Agenda item

To note the list of Outstanding Actions.

The Committee received the list of Outstanding Actions:

Heathrow Animal Reception Centre (HARC) Annual Review of Charges

The Schedule of Charges to be adopted by HARC from 1 April 2015 which were agreed by the Committee in January 2015 was approved by Court of Common Council on 5 March 2015.

Prudent Passage, EC2

Members were informed that Prudent Passage is currently swept once a day, it has cigarette bins fitted and signage in place and Street Environment Officers (SEO) patrol the area regularly and speak to smokers to encourage responsible behaviour, SEO’s issue FPNs and request ad hoc sweeps from Amey when the passage is found to heavily soiled. Amey managers have been asked to monitor the passage for a month and advise if it requires extra scheduled sweeps.

Members asked officers about how often businesses in the City are spoken to about cigarette related litter.

Members also asked about enforcement on this issue, suggesting a joint approach combining traffic wardens and the City police to tackle this issue as they could not see why corporation officers were not enforcing corporation. The Transportation and Public Realm Director explained that the civil enforcement officers were the most effective and safest option when encouraging responsible behaviour. Deputy Regan was dissatisfied with this answer.

Members asked about the enforcement powers of the SEO’s when dealing with litter. The Transportation and Public Realm Director explained that they were able to issue fixed penalty notices. He explained further that this method is actively enforced and that the City had received between 40 and 45K of income from these. SEO’s are also able to report offenders for further prosecution.

Members enquired about possibly targeting officers to monitor specific areas and that local SEO’s should be easily contactable by Member’s as this would be beneficial in locating problem areas. The Transportation and Public Realm Director that resources were targeted using a combined method of surveys and street cleansers tasked with reporting back. It was agreed that contact information for SEO’s be put into Ward newsletters, so that individual wards could liaise with their SEO so as to target resources more efficiently. 

Members about whether TFL have a responsibility for cleaning any of the roads. The Transportation and Public Realm Director stated that TFL are not responsible for cleaning any of the roads.