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NOTED
 

1.     The
written response provided by the Cabinet Member for Customers,
Communities and Culture to a question submitted by Councillor
Rajan-Seelan regarding the activities being planned to ensure the
contribution of British Tamils was fully recognised by the Council
as part of Tamil Heritage month.  No
supplementary question was received.
 

2.     The
written response provided by the Cabinet Member for Environment,
Infrastructure & Climate Action to a question submitted by
Councillor Ahmed regarding the changes to recycling arrangements
across the borough and impact these were having at reducing the
level of recyclable waste going to landfill in support of the
Council’s environmental aim to become carbon neutral by
2030.  No supplementary question was
received.
 

3.     The
written and supplementary verbal response provided by the Cabinet
Member for Housing, Homelessness and Renters Security to a question
submitted by Councillor Aden regarding the actions being taken by
the Council to address the unprecedented increase in homelessness
applications and use of Temporary Accommodation along with the
contextual factors impacting on the housing crisis in
Brent.

 

4.     The
written and supplementary verbal response provided by the Cabinet
Member for Environment, Infrastructure & Climate Action to a
question submitted by Councillor Hirani regarding operational
concerns and the financial and value for money considerations
relating to implementation of the blue bag recycling scheme for
card and paper across the borough.
 

5.     The
written and supplementary verbal response provided by the Cabinet
Member for Housing, Homelessness and Renters Security to a question
submitted by Councillor Georgiou regarding the current position on
the Altamira Morland Gardens housing scheme, including the
associated impact in terms of costs, grant funding and on the
current use of the Twybridge Way
site.
 
Responses were also
provided by the relevant Cabinet Members on the following
additional questions raised during the open session of this part of
the meeting:
 

·            
Councillor Jayanti Patel highlighting concerns
regarding anti-social behaviour and nuisance being experienced by
residents in Milky Way, Queensbury linked to Housing Association
tenants living in the surrounding area and action that could be
taken by the Council working with the relevant Housing Association
and Safer Neighbourhood Team to address the problems being
experienced.

·            
Councillor Chan regarding the powers and support
available through the Council, working with the police and local
residents, in seeking to prevent and cease the use of local retail
shop premises along Park Parade, Harlesden for illegal and
unregulated activities.

·            
Councillor Kelcher
regarding the powers available to the Council to support the
ongoing campaign to save the Royal Oak Public House in High Street,
Harlesden from closure and in seeking to protect and offer business
support to other similar venues, recognising their importance not
only as hospitality but also as local community hubs.

·            
Councillor Rubin commending the Council for their
ongoing efforts to support and work with the Brent Renters Union in
seeking to ensure the necessary protections were provided for
tenants in the private rented sector across the borough (including
the landlord licensing scheme) in order to tackle serious health
and safety concerns, provide protection from evictions and ensure
access to interpretation services, and seeking further details on
how this could continue to be developed.

·            
Councillor Lorber highlighting concern at what he
felt had been the limited scope of the discussion permitted in
response to the call-in on the decision to approve the Barham Park
Trust Accounts at the Resources & Public Realm Scrutiny
Committee call-in meeting held to consider the matter.  Details were also sought as to when it was
anticipatedthe
high-level consultancy based review,
which had been commissioned by the Chief Executive in relation to
the Trust Accounts would be available to support reconsideration of
the decision referred back as an outcome of the call-in
process.

·            
Councillor Maurice seeking clarification on the
eligibility for a family with four children to bid for a three
rather than four bedroom property under the Council’s Housing
Allocation Policy in order to maximise the opportunities available
to secure a suitable property.

·            
Councillor Mistry highlighting concerns relating to
the dumping of rubbish and impact of other environmental and health
and safety hazards identified by local residents along an unadopted
alleyway adjacent to shops located on Kingsbury Road close to
Kingsbury roundabout and Gore Court and seeking details on what
measures the Council could take to address the concerns
outlined.
 
Eligible for Call-In:
No