Agenda item

Report of the Director of Open Spaces.

Members commended officers for their handling of the Review, stressing that it should serve as an exemplar for others going forward.

After endorsing the decisions made by the Hampstead Heath, Highgate Wood and Queen’s Park Committee on 11^th March, Members asked that a resolution be submitted to the Resource Allocation Sub-Committee’s meeting of 19^th March 2020, that emphasised Establishment Committee’s support for any Open Spaces Department bid that goes to RASC that requests funds related specifically to improvements for health and safety at the bathing ponds.

Members also asked that the Resolution be circulated for information to the Hampstead Heath, Highgate Wood, and Queen’s Park Committee’s next meeting of 3^rd June 2020.

RESOLVED that the Committee requested that a resolution be circulated to the Resource Allocation Sub-Committee and the Hampstead Heath, Highgate Wood, Queens Park Committee emphasising the Establishment Committee’s support for any Open Spaces Department bid that goes to RASC that requests funds related specifically to improvements for health and safety at the bathing ponds.