Issue - meetings
Yorkshire in Bloom
Meeting: 17/10/2007 - Executive Member For Neighbourhood Services and Advisory Panel (Item 33)
33 Yorkshire in Bloom 
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This report informs Members of the outcome of our entry into the Yorkshire in Bloom competition 2007 and the work undertaken in relation to the entry.
Additional documents:
Decision:
Advice of the Advisory Panel
That the Executive Member be advised to:
(i) Note the contents of the report and congratulate all those involved in a successful entry.
(ii) Support the City of York’s entry into the 2008 competition.
Decision of the Executive Member
RESOLVED: That the advice of the Advisory Panel, as set out above, be accepted and endorsed.
REASON: To support the York in Bloom committee’s entry into the 2007 competition, which linked closely with the Council’s York Pride initiative, and to give support to the 2008 entry.
Minutes:
Members considered a report which informed them of the success of York’s entry in the Yorkshire in Bloom competition 2007 and sought their support for next year’s entry.
The York in Bloom committee had decided in March this year to enter the 2007 competition – York’s first entry since winning the contest in 1998. Since then the judging criteria had changed significantly and there were now two judging periods, in April and July. In view of the short timescale, a strategic approach had been taken, with the Council’s Trading Standards Manager adopting the role of co-ordinator. The outcome had been an award of Silver Gilt, and excellent feedback from the judges. At a subsequent meeting of the York in Bloom committee, it had been agreed that York should re-enter next year, concentrating on the areas of improvement identified by the judges.
Advice of the Advisory Panel
That the Executive Member be advised to:
(i) Note the contents of the report and congratulate all those involved in a successful entry.
(ii) Support the City of York’s entry into the 2008 competition.
Decision of the Executive Member
RESOLVED: That the advice of the Advisory Panel, as set out above, be accepted and endorsed.
REASON: To support the York in Bloom committee’s entry into the 2007 competition, which linked closely with the Council’s York Pride initiative, and to give support to the 2008 entry.