Lower Lee Steering Group meeting
20 February 2012, City Hall
Attendees:
British Waterways
Environment Agency
GLA
Groundwork London
London Borough of Enfield
London Wildlife Trust
Thames Water
UK Regeneration
Leela O’Dea
Sandra Spinks, Rob Argent, Jennie Marshall
Kevin Reid
Matthew Carrington
Sue McDaid
Mathew Frith
David Todd
Ralph Ward
Actions and decisions:
Action
Draft wording for vision and share with group for
review.
Arrange first biodiversity subgroup meeting (British
Waterways to provide venue?).
Who
Environment Agency
By when?
2 March
Mathew Frith
Arrange first water quality subgroup meeting.
Kevin Reid
Ask LVRPA if they would be willing to arrange first
community/people subgroup meeting.
Draft text to explain where we are now and what our
next steps are (to support creation of subgroups)
Discuss membership of subgroups with colleagues
and report back to group.
Make previous Lower Lee reports available to all on
Sharepoint
Provide available information about projects
completed (since 2009), underway, planned or
aspirational to Jennie Marshall for GIS layer.
Create visual depiction of status and element
information for catchment and share with group
Share list of key tasks for subgroups
Arrange next Steering Group meetings (possible
telecon and face-to-face in April)
Ralph Ward
meet
before
Easter
meet
before
Easter
2 March
(but asap)
2 March
Environment Agency
All
Environment Agency
All
Sandra Spinks
Environment Agency
Sandra Spinks
2 March
(but asap)
2 March
2 March
(but
ongoing)
9 March
2 March
Availability
email by 2
March
Decisions:
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The group will focus on three broad outcomes covering biodiversity, water
quality and community/people (each outcome will have a separate subgroup).
Underneath each overarching outcome will be more detailed
outcomes/targets for the subgroups to focus on.
Several organisations within the steering group are likely to have an interest
in all three outcome subgroups – it is up to each organisation to decide
whether they prioritise one, have the same person attend more than one
subgroup, or different people at each.
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Draft membership of subgroups:
Biodiversity
London Wildlife Trust
LVRPA
London Boroughs
Groundwork
Thames Rivers
Restoration Trust
Natural England
British Waterways
Herts and Middlesex
Wildlife Trust
Thames21
Smaller community groups
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Water Quality
GLA
Environmental health
departments
Environment Agency
Users e.g. Lee Anglers
Society
Thames Water
Community/People
LVRPA
London Boroughs
British Waterways
Thames21
Groundwork
Canoe England
London Cycle Group
Natural England
September 2012 is a more realistic target for a draft catchment plan (rather
than March 2012).
Catchment Restoration Fund – aim to submit one bid for each subgroup in the
September opening.
Audience for catchment plan – those that ‘live, work and play’ within the
catchment. Content and language of plan should reflect this.
Subgroups to meet before Easter. Steering Group to meet again in April (with
addition of telecon catch-up beforehand).