Agenda and minutes

Received from Councillor B Blake for lateness.

To agree the minutes of the Committee meeting held on 1 July as an accurate record.

RESOLVED:

That the minutes of the meeting held on 1 July 2014 be agreed as a correct record of the proceedings.

The Chair will consider the admission of any late items of urgent business.  Late items will be considered under the agenda item where they appear and new items will be considered under item 7 below.

There were no items of urgent business.

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.

There were no declarations of interest.

There were no deputations or petitions.

To discuss and note issues raised during the Area Forum meeting.

Budget Consultation

The Committee expressed concern regarding the severe budgetary situation facing the Council, and the resultant £70m savings which were having to be made, which had been brought about by funding reductions from Central Government.  It was felt that a useful and informative presentation had been given by Councillor Arthur, Cabinet Member for Resources and Culture, which had been followed by an open and frank question and answer session and discussion.

St. Ann’s Hospital Site

The Committee referred to the representations made to the Area Forum by David King on behalf of Haringey Needs St Ann’s Hospital (HANSAH) regarding proposals for the sale of a large part of the hospital site.

It was noted that the proposals for the hospital site were likely to be submitted to the Council’s Planning Sub-Committee in December 2014.  It was agreed that if this was the case, a special meeting of the Area Forum be held prior to the Planning Sub-Committee in order to discuss the planning application and draw up a response which could be presented to the Sub-Committee when the proposals were deliberated.   It was also agreed that Councillor Ali Demirci (Cabinet Member for Planning), Councillor Peter Morton (Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing), Andrew Wright (Director of Strategic Development - Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust), a representative of HANSAH, and appropriate officers from the Planning Department be invited to take part in the discussion on the matter.

The Committee further agreed that if the planning application for the hospital site had not been considered by the Planning Sub-Committee by the time of the next meeting of the Area Forum and Committee scheduled for 3 February 2015, the matter be included as an item on the agenda for that meeting of the Forum and that the same invitation would apply in regard to speakers.

Chestnuts Community Centre

It was agreed that an item relating to this matter be placed on the agenda for the next meeting and that a representative of the Community Centre be invited to speak at the meeting.   Councillor Blake undertook to supply the Principal Committee Coordinator with the name of a contact person for the Community Centre.

Policing Issues

Concerns raised in the Area Forum regarding the lack of policing resources and policing priorities in the area were noted, and it was agreed that the matter of policing in St Ann’s and Harringay wards be included as an agenda item for the next meeting of the Forum and that Ian Sygrave (Chair of The Ladder Community Safety Partnership (LCSP) and Chair of the Haringey Police Panel) and the local police Sergeant be invited to speak on the matter at the meeting.

There was none.

To note the dates of future meetings set out below:

Tuesday 3 February 2015

Thursday 5 March 2015

It was noted that the next meeting was due to be held on Tuesday 3 February 2015 at 6.30pm; the venue for which was to be confirmed.