20 MINUTE NEIGHBOURHOODS

GREEN GROUP AMENDMENT

To amend the notice of motion with the insertion of the text as shown in bold italics and the deletion of the text as shown below:

This Council notes our shared targets set out in both the corporate plan and City Plan Part 2 to build community wealth and affordable housing and reach carbon neutrality by 2030, and the importance to these goals of fostering a circular local economy.

Council recognises that both during and after the ongoing COVID crisis there is a pressing need to grow local place-based cohesion and wellbeing, and believes launching a “20-minute neighbourhood” initiative as part of a community wealth building approach to Covid recovery could build on the work already agreed by ETS committee around the introduction of low traffic neighbourhoods and help meet these shared aims.

 Council therefore calls for;

1) The convening of the Community Wealth Building Working Group at the earliest opportunity and; 

2) For that group to work with officers to produce a report for committee(s) that seeks - alongside ward councillors and residents groups - to identify feasible locations to implement both micro “20-minute neighbourhood” projects (such as community gardens and edible bus stops) and a full-scale pilot scheme for the model;

3) That report to include the exploration of possible sources of funding to support investment in this full-scale pilot; and

4) That officers and CWB working group be requested to seek liaise with councillors and local community groups to identify both on possible locations and on identifying potential partners from other local institutions – particularly those involved in the areas of education, health and wellbeing for the pilot scheme these “20-minute neighbourhood” projects amongst other local anchor institutions, particularly those involved in the areas of education and health and wellbeing

Proposed by: Councillor Hills                       Seconded by: Councillor Heley

Motion to read if carried:

This Council notes our shared targets set out in both the corporate plan and City Plan Part 2 to build community wealth and affordable housing and reach carbon neutrality by 2030, and the importance to these goals of fostering a circular local economy.

Council recognises that both during and after the ongoing COVID crisis there is a pressing need to grow local place-based cohesion and wellbeing, and believes launching a “20-minute neighbourhood” initiative as part of a community wealth building approach to Covid recovery could build on the work already agreed by ETS committee around the introduction of low traffic neighbourhoods and help meet these shared aims.

 Council therefore calls for;

1) The convening of the Community Wealth Building Working Group at the earliest opportunity and; 

2) For that group to work with officers to produce a report for committee(s) that seeks - alongside ward councillors and residents groups - to identify feasible locations to implement both micro “20-minute neighbourhood” projects (such as community gardens and edible bus stops) and a full-scale pilot scheme for the model;

3) That report to include the exploration of possible sources of funding to support investment in this full-scale pilot; and

4) That officers and CWB working group liaise with councillors and local community groups both on possible locations and on identifying potential partners from other local institutions – particularly those involved in the areas of education, health and wellbeing for these “20-minute neighbourhood” projects.