Issue - meetings

At this point in the meeting members of the public who have registered their wish to speak regarding an item on the agenda or an issue within the Committee’s remit can do so. Anyone who wishes to register or requires further information is requested to contact the Democracy Officer on the contact details listed at the foot of this agenda. The deadline for registering is Monday 24 July 2006 at 10.00am.

The Chair reported that there had been one registration to speak at the meeting under the Council’s Public Participation Scheme.

Frank Patterson, the Chair of Askham Bryan Residents’ Trust, addressed the meeting regarding agenda item 3 (Askham Bryan Roundabout – Called In Decision from City Strategy Executive Member Advisory Panel) and urged Members to reconsider the decision and support a four-arm roundabout.

In addition, representations relating to this item were received from three Members, which the Chair agreed to accept:

Councillor D’Agorne addressed the meeting as one of the calling-in members and outlined his reasons for supporting a four-arm roundabout at this location.

Councillor Macdonald addressed the meeting as one of the ward councillors and explained his reasons for supporting a five-arm roundabout at this location.  He tabled a letter from Geoff North, of Askham Lane Nurseries, who also supported this proposal, and a map to demonstrate that it would not cause any significant additional traffic in Askham Bryan village.

Councillor Reid addressed the meeting as the Executive Member for City Strategy and outlined the issues considered when reaching her decision at the Executive Member & Advisory Panel (EMAP) meeting.

Written representations, in support of a five-arm roundabout, had been  received from Councillor Hopton, one of the calling-in members and a local ward councillor, and from Andrew Greenwood, Chair of Askham Bryan Parish Council.