Agenda and minutes

Apologies for absence were received from Cllr Khan, West Green  ward councillor.

The Chair will consider the admission of late items of urgent business. Late items will be considered under the agenda item they appear. New Items will be dealt with at  item 11 or 12.

There was a new item of urgent business  on the regeneration in the Tottenham area. Officers in the Regeneration Team wanted the opportunity to engage the Committee in a discussion about plans, particularly about the proposed investment in the public realm and buildings of Bruce Grove town centre, before the next Committee meeting in April. The Chair accepted  this report  as an item of urgent business and it would be considered at item 11 on the agenda.

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.

 There were no declarations of interest put forward.

To consider  and agree  the minutes of the West Green and Bruce Grove Area Committee held on the 20 September 2011.

The minutes of the meeting held on the 20 September were agreed as an accurate record of the meeting.

 A list of tree planting activities for the West Green and Bruce Grove Ward area were attached to the minutes .A resident in Sirdar road had asked for a change, in the type of tree to be planted, from a Rowan tree to a Flowering Cherry. Cllr Mallett would take this forward with the Council’s Arboricultural Officer.

The Committee to be advised of the forthcoming consultation arrangements  for  West Green and Bruce Grove wards into dog control orders. Plans will   cover  dog exclusion zones , dogs on leads, dogs on  lead direction and dog fouling. Rob Curtis, Street Enforcement Service Manager to present

Rob Curtis, Team Leader, Tactical Enforcement & Trade Waste, attended the meeting to talk to residents and Committee members about the forthcoming consultation on Dog Control orders.  Cabinet had recently agreed to start consultation on dog  control orders following  their commitment to ensure that  residents  were able to  enjoy and play in parks and open places. This also meant  tackling  the amount of dog fouling  in local areas .Dog groups had been part of the consultation process when compiling these proposals to ensure that the plans were focused on anti social dog owners. Plans would cover dog exclusion zones, dogs on leads, dogs on lead direction, and dog fouling.  Enforcement officers with the support of the Safer Neighbourhood Teams would have powers to direct owners to put dogs on leads in certain areas. There would be an increase in  on the  spot  fines from  £50 to £80  for  dog owners  that were  caught not  cleaning up their dog’s  excrement.

 In terms of enforcing the  rules around anti social behaviour related to dog fouling, an enforcement officer  was  only able to issue  these fines to a dog owner when they were caught in the act  of  not clearing the dog foul.  Therefore residents were encouraged to advise the council when they saw regular occurrences of this anti social behaviour.

Residents could also email Rob Curtis at Haringey about the areas , including privately owned land, where dog control was of particular concern and had an impact on walking and leisure activities of residents.

 RESOLVED

That the verbal update be  noted

 To consider feedback from the Tottenham pilot

Brian Ellick, Neighbourhood Action Team attended the meeting to discuss how plans were progressing to tackle fly tipping in Tottenham.   In addition, the local Neighbourhood Teams were working with partners and Veolia to identify hotspots in the West Green and Bruce Grove area.  Currently the pilot project was taking place in Tottenham Green and Tottenham Hale wards .The issues raised from this pilot would inform an Action Plan and strategy to deal with fly tipping in the borough.

To report incidences of fly tipping residents were encouraged to contact the Neighbourhood Action Teams on 0208 489 1335. Clarification was sought on whether the Council had any enforcement powers when fly tipping or   general littering problems concerned housing estates in the control of RSLs? The Committee was advised that the Council   were able to take forward these concerns with the RSL’s.

RESOLVED

That the report be noted

Committee members to receive information on the accepted  Making the  Difference  funding  applications for West Green and Bruce Grove  and whether the terms applied by the committee to some of the successful applications  have  been taken on board.

 The Committee considered a tabled paper which contained a list of the previously agreed projects to receive funding from the Making the Difference Fund. Some of the projects had received a monitoring visit or had been contacted by Members of the Committee.

To enable the final issue of funding allocated, any outstanding monitoring visits or contacts with the organisations would need to be completed within the coming three weeks. The organisations would also have to return, by the end of March 2012, the required financial   documentation to receive reimbursement for the projects that were agreed for funding.

RESOLVED

That the information be noted.

23 April 2012 – Broadwater  Farm Community Centre, Adams Road, London N17 6HE.  Please note that the  forum meeting is proposed to start at 6.00pm with a councillor surgery at 5.30pm.

The next meeting would take place on Monday 23 April at 6.00pm at the Broadwater Farm Community Centre, Adams Road, N17 6HE. There would be a councillor surgery at 5.30pm for residents to discuss issues of local concern.

An item about the junction between Tottenham High Road and Bruce Grove station was put forward for discussion at the next meeting as there had been a number of pedestrian accidents at this crossing.

The Chair will provide feedback on the requested agenda items that did not make the forum agenda and explain how they have been taken forward.

Suggestions for topics for the forum part of the meeting were sought from local residents and traders, to enable the agenda to be driven as far as possible by local people. There were a  number of  agenda items put forward to the Chair to consider and the  Area Forum and Committee  terms of reference were referred to when agreeing items  for the agenda. A report was attached which provided feedback on the agenda items that did not make the forum agenda and how they had been taken forward.

RESOLVED

That the report be noted.

The Committee received an update from Patrick Jones, Business and Enterprise Policy Officer about the Regeneration programme for Tottenham. This included information about the feedback received from the public consultation and funding for the regeneration programme. The   Council and the GLA had this week reached a 41 million funding agreement to regenerate Tottenham High Road.

There was wide consultation in the community on the regeneration plans from Tottenham with 700 responses received and transcribed. The key theme emerging from the consultation was that jobs growth was crucial to the regeneration of Tottenham.

 The briefing further  described the compilation of a dedicated  Tottenham Regeneration  team to lead on  key work such as:   identifying  funding requirements fort he area, working with landowners, ensuring   that sites were occupied /re – occupied as soon as possible  and that  the schemes  were of the highest quality  to support  overall regeneration of the area.  Also the team were developing planning policies and support to sustainable business use in the area.

 Work was continuing with Carpet Right and Aldi to take forward their planning applications and replace their buildings as soon as possible.   Consultation on the   planning brief for re-opening the Post Office on the High road was also continuing.

 In terms of continuing to support  access to employment , Job Centre plus  had relocated and were   working with key client groups, families and young people, at the Northumberland Park Resource Centre.  Following negotiations with the   GLA, the building at 639 High Road would come back into use as an employment and enterprise hub as well as delivering services to support skills and training for young people. 

 The briefing further included information on the 'I love Tottenham campaign', and details of the relocation of services in and around the Tottenham High road area.

 It was noted that Patrick Jones, Business and Enterprise Policy Officer, would meet with the Community Safety manager to discuss how the specifics of the plans for Tottenham, relevant to West Green and Bruce Grove, could be included in the Area Plan.

 Some concerns were expressed by the Chair of the Tottenham Traders Association about how businesses were being supported to ensure that they remained working in and around Tottenham High Road.   Traders were invited to raise their individual local concerns with their appropriate ward councillors who would endeavour to ensure that their concerns were highlighted at the appropriate forums and with the appropriate officers.

RESOLVED

That the briefing be noted

That the press and public be excluded from the meeting for consideration of any items that may  contain exempt information as defined in Section 100a of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended by Section 12A of the Local Government Act 1985):

  There were no items to consider.