Issue - items at meetings - Petitions

Report of the Director of Strategy & Governance (copy attached).

42.(i)  Petition – request for a pedestrian crossing for the Doctor’s surgery on Sackville Road

42.1       Councillor Cobb had submitted a petition signed by 98 people concerning a request for a pedestrian crossing for the Doctor’s surgery on Sackville Road.

42.2       Councillor Cobb was unable to attend the meeting.

42.3       RESOLVED – That the petition be noted and a written response be provided.

42.(ii)Petition – parking restrictions in the area surrounding Hove Methodist Church

42.4       Councillor Oxley had submitted a petition signed by 98 people concerning parking restrictions in the area surrounding Hove Methodist Church.

42.5       Councillor Oxley was unable to attend the meeting and had also submitted a letter in support of the petition at Item 43(i),

42.6       RESOLVED – That the petition be noted and a written response be provided.

42.(iii)Petition – consultation on proposals to create a permanent travellers site

42.7       Councillor Morgan had submitted a petition concerning consultation on proposals to create a permanent travellers site.

42.8       Councillor Mitchell informed the Cabinet Member that Councillor Morgan was unable to attend the meeting, but that she would report any response back to him.

42.9       The Cabinet Member stated that he wished to remind Councillor Morgan that this matter had been the subject of a Special Cabinet meeting and a subsequent Scrutiny Committee. Following these meetings the Council would be taking forward the proposal for a permanent traveller site in Brighton and Hove through the planning process.

42.10    RESOLVED – That the petition be noted.

42.(iv)Petition – request for a pedestrian crossing in Chalky Road

42.11    Councillor Alford presented a petition signed by 866 people concerning a request for a pedestrian crossing in Chalky Road.

42.12    The Cabinet Member stated that following the tragic death of Henry who had recently been killed on Chalky Road when he ran out from behind a bus, Road Safety Officers had made three visits to the site. Two of these visits had been with senior officers from Sussex Police. The traffic calming measures, including the speed reducing features such as the Chicanes had been successful in slowing down traffic on Chalky Road, visibility was good for both drivers and pedestrians, and there were sufficient gaps in the traffic flow to allow pedestrians to cross safely. The Cabinet Member added that the Council’s Road Safety team needed to ensure that safety measures would be implemented where they were demonstrably necessary, as had been the case on Chalky Road, and the number and severity of injury collisions had now been significantly reduced. The Cabinet Member stated that the council placed an extremely high priority on providing children with high quality Road Safety Education; in 2007 more than 1500 children in 26 schools had been trained and the Council was on target to match or exceed these numbers in 2008. The Cabinet Member added that he would ask officers to meet with Councillor Alford to discuss this matter further.

42.13    RESOLVED – That the petition be noted.