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Meeting: 23/04/2009 - Cabinet (pre 2012) (Item 204)
204 Students in the Community PDF 63 KB
Report of the Acting Director of Strategy & Governance (copy circulated separately).
Additional documents:
- Item 204 Appendix 1, item 204 PDF 336 KB View as HTML (204/2) 324 KB
- Item 204(a) Appendix 2 Uni of Sussex response, item 204 PDF 39 KB View as HTML (204/3) 25 KB
- Item 204(a) Appendix 3 University of Brighton response pdf, item 204 PDF 296 KB
- Item 204(a) Appendix 4 University of Sussex students' union response, item 204 PDF 42 KB View as HTML (204/5) 26 KB
- Item 204(a) Appendix 5 University of Brighton Students Union response, item 204 PDF 60 KB View as HTML (204/6) 32 KB
- Webcast for Students in the Community
Decision:
1. That Cabinet:
(a) Notes the scrutiny recommendations on ‘Students in the Community’ attached to this report as Appendix 1.
(b) Refers the scrutiny report with the recommendations to the next meeting of the Strategic Housing Board asking for comments the report recommendations prior to Cabinet deciding on the a response at its meeting on the 11 June.
Minutes:
204.1 The Cabinet considered a report for the Acting Director of Strategy & Governance concerning the report of the Adult Social Care and Housing Overview and Scrutiny Committee on the impact of students on the city of the Brighton and Hove and its residents (for copy see minute book).
204.2 The Chairman invited Councillor Meadows, Chairman of the Adult Social Care and Housing Overview and Scrutiny Committee, to present the report.
204.3 Councillor Wrighton, Deputy Chairman of the Adult Social Care and Housing Overview and Scrutiny Committee, echoed the positive comments of Councillor Meadows and hoped that the council would lead on this issue.
204.4 In response to comments from councillors supporting the report, the Chairman confirmed that the Cabinet was not rejecting the recommendations, but that it was important to allow the Strategic Housing Partnership to formally comment on the report. The Chairman invited Councillors Meadows and Wrighton to attend the Strategic Housing Partnership meeting.
204.5 RESOLVED - That, having considered the information and the reasons set out in the report, the Cabinet accepted the following recommendations:
(1) That the scrutiny recommendations on ‘Students in the Community’ attached to this report as Appendix 1 be noted.
(2) That the scrutiny report with the recommendations be referred to the next meeting of the Strategic Housing Board, asking for comments on the report recommendations prior to Cabinet deciding on the a response at its meeting on the 11 June.