Monday 15th October 2012
Dear Kingsmead
Field supporters
We were informed
by the Council this afternoon that the Executive decision to appropriate the
Kingsmead Field will no longer be on the agenda of the Scrutiny meeting this
Wednesday, but will instead be debated at a special meeting of the committee
on Wednesday 24 October at 9.30 am in the Guildhall. The reason
for this change of date is that a number of councillors have identified a wide
range of flaws in the Executive decision, and Council officers need more time
to prepare their response.
The advantage of
the postponement for us is that the Executive decision will be much more
thoroughly reviewed in a meeting dedicated to this one issue. The
disadvantage is that many people already know about this week's date and have
rescheduled commitments in order to attend. We are really sorry about
this, and totally share in the frustration!
If you are free
to attend on 24 October, it would be great to see you. Public support is
very important in meetings like this. The debate should be interesting as
the committee is cross-party (unlike the Executive) and several of the
councillors on the committee have consistently expressed strong support for the
protection of the field.
Please forward
this message to others who might have been planning to attend this week.
Thank you once
again for your support.
Save Kingsmead
Field campaign
Action to support the campaign . .
Action to support the campaign . .
Many thanks to everyone who has already emailed the councillors on
the Scrutiny committee about the flaws in the Executive decision. We
appreciate it very much. If you have time to write, the email addresses
of the Scrutiny members are given below (NB there are three additional names
that were not on the list emailed out last week)
alex.perkins@canterbury.gov.uk - wincheap ward
harry.cragg@canterbury.gov.uk - st. stephens ward
terry.westgate@canterbury.gov.uk - st. stephens ward
jeremy.bellamy@canterbury.gov.uk - barton ward
tony.austin@canterbury.gov.uk - sturry
david.hirst@canterbury.gov.uk - greenhill & eddington ward
cyril.windsor@canterbury.gov.uk - seasalter ward
robert.bright@canterbury.gov.uk -
phil.cartwright@canterbury.gov.uk - whitstable harbour ward
charlotte.maccaul@canterbury.gov.uk - wincheap ward
