Agenda item

Part A:

Report of the Director of London 2012 Coordination

Contact: Neale Coleman, E-mail: [email protected] Tel: 020 7983 4219

The Assembly is recommended to:

(a)   Note the scope of the London 2012 City Operations programme and progress to date; and

(b)   Note the work underway to look at the use of City Hall as London House during the Games.

Part B:

The Assembly will put questions to Neale Coleman, Director of London 2012 Coordination, and Vince Fihosy, City Operations Programme Director, in relation to the London 2012 City Operations Programme.

The Chair will put the following question:

"What are your priorities in relation to the London 2012 City Operations Programme, and what do you think the key challenges and risks will be?"

Assembly Members will then ask oral questions arising from this question and the answer received.

Part C:

Motion submitted in the name of the Chair:

“That the Assembly notes the answers to the questions asked.”

3.1  The Assembly put questions to Neale Coleman (Director of London 2012 Coordination) and Vince Fihosy (City Operations Programme Director) in connection with the Authority’s London 2012 City Operations Programme.

3.2  The record of the questions put by Members and the answers given is attached as Appendix 1.

3.3  During the course of the question and answer session, the Director of London 2012 Coordination agreed to: 

·  Provide a list of events to be held at the London Live sites during the summer of 2012, and the timings of those events;

·  Investigate whether there would be any concessionary tickets for the two London Live events for which there would be a charge for tickets;

·  Provide a final list of the proposals submitted by boroughs in relation to spending the £50,000 which had been offered to each borough to decorate key areas to spread the ‘look and feel’ of the Olympic Games, once those proposals had been approved;

·  Request that the LDA provide details of how many deals had emerged out of London House and Beijing in 2008;

·  Ensure that Assembly Members were provided with information in relation to the consultation processes arising from the licensing and planning applications in relation to the London Live sites, once those applications had been submitted;

·  Confirm when bunting would be available to boroughs and that the Union Flag would be included in the Look Book for the Games period;

·  Confirm whether any local newspapers, for example in the Olympic boroughs, would receive Olympic media accreditation.

3.4  The Assembly also received the report of the Director of London 2012 Coordination set out on the agenda for the meeting.

3.5  Resolved:

That, subject to the provision of the further information and actions as agreed and as set out above, the report setting out the scope of the London 2012 City Operations Programme and progress to date and the work underway to look at the use of City Hall as London House during the Games be noted.

3.6  At the end of the question and answer session, the Chair formally moved the motion set out on the agenda, namely:

“That the Assembly notes the answers to the questions asked.”

3.7  This was agreed by the general consensus of the Assembly.