Agenda and minutes
Regeneration Committee - Tuesday 10 March 2015 10.00 am

To receive any apologies for absence and any announcements from the Chairman.

1.1  An apology for absence was received from Len Duvall AM.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat.

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The Committee is recommended to:

(a)   Note the list of offices held by Assembly Members, as set out in the table at Agenda Item 2, as disclosable pecuniary interests;

(b)   Note the declaration by any Member(s) of any disclosable pecuniary interests in specific items listed on the agenda and the necessary action taken by the Member(s) regarding withdrawal following such declaration(s); and

(c)    Note the declaration by any Member(s) of any other interests deemed to be relevant (including any interests arising from gifts and hospitality received which are not at the time of the meeting reflected on the Authority’s register of gifts and hospitality, and noting also the advice from the GLA’s Monitoring Officer set out at Agenda Item 2) and to note any necessary action taken by the Member(s) following such declaration(s).

2.1  Resolved:

(a)  That the list of offices held by Assembly Members, as set out in the table at Item 2 be noted as disclosable pecuniary interests; and

(b)  That Navin Shah AM’s (Deputy Chair) declaration that Niraj Dattani was a colleague, in his capacity as a councillor in the London Borough of Harrow, be noted additionally as a non-pecuniary interest in relation to Agenda Item 5 (High Street Regeneration).

The Committee is recommended to confirm the minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 5 February 2015 to be signed by the Chairman as a correct record.

3.1  Resolved:

That the minutes for the meeting of the Regeneration Committee held on 5 February 2015 be signed by the Chairman as a correct record.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

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The Committee is recommended to note the completed and outstanding actions arising from previous meetings of the Committee.

4.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat.

4.2  Resolved:

That the completed and outstanding actions arising from previous meetings of the Committee be noted.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

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The Committee is recommended to note the report as background to a discussion with invited guests regarding the Mayor’s regeneration funds, and to note the discussion.

5.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat as background to putting questions to the following guests:

·  Niraj Dattani, Senior Partnership Manager, Spacehive;

·  Debbie Jackson, Assistant Director, Regeneration, GLA;

·  Ojay McDonald, Policy Manager, Association of Town and City Management;

·  Chris Paddock, Director, Regeneris; and

·  Simon Pitkeathley, Chief Executive, Camden Town Unlimited.

5.2  The Chairman welcomed the guests to the meeting.

5.3  A transcript of the discussion is attached at Appendix 1.

5.4  During the discussion about the Mayor’s Regeneration Fund (MRF) the Assistant Director of Regeneration (GLA) agreed to give the Committee, in writing, a project by project analysis for those MRF projects expecting further slippage.

5.5  Resolved:

  That the report and discussion with invited guests regarding the Mayor’s regeneration funds, be noted.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

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The Committee is recommended to:

(a)  Note the record of its work in 2014/15;

(b)  Agree the initial priorities for its work programme in 2015/16;

(c)  Note the summary of the site visit to Smithfield Market on 3 February 2015 (attached at Appendix 1 to the report); and

(d)  Agree to hold an additional meeting on the rising of the Assembly (Mayor’s Question Time) meeting on Wednesday, 25 March 2015 to consider its report on stadium-led regeneration.

6.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat.

6.2  Resolved:

(a)  That the record of its work in 2014/15, be noted;

(b)  That the Committee’s initial priorities for its work programme in 2015/16, be noted;

(c)  That the summary of the site visit to Smithfield Market on 3 February 2015, as attached at Appendix 1 to the report, be noted; and

(d)  That an additional meeting of the Regeneration Committee on the rising of the Assembly (Mayor’s Question Time) meeting on Wednesday, 25 March 2015 to consider its report on stadium-led regeneration, be agreed.

Subject to the recommendation at 6(d) above, the next meeting of the Committee would be on 25 March 2015 on the rising of the Assembly (Mayor’s Question Time) meeting.

7.1  As agreed in Minute 6.2 (d) above, the next meeting of the Committee would be held on Wednesday, 25 March 2015 on the rising of the London Assembly (Mayor’s Question Time) meeting.

8.1  There was no other business the Chairman considered urgent.

9.1  The meeting ended at 12.03pm.