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"Make It York", Parliament Street & the Carousel

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We the undersigned petition the council to take action to ensure that any major changes initiated by "Make It York" or other Quangos operating in the City are subject to consultation with residents. In particular we petition that the traditional children's rides, provided during the period leading up to Christmas, be retained, on either Parliament Street or St. Sampson’s Square, unless an alternative, which is both acceptable to the operators and equally accessible for users, can be found.

"Make It York", a company wholly owned by the Council but run by an independent Board of Directors, has announced that the children's rides traditionally provided during the St. Nicholas Fair period leading up to Christmas, will not be allocated a pitch in the Parliament Street area this year.
This ban includes the iconic Carousel ride.
The space may be used to accommodate a licensed bar.
No consultation with residents or most Councillors has taken place, no effective public scrutiny process for "Make It York" decisions has been introduced nor have any performance measures - for the public events that it may organise - been published.
York Council taxpayers should be involved in the decision making processes for organisations that they help to fund including "Make It York", the "York Museums Trust" & the York Libraries and Archives Mutual Company.

This ePetition ran from 13/08/2015 to 24/09/2015 and has now finished.

36 people signed this ePetition.