Agenda item

To agree the public minutes and summary of the meeting held on 12 September 2012.

The minutes of the meeting held on 12 September 2012 were approved as a correct record..

The Chairman drew Members attention to Item 12 of the minutes (Questions on matters relating to the work of the Committee) and informed the Committee that he would revise the wording of this in coalition with Officers. 

MATTERS ARISING

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Matters Arising (Item 3) –

a)     Members discussed the ‘Love Clean Streets’ mobile app and were informed that a report analysing the usage of the app would be submitted to Committee for consideration in six months’ time.  

b)     Members wereinformed that an update on the Time Banding Scheme would be submitted to the Committee for consideration in May 2013.

c)     In respect of Rose Alley, the Director informed Members that Officers continued to investigate ways to improve the maintenance and a walkabout visit with the Chairman, Deputy Chairman and other interested Members would be arranged prior to Christmas.  Furthermore, one Member advised that the ladders, property of a window cleaner’, were still in the vicinity, and requested that this matter be followed up.

Some Members informed Officers that they had recently witnessed illegal trading activity taking place at Middlesex Street Market. Members queried whether trading areas were being pitched larger than the square in line with CoL policy, and whether traders were sub-contracting their stalls to other traders.  The Director informed the Committee that he was not aware of any recent illegal trading activity taking place at Middlesex Street Market or any of the 42 pitches being sub-contracted and only registered licence holders were permitted to run the stall.  The Director agreed to investigate this issue further.