Agenda item

Councillor Alan Schneiderman moved the motion in his name. Councillor Dean Cohen moved an amendment in his name. Councillor Anne Clarke moved an amendment in her name. Debate ensued.

The amendment in the name of Councillor Dean Cohen was put to the vote.

The votes were recorded as follows:

The amendment in the name of Councillor Dean Cohen was declared CARRIED.

The amendment in the name of Councillor Anne Clarke was put to the vote.

The votes were recorded as follows:

A formal division was called in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 14.

The Monitoring Officer provided advice to the Council on the legality of the amendment in the name of Councillor Anne Clarke. It was agreed to minute that ‘ask’ should be included in brackets after the word ‘instruct’ to make clear that Council cannot make the Environment Committee vote in a certain way, but it can ask. 

Votes were individually recorded for all Members.

The votes* were recorded as follows:

*Cllr Edwards and Cllr Ryde were absent for this vote.

The amendment in the name of Councillor Anne Clarke was declared LOST.

The motion as amended by Councillor Dean Cohen was then put to the vote.

The votes were recorded as follows:

RESOLVED that:

Council notes:

1.    Just how important it has been, for residents' health and wellbeing, to have access to parks and green spaces during the Covid-19 pandemic.

2.    That the Council has invested in parks across the borough over the past few years – with Montrose and Silverstream as great examples for what a green space should look like in the borough.

3.    That the Council opened the new Exploratory Park, a part of the Council’s Brent Cross town development, in mid-August – giving our residents even more green space to access during the pandemic.

Council resolves:

1. To continue to protect all Barnet's parks and green spaces.