Meeting documents

Croydon & Lewisham Street Lighting Joint Committee
Thursday, 20th October, 2016

Street Lighting Joint Committee Minutes

Date:
Thursday 20th October 2016
Time:
6:30pm
Place:
Room G4 (moved from F10) The Town Hall, Katharine Street, Croydon CR0 1NX
 

Attendance Details

Present:

Representing the London Borough of Croydon

Councillor Stuart Collins, Deputy Leader - Cabinet Member for Clean Green Croydon

Councillor Stuart King, Cabinet Member for Transport & Environment

 

Representing the London Borough of Lewisham
Councillor Kevin Bonavia, Cabinet Member for Resources
 

Also present:
Croydon: Rob Howes (Contract Monitoring Officer), Steve Iles (Director of Streets); Lewisham: Katharine Nidd (Comercial Manager)
Absent:
Councillor Alan Smith (Lewisham)
Apologies for absence:
Councillor Alan Smith (Lewisham)

Item Item/Resolution
MINUTES - PART A
A7/16 APPOINTMENT OF CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIR

Councillor Bonavia proposed and Councillor Collins seconded that Councillor King be appointed Chair for the meeting.
The Committee RESOLVED to appoint Councillor King as Chair of the meeting.
 

 

Councillor King proposed and Councillor Collins seconded that Councillor Bonavia be made Vice-Chair for the meeting.
The Committee RESOLVED to appoint Councillor Bonavia as Vice-Chair of the meeting
 

A8/16 MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON THURSDAY 10TH MARCH 2016

The Committee RESOLVED to approve the Part A minutes of the last meeting held on Thursday 10 March 2016 as a correct record of that meeting.
 

A9/16 DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST

There were none.

A10/16 URGENT BUSINESS (IF ANY)

There was no urgent business to consider.

A11/16 EXEMPT ITEMS

The allocation of the meeting between Part A and Part B was agreed.

A12/16 JOINT STREET LIGHTING PFI UPDATE

The Director of Streets for Croydon highlighted the key issues from the last quarter performance update:

  • Regarding the core investment programme (PS1), the report data went up to the end July. At that stage, the programme was 99% in Lewisham and 96% complete in Croydon. There was a delay in the completion of milestone 10 (completion was due by the end of July) however the new estimated delivery was the end of November. Overall there had been a significant recovery from the previous position and the final certificate to confirm the completion of the core investment plan was due by the end of November.
  • A key issue for Croydon was the removal of stumps; 3,500 had already been removed from the borough and the estimated date for complete removal in Croydon was mid-November.
  • The Committee were directed to page 9 of the report that detailed action on reported faults (PS3). In the previous 6 months, all emergency faults had been fixed within the stated time limit. For non-emergency faults, 16 call-outs were actioned outside of the stated time limit and as a result the contractor would receive financial adjustments.

In response to questions from the Committee, the following was reported:

  • There was a certification process for the completion of snagging on each road in the respective boroughs. There was a time frame for completion and failure to do so would incur financial penalties for the contractor.
  • Light-measuring calculations were undertaken to determine whether a given road required lights on one side of the street or both. The contractor undertook a survey for each road in the boroughs to determine this. It was agreed that the website would be updated to provide this information for residents.
  • If residents identified inadequately lit streets after the core investment programme was completed, there was still a duty on the contractor to address it within the contract. A photometric test would be taken to measure whether the light levels met the contractual requirement.
  • There was a standard specification in the contract that dealt with the lighting of new housing developments in both boroughs.

 

The Committee RESOLVED to note the contents of the report.
 

A13/16 [THE FOLLOWING MOTION IS TO BE MOVED AND SECONDED AS THE "CAMERA RESOLUTION" WHERE IT IS PROPOSED TO MOVE INTO PART B OF A MEETING]
MINUTES - PART B
B14/16 PART B MINUTES OF MEETING HELD ON 10 MARCH 2016
  • Part B Minutes (26K/bytes)

The Committee RESOLVED to approve the Part B minutes of the last meeting held on Thursday 10 March as a correct record.

The meeting finished at 6.59pm.