Agenda and draft minutes

To receive any apologies for absence.

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor Richard Watson.

The Chair will consider the admission of any items of Urgent Business. (Late items of Urgent Business will be considered under the agenda item where they appear. New items of Urgent Business will be considered under agenda Item 9 below).

There were no items of Urgent Business.

A member with a personal interest in a matter who attends a meeting of the authority at which the matter is considered must disclose to that meeting the existence and nature of that interest at the commencement of that consideration, or when the interest becomes apparent.

A member with a personal interest in a matter also has a prejudicial interest in that matter if the interest is one which a member of the public with knowledge of the relevant facts would reasonably regard as so significant that it is likely to prejudice the member's judgment of the public interest and if this interest affects their financial position or the financial position of a person or body as described in paragraph 8 of the Code of Conduct and/or if it relates to the determining of any approval, consent, license, permission or registration in relation to them or any person or body described in paragraph 8 of the Code of Conduct.

No declarations of interest were made.

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 23 June 2011 as a correct record.  

RESOLVED:

That, subject to the inclusion of Councillor Dhiren Basu within the list of those present, the minutes of the meeting held on 23 June 2011 be confirmed as a correct record.

Report of Director of Place and Sustainability - to receive and consider applications received for funding. REPORT TO FOLLOW

The Committee received a report that presented a summary of the applications received for funding from the Making the Difference fund. It was noted that Members had met informally with officers to discuss the applications and that the suggested sums to be awarded, set out in Appendix 2, were based on discussion at that meeting.

The Chair noted that, if agreed, the proposals put forward would leave £5450 unallocated to enable bidders who had not been awarded the full sum that they had bid for to put forward a case for additional funding.

There was a general consensus that this approach was sensible.

RESOLVED:

That bids received for funding from the Making the Difference fund should be allocated as set out in Appendix 2.

Report of Director of Place and Sustainability – to agree the key priorities that will form the Area Committee Action Plan, which will be considered in January 2012. REPORT TO FOLLOW

There

Report of Director of Place and Sustainability - to consider proposals with respect to the use of additional funding for the repair of pot holes. REPORT TO FOLLOW

The Committee received a report setting out proposals for the allocation of additional funding for the repair of potholes.

In response to a query the Committee was advised that the Council’s budget for the resurfacing of roads had been allocated for the current financial year; in order to alleviate ?? it was proposed that an element of the funding should be used for this resurfacing work.

RESOLVED:

That

To discuss the use of Section 106 contributions received with respect to Tottenham Town Hall.

The Committee was advised that the Section 106 Agreement attached to Tottenham Town Hall was comprised of several elements and within this £? had been allocated for ‘Public Art’. The Chair advised that the item had been added to the agenda in order to agree a process for the Committee to determine how this element of the Section 106 Agreement monies would be spent

There was agreement that public perception with regard to the use of this sum required careful consideration and that local Ward members had an important role to play in ensuring that this was used in a way that would be

To consider the admission of any new items of Urgent Business admitted under Item 2 above.

There were no new items of Urgent Business.

To discuss future agenda items and to note the dates of future meetings set out below:

Ø      6pm, 10 January 2012, Bernie Grant Arts Centre, Tottenham Town Hall Approach Road, London, N15 4RX

Ø      6pm, 27 March 2012, Tottenham Chances, 399 High Road, London, N17 6QN

The dates of future meetings were noted.