Council gave the Cadets a round of applause.

 

 

ii.            Tanya Kenny-Parker - Jubilee Awards

 

The Mayor reported that Tanya Kenny-Parker, manager of The Haven Day Centre was nominated for the prestigious Jubilee Awards, which recognised and rewarded individuals who had shown outstanding service in the public sector. The awards were designed to showcase the nation’s gratitude for the outstanding service provided by public sector workers, and promote the value of the public sector.

 

The Haven provided a service to older people with either physical disability or mental health problems and was based on the borders of Tottenham, in N17. Tanya had been selected by an independent panel of judges in recognition of her commitment and excellence in the public sector.  A huge number of excellent nominations were received and the competition was strong.  Nominations were judged by a prominent panel and a total of 10 awards were given across the country, of which Tanya’s was one.

 

The Mayor advised that all winners had now been invited to attend a ceremony at the House of Lords on the afternoon of 25th July 2013 where they would be presented with their awards by Lord Watson of Richmond.

 

 

iii. Personal Travel Planning (PTP) project in Northumberland Park and White Hart Lane

 

The Mayor welcomed to the meeting members from Living Under One Sun (a community group based in Tottenham) who in February 2013 carried out a pilot study for a Personal Travel Planning (PTP) project in Northumberland Park and White Hart Lane. This was commissioned by Haringey Council’s Smarter Travel team.  The team worked hard to talk to residents of both wards about how they travel and offered sustainable travel options. 

 

The Mayor advised that not all members of the team could be in attendance, but she wished to congratulate the whole team for their dedication and hard work. The team were Glynis Kirkwood, Kenny Quest, Imman Laksari-Adams, Jessica Clark, Marta Samuel, Isoken Ogieriakhi, Mesut Tas, Richard Smith, Yahkeasha Wilson, Aaron Blake, Leyla Laksari, Priti Kaur, Felix Waterhouse and Joanne Barrett, and also Dilek Sabri, Smarter Travel Officer who managed the project, and Denise Adolphe who managed the Smarter Travel programme were also welcomed. 

 

Cllr Canver – Cabinet Member for the Environment explained the concept of Personal Travel Planning, which encouraged a change in travel behaviour away from the car, with conversations between the recipient and a  ...  view the full minutes text for item 53.

54.

To receive the report of the Chief Executive

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Minutes:

There were no matters to report.

 

55.

To receive the report of the Monitoring Officer and Head of Legal Services

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Minutes:

There were no matters to report.

 

56.

To make appointments to Outside Bodies

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Minutes:

There were no appointments to outside bodies.

 

At this point in the proceedings the Mayor advised of her earlier advice of a variation in the order of proceedings to next consider Item 14 – Reports of Committees in conjunction with Item 9. 

 

57.

To receive reports from the following bodies pdf icon PDF 39 KB

a)    Cabinet Report No 1 2013/14 – TO FOLLOW

b)    Corporate Committee Report No 1 2013/14

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Minutes:

i.      Cabinet – Report No 1 -2013-14 – reference – Community Safety Strategy

 

            Councillor Kober, MOVED the recommendation contained in the report of Cabinet of 9 July 2013 in respect of requesting Full Council to adopt Haringey’s Community Safety Strategy 2013-2017 following endorsement of the Cabinet of the strategy .

 

The MOTION was carried nemine contradicente.

 

ii.     Community Safety Strategy 2013-2017

 

On a MOTION by the Chair it was:

 

RESOLVED

That approval be given to the Community Safety Strategy 2013-2017.

 

iii.    Cabinet – Report No 1 -2013-14 – reference – Review of the Local Code of Corporate Governance

 

Councillor Kober, MOVED the recommendation contained in the report of Cabinet of 9 July 2013 in respect of requesting Full Council to adopt the revised Local Code of Corporate Governance following endorsement  of the Cabinet on 9 July 2013.

 

RESOLVED

That approval be given to the revised Local Code of Corporate Governance. 

 

iv.     Corporate Committee Report No 1 2013/14

 

Councillor Meehan – Chair of the Corporate Committee briefly introduced the report of the Corporate Committee of 27 June 2013 in respect of the Treasury Management 2012/13 Outturn and Quarter 1 and  MOVED the adoption of the recommendations contained therein.

 

RESOLVED

 

i.              That the treasury management activity and performance during 2012/13 of the report of Corporate Committee of 27 June 2013  be noted; and

 

ii.            That the amendment to the Prudential Indicators within the Treasury Management Strategy Statement 2013/14 as set out in paragraph 14.6 of the report of Corporate Committee of 27 June 2013  be approved.

