Agenda item

To approve as a correct record the minutes of the Council Meeting held on 29 September 2016 and the Special Council Meeting held on 24 October 2016.

RESOLVED:

39.1    That the minutes of the meeting held on the 29^th September 2016 be approved as a correct record subject to:

a)    Amendment requested by Councillor J. Brown on paragraph 34.1, notice of motion from the Liberal Democrat group :

Moved by Councillor Hilton and seconded by Councillor D. J Brown

b)    Amendment requested by Councillor Cook  on paragraph 32.33:

Councillor Cook reported that the £20,000 surplus would be utilised in procuring new fleet vehicles, to replace those that were near the end of life. Councillor Cook reported that in the event of the number of garden waste participants exceeding 20,000, it may become necessary to purchase a new vehicle, in which case any surplus income from the scheme would be utilised.

39.2    That the minutes of the Special Council meeting held on the 24th October 2016 be approved as a correct record subject to an amendment requested by Councillor Hilton  to paragraph 37.3:

39.3    Councillor Hilton (Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group) believed that the Council should accept the modifications to enable work to proceed on the City Plan. He agreed with the Inspector that the Churchdown allocation be removed from the Strategy, and questioned the allocation’s proximity to the airport.  but he questioned the allocation at Twigworth and the proximity to the airport. He believed that the Inspector should have considered an allocation at Highnam which would have created a good community close to the City Centre. He was disappointed that the Inspector had removed the requirement for ten per cent renewable energy and he believed that an opportunity had been lost by setting the level of affordable housing in large developments at twenty per cent for Gloucester while Cheltenham and Tewkesbury remained at forty per cent.