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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