Minutes - April 2010

Surrey Gardens TRA General Meeting
Minutes
6 April 2010

In attendance: Tony (Chair), Marcus (Vice-Chair), Cath (Treasurer), Jo (Secretary), Megan (co-Secretary)
Apologies: Jenny, John, Sue

1. Chair opened meeting, noted apologies

2. Chair’s Report:

• Confirmed that he has been in contact with Cleaner, Greener, Safer (CGS), and has confirmed that we want to include lighting. The £15k will be spent on trees, the surrounds, installing lights and cleaning the area (there will be no planters). CGS have responded positively, and we are awaiting an update on timing of the work
• No update on notice boards; waiting for both Southwark council and Cumming museum to respond with information. Tony to chase
• Discussion around The Bill being cancelled, and possibility of getting onto a ‘location database’
• Tony and Megan completed Co-Op bank account form in order to register as signatories. Cath to organise for John to sign, and to take completed form to Co-Op

3. Treasurer’s Report:

• Nothing to report

4. Any other business:

• Jo bought Training Skills programme that is offered by Southwark council. Tony to post on website
• Invoice received for insurance; Cath has filed for the records
• Art Project. Cath confirmed that Sue will be running the project, and that Sue and Cath have met with the Art Coordinator at the school and have arranged workshops with the children. These will start after Easter, and are anticipated to be completed at end May. The current boards may need to be taken down in the future, Cath will confirm
• Agreed that we will use the summer picnic to launch the art project, and also the roundel
• Tony to look into getting ‘Southwark Life’ involved at the picnic; picnic has been confirmed to be held 1st week July
• Tony to review September meeting date, and confirm when it will take place
• Marcus confirmed that there has been no response from council regarding the bins

5. Next meeting – the next meeting will be held on Tuesday 4 May, 7.30 pm in St Paul’s, Lorrimore Square. This meeting will be leafleted (Megan to organise) and refreshments will be provided

6. Thanks from the Chair and close

TRA Training

Southwark Council kindly provide training each year for TRA members, to help with the smooth running of the organisation. Training is currently being offered for:

All sessions will be held at the Nunhead and Peckham Rye Area Office, Talfourd Road, Peckham, SE15 5NY.

If you think you might be interested in attending any of these sessions, please contact the Chair via this link.

Minutes - March 2010

Surrey Gardens TRA General Meeting
Minutes
2 March 2010

In attendance: Tony (Chair), Marcus (Vice-Chair), Cath (Treasurer), Jo (Secretary), Megan (co-Secretary), Jenny, John
Apologies: Melissa, Jeanette, Simon

1. Chair opened meeting, noted apologies and thanked Marcus for chairing the last meeting

2. Chair’s Report:

• Tony has updated the Surrey Gardens TRA website with the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) pre-application information as agreed at the February meeting. Next step in the process is to finalise the project plan on Monday 8th March to complete the application requirements

3. Treasurer’s Report:

• Nothing to report

4. Any other business:

• Marcus contacted the Community Payback scheme to request support in ground clearing at the back of St Paul’s churchyard. Next step is to agree a date with Community Payback and Grahame
• Marcus contacted the council to request:
• A bin for the corner of St Paul’s churchyard and;
• A bin for the end of Lorrimore Rd, next to recycling bins where a significant amount of rubbish is dumped
• Still awaiting a response from the council
• The Cleaner, Greener, Safer (CGS) programme have been in touch with Tony and provided the following information:
• A plan to plant new trees and re-pave the existing area of the cut through around the trees
• That new lighting cannot be incorporated within the existing budget and plans as they stand
• That planters can be incorporated
• Tony agreed to request more information from CGS on how the £15,000 CGS funding will be allocated, and to try and incorporate lighting into the plan – which was felt by the TRA to be an essential part of the original application
• The mosaic refurbishment in Lorrimore Gardens, Lorrimore Square has been completed. Tony posted pictures of the roundel onto the TRA website. John confirmed that the contractor had been paid upon completion. Jenny has planted some new plants into the borders in Lorrimore Gardens. A big thank you from the TRA to Jenny and John for planning and managing the project, and for the additional planting
• Artwork for the electric substation:
• Sue has submitted a proposal for the art project on the electricity substation in Lorrimore Square, with a cost of £1,000
• The cost depends upon assistance from volunteers to take down and replace the pictures once complete
• The TRA voted to approve the proposal
• Tony to e-mail Sue to give the go-ahead
• Cath to liaise with the school and Sue to plan next steps
• Cath noted that the TRA need to add an additional cheque signatory for the TRA bank account. Cath will leave the form with Tony to complete, to become the additional signatory
• Tony noted that scaffolding had been erected without notice outside 16 and 17 Lorrimroe Square. The contractors also had no ID and no proof of their instruction from the council. Jeanette and Tony both pursued this with the council and with Councillor Caroline Pidgeon, who has tried to chase this internally
• John offered to raise this at the next West Walworth Housing Forum meeting
• John noted that there is a police meeting in Pasley TRA Hall at the end of March
• Cath noted that there may not be consistency in council tax banding in the area, and that TRA members can take the opportunity to compare bandings and assess if there is an opportunity to challenge

5. Next meeting – the next meeting will be held on Tuesday 6 April, 7.30 pm in St Paul’s, Lorrimore Square. This meeting will not be leafleted, but will be advertised on the TRA website and via e-mail

6. Thanks from the Chair and close

Friends of Pasley Park

The next meeting of the Friends of Pasley Park group will be held on 25th March, in the Pasley TRA Hall on Stopford Rd, SE17

Go along and hear what they've been up to recently

Heritage Lottery Fund Application

Many of you know that the area of Southwark in which we live has a rich history, going back many centuries. Last summer, aspects of this history were acknowledged by the Southwark Council event in Pasley Park (Surrey Gardens), based around the zoo that used to be located there until the latter part of the 19th century.

Following an idea that came out of the TRA last year, the Chair has been working with representatives from the Friends of Pasley Park, The Cuming Museum and Southwark Council on an application to the Heritage Lottery Fund. If granted, the fund will be used to develop two historical boards to be located within Pasley Park - helping to raise awareness amongst the local community of the history of the area.

An initial consultation letter has already been sent to various local groups, councillors and organisations asking for their support, and the project team has met on several occasions to discuss the application in detail. Fuller consultations with the wider community (helping to develop the actual boards themselves) will be conducted if and when the grant is awarded. Stay tuned for more details!

Park Improvements II

For those of you who haven't seen it yet (and, let's face it, it's hardly been picnic in the park weather) here's the new roundel in the park - all finished in next to no time at all!




Looking good! Hope you agree.

This is just the first of many projects that we have planned for this year to be delivered. Come along to the next TRA meeting to find out more!

Park Improvements

Many of you will have noticed the tarpaulin that's covering what once was the mosaic area, in the centre of Lorrimore Gardens, Lorrimore Square. The great news is that this signals the start of the refurbishment of the area.

Unfortunately, over the years, the mosaic had become damaged and was beginning to look unsightly.



The plan is to install something much more hard-wearing, and yet still attractive, which will last for years to come - looking something like this...

It won't be long until you get to see it in the flesh, as work is expected to only take a few more weeks. We hope you like it!