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From YouTube: Decision Session - Executive Member for Environment and Climate Change, 6 January 2021
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AGENDA (To view individual agenda items click on the links below)
1. Declarations of Interest 00:00:30
2. Minutes 00:00:40
3. Public Participation 00:00:51
4. York 5 Year Flood Plan Update 00:05:06
5. Urgent Business 00:12:18
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B
Good
afternoon
and
welcome
to
the
decision
session
for
the
executive
member
for
environment
and
climate
change
before
I
forget
happy
new
year
to
everybody
and
2021
has
got
to
be
better
than
than
the
previous
12
months.
So,
let's
crack
on
with
the
agenda,
because
I
know
everybody's
time
is
extremely
precious.
B
B
Thank
you.
Third
point
on
the
agenda
is
public
participation,
so
at
this
point
I
would
like
to
welcome
dave
merritt
dave.
You
have
three
minutes
to
talk
and
I
know
that
you're
an
ex-counselor
and
that
you
understand
the
rules,
so
you've
got
three
minutes
to
talk
and
I'm
just
trying
to
figure
out.
They
are
somebody's
done
it
for
me
how
to
unmute
you.
So
your
three
minutes
start
now
and
welcome
to
the
meeting.
A
B
Can
hear
you
now
perfect?
Okay,
absolutely
perfect!
Apology!
I
don't
know
what
you
know.
There
are
gremlins
in
every
system.
I've
decided
it
doesn't
matter
how
good
your
it
is.
Those
gremlins
and
everything,
as
I
said,
many
thanks
for
your
participation.
You've
got
three
minutes.
If
you
would
like
to
start.
A
Yeah,
thank
you.
Can
I
welcome
the
opportunity
to
speak
about
the
air
quality
situation
in
the
city
on
behalf
of
clean
air
york.
The
council's
last
annual
report
covering
2019
reminds
us
that
has
been
a
welcome
general
downward
trend
in
nitrogen
dioxide
concentrations
monitored
across
the
city
since
2012.
A
Although
year-on-year
improvements
have
been
less
pronounced
over
the
last
two
to
three
years
reported,
it
showed
that,
with
respect
to
the
city
centre,
air
quality
management
areas,
exceedances
of
the
health-based
annual
mean
no2
objective
for
40
micrograms
per
meter.
Cubed
were
monitored
in
jilligate
holgate
road
blossom
street
and
revere
street
george
hudson
street
technical
breach
areas
in
2019.
A
We
now
know
that
the
majority
of
uk
cities
in
2020,
despite
the
significant
first
coveted,
related
lockdown
reductions
in
air
pollution
and
continued
home
working
by
october
figures,
had
generally
returned
to
or
exceeded
the
start
of
the
lockdown
levels.
According
to
the
recent
december
2020
center.
For
cities
report
the
york
figure
was,
in
the
former
category
part
four
of
the
environment
act
1995,
which
covers
england,
scotland
and
wales
and
the
environment.
Northern
ireland
order
2002
requires
all
local
authorities
in
the
uk
to
review
and
assess
air
quality
in
their
area.
A
If
any
standards
are
being
exceeded
or
unlikely
to
be
met
by
the
required
date,
then
that
area
should
be
designated
an
air
quality
management
area.
As
we've
done
in
york,
and
it
then
goes
on
to
say,
the
local
authority
must
draw
up
and
implement
an
action
plan
aimed
at
reducing
levels
of
the
pollutant.
A
B
A
B
B
C
Thank
you
councillor.
This
is
the
quarterly
update
that
we'll
bring
to
your
decision
session
on
the
on
the
works,
not
just
for
the
ongoing
program
of
of
flood
defense
improvements
across
the
city,
but
obviously
other
foot
issues
and
aspects
alex.
One
of
the
reports
is
the
quarterly
update
from
the
environment
and
ben
hughes
is
part
of
this
call
now
and
we'll
give
you
a
brief
update
after
I've
finished.
C
C
So
I'd
just
like
to
say
thanks
to
everyone
from
the
council
that
work
throughout
the
event
and
environment
agency
and
to
all
of
our
residents
and
and
other
partners
out
there,
who
obviously
all
paid
heeds
to
all
the
various
foot,
warnings
and
and
forecasting
and
messaging
that
we
put
out
over
that
that
period.
So
just
a
recognition
of
that
really
because
it
happened
subsequent
to
this
report
being
finalized.
B
Just
to
build
on
that
state
just
build
on
that
steve
before
we
go
to
then
I
again,
I
must
give
my
thanks
to
both
yourself
and
to
james
and
to
ben
and
his
team
for
how
swiftly
you
move
those
operations
out.
I
mean
it
was
just
about
four
meters
which
a
few
four
five
years
ago,
that
would
have
been
a
massive
consequence
to
our
city.
