Agenda item

Superintendent's Update

The Superintendent of the City Commons to be heard.

 

Minutes:

The Superintendent of City Commons provided a verbal update with reference being made to the following:

 

Volunteers

1348 hours of volunteer input delivered during the period.  Works included:

·       Dead hedging on Ashtead Common.

·       Installing and maintaining bar-ways and gates.

·       Fence line clearance Coulsdon Common.

·       Path clearance Kenley Common.

·       Bracken control.

·       Ragwort control.

·       Tree Health monitoring.

·       Setting up temporary grazing areas and moving livestock.

 

Projects/habitat works

·       Tree safety works- on-going tree safety programme.

·       Haymaking has started across the Coulsdon Commons.

·       A French drain has been constructed on Kenley Common to intercept surface water from the perimeter track.

·       Timber cut during the winter has been collected off Kenley Common and Riddlesdown and sold to a timber merchant.

 

Miscellaneous

·       Travellers broke onto Spring Park on Tuesday 2nd July and left later that evening.  The site was quickly cleared of rubbish and the gate replaced and reinforced.

·       Four local school children have undertaken work experience placements with the Ranger teams.

·       Each of the Commons has been judged for Green Flag and three of the Commons for Green Heritage results expected towards the end of July.

·       Additional late patrols have been implemented to reflect the increased fire risk.

 

Licences

·       Hill Crest 10k run – Riddlesdown

·       Greville Bike Ride – Ashtead Common

·       Riddlesdown Fun Day – Riddlesdown

·       The proposed Kenley Empire Air Show has been postponed for 1 year.  The Superintendent and Head Ranger met with the organisers on the 18th July to discuss the application in more detail and conducted a site visit.

·       Kenley Fun Day has been licenced for the 28th July 2013.

 

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