Lansbury Steering Group

l8th May 2004 AT 6:30PM at Lansbury Lodge, Ricardo Street, E14

MINUTES

  1. Present: Simon Kempson (Chair), Nicola Hewlett, George Farmer, Margaret Tough, Valerie Durrance, James Durrance, Marie Litson, John Winney, Marilyn Baltutis, Femi Apata (NPI),; Mo Ali (PPCR), Nigel Goddard (Baily Garner), Asma Sarfaraz (Baily Garner), Robin Whitby (Poplar HARCA), Tracey Fletcher (Poplar HARCA), Andrew Hargreaves (Poplar HARCA)

  2. Apologies for absence were received from Adam and Oreen Kirkpatrick.

  3. The minutes of 6th April 2004 were approved, but with the word "official" on item 10 changed to "unofficial".

  4. The letter from Maureen McEleney was noted and it was agreed that the Chair would email to say that we are pleased that Harca will ultimately determine which works are rechargeable.

  5. NPI reported that invoices totally £4,742 inclusive of VAT have been received and these were available for inspection at the end of the meeting.

  6. On-going charges from PPCR of £450 for liaison with Harca and LBTH, £450 for PPCR Project Team meetings, £2,700 for Project Management and time associated with queries by Freephone to be charged on a time used basis (with time to be included in a report available to the ESG) were agreed. It was stated that the ESG could not approve an unspecified Senior Partner Management charge and Mo Ali agreed that he would discuss this with others at PPCR.

  7. NPI reported that the ESG will be able to see PPCR's reports to the council and the most recent report was available for inspection at the end of the meeting.

  8. It was noted that Marilyn Baltutis had not had the opportunity to attend a walking audit and it was agreed that Andrew Hargreaves will write a letter to all ESG members to ask it there were others in this situation.

  9. The pilot stock condition survey of Elgin House was presented and it was agreed that a copy of this would be sent to all ESG members inviting them to forward any comments or concerns to Andrew Hargreaves. There was a general discussion of concerns with the way in which Baily Garner have managed the pilot survey, the collation of costs from North Lansbury and the walking audits. These concerns were noted by Nigel Goddard of Baily Garner.

  10. Baily Garner and Harca committed to providing the North Lansbury costs by 10th June. Baily Garner presented a list of public spaces identified so far. It was agreed that they will produce a colour map within the next week and that Harca will circulate this to ESG members asking for comments on any errors.

  11. There was some feedback from the sub-groups, though most of the key issues had already been discussed. It was mentioned that the Post Office had provisionally agreed to an Open Meeting and that details would be provided in due course.

  12. A document providing the key milestones was presented by Harca and noted by the ESG.

  13. A vote was held on the different colour logos. The top one received no votes; the middle one 4, the bottom one 3 and there was one vote for a complete rethink. Consequently, the middle logo was adopted by the ESG.

  14. Under Any Other Business, Robin Whitby mentioned that Defend Council Housing are likely to be active in Lansbury in due course and recommended that any queries with regard to this are referred to PPCR. Tracey Fletcher said that the Chrisp Street Partnership are flexible as to who from the ESG attends their meetings and Marilyn Baltutis said that she may be interested in doing this.

Minutes prepared by Simon Kempson
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