 

At this point in the proceedings the Mayor advised of her earlier advice of a variation in the order of proceedings to next consider Item 11 – Deputations and petitions. 

 

58.

Community Safety Strategy pdf icon PDF 118 KB

Report of the Director of Place and Sustainability

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Minutes:

See Minute 57 above

59.

To consider requests to receive Deputations and/or Petitions and, if approved, to receive them

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Minutes:

There were four deputations to address the meeting.

 

The first deputation was received from Mario Petrou to request Haringey Council to set up a Committee to standardise and bring up to date fundamental baseline data currently erroneously listed in key planning and other documents; to subsequently reassess the true condition of the state of the Borough and consider the renegotiation of Haringey’s housing targets downwards; that the Council champions retaining all of the St Ann’s hospital site for health use only, given the true state of the borough was worse than reported.

 

Members asked questions of the deputation and received responses thereto.

 

The Cabinet Member for Economic Development and Social Inclusion responded to the deputation.

 

The second deputation was received from Phillip Udeh – on behalf of ‘Our Tottenham’ presenting its new community charter in response to current planning and regeneration ‘plan for Tottenham’.

 

Members asked questions of the deputation and received responses thereto.

 

The Cabinet Member for Economic Development and Social Inclusion responded to the deputation.

 

The third deputation was received from Jacob Secker  – on behalf of ‘Haringey Defend Council Housing’ in respect of a new 5 year Tenancy Strategy.

 

Members asked questions of the deputation and received responses thereto.

 

The Cabinet Member for Housing responded to the deputation.

 

 The third deputation was received from Rev Paul Nicolas  – on behalf of ‘Haringey Alliance for Benefit Justice’  in respect of the bedroom tax.

 

Members asked questions of the deputation and received responses thereto.

 

The Cabinet Member for Finance and Carbon Reduction  responded to the deputation.

 

The Mayor thanked the four deputees for their attendance.

 

NOTED

 

At this point in the proceedings the Mayor advised of her earlier advice of a variation in the order of proceedings to next consider Item 13 – Questions.

 

60.

To answer questions, if any, in accordance with Council Rules of Procedure Nos. 9 & 10 pdf icon PDF 71 KB

ORAL QUESTION 1 - TO THE CABINET MEMBER FOR FINANCE AND CARBON REDUCTION  FROM COUNCILLOR BROWNE :

Can the Cabinet Member outline the impact of the Coalition Government’s Spending Review on Council Budgets in 2015/16?

 

ORAL QUESTION 2 - TO THE CABINET MEMBER FOR HOUSING FROM COUNCILLOR WILSON:

The vast majority of the decent home work due to happen this year in Hornsey and Wood Green has been removed from the programme due to the council’s legal error, will you commit to putting those works on next year’s schedule?

 

ORAL QUESTION 3 - TO THE CABINET MEMBER FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL INCLUSION FROM COUNCILLOR GRIFFITH :

Could the Cabinet Member provide clarification on the purpose of the £500m Tottenham regeneration borrowing guarantee recently announced by government?

 

ORAL QUESTION 4 - TO THE CABINET MEMBER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT FROM COUNCILLOR JENKS:

How much will it cost the council to implement a borough-wide 20mph zone on non-TFL controlled roads?

 

ORAL QUESTION 5 - TO THE CABINET MEMBER FOR COMMUNITIES FROM COUNCILLOR CHRISTOPHIDES:

Can the Cabinet Member provide an update on the changes to the local policing model and their impact across the borough?

ORAL QUESTION 6 - TO THE CABINET MEMBER FOR FINANCE AND CARBON REDUCTION FROM COUNCILLOR STRANG:

What controls are in place to stop massive overspending on capital projects such as Rhodes Avenue, where the council has so far gone £6m over budget?

 

ORAL QUESTION 7 - TO THE CABINET MEMBER FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL INCLUSION FROM COUNCILLOR MALLETT:

Could the Cabinet Member outline how the government's Use Class order changes will affect planning applications processed by Haringey Council?

ORAL QUESTION 8 - TO THE CABINET MEMBER FOR HOUSING FROM COUNCILLOR WILLIAMS:

Why have 2 council flats on Truro Road in Bounds Green been left empty for 5 and 6 years?

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Minutes:

The Mayor agreed to the admission of this report as urgent business. Under Standing Orders, notice of questions was not requested until eight clear days before the meeting, following which matters raised had to be researched and replies prepared in order to be given at the meeting.

 

There were 8 oral questions and 14 for written answer.

 

NOTED

 

At this point in the proceedings the Mayor advised of her earlier advice of a variation in the order of proceedings to next consider Items 10 – Progress report – Response to the Outstanding for All – Commission’s Final report & 12 – Haringey Debate - Outstanding for All – Haringey’s Education Commission.

