Agenda and minutes

Barbican Residential Committee - Monday, 14th March, 2016 11.30 am

Venue: Committee Rooms, 2nd Floor, West Wing, Guildhall

Contact: Julie Mayer
tel.no.: 020 7332 1410  Email: Julie.Mayer@cityoflondon.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies

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Minutes:

Apologies were received from Philip Woodhouse and Druv Patel.

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2.

Members' Declarations under the Code of Conduct in respect of Items on the Agenda

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Minutes:

Members declared pecuniary interests as follows:

 

Mr Bradshaw – Item 8, Service Based Review and Item 9, Car Park Charging

Mrs Littlechild – Item 9, Car Park Charging

Mr Anderson and Mrs Littlechild – Item 17 (Rent Review – to be considered under ‘Any other Business’)

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3.

Minutes of the Previous Meeting pdf icon PDF 205 KB

To approve the public minutes and summaries of the meetings held on:

 

·       14 December 2015

·       14 January 2016 (Special Meeting)

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4.

'You Said; We Did' Actions Update Report pdf icon PDF 120 KB

Report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services.

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5.

Update report pdf icon PDF 273 KB

Report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services

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6.

Progress of Sales and Lettings pdf icon PDF 89 KB

Report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services

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7.

Service Level Agreements Quarterly Review pdf icon PDF 88 KB

Report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services

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8.

Service Based Review - GENERATING INCOME FOR CAR PARKING AND BAGGAGE STORES FOR 2017/18 pdf icon PDF 104 KB

Report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services.

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9.

CAR PARK CHARGING pdf icon PDF 166 KB

Report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services

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10.

Draft Minutes of the Barbican Estate Residents Consultation Committee (RCC) pdf icon PDF 154 KB

To receive the draft minutes of the RCC Meeting held on 29th February 2016

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11.

Questions on Matters Relating to the Work of the Committee

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12.

Any other Business that the Chairman considers Urgent

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13.

Exclusion of the Public

MOTION – That under Section 100(A) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following item(s) on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part 1 of the Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act.

 

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Minutes:

RESOLVED, that, under Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following item (s) on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act.

 

Item Nos                                             Paragraph Numbers

14 – 17                                                1, 2 & 3

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14.

Non-Public Minutes

To approve the non-public minutes of the meetings held on:

 

·       14 December 2015

·       14 January 2016 (Special Meeting)

 

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Minutes:

RESOLVED, that – the non-public minutes of the meeting held on 14 December 2015 and the special meeting held on 14 January 2016 were approved.

 

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15.

Arrears Update

Report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services.

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Minutes:

The Committee received a report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services

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16.

Non-public questions on matters relating to the work of the Committee

 

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17.

Any other Business that the Chairman considers urgent and which the Committee agrees should be considered whilst the public are excluded

 

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Minutes:

The Committee agreed to accept the following item of urgent business, which had been circulated a month before this meeting and Members had been offered a briefing in January when it was being drafted.  The Town Clerk had emailed the report to Members and laid copies around the table

 

Rent Review

 

The Committee considered a report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services, which reviewed the rent for homes on the Barbican Estate, let under City of London tenancies.  In assessing potential rent increases, the maket value of properties is ascertained and two Estate Agendt were appointed to assist with this review.

 

RESOLVED, that –

 

The following increases over 2015 rental levels be implemented, effective for all tenants renewing their leases from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

 

Studio Flats 13.23%

1 bedroom flats 2.15%

2 bedroom flats 2.71%

3-4 bedroom flats 2.97%

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