Agenda item

Report of the Acting Director of Community and Children’s Services (copy attached).

This report updated Members on issues raised by the Residents’ Consultation Committee and the Barbican Residential Committee at their meetings in November/December 2012.  This report also provided updates on other issues on the estate.

St Giles’ Terrace

Members noted that the RCC had expressed some general concerns about this area.  Officers provided the following updates:

• At their next meeting in March, the Barbican Occupiers’ User Group would raise the parking issue.  The estate office would also investigate further with the Girls’ School and the Church.

• The seating on the terrace was complete and the covers would be removed by the end of March 2013.

• On the walkway, the soft-landscaping had now been removed and a Member asked if hoardings would also be removed shortly?  If not, could more attractive hoardings be considered?

 A report on the Baggage Stores would be presented to the Projects Sub Committee on 12 February 2013.

Members were pleased to note that invoice performance had improved considerably.

Car parking bays – Breton House (Commercial Parking Contracts)

The officer explained that the contract with Deutsche Bank had been dependent on access to Staircase 64.  Members were assured that it was used by the Bank’s senior management only and that all other areas of the block and estate could not be accessed. 

Beech Gardens – Drop in Sessions

Members commended Karen Tarbox for these helpful sessions but noted that attendance at the evening sessions had been disappointing.   Officers would therefore try holding the sessions later in the evenings, which might be more convenient for workers.  A Member suggested that it might be prudent to cease them, should attendance remained low.

The time frame for VFM response to the RCC working party suggested SLAs for the TV Network had been extended to 1 March.

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