Issue - meetings

1.       PROPOSED BY COUNCILLOR HILTON

“This Council notes that Gloucester Day is a recently reinstated annual day of celebration of the city's history and culture.

Gloucester Day was first held in the modern era on 5th September 2009, but originally dates from the lifting of the Siege of Gloucester in 1643, during which the city held out against royalist forces during the First English Civil War. The lifting of the siege was celebrated annually in the city for years afterwards but died out in the nineteenth century.

This council thanks the organisers of this year's Gloucester Day celebrations and wishes them well in planning the 2017 celebrations.

This council also remembers the sacrifice and determination of the people of Gloucester as they defended the parliamentary garrison (10th August to 5th September 1643) against the besieging army of King Charles I. The siege ended with the arrival of a relieving parliamentary army under the Earl of Essex.

This council recognises that the Siege of Gloucester is one of the most important events in the history of this city of which we should all be proud and that we agree to set up a cross party working group to consider what else we can do to remember and commemorate the events of 1643."

2.       PROPOSED BY COUNCILLOR LUGG

“Gloucester City Council notes the recent media attention and prominence of environmental crime, primarily flytipping, and particularly in the Barton and Tredworth ward.

Council notes that Barton and Tredworth was, last year, the City’s flytipping hotspot with 1519 incidents reported, more than ten times the number in second place Moreland (147) and Matson and Robinswood (132). The ward has had the worst problem in the City for many years.

Resident’s quality of life and the appearance of the City is damaged by flytipping and other environmental crimes. The taxpayer has to pick up the bill.

Council calls upon the newly appointed Cabinet Member for Environment and the administration to take a firm stance against environmental crime as a priority, drawing on best practice from elsewhere in prevention and enforcement, to reduce the incidence of flytipping across Gloucester, particularly in identified hotspots.

Council resolves to work more effectively with local agencies, community groups and Gloucester City Homes, where appropriate, to use all available powers and step up enforcement to prosecute those flytipping.”

3.       PROPOSED BY COUNCILLOR HAIGH

“This Council notes the recent Rowntree Foundation report ‘Overcoming Deprivation and Disconnection in UK Cities’ which identified communities in Gloucester that form a disconnected core, and poor access to jobs and housing are key factors in deprivation.

Gloucester is the 139^th most deprived district in the country, with areas of several wards in the top decile for housing, employment and income deprivation nationally.

The Rowntree report identified that top down “macro” approaches to deprivation, such as investment through the LEP, are doing little to improve the life chances of people in these wards? they recommend that a “micro” approach is taken to combat the  ...  view the full agenda text for item 34