Issue - meetings

The Committee considered the report of the Service Director – Legal and Business Operations enabling the Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee to examine the content of the Forward Plan and to discuss issues of interest or concern with the Executive.

A GREEN CITY DELIVERY PLAN FOR SOUTHAMPTON CITY COUNCIL

The Committee considered a briefing paper relating to the forthcoming Cabinet Decision “A Green City Delivery Plan for Southampton City Council”:

With the permission of the Chair, members of the public including representatives of Friends of the Earth and Extinction Rebellion Southampton (XRS) addressed the Panel. 

RESOLVED: the Committee recommended that:

  i.  the Executive outlines and publishes the carbon reduction targets up to 2030 for the Council and the City, with the expectation that the ambition is to front load the reduction of emissions to maximise the benefits to Southampton;

  ii.  to help assess progress and target support, annual monitoring of the progress being made by signatories to the Green City Charter is undertaken by the Council;

  iii.  the Cabinet Member gives consideration to the following paraphrased recommendation suggested by XRS and Friends of the Earth:

‘To encourage a bold engagement strategy for businesses operating within the city a business continuity plan could be enacted by Emergency Planning for local businesses to sign up to, in the same way that they would make contingency plans for pandemics and terrorist attacks, to include reporting of carbon emissions on an annual basis for comparison.’

PROVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT SERVICES

The Committee considered a briefing paper relating to the forthcoming Cabinet Decision Provision of Environmental Enforcement Services

RESOLVED: the Committee recommended that the item returns to the Committee in November 2020 to enable a discussion on the impact and success of the pilot scheme.