Agenda and minutes

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Noted.

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Christophides, Jogee, S Mann, Patterson and Ross.

Apologies for absence were also received from Colin Marr, and Jacob O’Callaghan was in attendance as his deputy.

None.

The Chair will consider the admission of any late 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 dealt with under item 10 below).

There was one item of urgent business received from Dermot Barnes on behalf of Alexandra Residents Association, which would be dealt with during the Chief Executive’s report.

i.          To approve the minutes of the Joint Statutory Advisory and Consultative Committee held on 22 November 2016.

ii.         To note the informal note of the inquorate Alexandra Palace and Park Board held on 6 December 2016.

iii.        To note the minutes of the Alexandra Palace and Park Board held on 19 December 2016.

RESOLVED that

i.          the minutes of the Joint Statutory Advisory and Consultative Committee held on 22 November 2016 be approved as a correct record;

ii.         the informal note of the inquorate Alexandra Palace and Park Board held on 6 December 2016 be noted; and

iii.        the minutes of the Alexandra Palace and Park Board held on 19 December 2016 be noted.

To note the change of representative for the Alexandra Palace Allotments Association – Jenny Bourne-Taylor to be replaced with John Wilkinson.

RESOLVED that the change of representative for the Alexandra Palace Allotments Association be noted.

This report provides information to the Statutory Advisory and Consultative Committees on planning and policy issues in relation to Alexandra Park and Palace. It also provides additional information on the events programme and a range of activities of the Charitable Trust.

Louise Stewart, Chief Executive Alexandra Palace and Park, introduced the report as set out.

The following arose during discussion of the report:

a.         Work was continuing on the West Yard Storage project.  The planning application had been amended and permission granted, and it was expected to be completed by Summer 2017.  Once the work was completed there would be office space, although no decision had been made in terms of whether the Trust would occupy the space.

b.         Events – the Summer Festival was a one day event, although there would be some music which would continue on Sunday in the beach area, as it had done in previous years.

c.         Park events licence – the Chair said that confusion still existed around the use in the licence application of the heading ‘Regularity’ and ‘4 times per year’, 8 times per year’ etc. Louise Stewart confirmed that the numbers under regularity referred not to the number of events, but the total number of days on which events in a given category would be open in a year.  She undertook to ensure this would be clarified in the licence application.

d.         Go Ape – the Junior course was due to be completed and opened by Easter 2017.  Construction had not yet begun on the adult course.

RESOLVED that the report be noted.

The Chair provided an outline of the last Alexandra Palace and Park Board as set out in the minutes attached to the pack.

None.

To consider any items admitted at item 4 above.

Dermot Barnes, on behalf of the Alexandra Residents Association, spoke in relation to Go Ape and parking implications for the neighbouring residents.  He requested information on what parking would be available for Go Ape customers, and how this information would be provided to customers.

The Chief Executive explained that there would not be designated parking for customers, however there were 1500 parking spaces on site, and there would be a maximum of 36 spaces required for each session.  Go Ape had been requested to provide this information to customers, and to encourage customers to park responsibly, via their website.  The web team were in the process of updating the Alexandra Palace website, and this information would also be provided there.

Dermot Barnes requested that an update be provided to the SAC-CC six months after Go Ape opened.

Tuesday 11 April 2017

Provisional dates for 2017-18: to be agreed at March Full Council meeting

Tuesday 27 June 2017

Tuesday 3 October 2017

Tuesday 23 Jan 2018

NOTED.