Subject:

Items referred from 13 August 2020 Full Council meeting- Petitions

Date:

29 September 2020

Report of:

Monitoring Officer

Contact Officer:

Name:

John Peel

Tel:

01273 291058

 

E-mail:

john.peel@brighton-hove.gov.uk

Wards Affected:

Various

 

 

FOR GENERAL RELEASE

 

 

1.                    SUMMARY AND POLICY CONTEXT:

 

1.1             To receive petitions referred from the Full Council meeting of 13 August 2019.

 

2.               RECOMMENDATIONS:

 

2.2             That the Committee responds to the  petition either by noting it or writing to the petition organiser setting out the Council’s views, or where it is considered more appropriate, calls for an officer report on the matter which may give consideration to a range of options, including the following:

 

§  taking the action requested in the petition

§  considering the petition at a council meeting

§  holding an inquiry into the matter

§  undertaking research into the matter

§  holding a public meeting

§  holding a consultation

§  holding a meeting with petitioners

§  referring the petition for consideration by the council’s Overview and Scrutiny Committee

§  calling a referendum

 

 

3.               PETITIONS

 

3. (i)          Introduction of a food waste collection and disposal system in Brighton and Hove– Holly Pike

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To receive the following petition referred from the meeting of Full Council and signed by 1307 people:

 

“We the undersigned petition Brighton & Hove Council to introduce a food waste collection and disposal system in Brighton and Hove. Brighton has the country’s only Green MP, a strong Green presence on the Council and purports to have a green agenda. However, the Council lags behind many others in dealing with food waste collection and disposal”.

 

3. (ii)         Parking Zone Z– Chris Arulraj

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To receive the following petition referred from the meeting of Full Council and signed by 24 people:

 

“We live in the S area of the Brighton parking scheme, this currently gives us light parking from Monday to Friday. We would ask for the scheme to be extended to include weekends”.

 

3. (iii)         Re-open Madeira Drive– Laura King

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Detailed at Appendix 1

 

3. (iv)        Keep Madeira Drive closed– Ian Ross

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Detailed at Appendix 1

 

3. (v)        Remove Old Shoreham Road Cycle Lane Extension– Peter Challis

 

Detailed at Appendix 2

 

3. (vi)        Make Old Shoreham Road Cycle Lane Permanent and Establish a City-wide Cycle Network– Chris Williams

 

Detailed at Appendix 2