Agenda item

Markets Co-location Programme: Food School

Joint report of the City Surveyor and the Director of Markets & Consumer Protection.

Minutes:

The Committee considered a joint report of the City Surveyor and Director of Markets and Consumer Protection in respect of a food school, to be provided as part of the Markets Co-Location Programme.

 

The Committee also received a resolution of the Markets Committee, which recommended that the terms of reference of that Committee be amended to provide it with responsibility for any food school.

 

Whilst supportive of the food school proposals, Members felt that the accompanying proposal from the Markets Committee was premature, given that negotiations in respect of the food school were still ongoing.

 

RESOLVED: That:-

1.         The recent work and solutions recommended by Counterculture be noted.

2.         It be noted that the City of London Corporation (“CoLC”) will provide an education facility as part of the Dagenham Dock co-located market as approved by the Markets Committee on 29 January 2020 and the Policy and Resources on 20 February 2020.

3.         The delivery of an on-site food school at Dagenham Dock to the scope outlined in the report be agreed and become embedded in the requirements for the new market.

4.         It be noted that a new retail food offer in Barking Town Centre is being brought forward by the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham (LBBD) and ‘Be First’, which will complement the market, and will be subject to umbrella governance to ensure that the synergistic activities work together.

5.         The intention for further work on the development of a food school, early delivery of enhanced training, and a food activation programme in collaboration with LBBD and ‘Be First’ be noted, all of which will be the subject of a future report and budget request.

 

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