Minutes 10 February 2013
TANNERS HILL TRA
6.30pm – 9pm, Monday 10th February 2014
ATTENDANCE
Committee Members |
Colin Connell (CC) – Treasurer, Florence Terrace Block Rep |
Frances Connell (FC) – Area Panel Rep |
Gillian Lewis (GL) – Secretary/Block Rep Deloraine House |
Belinda Rumbold (BR) – Block Rep, Pitman House |
Barry Still (BS) – Vice Chair/Block Rep Heston House |
Iris Davies (ID) – Block Rep Heald St |
Ted Trott (TT) – Block Rep Omega St |
Vickie Yeardly (VY) – Area Panel Rep |
Lewisham Homes |
Faye Martin – Tenancy Officer |
Maggie Sheridan – DH Rep |
Alex Slattery – Heating |
Ruth Warrington – RW Training Services |
Tenants and Residents |
Florence Terrace: Brandon Charleston, Fred and Eileen, Sue Slade |
Heston House: Nuala Walsh, Ola, Marie M’Pondo |
Pitman House: Annette Cordwell, Stephen Robinson, Rosaline Muirhead, Godwin Offomata |
Deloraine House: Stephen Thompson |
Alana Cunnungham, D. Hiscock, Lola Sanusi |
other residents attended but did not sign in |
Partners & Others |
Jon Watts – member of Labour Party attended on behalf of cllr Vicky Foxcroft |
Laura Unwin – MITIE RLO |
Karen Collinson – MITIE RLO |
Simon Taylor – MITIE |
Terry Jones – Site Manager, MITIE |
Apologies |
Vicky Foxcroft – Ward Councillor attending Lewisham Council meeting |
Darren Johnson – Ward Councillor Chairing another meeting |
Jimi Adefirenye – Ward Councillor prior engagement |
Agenda Item | Discussion | Action Required |
1. welcome, introductions, apologies | BS opened the meeting, welcomed the panel and gave apologies. Suggested Agenda item 2: Pitman House Heating be brought forward as Alex Slattery had to leave at 7.30. BS apologised to Sue Slade for an incident that occurred when he was Chairing the previous TRA meeting 27 Nov 13. He stated that he had not intended to be loud, or offend Sue, she hadn’t done anything wrong, and that we could return to the subject of ‘conflict resolution’ later in the meeting. | |
2. Pitman House Heating | AS explained that if the temperature is above10 deg, heating doesn’t come on, if 8deg, may come on for 2-3 hours. It is externally controlled by EDF, L Homes can’t change the time heating comes on/off. There is a discussion re tenants having individual control, or a time clock or L Homes controlling, or a control box in the block. The current system won’t be maintained after this winter, it is 30 yrs old and L Homes can’t give any guarantees this year. New heaters are compatible with new system.Residents pointed out that the heating goes wrong every year at least once, may not come back on for up to a week (BR has petition signed by residents), people would like it to be on during the day but there is a cost implication.MS pointed out that individual storage heaters are residents responsibility (tenants report problem to L Homes), but if heating is off in whole building, EDF is responsibleTJ: when new heaters are installed there may be a small dirty area, as the new heaters are a different size. Radiators will be off for 2 days before fuses are removed, tenants will be informed and electricians visit 2 days before work starts. Storage heaters remain hot for 24 hrs.
MS: this work is happening all over the borough, most people are dealing with it ie use gas fire. SR: 2 years ago I had to ‘jump thru hoops’ to get a weeks heating cost refunded, when heating was switched off 7.30pm AS left the meeting |
AS: changeover scheduled for summer ’14, so operational for winter 14/15. Most likely to opt for ‘tele switch’, there’ll be a resident consultation as there is an impact for L/holders
MS will find out what the daily cost of heating is, and whether there can be a refund if extra cost incurred |
2. Officer’s Reports | 1. Chair’s Report – BS:announced SR’s resignation and explained he is acting Chair til AGM in March 142. Secretary’s Report – GL:
3. Treasurer’s Report – CC to email |
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3. Matters Arising | From minutes of OGM 27 November:Cockroaches – FM confirmed that if if more than 6 people have cockroaches, she can report it and organise an estate survey ie if we go through her rather than pest controlResidents requested a leaflet that could be posted in Noticeboards – ‘what to do if you have cockroaches’, as it was felt that the reporting system seemed flawed. | FM to provide leaflets for notice boards |
4. Decent Homes
5. AOB |
Residents reported:
meeting closed 9.00pm |
Action:Laura to visit FC to go thro’ everythingSimon to do 20 A4s of contact no’s
Karen will pass on to relevant person TJ: will get Quality Control to remove
MS: similar to grd flr Flor Terr – I emailed B Garner to get back to us re changing those.
Karen to ring relevant dept Simon to talk to team to ensure it doesn’t hap again
MS to raise with C Dawes. BR/SR to email MS details
Simon: new system with increased staff should improve svc
TJ to take photos of carpets/appliances – preferred method is pull thru. Simon – “come to me, I’ll deal with & apologise personally
AP: GL to follow up with MS |