(1) MOVED BY COUNCILLOR PULLEN
“This Council believes that young people are important and recognises the positive contribution that they make to our City.
Young people have ideas, views and opinions, not only about things that are important to them personally, but about issues that affect their communities, their City and the wider world.
Young people have a contribution to make to the life and development of this City, yet there is no process or structure that enables this Council to communicate with and learn from the views that young people have.
In order to value young people and benefit from the opinions and ideas they have, this Council is asked to establish a Gloucester City Youth Council.
Such a body would be important as not only would young people be able to influence the future direction this City but also have an impact on issues that matter to them and their City now”.
(2) MOVED BY COUNCILLOR TAYLOR
“This Council:
(1) recognises the importance that residents and businesses in Gloucester place on having high-speed broadband availability;
(2) supports the continued significant investment designed to 'retro-fit' its availability to homes and businesses throughout the City as quickly as possible;
(3) notes with concern that brand new properties, even on large scale developments, both residential and employment, are being built and sold without a ready superfast broadband capability;
(4) therefore resolves to work with businesses, developers, potential suppliers of broadband capability to make it a requirement for new developments, especially on large scale residential developments, to be able to access superfast broadband from the day they are first sold.
(5) if necessary will call on the Government to empower Councils through legislation to make this a statutory requirement of the planning process, to ensure ready access to superfast broadband.”
(3) MOVED BY COUNCILLOR PATEL
“This Council:
(1) welcomes the review of waste and recycling services, initiated by the Cabinet, designed to expand the range of materials collected from the doorstep, increase recycling rates throughout the city and reduce the amount of waste going to landfill;
(2) notes that some areas of the city, such as Barton & Tredworth, have many properties with very limited space for residents to be able to store receptacles for domestic waste and recycling;
(3) requests that the working group consider what arrangements can be put in place to ensure people in these areas are supported and not disadvantaged by any future changes to the waste and recycling service and that problems such as flytipping in these areas are recognised and tackled robustly.”
(4) MOVED BY COUNCILLOR RANDLE
“This Council:
(1) believes that Gloucester should be a pet-friendly city;
(2) notes the excellent work done by the Council and its partners to promote responsible dog ownership, including the provision of dog bins and its partnership with the Dogs Trust to promote micro-chipping in advance of new legislation requiring it;
(3) notes the positive role in society that pet owners can play through initiatives like Paws on Patrol;
(4) notes the cost to the council taxpayer of irresponsible pet owners such as collecting stray dogs and cleaning up dog mess;
(5) calls upon dog owners to act responsibly in their own interests and the interests of society as a whole and notes that the Council will use whatever statutory powers it has to take action against owners who break the law”.
(5) MOVED BY COUNCILLOR FIELD
“This Council notes that several games during the 2015 Rugby World Cup will be hosted in Gloucester.
Being a Rugby World Cup Host City is a tremendous opportunity for our City, but also a risk.
To ensure a lasting legacy for Gloucester, this Council needs to work with residents and partners to ensure that the World Cup goes off without a hitch, and that people go away with a positive impression of Gloucester.
This Council therefore resolves:
To consult extensively with residents, particularly of Kingsholm and Westgate, to find out their concerns and hopes for the World Cup.
To keep members of the Council fully informed with regular updates.
To encourage residents to get into the spirit of the World Cup with street parties and community events.
To ensure that the streets of Gloucester are spotless before the World Cup, and to ensure adequate toilet facilities etc.
To ensure that there is an economic and physical legacy from the World Cup in terms of the benefits of extra money spent in Gloucester, and an improved physical environment.
To ensure a cultural and sporting legacy by commemorating the World Cup and securing more sporting facilities for Gloucester”.
Minutes:
(1) Notice of Motion from the Labour Group
106.1 Moved by Councillor Pullen and seconded by Councillor Hobbs:
“This Council believes that young people are important and recognises the positive contribution that they make to our City.
Young people have ideas, views and opinions, not only about things that are important to them personally, but about issues that affect their communities, their City and the wider world.
Young people have a contribution to make to the life and development of this City, yet there is no process or structure that enables this Council to communicate with and learn from the views that young people have.
In order to value young people and benefit from the opinions and ideas they have, this Council is asked to establish a Gloucester City Youth Council.
Such a body would be important as not only would young people be able to influence the future direction this City but also have an impact on issues that matter to them and their City now”.
106.2 The motion was put to the vote and was carried.
(2) Notice of Motion from the Conservative Group
106.3 Moved by Councillor Taylor and seconded by Councillor James:
“This Council:
(1) recognises the importance that residents and businesses in Gloucester place on having high-speed broadband availability;
(2) supports the continued significant investment designed to 'retro-fit' its availability to homes and businesses throughout the City as quickly as possible;
(3) notes with concern that brand new properties, even on large scale developments, both residential and employment, are being built and sold without a ready superfast broadband capability;
(4) therefore resolves to work with businesses, developers, potential suppliers of broadband capability to make it a requirement for new developments, especially on large scale residential developments, to be able to access superfast broadband from the day they are first sold.
(5) if necessary will call on the Government to empower Councils through legislation to make this a statutory requirement of the planning process, to ensure ready access to superfast broadband.”
106.4 The motion was put to the vote and was carried.
(3) Notice of Motion from the Conservative Group
106.5 Moved by Councillor Randle and seconded by Councillor Dallimore:
“This Council:
(1) believes that Gloucester should be a pet-friendly city;
(2) notes the excellent work done by the Council and its partners to promote responsible dog ownership, including the provision of dog bins and its partnership with the Dogs Trust to promote micro-chipping in advance of new legislation requiring it;
(3) notes the positive role in society that pet owners can play through initiatives like Paws on Patrol;
(4) notes the cost to the council taxpayer of irresponsible pet owners such as collecting stray dogs and cleaning up dog mess;
(5) calls upon dog owners to act responsibly in their own interests and the interests of society as a whole and notes that the Council will use whatever statutory powers it has to take action against owners who break the law”.
106.6 The motion was put to the vote and was carried.
(4) Notice of Motion from the Liberal Democrat Group
106.7 Moved by Councillor Field and seconded by Councillor Wilson:
“This Council notes that several games during the 2015 Rugby World Cup will be hosted in Gloucester.
Being a Rugby World Cup Host City is a tremendous opportunity for our City, but also a risk.
To ensure a lasting legacy for Gloucester, this Council needs to work with residents and partners to ensure that the World Cup goes off without a hitch, and that people go away with a positive impression of Gloucester.
This Council therefore resolves:
To consult extensively with residents, particularly of Kingsholm and Westgate, to find out their concerns and hopes for the World Cup.
To keep members of the Council fully informed with regular updates.
To encourage residents to get into the spirit of the World Cup with street parties and community events.
To ensure that the streets of Gloucester are spotless before the World Cup, and to ensure adequate toilet facilities etc.
To ensure that there is an economic and physical legacy from the World Cup in terms of the benefits of extra money spent in Gloucester, and an improved physical environment.
To ensure a cultural and sporting legacy by commemorating the World Cup and securing more sporting facilities for Gloucester”.
106.8 The motion was put to the vote and was carried.