Agenda item

Report of the Director of Open Spaces.

The Departmental Business Manager introduced a quarterly update report of the Director of Open Spaces on the Open Spaces Departmental Business Plan. She noted that there had been good progress across all areas but wished to highlight two areas in particular.

The first area she drew the Committee’s attention to was the amendment of the Departmental Risk Register to include a new risk relating to anti-social behaviour on Open Spaces sites. This had been done in response to an increase in such activity across a number of the City’s Open Spaces and reflected the fact that such incidents cost time and money to deal with.

Secondly she noted that a Key Performance Indicator (KPI) on reducing energy consumption had been listed as amber given unseasonably cold weather during April-early June 2013 and the likelihood of a cold winter.

In response to some observations from a member the Business Manager agreed to amend dog ‘attacks’ to dog ‘incidents’ and to ensure that site emergency plans were regularly rehearsed.

The Chairman, commenting on anti-social behaviour, emphasised the Committee’s  zero tolerance approach to the issue of fly-tipping at Epping Forest. 

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