Agenda item

Report of the Town Clerk – Assistant Director Safer City Partnership.

The Committee considered a report of the Town Clerk (Assistant Director, Safer City Partnership) which set out the proposals to install an additional 24 cameras to improve the CCTV coverage of the public walkways and the area around the Barbican Estate including Golden Lane.

Members noted that any bid for POCA funding would be given consideration at the next Police POCA Board. The Assistant Director, Street Scene, Strategy & Safer City Partnership agreed to amend the wording in the Recommendations of the report to reflect this prior to its submission to the other Committees listed.

The Committee discussed the ongoing maintenance costs of the any system  and it was confirmed that this would be given consideration as part of the implementation of both this project and Ring of Steel.  .

With regard to the technical challenges, consideration would be given to these as the project developed, taking into account the make-up and fabrication of the Barbican estate.

RESOLVED – That the following be noted,

a)    the proposed installation of additional CCTV as set out in the report subject to decision on a  POCA bid;

b)    the project will be delivered through the Corporate Project Gateway process; and

c)     the project would become part of the Ring of Steel upgrade project to ensure it was integrated into the City of London Police CCTV system and could be accessed by the City of London Corporation.