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CWC 9^th STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING 15^TH FEBRUARY 2001

Present: P. Adenwalla, D Brunskill, H Closs, B de Sarem, G. Glover, B. Hodge, J Hodge, B Leung, K Leung, I Owers, K Whittam, K Whitehead, K. Swindles, M. Swindles

Apologies: J Dawson, E Williamson

1. Minutes of meeting of 30^th January adopted.

2. Constitution:

Discussion of draft 2 of constitution. Number of amendments agreed :-

• References to Canada Water Residents changed to Canada Water Group or CWG as appropriate throughout constitution document.
• ‘Canada Water Area’ and definition thereof on page 1 deleted.
• References to ‘regeneration’ changed to ‘development’ throughout document
• On page 2 lines 1&2 delete ‘Surrey Quays Peninsula’ and insert ‘ Canada Water Area’.
• Page2- Membership. Line I first paragraph delete ‘residents in the Canada Water Area’ and insert ‘those’ Second paragraph- delete everything after ‘basis’ Third paragraph – delete everything after ‘Secretariat’.
• Page 2 – Conduct of Business. First paragraph, third line – after two insert ‘and no more than fifteen’. Delete from ‘and’ to end of line. Third paragraph, first line - insert ‘other’ between ‘and’ & ‘committee’.
• Page 3 Sub Groups - delete ‘decisions’ in line three and insert ‘expenditure’.
• Page 3 - Committee Meetings - Second paragraph - delete ‘six committee members’ and insert ‘one third of Committee Members in attendance’
• Page 3 General Meetings- First paragraph - delete ‘four’ and insert ‘two’.
• Page 3 Annual General Meeting - third paragraph - delete ‘his nominee’ and insert ‘another nominated officer’. Delete ‘audited’ and insert ‘annual’.
• Page 4 Quorum - Delete ‘fifteen’ and insert ‘twenty-five’.
• Page 4 Duties of Officers - second paragraph , line 6 - insert ‘independently’ after ‘Such accounts shall be’. Line 7 - delete everything after ‘audited’ to end of paragraph. Third paragraph- delete ‘when requested’ at end of last line.
• Page four - Powers - at end of paragraph insert ‘ Any persons so nominated to represent CWG on outside bodies shall, at all times, when acting as such a representative , promote and support decisions taken by CWG at General and Committee meetings’. ( Secretary’s note- it was not totally clear where it was decided to place this amendment but it seems to me to make sense that it goes logically with references to nominating representatives.)
• Page five - Powers , paragraph d) - delete ‘other’ in first line. Insert ‘or other organisations’ after ‘authorities’ in first line.
• Page five - Alterations to the Constitution, paragraph 2 delete ‘4’ and insert ‘2’.

3. D.B. gave a report on the interim forum meeting on 6^th February. J.H. asked D.B. if he could give a report on the ‘area definition’. D.B. said if he was going to do that he wished to leave the Chair and asked for someone to take over. I.O. took over Chair. D.B. said it had been the Steering Group’s decision that the issue of the consultation area definition should not be re-opened with Southwark unless anything in LBS’s response to the meeting provided an opportunity to do and therefore JH had quite improperly raised it at the interim forum meeting on 6^th February. The chair asked the meeting if it wished to debate this matter. JH said that in any event she wished to respond to what had just been said by D.B. following the decision of CWG referred to by D.B. he had received an e-mail from Adam Faulkener of LBS in which a different area definition was proposed and which closely matched the definition subsequently endorsed by the CWG Committee. This he had passed on to J.H. and provided exactly the opportunity referred to by the Committee. When J.H had tried to raise this with Chris Horne from LBS at the interim forum no support had been received from D.B. or G.G even when it came to a vote. J.H. said she had felt very isolated in trying to promote a CWG decision and did not wish to be in that situation again. Debate on this matter then closed and D.B. returned to the Chair.

4. Vision Statement: Discussion of draft 2 of Vision statement. B.H. produced a separate, shorter document saying need something which will catch people’s attention and is punchy. View was that should have both documents - the longer version as a definitive statement of CWG’s aims and vision and the shorter version for widespread distribution and perhaps for use on posters and leaflets.

Discussion of Vision Statement draft 2 produced a number af amendments which

were agreed;-

• Line 2 Delete ‘Sympathetic regeneration’ and insert ‘ Sensetive development’. After of insert ‘the’. After ‘Water’ insert ‘area’.
• Line 4 Delete ‘Rotherhithe Peninsula’s attraction’ and insert ‘Canada Water Area’.
• Line 5 Delete ‘quiet’ and insert ‘pleasant’. After ‘parks’ insert ‘water features’
• Line 6 After ‘community facilities’ insert ‘for young and old alike’.
• Line 9 Delete everything after ‘which will’ and insert ‘reduce traffic congestion’.
• Lne 10 Delete
• Line 11 Delete
• Line 12 After ‘town centre’ insert ‘or’.
• In the shorter statement ‘quiet residential area’ should be amended to ‘pleasant residential area’.

Vision Questionnaire – discussed and pointed out that J.D. had done a considerable amount of work on a questionnaire and should be involved in this.

Number of amendments agreed:

• Delete ‘Rotherhithe’ and insert ‘Canada Water
• Delete ‘quiet’ and insert ‘pleasant’.
• Delete ‘A son of Canary Wharf’
• Insert ‘overall’ between ‘your’ and ‘vision’ in b)
• Change ‘regeneration’ to ‘development’.

5. Office Developments. Discussion re possibility of admin assistant discussed. D. B. and I.O. had considered this and the employment of an admin assistant had been costed @£15.000 on a part-time basis. D.B. had raised this with LBS and Steve Platts had not given a wholly negative response. A job description would hopefully be circulated at next meeting.

6. Local Democracy Commisssion- D.B. reported that this was to consult on the structure of LBS and whether we should have a Mayor. Those sitting on it had to have no political party allegiance. He had been asked to sit on it by Councillor Partridge. He would not accept if CWG thought there was any conflict and he should not do so. The meeting took the view it was entirely separate and D.B.should accept if he wished to do so.

7. Willowbrook Centre- the centre is very short of people to sit on its management committee. E.M. had asked that this be reported in case anyone was interested.

8. Public meeting- agreed to put it back to 20^th March. H.C. to draft leaflets for meeting.

9. Next meeting of Steering Committee - Wednesday 28^th February @ 7.30pm Alfred Salter School. This would be to finalise the constitution and for for meeting rehearsal.

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