Agenda and minutes
Regeneration Committee - Tuesday 2 February 2016 10.00 am

1.1  An apology for absence was received from Len Duvall AM, for whom Joanne McCartney AM attended as a substitute.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat.

Contact:  Joanna Brown, [email protected] and Teresa Young, [email protected] 020 7983 6559

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:

That the list of offices held by Assembly Members, as set out in the table at Agenda Item 2, as disclosable pencuniary interests, be noted.

The Committee is recommended to confirm the minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 3 November 2015 to be signed by the Chairman as a correct record.

3.1  Resolved:

That the minutes of the Regeneration Committee held on 3 November  2015 be signed by the Chairman as a correct record.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact:  Joanna Brown, [email protected] and Teresa Young, [email protected] 020 7983 6559

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

4.1  Resolved:

That the completed actions arising from previous meetings of the Committee, as listed in the report, be noted.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

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The Committee is recommended to:

(a)  Note the recent action taken by the Chairman, Gareth Bacon AM, under delegated authority, following consultation with the Deputy Chair and other Members of the Committee, to agree the Committee’s report, Transport-led regeneration; Has TfL’s Growth Fund risen to the challenge? arising from its scrutiny investigation of transport-led regeneration;

(b)  Note its report, Transport-led regeneration; Has TfL’s Growth Fund risen to the challenge? attached at Appendix 1 to the report;

(c)  Note the action taken by the Chairman, Gareth Bacon AM, under delegated authority, following consultation with the Deputy Chair, namely to agree the arrangements for the Committee’s site visit to an Intensification Area on 1 December 2015;

(d)  Note the summary of its site visit to the Mill Hill East and West Hampstead Interchange Intensification Areas, attached at Appendix 2 to the report; and

(e)  Note the joint letter from the Chairs of the Regeneration Committee and Transport Committee to Lord Adonis, Chair of the National Infrastructure Commission, attached at Appendix 3 to the report.

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

5.2  In relation to the recommendation to note the summary of the Committee’s site visit to the Mill Hill East and West Hampstead Interchange Intensification Areas, Andrew Dismore AM stated that at the Mill Hill East visit, he had understood that the developers had also seemed to suggest that if the development were sped up it would affect the property prices.  The Chairman stated that the developers had vigorously rejected this interpretation on the day.  The Chairman proposed that the difference in opinion be noted.

5.3  Resolved:

(a)  That the recent action taken by the Chairman, Gareth Bacon AM, under delegated authority, following consultation with the Deputy Chair and other Members of the Committee, to agree the Committee’s report, Transport-led regeneration; Has TfL’s Growth Fund risen to the challenge? arising from its scrutiny investigation of transport-led regeneration be noted;

(b)  That the report Transport-led regeneration; Has TfL’s Growth Fund risen to the challenge? be noted;

(c)  That the action taken by the Chairman, Gareth Bacon AM, under delegated authority, following consultation with the Deputy Chair, namely to agree the arrangements for the Committee’s site visit to an Intensification  ...  view the full minutes text for item 5.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Jo Sloman, [email protected]; tel 020 7983 4942

The Committee is recommended to note the report as background to a discussion with invited guests regarding the London Legacy Development Corporation and the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation, and to note the discussion.

6.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat as background to putting questions, in two sessions, on the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) and the Old Oak Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC). 

6.2  The following guests were in attendance for the first session:

·  David Goldstone CBE, Chief Executive, LLDC; and

·  Dr Paul Brickell, Executive Director of Regeneration and Community Partnerships, LLDC.

6.3  A transcript of the discussion during the first session is attached at Appendix 1.

6.4  During the course of the discussion, the Chief Executive of the LLDC undertook to provide:

·  An explanation as to why the LLDC’s loan from ArcelorMittal Orbit Limited stood at £10.6 million in March 2015 (when at the time that the Mayor had unveiled the design for the Orbit in March 2010, he had indicted that only £6 million might be repayable);

·  A breakdown of the running costs of the ArcelorMittal Orbit (including the Podium, restaurant and café in the adjacent site) in 2014-15 and of budgeted costs for 2015-16 and 2016-17 (highlighting additional running costs associated with the new slide); and

·  Details of visitor numbers to the ArcelorMittal Orbit since it opened.

6.5  During the discussion, the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Jo Sloman; [email protected]; 020 7983 4942

The Committee is recommended to:

(a)  Note the work programme for the remainder of the 2015/16 Assembly year;

(b)  Delegate authority to the Chairman, in consultation with the Deputy Chair, to agree the contents of a letter to the Mayor on issues relating to Intensification Areas;

(c)  Delegate authority to the Chairman, in consultation with the Deputy Chair, to agree the Committee’s report arising from its investigation on Business Improvement Districts; and

(d)  Note the summary of its briefings on Crossrail 1 and Crossrail 2, attached at Appendix 1 to the report. 

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

7.2  Resolved:

(a)  That the work programme for the remainder of the 2015/16 Assembly year be noted;

(b)  That authority be delegated to the Chairman, in consultation with the Deputy Chair, to agree the contents of a letter to the Mayor on issues relating to Intensification Areas;

(c)  That authority be delegated to the Chairman, in consultation with the Deputy Chair, to agree the Committee’s report arising from its investigation on Business Improvement Districts; and

(d)  That the summary of the Committee’s briefings on Crossrail 1 and Crossrail 2, as attached at Appendix 1 to the report, be noted.

The next meeting of the Regeneration Committee is scheduled for Tuesday, 1 March 2015 at 10am in Committee Room 5, City Hall.

8.1  The next meeting of the Committee was scheduled for Tuesday, 1 March 2016 at 10am in Committee Room 5, City Hall.

9.1  There was no other business the Chairman considered urgent.

10.1  The meeting ended at 12.10pm.