The following Notices of Motion have been received:-
(i)
People’s Vote on
Brexit
This Council notes:
1. That it is now two and a half years since the EU referendum,
and a matter of weeks until the
scheduled date of leaving the EU;
2 That the government has still to present to the public a
deal with the European Union which can command the suport of Parliament that secures a stable and
sustainable place for Britain in the world and delivers on the
promises of the Leave campaign.
This Council Meeting further notes:
1 The UK economy is now the slowest growing economy in
Europe, reducing the prosperity of the UK and Bury residents;
2 Both private business and public-sector organisations, such
as the NHS, are facing labour shortages;
3 New investment in Greater Manchester is being jeopardised
and new job opportunities are being lost for residents of Bury and
across the North West;
4 There are a large number of non-UK EU nationals living in
Bury who are concerned about the impact of Brexit on their lives,
and that their current rights are not being fully protected;
5 Inflation caused by Brexit-related depreciation of the
pound is driving up living costs for the residents in Bury and
further squeezing living standards; and
6 Impact of any Brexit will reduce funding for the public
sector, further restricting resilience and capacity to respond to
shocks to our economy and limiting services for the poorest in our
society.
This Council Meeting believes that the public should be given the
final say on the most important decision to affect this Country in
decades, in knowledge of the full facts.
This Council Meeting therefore resolves to call on the government
to abandon any plans for a “hard Brexit” and to give
the British people a final say on the deal finally negotiated,
alongside the opportunity for a vote on keeping the many benefits
Britons currently enjoy by staying in the European Union
In the names of Councillors M D’Albert, T Pickstone and S Wright
(ii) Bury To Become a Plastic Free Council
This Council notes:-
· The recent Government consultation [ending on 3 December 2018] into the elimination of single use plastics in respect of plastic stirrers, cotton buds and straws.
· The new Government Resources and Waste Strategy launched on 18 December 2018.
· Notes the environmental impact of both excess plastics in natural environment and in relation to Global Warming
Council welcomes:
A. Welcomes the opening of the borough’s first plastic free shop ‘Fulfilled’ in Ramsbottom in September 2018.
B. The significant increase in recycling achieved in the Borough since 2011. Up from 27% in 2011 to 60% today.
C. The call for the introduction of Deposit Return Schemes in July 2017 by Bury Council. We were the first council in England to debate this, which has now been taken up by the government in their English waste strategy document.
This Council therefore resolves that:
1. Develop a plastics strategy with the objective that Bury will become a plastic Free Council by 2022;
2. That the requirement to be plastic free (where allowable) will be incorporated into the Council’s Social Value Policy, to ensure that the Council’s supply chain is plastic free by 2026;
3. Create plastic free community spaces in our parks, libraries, community and leisure centres with a £20,000 being made available to community groups from the Council’s Social Capital Fund (19/20 allocation) whose ambitions are to support the plastic free agenda.
In the names of Councillors N Bayley, J Black, S Briggs, R
Cathcart, A Cummings, J Grimshaw, M Hayes, S Haroon, T Holt, M James, D Jones, J Kelly, K Leach, G McGill, E O’Brien, C Preston, A Quinn, T Rafiq, R Shori, A Simpson, R Skillen, L Smith, S Smith, Sarah Southworth, Susan Southworth, T Tariq, K Thomas, J Walker, S Walmsley and M Whitby.
(iii) Additional Car Parking – Ramsbottom
Ramsbottom is a fantastic place to live and work in the north of our Borough.
However, this Council notes:
1. The need for additional long stay parking capacity in the town to address congestion and reduce the number of cars and other vehicles parked in residential streets causing inconvenience and disruption for local residents.
2. Extra car parking capacity will provide parking areas for those who work in the town and the many visitors and tourists who wish to shop and enjoy the area with its many attractions, supporting and developing the local economy.
3. To ensure Ramsbottom continues to thrive and expand as a commercial centre and to cater for those wishing to visit the town approximately 600 extra stay parking are required.
4. Within the town there are realistically only two sites where the required car parks could be situated, either on land adjacent to Ramsbottom Leisure Centre and Swimming Pool or on the Holcombe Paper Mill on Bridge Street, commonly known as the “Mondi Paper Mill.”
Therefore, this COUNCIL resolves to:
1. Request the Chief Executive and responsible Cabinet Member hold a meeting with landowners, the Ramsbottom Business Group and all stakeholders within the next 8 weeks to develop a strategy addressing this issue, leading to a clear plan and time line for delivery of the additional car parking capacity.
2. Request the aforementioned strategy / plan be brought before a meeting of Full Council within the next 16 weeks for consideration and approval.
3. Instruct officers to consider extra car parking capacity to fall within the definition of “employment land” with reference to the planning guidance attached to the “Mondi Paper Mill”site.
In the names of Councillors R Caserta, P Cropper, J Daly, I Gartside, D Gunther, M Hankey, J Harris, R Hodkinson, K Hussain, N Jones, G Keeley, O Kersh, S Nuttall, I Schofield, D Silbiger, R Walker, and Y Wright
Minutes:
(i) Bury to Become a Plastic Free Community
A motion had been received and set out in the Summons in the names of:
Councillors N Bayley, J Black, S Briggs, R Cathcart, A Cummings, J Grimshaw, M Hayes, S Haroon, T Holt, M James, D Jones, J Kelly, K Leach, G McGill, E O’Brien, C Preston, A Quinn, T Rafiq, R Shori, A Simpson, R Skillen, L Smith, S Smith, Sarah Southworth, Susan Southworth, T Tariq, K Thomas, J Walker, S Walmsley and M Whitby.
