Meeting 9 July 2014

Kennington Park Estate Tenants’ & Residents’ Association Meeting 9 July 2014 – all residents welcome! Come along and have your say about what’s happening on our Estate!   7.00 pm on Wednesday 9 July 2014 at the Kennington Park Estate Community Centre All tenants and leaseholders are members of the Association and welcome to attend meetings A G E N D A Welcome and Introductions Apologies for absence Notes of last meeting of the Association held on 16 April 2014 (here) Matters  arising from the notes of the last meeting Maintenance of external parts of Kennington Park Estate (Including programme of external decorations) Housing management and estate management issues: Questions and queries from residents for HSH management Progress report on new parking enforcement arrangements Report from TA Executive Committee: 7.1                    Proposal to adopt revised Terms of Reference for KPETA 7.2             Report on negotiations with HSH/Hyde Report from HSH Resident Forum…

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Meeting 16 April – all KPE residents welcome!

To tenants and leaseholders of Kennington Park Estate You are invited to attend a Meeting of the Kennington Park Estate Tenants’ Association To be held at 7.00 pm on Wednesday 16 April 2014 at the Kennington Park Estate Community Centre (between Alverstone and Lockwood Houses) All tenants and leaseholders are members of the Association and welcome to attend meetings A G E N D A Welcome and Introductions Apologies for absence Notes of last meeting of the Association held on 19 February 2014 (click here to see) Matters arising from the notes of the last meeting: Including progress report on programme for drainage stack maintenance Housing management and estate management issues Complaints Procedure Emergency Procedure Progress report on new parking enforcement arrangements Report from TA Executive Committee: Review of service charges Report from HSH Resident Forum Report from HSH Resident Assurance Committee and HSH Board Any other business Date of next meeting…

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TA meeting – 19 February 2014

The next TA meeting is on 19 February 2014 at 7pm in the Kennington Park Community Centre. The agenda is as follows: Welcome and Introductions 1.       Apologies for absence 2.       Notes of last meeting of the Association held on 27 November 2013 and matters  arising 3.       Housing management and estate management issues.  (Reports and queries from tenants and leaseholders) 3.1               Response from Hyde to urgent repair issues raised at last meeting 4.       Consultation on new parking enforcement arrangements 5.       Report from TA Executive Committee: Review of service charges Review of the CCTV service The cleaning and grounds maintenance contract 6.       Report from HSH Resident Forum 7.       Report from HSH Resident Assurance Committee and HSH Board 8.       Report on grounds maintenance project 9.       Any other business 10.   Date of next meeting of Kennington Park Estate TA: 1900, 16 April 2014, thereafter, 9 July, 24 September (AGM), 19 November 2014    

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Repairs? What do you think?

Hyde’s Repairs and Maintenance Service     Angry tenants at November’s TA meeting made their feelings clear about the poor repairs service and passed no confidence motions in Hyde Southbank Homes’ management of the repairs service and the Hyde Group’s customer service centre, as well as registering grave concern at the lack of a planned maintenance programme across the estate. Our representatives on the Southbank Residents Forum have recently received an update from Hyde which blames the problems with the repairs service on IT systems, tenants reporting too many repairs (like too much sewage coming up through our kitchen sinks?), and the former contractor’s workers. Sounds to us as though Hyde is using the same spin doctors as the Coalition Government! But decide for yourself. Here’s the letter from Hyde Southbank’s Resident Services Manager: “As you will of course be aware, 28th October signalled ‘Go Live’ for the new repairs…

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No Confidence!

Following recent changes to Hyde’s repairs contractors, angry tenants made their feelings clear to Hyde’s Resident Services Manager at the most recent Tenants Association Meeting. Particularly angry were several residents of Hornby House who had badly affected by flooding and damage as a result of blocked drains. The following motions have been sent to the Hyde Group’s Chief Executive Officer and the Chair of the Board. No confidence in Hyde’s management of the repair service Kennington Park Estate Tenants’ Association wishes to register a vote of no confidence in Hyde’s management of the repair service. In Hyde’s own words the service should ‘give residents a more efficient, flexible and personal service’. The experience of the residents of Kennington Park Estate is of a poor, badly managed inefficient service. The experience of the service has been of: A lack of urgency in response to emergency situations Operatives attending to emergency call…

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Meeting 27 November

To tenants and leaseholders of Kennington Park Estate You are invited to attend a Meeting of the Kennington Park Estate Residents’ Association To be held at 7.00 pm on Wednesday 27 November 2013 at the Kennington Park Estate Community Centre (between Alverstone and Lockwood Houses) All tenants and leaseholders are members of the Association and welcome to attend meetings A G E N D A Welcome and Introductions 1.       Apologies for absence 2.       Notes of the last meeting of the Association held on 17 July 2013 and matters  arising 3.       Consultation on new parking arrangements: The resident perspective 4.       Housing management and estate management issues.  (Reports and queries from tenants and leaseholders) 5.       Kennington Park Estate Community Centre: Report on refurbishment HSH staff to depart 6.       Report from TA Executive Committee: Review of service charges Review of the CCTV service and response to formal complaint The cleaning and grounds maintenance…

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Next TA meeting – Wednesday 25 September

To tenants and leaseholders of Kennington Park Estate You are invited to attend the Annual General Meeting of the Kennington Park Estate Tenants’ Association To be held at 7.00 pm on Wednesday 25 September 2013 at the Kennington Park Estate Community Centre (between Alverstone and Lockwood Houses) ********************************************** All tenants and leaseholders are members of the Tenants’ Association and welcome to attend TA meetings A G E N D A Welcome and Introductions Apologies for absence Minutes of the last Annual General Meeting of the Tenants’ Association held on 26 September 2012 and matters arising Annual report 2012/13 from the Tenants’ Association Financial report 2012/13 from the Tenants’ Association Election of officers and block representatives to join the TA Steering Group: Brockwell, Grace, Read, Sherwin, Lohmann, Hornby, Abel, Key, Blythe, Lockwood, Alverstone, Blades (Other volunteers to attend/contribute to the Tenants’ Association Steering Group) 2012/13 Report from HSH Board, HSH Resident…

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Next TA meeting – Wednesday 17 July at 7pm in the Community Centre

Our next TA meeting is on Wednesday 17 July at 7pm in the Community Centre. We hope as many residents as possible will be able to come along. It’s a good way to meet your neighbours and have a say in what happens on the Estate. We will be discussing Hyde’s latest proposals for Parking on the Estate. This affects everyone – not just car owners – whether it’s ensuring emergency vehicles, delivery vans and taxis can reach us, that our visitors have somewhere to park, or that our Estate isn’t used for dumping wrecks or free parking for commuters and cricket-goers. There will be refreshments and the agenda for the meeting will be: Welcome and Introductions 1.       Apologies for absence 2.       Notes of the last meeting of the Residents’ Association held on 24 April 2013 and matters  arising 3.       Housing management and estate management issues.  (Reports and queries from…

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