Comments on: Jesus Green - Decision to Submit a Lottery Bid “Scrutinised”.

By: Richard

Richard — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 01:24:19 +0000

Cllr Ward has responded to Bronwyn Hipkin’s letter mentioned in comment 4.

By: Richard

Richard — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 03:43:32 +0000

The events at the scrutiny committee relating to Jesus Green have been briefly mentioned in the Cambridge Cycling Campaign’s December 2008 / January 2009 Newsletter.

By: Bronwyn Hipkin

Bronwyn Hipkin — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:23:40 +0000

Following on from all the mention of trees “needing to be cut down” I phoned the Cambridge City Council tree dept. to discover that they have not be consulted or involved in any of this discussion. In fact the Tree Officer seemed less than happy that “outside firms” had been brought in to assess trees and indeed do landscaping planning. My letter about this to CEN may appear today Dec 2nd.

By: James Wells

James Wells — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:25:20 +0000

I hope the scheme to redevelop Jesus Green does not succeed. We need to keep the green space as it is now, rather than lose the amenity it currently provides for many people throughout the year. This is one of the only large green spaces in the local area where people can get a sense of space and ‘countryside’. What is planned by the council will rob us of this tranquil space.

By: Sophie Grove

Sophie Grove — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:42:03 +0000

Thank you for this lucid account of how the ’scrutiny’ meeting went. What emerges is clearly that Cllr Smith is more or less single-handedly powering this radical makeover of our beloved Jesus Green. And where is the oppositon? As you so rightly point out, they don’t even realize who is meant to be opposing these items, and as for the indifference of the other LibDems, I think they will soon find the majority of people do love Jesus Green as it is, ( yes spiffed up a bit) and don’t want this high handed vandalism

By: Richard

Richard — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:06:55 +0000

I wrote to the committee manager following the meeting:

Mr Blunt,

I am writing to you as you are the named officer contact for the Community Services Scrutiny Committee on Thursday 13th November.

I would like to suggest that the names of the opposition spokespeople are included on future agendas. As you will recall there was a point in the meeting (following my question) when members of the opposition parties were unclear on who was the relevant opposition spokesperson. It appeared from the discussion that ensued that there are many opposition spokespeople in relation to this meeting depending on which Executive Councillor’s portfolio an agenda item comes under.

The council have been responsive in the past to my suggestions for improved agendas and I think this is a sensible idea.