St. John’s Society Bi-Monthly Committee Meeting - 17th June 2024

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Minutes for the St. John’s Society Bi-Monthly Committee Meeting held on 17th June 2024 via Zoom, chaired by Paul Middleton and recorded by Claire Hallam. The document summarizes attendance, key performance objectives and their status, and detailed agenda items covering organisation, communications, planning delays, greening initiatives, transport and sustainable streets actions, waste management activities, arts and culture proposals, and ongoing funding review steps and targets for the coming cycle.

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St. John’s Society Bi-Monthly Committee Meeting

Meeting details

Attendance

Performance objectives

Agenda and comments

Chair’s intro and organisation

Communications and planning

Greening

Transport and waste

Arts and culture

Funding

| Meeting Description: | | | --- | --- | | Meeting Name: | St. John’s Society Bi-Monthly Committee Meeting | | Date & Time: | 17th June 2024 @ 19:30 | | Venue: | Zoom [https://bbc.zoom.us/j/99734759528](https://bbc.zoom.us/j/99734759528) | | Chair: | Paul Middleton (PM) | | Secretary: | Claire Hallam (CH) | | Meeting Closed: | 21:30 | | Next Meeting Date | 16th September 2024 @ 19:30 | | Attendance: | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Name | Attendance | Name | Attendance | | Paul Middleton (PM) | Yes | Alma Tischlerwood (AT) | Yes | | Claire Hallam (CH) | Yes | Coleen Blackburn (CB) | No (apologies) | | John Wood (JW) | No (apologies) | Tom Lomax (TL) | No (apologies) | | Anastasia Saward (AS) | No (apologies) | Kim Thundercliffe (KT) | No (apologies) | | Nick Blomstrand (NB) | Yes | | | | Christine C (CC) | Yes | | | | Rosie Garthwaite (RS) | Yes | | | | Bernd Rossmanith (BR) | Yes | | | | Item | 2024 Performance Objectives | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Recruit 4 new members (Kim, Christine, Bernd, Tom) | 100% | | 2 | Establish Brookmill Nature Reserve (BNR) friends’ group | 100% | | 3 | Submit 2 funding proposals / Establish new income streams / methods | 0% | | 4 | Establish Green Conversations agenda and plan | 100% | | 5 | Establish sustainable streets forum (awaiting results from Darren Gotch) | 0% | | Item | Description | Agenda Items | Comments | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Chair’s intro | • Welcome | • NA | | 2 | Organisation | • New members | • New members to be identified wherever possible. | | 3 | Communications | • General updates
• Ideas for future web / social media content, articles
• Where to advertise activities
• Optimise the planning of events
• Live streaming of Green Conversations | • Events and news will be published online, via social media (X, Insta and FB) and hard copies distributed across SJ’s in the following locations: Brookmill Pub, Talbot Pub, Middleton’s Café, SJ’s Garden Sign Board, SJ’s Station Sign Board, The Royal George Pub, The Royal Standard Pub and Friendly Street Café
• Live streaming on insta and facebook being organised and updates will be published ahead of upcoming events | | 4 | Planning | • St Johns and Brookmill Road Character Appraisals
• Individual Planning Applications | • Communication received from Lewisham that the work to commence the Character Appraisal for both conservation areas has been delayed. Lewisham to advise timetable following General Election.
• Walkaround with planners, local councillors and other interested groups and stakeholders delayed and awaiting revised date and time.
• Only one application reviewed (tree) since last meeting. | | 6 | Greening | • Rain Gardens (SUD’s)
• Trees and Plants
• SJ’s Garden
• Renovation projects
• Reduction of concrete / asphalt
• Parklets | • Meetings are continuing with Marcus Gayle, PM, NB and AM and consultations will be communicated to discuss the SJ’s regreening / SUDs initiatives during July and Aug.
• Trees to be planted in Sept/Oct 2024 in the following locations and additional trees will be identified and planted near to schools as part of the ‘Big Give’ initiative (this will be updated by STfL in July):
o 117 Albyn Road-Approved
o Opp 32 Strickland Street-Approved
o 43 Strickland Street-Approved
o 50 Ashmead Road – Approved
• A SJ’s Tree Forum is to be set-up to enable better visibility for the community on what trees are tobe removed and or pruned, so that people are more informed and also this will support new tree funding planning/strategies.
• Additional plants are required for the Thornville raingarden and St Johns Garden and the community are invited to donate plants.
• During June new soil was placed within the St Johns Garden and cosmos and cornflowers were planted in the raised beds.
• The ownership of the woodland/scrubland next to SJ station car park has now been identified and this belongs to Network Rail. F

FAQs

Who chaired and who recorded the meeting?

Paul Middleton chaired the meeting, and Claire Hallam served as secretary.

What were the key performance objectives and their status?

Objectives included recruiting four new members and establishing the Brookmill Nature Reserve friends’ group (both 100%), while submitting two funding proposals and establishing the sustainable streets forum were marked as 0% at the time of review.

What greening and sustainability actions were discussed?

Discussions covered rain gardens (SUDs), trees and plants, SJ’s Garden, renovation projects, reduction of concrete/asphalt, parklets, planned tree planting in Sept/Oct 2024, and community consultations for woodland planting concepts and funding reviews.

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