Agenda item

To agree the public minutes and non-public summary of the meeting held on 09 May 2013 (copy attached).

Public Minutes and Non-Public Summary of the Meeting Dated 9 May 2013

The public minutes of the meeting held 9 May 2013 were agreed with the exception of the fifth paragraph of Item 8. The minutes will be tabled at the 23 September 2013 meeting of the Committee for final agreement.

Matters Arising

Oak Processionary Moth (OPM)

The Director of Open Spaces updated the Committee on recent funding of £1.5million from Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and £500,000 from the Forestry Commission had been made available for the treatment of OPM across London. She reported that spraying had been completed and that she was attending a meeting to discuss OPM later that week. She reported that no trace of OPM had been detected thus far across the North London Open Spaces or across wider City of London sites.

2013/14 Committee Vacancies

The following Members were appointed to vacancies in the following bodies:

Highgate Wood Joint Consultative Committee

Deputy Michael Welbank

Queen’s Park Joint Consultative Group

Karina Dostalova