 

61.

Progress Report - Response to the Outstanding for All Commission's Final Report pdf icon PDF 110 KB

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Minutes:

The Chief Executive outlined the procedure for the sixth occasion where the Council had a Haringey Debate.

 

The Cabinet Member for Children gave an introduction to Item 10 - Progress report – Response to the Outstanding for All – Commission’s Final report and also highlighted the contents of the circulated report.

 

The Mayor advised of a TABLED amendment to the recommendations in the circulated report from Cllr Wilson, to be seconded by Cllr Reece.

Councillor Wilson MOVED the following amendment and reserved his right to speak during the debate.  Councillor Reece seconded the amendment and also reserved her right to speak during the debate.

The amendment to the recommendations was as follows:-

Delete the struck through words and add the underlined words on page 6 of the report, recommendation, paragraph 2:

 

2. Recommendations

 

Overview and Scrutiny Panel Full Council is asked to:

• note the progress to date

·                        Call on Cabinet to accept all the recommendations in the final Outstanding for All commission report and implement them in full

·                       Request that Cabinet comes back to council in March 2014 with a progress report on the implementation of the Outstanding for All commission report recommendations

           give comment and feedback in order to provide support and challenge.

The proposed amendment to the recommendations were put to the meeting and agreed nemine contradicente.

It was:

RESOLVED

That in respect of the Progress report – Response to the Outstanding for All – Commission’s Final report:

i.              that the progress to date be noted ;

ii.      that Cabinet be called upon  to accept all the recommendations in the final Outstanding for All Commission report and implement them in full; and

iii. that Cabinet be requested to report back to Full Council in March 2014 with a progress report  on the implementation of the Outstanding for All commission report recommendations.

The Mayor welcomed Dame Anna Hassan – Chair of the Outstanding for All : Haringey’s Education Commission, and also Jane Flynn - Head Teacher  to the Council meeting .

 

The Cabinet Member for Children introduced the debate topic. 

 

Dame Anna Hassan & and Jane Flynn each then addressed the meeting for a period of 5 minutes.

 

Following their personal addresses, the Mayor thanked both Dame Anna Hassan, and Jane Flynn for their addresses and they received a round of applause.

 

The Mayor then advised (at 21.33hrs) that give the lateness of the evening the debate time would be for 30 minutes and not the usual 45 minutes allowed for debates, with a maximum of 3 minutes speaking time for each speaker.

A 30 minute debate then took place, with contributions from Cllr Kober, Cllr Reece, Cllr Khan, Cllr Solomon, Cllr Egan, Cllr Strang, Cllr Vanier, Cllr Wilson and Cllr Meehan.

At the conclusion of the debate, the Mayor invited Councillor Waters to respond.

The Mayor thanked members for their participation.

 

62.

Haringey Debate - Outstanding for all: Haringey's education commission

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Minutes:

SEE MINUTE 62 ABOVE

63.

To consider the following Motions in accordance with Council Rules of Procedure No. 13 pdf icon PDF 33 KB

MOTION A 2013-14

Councillor Wilson has given notice that he will MOVE the following MOTION:

 

Underperformance by the council’s planning department

This council notes the report to the Regulatory Committee on the performance of the planning department of the council in April this year.

 

This council is concerned that:

 

  • The council’s planning department has barely met government targets.
  • The performance on the processing of major planning applications has been so poor the council was in danger of failing to meet the government target of 30% of application beings processed within 16 weeks, the council barely scraped past this target processing 31% of applications within the required time over the last 2 years.
  • If the council had failed to meet this target the Government could have intervened and insisted that major planning applications be determined by the Planning Inspector instead of the local authority at the applicants’ request.

 

This council further notes:

 

  • That last year 26% of people who used the planning service were either fairly or very dissatisfied with the service and that complaints have quadrupled in the last 3 years.
  • That as of April this year the council still had 5 major planning applications on the books which were over 26 weeks old
  • 4 temporary staff had to be hired in the planning department over the last few months to clear the massive backlog of 700 planning applications.
  • The Liberal Democrats have previously raised concerns about the council’s ability to deal with major projects such as Hornsey Depot which has been blighted by delays for over a decade.

 

This council calls on the Cabinet Member for Planning to ensure that the council’s planning department makes significant improvements within the next the next few months.

 

This council resolves that a report should come to the council meeting in November detailing the planning department’s performance since this meeting and what has been done to improve the planning department and its services to local people and applicants.

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Minutes:

Due to the late hour Motion A was not considered.