In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 14.7 (a), consent was given for the motion as set out in the summons to be altered, and it was moved by Councillor Thomas and seconded by Councillor Leach that:-
This Council notes:-
· The recent Government consultation [ending on 3 December 2018] into the elimination of single use plastics in respect of plastic stirrers, cotton buds and straws.
· The new Government Resources and Waste Strategy launched on 18 December 2018.
· Notes the environmental impact of both excess plastics in natural environment and in relation to Global Warming
Council welcomes:
A. The opening of the borough’s first plastic free shop ‘Fulfilled’ in Ramsbottom in September 2018.
B. The significant increase in recycling achieved in the Borough since 2011.
C. The introduction of Deposit Return Schemes.
This Council therefore resolves that:
1. Develop a plastics strategy with the objective that Bury will become a Plastic Free Community by 2022;
2. That the requirement to be plastic free (where allowable) will be incorporated into the Council’s Social Value Policy, to ensure that the Council’s supply chain is plastic free by 2026;
3. Create plastic free community spaces in our parks, libraries, community and leisure centres with a £20,000 being made available to community groups from the Council’s Social Capital Fund (19/20 allocation) whose ambitions are to support the plastic free agenda.
4. Support Plastic Free Community initiatives in the area
5. Nominate a member of the council to sit on the Plastic Free Community Steering Group
On being put, with 42 voting for, 0 voting against and with 2 abstentions including the Mayor, the Mayor declared the Motion carried.
(ii) Additional Car Parking – Ramsbottom
A motion had been received and set out in the Summons in the names of:
In the names of Councillors R Caserta, P Cropper, J Daly, I Gartside, D Gunther, M Hankey, J Harris, K Hussain, N Jones, G Keeley, O Kersh, S Nuttall, I Schofield, D Silbiger, R Walker, and Y Wright
It was moved by Councillor Daly and seconded by Councillor Schofield that:-
Ramsbottom is a fantastic place to live and work in the north of our Borough.
However, this Council notes:
1. The need for additional long stay parking capacity in the town to address congestion and reduce the number of cars and other vehicles parked in residential streets causing inconvenience and disruption for local residents.
2. Extra car parking capacity will provide parking areas for those who work in the town and the many visitors and tourists who wish to shop and enjoy the area with its many attractions, supporting and developing the local economy.
3. To ensure Ramsbottom continues to thrive and expand as a commercial centre and to cater for those wishing to visit the town approximately 600 extra stay parking are required.
4. Within the town there are realistically only two sites where the required car parks could be situated, either on land adjacent to Ramsbottom Leisure Centre and Swimming Pool or on the Holcombe Paper Mill on Bridge Street, commonly known as the “Mondi Paper Mill.”
Therefore, this COUNCIL resolves to:
1. Request the Chief Executive and responsible Cabinet Member hold a meeting with landowners, the Ramsbottom Business Group and all stakeholders within the next 8 weeks to develop a strategy addressing this issue, leading to a clear plan and time line for delivery of the additional car parking capacity.
2. Request the aforementioned strategy / plan be brought before a meeting of Full Council within the next 16 weeks for consideration and approval.
3. Instruct officers to consider extra car parking capacity to fall within the definition of “employment land” with reference to the planning guidance attached to the “Mondi Paper Mill”site.
It was moved by Councillor Thomas and seconded by Councillor Shori as an amendment to:-
Retain:
Ramsbottom is a fantastic place to live and work in the north of our Borough.
However, this Council notes:
1. The need for additional long stay parking capacity in the town to address congestion and reduce the number of cars and other vehicles parked in residential streets causing inconvenience and disruption for local residents.
2. Extra car parking capacity will provide parking areas for those who work in the town and the many visitors and tourists who wish to shop and enjoy the area with its many attractions, supporting and developing the local economy.
Delete and Replace 3:
3. To read as follows:
“To ensure Ramsbottom continues to thrive and expand as a commercial centre and to cater for those wishing to visit the town more long stay parking is required but acknowledges there is no land available to deliver this within the centre of Ramsbottom with a total of 15,000 sq metres required.”
Retain:
4. Within the town there are realistically only two sites where the required car parks could be situated, either on land adjacent to Ramsbottom Leisure Centre and Swimming Pool or on the Holcombe Paper Mill on Bridge Street, commonly known as the “Mondi Paper Mill.”
Add:
5. Notes the plan led by the Deputy Cabinet Member for Regeneration to introduce new car parking capacity in the town centre in the next six months
Therefore, this COUNCIL resolves to:
Delete 1, 2, 3 and Replace with:
1. Support the proposals being led by the Deputy Cabinet Member for Regeneration to introduce 200 new car parking spaces on the land adjacent to Ramsbottom Leisure Centre which will be a more than 100% increase on the Council owned parking provision in the centre of Ramsbottom.
2. In addition to Point 1 above, introduce residents parking schemes within the Town Centre area and short stay parking within Ramsbottom to promote-
a. economic growth
b. provide improved parking amenity for local residents
c. support those that work within the town centre
On being put, with 43 voting for, 0 voting against and with the Mayor abstaining, the Mayor declared the amendment carried.
On being put, with 43 voting for, 0 voting against and with the Mayor abstaining, the Mayor declared the substantive motion carried.