Issue - meetings

Further to Minute 200 (12 November 2002), received a report detailing the reasons why the submission of a Stage 1 Application to the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) on 12 November 2002 had been unsuccessful.  The report also outlines the HLF’s recommendation that the Council applies for a Project Planning Grant to fund the appointment of consultant(s) to prepare a revised Stage 1 Application.

Agreed, in order to secure external funding to support the refurbishment of Barking Park, which will also assist the Council in achieving its Community Priorities of “Making Barking and Dagenham Cleaner, Greener and Safer”, “Raising General Pride in the Borough” and “Regenerating the Local Economy”, that:

1. An application for a Project Planning Grant for Barking Park be submitted to the HLF; and

2. Funds within the Capital Programme be re-profiled and considered as part of the Capital Programme review as set out in the report.

The Leader of the Council brought to our attention the vandalism that had been carried out over the last weekend to the flagpole on the Barking Park War Memorial and thanked staff in the Leisure and Environmental Services Department for the quick repair in time for the remembrance service taking place as part of Armistice Day.

Agreed to offer a reward of £500 for the positive identification of the culprits and have asked that security arrangements for the War memorial be included in plans for the refurbishment of Barking Park.