Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Brockwell Park Manag
Brockwell Park Management Advisory Committee
Minutes of the Annual General Meeting, Monday 9th October 2006
Present:
Cllr Clare Whelan, Cllr Kirsty McHugh, Cllr Jim Dickson,
Organisations represented: Tulse Hill Estate Tenant’s and Resident’s Association, Friends of Brockwell Park, South London Botanical Institute, Peabody Trust, Whippersnappers, Herne Hill Society, Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses, Rosendale School, Fusion, Brixton Society, Herne Hill Forum, Brixton Waterlane Society, Springfield Stradella Residents, Brockwell Park Youth Project, 198 Gallery, Brockwell Tennis Players, St Matthew’s Project, Norwood Road Resident’s Association, Norwood Forum, Brockwell Gate Residents, Brockwell Lido Users’10 members of the public/local residents. 55 people signed in.
Apologies for absence:
Todd Strehlow, Sebastian Kraemer, Hamish McLauchlan, Ellette Francis, Katya & Anthony Lester, Cllr Irene Kimm, Zoe Burt, Brixton BMX Club.
The Chair thanked everyone for their attendance and closed the meeting.
Minutes of the Annual General Meeting, Monday 9th October 2006
Present:
Cllr Clare Whelan, Cllr Kirsty McHugh, Cllr Jim Dickson,
Organisations represented: Tulse Hill Estate Tenant’s and Resident’s Association, Friends of Brockwell Park, South London Botanical Institute, Peabody Trust, Whippersnappers, Herne Hill Society, Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses, Rosendale School, Fusion, Brixton Society, Herne Hill Forum, Brixton Waterlane Society, Springfield Stradella Residents, Brockwell Park Youth Project, 198 Gallery, Brockwell Tennis Players, St Matthew’s Project, Norwood Road Resident’s Association, Norwood Forum, Brockwell Gate Residents, Brockwell Lido Users’10 members of the public/local residents. 55 people signed in.
Apologies for absence:
Todd Strehlow, Sebastian Kraemer, Hamish McLauchlan, Ellette Francis, Katya & Anthony Lester, Cllr Irene Kimm, Zoe Burt, Brixton BMX Club.
- Minutes of the last meeting and matters arising:The minutes of the 2005 AGM were agreed. The Secretary reported that an application for charitable status was ongoing.
- Election of the voting members of the public:The six voting members of the public were elected from eight nominees: Sebastian Kraemer (nominated by Laura Morland) 5 votesYvonne Levy (nominated by Mary Hill) 7 votes Diane Skidmore (nominated by Ann Kingsbury) 16 votes - electedJared Thomas (nominated by Orlando Clark) 17 votes - elected Susy Hogarth (nominated by Noshir Patel) 17 votes -electedAlex Machin (nominated by Laura Morland) 19 votes - electedMary Hill (nominated by Ann Kingsbury) 23 votes - elected Cathy Warren (nominated by Susy Hogarth) 24 votes – elected
- Notification of the voting members of the Friends of Brockwell ParkThe meeting was notified that the following were the voting representatives of FoBP: Laura Morland, Dean Littler, Noshir Patel, Jenny Ford Saville, Robert Holden and Michael Boyle.
- Chair’s Annual ReportThe Chair spoke to his written report, which had been circulated. He told the meeting that the HLF had agreed £4.5m for the refurbishment of the Park, which was a great achievement for everyone involved. Around £196,000 would be available for Stage 2 consultations. The MAC should be proud of all that it had done. The positive HLF response was a testament to the MAC’s commitment. As Chair he had been greatly helped by many members of the MAC and others, and wished to thank, in particular Cllr Clare Whelan, his Vice-Chair, Nic Pond and Laura Morland (EC co-optee) and Ann Kingsbury (MAC Secretary).
- Vice-Chair’s reportThe Vice-Chair, Nic Pond reported that after two years as the Vice-Chair of the MAC, he was stepping down because of work commitments and having moved out of the area. He had enjoyed his time as Vice-Chair and thought that the HLF project was extremely valuable. He was now moving on to become ecological regeneration manager for Greenscene in Lewisham. He wished to thank everyone he had worked with in the MAC and commended the drive and commitment of the Chair, Derek Hoare as one of the important factors in the success of the Bid. He also thanked Lambeth councillors and officers and members of the MAC EC.
- Treasurer’s report A written report and audited accounts were presented. There was a brief explanation by Paul Reynolds that these funds were separate from the HLF Bid and comprised money from a start-up grant from Lambeth and funds raised by the Five Parks Walk and the Big Feast. These were to be used for promoting community events in the Park.The accounts were accepted.
- Election of officersCouncillor Jim Dickson took the chair for the elections.Election of Chair: Derek Hoare (nominated by Nic Pond, Max Warner and Douglas Whitton, seconded by Noshir Patel) was re-elected unopposed. Paul Hill (nominated by Whippersnappers, seconded by) had withdrawn before the AGM.Vice-Chair: Todd Strehlow (nominated by Susy Hogarth, seconded by Nic Pond) was elected as vice chair, unopposed. Secretary: Ann Kingsbury (nominated by John Brunton, seconded by Andy Walker) was re-elected as secretary, unopposedTreasurer: There were no nominations for treasurer. Paul Reynolds did not wish to serve. Laurence Benson (Brixton Waterlane Society) volunteered to serve as treasurer and this was agreed by the meeting.
- Brockwell Community EventsAndy Walker spoke to the paper summarising the role of the Brockwell Community Events subcommittee. He explained that the purpose of the subcommittee was to mitigate the difficulties faced by small community groups wanting to run events in the Park. Through the subcommittee community groups would be able to apply for funds to support their activities and would be covered for public liability (required by Lambeth for any event in the Park) by the MAC’s insurance policy.The AGM approved the setting up of the subcommittee. Andy Walker was thanked by the Chair for all he had done for the Five Parks Walk and in setting up the proposals for BCE.
- ResolutionsMary Hill proposed the following resolution:”The meeting commends the excellent work done to date by the BPMAC HLF committee in bringing the Lottery Bid to such an advanced stage. However, the next stage takes us closer to implementation and demands that a number of important decisions be made that will influence the park for many years to come. We recommend that a temporary working group be established by this meeting to review the structures and processes for consulting and making decisions about the HLF Bid. The brief of the committee should be to recommend a process to- allow for greater sharing of the enlarged scope of the work- improve communications between the stakeholders, the committee and the Project Board- to ensure that the differing opinions on controversial issues are presented clearly to the decision-makers and that the decision-making process is transparent.The committee would circulate recommendations to all stakeholders and ask for comments and a vote should be taken at an EGM at the earliest opportunity”The Chair proposed that the meeting should note the resolution and take action on it; this was carried. It was agreed that Todd Strehlow, the Vice-Chair, would be asked to convene the sub-committee. Interested parties were asked to put their names down to be included.Following the resolution, there was a brief discussion of some constitutional issues. It was agreed to return to these at another meeting.
The Chair thanked everyone for their attendance and closed the meeting.
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