Issue - meetings

i)                    To approve the minutes of the meetings of the Advisory Committee held on (a) 20 June 2006 (inquorate) and (b)_20 July 2006 (Special)  (attached).

ii)         To consider any matters arising from the Minutes. (see attached response from the Board arising from its Special meeting held on 24 July 2006)

                        iii)        To note the draft minutes of the meeting of the (a) Alexandra Palace and Park Board held on 4 July 2006 (attached) (b) 24 July 2006 (Special) and (c) the Consultative Committee of 27 June 2006.

(Agenda Item 3):

            RESOLVED:

            (i)         That the Committee note the minutes of the inquorate meeting of 20 June 2006 and agree to and the Chair sign the minutes of the special Advisory Committee held on 20 July 2006.

(ii)               With reference to the 20 July meeting, Mr Aspden asked for clarity on whether the resolution to request the Charity Commission for an order under sec. 36 of the Charities Act and the authority to settle any outstanding drafting issues being delegated to the General Manager had been actioned. Mr Holder, General Manager, confirmed that this has been done. The Chair added that the Charity Commission may not give notice of the advertisement for the order, but nevertheless once the advertisement appears this Committee could submit its comments if it is felt necessary to do so. The role of the Members in this process is currently being considered and Members would be informed in due course.

With reference to paragraph iv of the extract taken from the minutes of the Alexandra Palace and Park Board of 24 July 2006, the Committee expressed its concerns that in respect of the issue of the production of a full traffic impact assessment, the Board would not have control of this matter if the Firoka Group were held responsible for this. Mr Aspden stated that he would like to see “totality” in road traffic plans in order to ensure that issues such as overflow parking is dealt with. Mr Holder clarified to the Committee that the Firoke group would have to undertake a comprehensive traffic impact assessment as part of the planning process, but that this was not for the Board to decide upon. Further, Mr Holder stated that the scale of the development would probably require some form of overview document to be submitted which would include traffic and environmental impact assessments and that each individual planning permission would refer back to this document. Ms Myers stated that any master plan should be brought before the Committee for consideration in order to assess the adequacy of transport plans. Ms Hutchinson stated that the concept of a master plan had not been discussed at the Board meeting to date but that it was necessary to have such a plan in place. The Chair added that traffic was a principal concern to the Committee and that the Committee should be minded to recommend to the Board that a traffic impact assessment is undertaken.

(iii)             The Committee noted the draft minutes of the meeting of the (a) Alexandra Palace and Park Board held on 4 July 2006, (b) 24 July 2006 (Special), and (c) the Consultative Committee held on 27 June 2006.

                        RESOLVED:

That the Committee recommend to the Alexandra Palace and Park Board at its next meeting on 12 September 2006, that a traffic impact assessment is undertaken for the entire Alexandra Palace and Park site as part of the Firoke Group’s developments.