Agenda and minutes

Apologies were received from Alderman Alison Gowman, Deputy Alistair Moss, and Deputy John Tomlinson .

No declarations of interest were made.

To agree the public minutes and summary of the meeting held on 18 July 2017.

RESOLVED – That the public minutes of the previous meeting held on 18^th July are approved as an accurate record.

Joint report of The Town Clerk and The City Surveyor.

Members received a joint report of the Town Clerk and The City Surveyor on the work programme for the sub Committee. For future iterations the Chairman requested that the programme should be predominantly forward focussed and only include coverage of one previous meeting for reference.

The Chairman also requested that the Town Clerk should coordinate an outstanding actions sheet, that would be updated between meetings and included in agenda packs for future meetings.

RESOLVED – that Members noted the Report

Members received an update report of the City Surveyor on Annual Energy and Performance.

The report provided the results of the Q1 2017/18 energy consumption for CoL operational sites, an update on the annual trend to meet the energy reduction targets set out in the Corporation’s Carbon Descent Plan 2015 (CDP-15), and an update on the energy projects for sub-metering, benchmarking and Temperature Policy.

RESOLVED - that Members note the Report

Members received a report of The City Surveyor on CDP targets post March 2018 and energy procurement. The following points were made.

A member welcomed the report, but wanted to see a little more information about how the City Surveyor got to the proposed reduction targets, in response Officers will bring back a report with a final target for Members information and implementation plan focusing on Guildhall (alongside the Barbican, the most energy intensive CoL operational site) in the early part of the new year.

Officers reiterated that further reductions would become harder, as a lot of the fat has been trimmed, to achieve more the Department will have to be more radical. 

In terms of energy procurement, Members welcomed the approach to ‘go out for an open tender’.

RESOLVED - that Members:

•           Noted the Report

•           Supported the recommendations in the Report

Report of The City Surveyor.

Members received an update report of The City Surveyor on the subsoil land transfer at Bank Undergound station.

A member noted that the work was due to take place close to the Mansion House and enquired as to whether Officers were preparing to measure sound, Officers responded that this hadn’t been planned but that this would be explored with the Lord Mayor’s team.

RESOLVED - that Members note the Report.

There were no questions.

There were no urgent items.

MOTION - That under Section 100(A) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part I of the Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act.

RESOLVED - That under Section 100(A) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part I of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act.

To agree the non-public minutes of the previous meeting held on 18 July 2017.

The non-public minutes of the previous meeting held on 18th July are approved as an accurate record.

Report of The City Surveyor.

Members received a Report of the City Surveyor.

Report of The City Surveyor.

Members received an update report of The City Surveyor.

Report of The City Surveyor.

Members received a progress report of The City Surveyor.

Report of the Director of Operations of the Barbican Centre.

Members received an update report of the Director of Operations and Buildings.

Report of the City Surveyor.

Members received a report of the City Surveyor.

Report of The City Surveyor.

Members received a report of The City Surveyor.

Report of The City Surveyor.

Members received a report of The City Surveyor.

Report of The City Surveyor.

Members received a report of the City Surveyor.

Report of The City Surveyor.

Members received a report of the City Surveyor.

Report of The City Surveyor. To Follow.

Members received a Report of The Chamberlain and The City Surveyor.

Report of The City Surveyor.

Members received a Report of the City Surveyor.

Report of The Assistant Town Clerk and The Cultural Hub Director.

Members received a joint Report of The Town Clerk and the Cultural Hub Director.

Joint Report of the Comptroller and The City Solicitor and The City Surveyor.

Members received a joint Report of The Comptroller and City Solicitor and The City Surveyor.

Report of The City Surveyor.

Members received a Report of the City Surveyor.

Report of the Town Clerk.

Members received a report of the Town Clerk in respect of a decision taken under urgency, in accordance with Standing Order 41(b), since the last meeting of the sub Committee.

There were no questions.

There were four items of urgent business.