DECISION

That the Board:

1.    Considered and commented on the Annual Management Plan for Mile End Park set out in Appendix 1.

2.    Noted the funding for 2017/18 and the forecast out turn projection for 2016/17.

Action by:

CORPORATE DIRECTOR CHILDREN’S SERVICES (D. Jones)

(Stephen Murray –Head of Arts, Parks and Events).

Stephen Murray, Head of Parks and Events, introduced the report. Judith St. John, Interim Divisional Director, Sports, Leisure and Culture, provided further details on some of the proposals within the Management Plan.

The Board asked that a note be provided to the Mayor and Lead Member on the projected costs of repairing leaks at the Eco Lake.

The Board asked for a note explaining where the proposed pay and display car parks, referred to on page 19 of the agenda pack, will be sited.

The Mayor noted that other councils, for example Milton Keynes, had set up trusts as vehicles to make parks self-sustaining. He asked that options are developed for adopting a similar approach in Tower Hamlets.

The Board noted that it had yet to receive an update on the work of the Mile End Park Management Plan working party, first established at the October 2016 meeting of the Board.

RESOLVED that the Board:

1.    Considered and commented on the Annual Management Plan for Mile End Park set out in Appendix 1.

2.    Noted the funding for 2017/18 and the forecast out turn projection for 2016/17.