Decision details
Air Quality Update
Decision Maker: Executive Member for Neighbourhood Services
Decision status: Decision Made
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
Purpose of report:
Update the Executive Member and advisory panel on the outcome of
the recent Air Quality Support Grant (AQSG) applications made to
the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). The
report also provides a general update on local air quality
management in York.
Members are asked to:
Accept the air quality grants from DEFRA and allow the air quality
projects outlined in the report to proceed.
Decision:
Advice of the Advisory Panel
(i) That the Executive Member be advised that Option (a), as outlined at paragraph 28, to accept air quality grants from DEFRA totalling£15,000, be approved and allow the air quality projects outlined in paragraphs 6 to 11 to proceed.
(ii) That a letter be sent to DEFRA advising them that the Council was dissatisfied with the level of Air Quality Support Grant allocated to them for 2008/2009.
Decision of the Executive Member:
RESOLVED: That the advice of the Advisory Panel be accepted and endorsed.
REASON: It represents the most appropriate way of funding the continuation of LAQM in the city. This is a statutory undertaking that contributes towards the corporate priorities on improving the health of residents and encouraging the use of public, and other environmentally friendly, modes of transport.
Publication date: 05/09/2008
Date of decision: 04/09/2008
Decided at meeting: 04/09/2008 - Executive Member For Neighbourhood Services and Advisory Panel
Effective from: 09/09/2008
Accompanying Documents:
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