Issue - meetings

To summarise Alexandra Palace’s response to the internal audit report on the governance arrangements for the Regeneration Programme, as reported to the FRAC on 9 July.

Duncan Wilson, Chief Executive, Alexandra Palace, introduced the report as set out. Subsequent to the report having been circulated, Duncan Wilson had met with Nick Walkley, Chief Executive, London Borough of Haringey, and it had been agreed that Duncan Wilson would be accountable to the Board for the delivery of the regeneration programme, with Nick Walkley being accountable to the Cabinet for the role of the Palace’s Regeneration Programme within the wider Borough regeneration work. It was noted that the Project Initiation Document was being rewritten, and would be reported back to the next meeting of the Board.

·        In response to a question from the Board regarding the involvement of wider stakeholders in the process, it was reported that this had been a piece of audit work around internal procedures and wider involvement was not therefore felt to be appropriate. It was noted that, were there another Gateway Review such as the one undertaken last year, such work would involve the views of the wider stakeholder group.

·        Julie Parker, Director of Corporate Resources, London Borough of Haringey, advised that the review had been undertaken in order to provide assurance around the processes that were in place to ensure that the regeneration project delivered its objectives.

·        The Board asked about the links between the Regeneration Working Group and the Board and SAC/CC, beyond the twice-yearly strategic workshops. It was reported that there would be more formal regeneration reports to the Board in future, which would have input from the Chair of the Regeneration Working Group, and it was agreed that Duncan Wilson and the Chair of the Board would explore the possibility of providing Board and Committee Members with details on the activity of the Working Group on a more frequent basis.

RESOLVED

That the Board note the progress made by LBH, APPCT and APTL in implementing the recommendations of the report and approve the updated Terms of Reference of the Regeneration Working Group.