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Mayor's Communications.
Minutes:
3.1 The Mayor called for a minute’s silence as a mark of respect for the deaths of former Mayor, John Blackman and former Brighton Borough Councillor Doreen Radford.
3.2 The Mayor presented Councillor Geoffrey Theobald with two prestigious awards on behalf of Brighton & Hove City Council. The first, a Civic Trust national award, which saw New Road recognised for design excellence alongside 28 other public realm and architectural projects including St Pancras Station and the Kew Gardens Treetop Walkway. The second was a Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE), sponsored Civic Trust "special award" for New Road in the “streets" category.
3.3 The Mayor also presented two national awards to Councillor Pidgeon, given to the Council by the UK Centre for Economic & Environmental Development in June for the Talking Bus Stops Project, which was the winner in the “Improving Public Services” category and was also overall winner of the E-welling being awards.
3.4 The Mayor then welcomed, David Beevers, the Keeper of the Royal Pavilion to the meeting, who was responsible for the award winning exhibition "Chinese Whispers" which ran from May to November last year at Brighton Museum & the Royal Pavilion. The Mayor then invited Councillor David Smith to come forward and present David Beevers with the Museums & Heritage Award for the best temporary/touring exhibition of 2008.
3.5 The Mayor then invited Kim Philpott, manager at the council’s Homebase Support for the over 18s to come forward, and offered her personal and the Council’s congratulations for receiving the prestigious Home Care Manager Award at the National Home Care Awards.
3.6 The Mayor then gave an update on the issue of swine flu and the precautionary action being taken by the council in conjunction with the Primary Care Trust.
3.7 The Mayor stated that she had agreed to the holding of an Extraordinary Council Meeting on the 19th November 2009, to consider the submission and adoption of the Core Strategy, and asked Members to note the date in their diaries.”