Decision details

Establishing a Cleaner Air and Safer Transport Forum

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Decisions:

Further to Minute 9 of the meeting of Council on 22 May 2019, the Director of Economic Growth and Neighbourhood Services submitted a report setting out proposed Terms of Reference for the new ‘Cleaner Air & Safer Transport Forum’ which had been set up at the Council AGM on 22 May 2019. The proposed Terms of Reference were attached to the report at Appendix 1. 

 

The report explained that the Forum’s key topic areas would be cross-cutting themes around transport-related matters including air pollution, electric charging infrastructure, staff travel planning and policies, education initiatives, school initiatives and other transport projects which promoted sustainability, healthy living, energy efficiency and carbon reduction.  The Forum could make recommendations to the Council’s Committees and Sub-Committees on ways to bring about positive change to support the Council’s climate change agenda.  The Forum would incorporate the work of the Cycle Forum, while allowing for an annual ‘conference’ or meeting.

 

The report asked the Committee to approve the Terms of Reference and to appoint the Councillor membership of the Forum.

 

Resolved –

 

(1)     That the Terms of Reference for the Cleaner Air & Safer Transport Forum be approved, as set out in Appendix 1 to the report;

 

(2)     That the Councillor membership of the Forum be agreed as follows:

 

Cleaner Air and Safer Transport Forum (4:1:1:1)

 

Labour Councillors

Conservative

Councillor

Liberal Democrat

Councillor

Green

Councillor

Debs Absolom

Stanford-Beale

Duveen

Whitham

Barnett-Ward

 

 

 

Gittings

 

 

 

Hoskin

 

 

 

 

(3)     That the previous appointment of Councillor Barnett-Ward as the Chair of the Forum at the Council meeting held on 22 May 2019 be noted.

Publication date: 24/09/2019

Date of decision: 15/07/2019

Decided at meeting: 15/07/2019 - Policy Committee

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