To approve as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 17 August 2011, and to authorise the Chairman to sign them.

The minutes of the meeting of Cabinet held on 17 August 2011 were agreed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

Cabinet considered a report which detailed the outcome of consultation on day opportunities for people with learning disabilities.  

Cabinet was reminded of a report it received in May 2011 which set out a review of day opportunities for people with a learning disability. The report proposed options in order both  ...  view the full minutes text for item 21.

The report explained that the Council’s housing stock was currently managed under an agreement with an Arm’s Length Management Organisation (ALMO), Homes in Havering.  The decision to establish the ALMO was made in order to access Decent Homes Funding to improve the Council’s stock.  In September 2009, Homes in Havering  ...  view the full minutes text for item 22.

The report before members explained that the Outer London Fund was a £50m fund aimed at outer London boroughs to support local high streets and boost economic growth in areas benefitting least directly from Crossrail and the legacy of the 2012 Olympic Games. 

It was noted that Havering had already  ...  view the full minutes text for item 23.

It was reported that in June 2009, Cabinet had agreed the Rainham Compass regeneration programme, which included as one of its key improvement projects a traffic management scheme to allow one-way working and short-term parking on Upminster Road South, through the extension of Viking Way.

The report before  ...  view the full minutes text for item 24.

The draft Corporate Strategy 2011-14 and the accompanying summary ‘Plan on a Page’ set out the Council’s corporate performance management framework.  The Living Ambition vision statement, which was last agreed in 2008, had been re-freshed to take into account the changes in national policy and the financial climate since  ...  view the full minutes text for item 25.