Agenda item

Report of the Director of Open Spaces.

The Committee received a report of the Director of Open Spaces regarding the STEM and Policy Education Programme which proposed that an education project be launch parallel to the engineering and landscaping projects.

The Ponds Project & Management Support Officer informed the Committee that the report had been considered by the Hampstead Heath Consultative Committee which were very supportive of the proposed education programme. A Committee Member who was unable to attend the Committee sent, prior to the meeting, an email to voice her strong support for the education programme and which also asked the Committee to note that the proposal could provide an opportunity to work with University Departments on projects regarding soil mechanics at the Hampstead Heath Ponds.

RESOLVED: That the Committee note the STEM and Policy Education Programme report by the Director of Open Spaces.