Day 074 - 16 Jan 95 - Page 50
1 knowledge, he had all the time he has commended the work
2 which we have carried out.
3
4 Q. Yes, "After all the concerns by local residents" is how he
5 starts so that indicates that there was quite a bit of
6 concern from local residents?
7 A. Sure. At that time we had not sponsored any bins and
8 after we sponsored the bins it was -- the residents had
9 noticed that we have done our utmost to make sure that
10 there is no environment/index.html">litter problem in the area.
11
12 Q. So, after the residents expressed concerns, you put in some
13 bins and it also says on the following page: " ... by
14 complying with the suggestions made to the planning
15 committee and collecting environment/index.html">litter deposited by your patrons
16 in the area". So, there was pressure on McDonald's to
17 improve on what the situation was?
18 A. No, there was absolutely no pressure whatsoever.
19 I think Ian Donaldson, it was just like the local resident,
20 it was a mutual relationship. We had every suggestions
21 which was possible or practical and which was within my
22 power to do it, we had tried to implement.
23
24 Q. So those suggestions were the provision of environment/index.html">litter bins and
25 the environment/index.html">litter patrols?
26 A. No, they were -- they asked me to put two more environment/index.html">litter
27 bins where, I think it is near Sloane Square where they
28 wanted me to put two extra bins.
29
30 Q. Are you saying that the bins were the only other
31 suggestions made which you took up?
32 A. The other was again the frequency of the environment/index.html">litter patrol
33 and again I highlighted before that that was due to our
34 approach which was not very methodical.
35
36 Q. So, as you see it, things improved after all these
37 suggestions by the local residents?
38 A. Yes, things worked pretty well because we were doing
39 the job anyway, but we started to do it their way.
40
41 Q. The way they suggested?
42 A. The way they suggested.
43
44 Q. The advertising plaques that are mentioned lower in the
45 following paragraph?
46 A. Is it page 804?
47
48 Q. Yes, that is right. You took up that suggestion?
49 A. Yes, we did, and there was a sign put up on the -- at
50 the entry point of the restaurant where it says: "Please
51 deposit your environment/index.html">litter in the bins provided".
52
53 Q. So after this time -- I believe the party was roughly the
54 same time, round about a month later?
55
56 MR. JUSTICE BELL: There was a meeting, obviously, some time in
57 October, the Smith Street Residents' Association. It looks
58 as if someone wrote to you. Then at some stage there was a
59 letter which has "28.10.91", the Council have written on
60 it, and the party was arranged for 21st November.
