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A resident raised a concern about a storm in February that brought down fencing at a house on Acre Road that is owned by Clarion Housing. Both the tenant and their neighbours have not been able to get a response from Clarion.

A resident raised concerns about Grenfell Road being in poor condition with bin collection issues. Cllr Kirby said there was a long history of problems on this road. Cllr Kirby said residents could contact her for an update. The Waste Team had provided an update:

• We have undertaken a full waste container audit and delivered a range of new wheeled bins to various properties that required further secured storage on their property.
• We have increased the frequency of waste collections in this street to twice per week along with increasing the frequency of sweeping to twice weekly following on after the waste collection service.
• Our Client team continue to undertake daily site inspections and document their findings including photographs of any issues that need rectifying. 
• We are working with the local ward councillors to discuss alternative waste storage arrangements for this road following on from which we would like to engage directly with the residents of Grenfell Road to better understand their priorities. This is to ensure that residents are fully engaged and help to design delivery options and agree any alternative options prior to the implementation of a new service delivery method. This could include the installation of new purpose build communal storage containers along the roadside.

A resident raised concern about the unmanned Library opening hours as they feel unsafe in some areas of the library when it is not staffed. The resident said they understands it helps keeps the library open longer but very concerned about safety of users. Cllr Cooper-Marbiah said there was coverage with CCTV but happy to bring up the particular issues with library staff.

A resident said that the Veolia contract for street cleaning has been improved and then got worse again. They said street cleaning not robust enough and hoped the new contract will see improvement. They said the contract for collection flats would be weekly or as required but this hasn’t happened.

A resident said that some electric streetlights damaged and not repaired. These can be reported on the Council website. 

A resident said that Wandsworth Council is building council housing, whereas Merton’s decision to transfer its stock was a mistake and the Clarion regeneration is resulting in higher housing costs. The resident wanted to know if Merton Council will be more joined up building affordable housing. Cllr Kirby said Cllr Garrod will set out some plans

Harry Cowd, Chair of the Board of Trustees of Merton Vision said that the organisation has been in discussion with NHS about developing Clarendon House into new GP surgery and headquarters. Harry as been told that all NHS developments now on hold due to price increases. If the project goes head Merton Vision would move temporarily to the Wilson but that is also problematic and will delay the plans for developing the Wilson into a care hub for Mitcham. Harry asked if Merton Council can help move this up the agenda. Merton Vision is still supporting clients remotely but does not have a base for in-person services. Cllr Macauley said we need clarification from the Government. Cllr Kirby said services in Mitcham in dire need of investment and the MP, Siobhan McDonagh had met with NHS and still seeking clarification.