You
now
have
the
operations
and
the
processes
in
place
that
you
do
without
us
sometimes
noticing.
So
many
thanks
for
that.
D
D
D
They
were
written
before
christmas
before
this
potential
third
lockdown
we're
working
with
our
suppliers
to
understand
if
there'll
be
any
impact
at
the
moment,
it's
looking
unlikely
that
we'll
see
any
impact
from
this
third
lock
down
to
the
to
the
works.
Generally
speaking,
we
are
working
in
a
cover,
safe
manner
on
all
our
sites
so
and
our
suppliers
are
well
versed
at
doing
that
now,
so
it
shouldn't
mean
any
impact
as
we
move
forward.
D
B
I
don't
have
any
questions.
I've
just
got
a
couple
of
comments,
one
I'm
really
keen
to
know
and
actually
see,
because
I'm
very
curious
when
we're
going
to
get
the
phosgate
barrier
in
that
I'd,
be
really
keen
to
watch
happen
and,
secondly,
I'm
just
delighted
at
how
well
our
teams
are
now
working
together.
The
communication
is
much
smoother
and
clearer,
so
that's
a
real
step
forward
and
we'll
really
improve
things
over
2021
yeah.
D
You
know
with
that
week
as
well
and
then
it'll
be
a
matter
of
then
connecting
it
all
up
and
making
it
work
throughout
the
whole
process.
The
this
site,
the
the
asset,
the
the
pumpy
station,
will
be
fully
operational.
So
there's
no
additional
risk
to
the
members
of
the
public
because
of
the
work
that
we're
doing
so,
it's
yeah.
It's
we'll
manage
it
all
throughout
throughout
that
process.
So
hopefully,
by
the
next
time
we
meet,
then
the
new
gate
will
be
in
and
everything
will
be
resolved.
Regarding
the
frost
barrier.
D
But
yeah
yeah,
certainly
for
the
next
next
few
weeks.
Having
said
that,
even
if
we
got
a
storm
coming
through
it
still,
we
would
still
be
able
to
operate
the
pumpy
station,
as
is
so.
It
wouldn't
impact
on
anybody.
So
there
is
no.
There
should
be
no
impact
from
the
works
that
we're
doing
on
any
members
of
the
public,
and
I
just
want
to
stress
that
if
anybody's
concerned
really.
C
No
ben's
team
are
liaising
with
myself
and
colleagues
in
highways
and
like
regarding
the
various
footpath
closures
and
operational
issues
that
are
happening
around
the
frost
barrier
gate
there.
With
regard
to
ben's
wider
update,
I
think
everything
that
we
all
need
to
see
is
in
there
and
echo
ben's
comments
on
sorry,
your
own
comments,
counselor
on
how
we're
working
together
on
on
all
these
things.
You
know
with
each
planet
application
that
comes
forward
and
each
piece
of
work
that
comes
forward.
C
I
think
sometimes
there's
just
a
little
bit
where
we
need
to
mesh
the
gears
and
make
sure
that
we're
talking
each
other's
language
and
make
sure
we
you
know
we're
illustrating
which
parts
of
the
application
give
us
which
pieces
of
information
we
need,
but
each
time
it's
becoming
slicker
and
better,
like
that.
So
yeah,
I'd
echo
your
comments,
counsellor
and
we'll
continue
to
work
closely
together
on
it.
E
B
Absolutely
okay,
so
the
final
part
of
the
agenda
is
on
to
any
other
business,
and
I
just
have
one
question
so
the
report's
great
through
the
yorkshire
rfcc,
sorry
cc
can't
even
read
my
own
writing.
We
have
been
made
aware
that
defra
have
made
funding
available
for
25
projects
across
the
country
to
deliver
flood
resilience
innovation
programmes
over
the
next
six
years.
It's
good
news
and
I'm
very
keen
that
ourselves
that
york
are
involved
in
this
process
and
understand
that
the
closing
date
for
funding
bids
is
imminent.
C
Yeah,
this
is
the
debt
for
grants.
As
you
said,
innovation
grant
and
it's
for
lead
local
flood
authorities,
which
is
the
likes
of
ourselves
as
unitary
or
or
where
they
exist
county
level
authorities
to
pull
together
bids
to
deliver
programs
of
work
to
build
flood
civilians
that
are
innovative
aren't
of
the
norm.
So
the
the
millions
of
pounds
that
we're
spending
in
york
at
the
minute
by
you
know
the
leading
on
on
all
the
schemes
there.
C
Although
the
the
science
and
the
engineering
within
all
of
that
is
fantastic,
it's
not
necessarily
seen
as
innovative,
because
it's
proven
it's
something.
That's
been
in
place
many
many
years,
so
we're
looking
for
different
approaches,
different
ways
of
warning
and
informing
different
ways
of
forecasting
different
ways
of
communicating
flood
risk
and
a
whole
load
of
different
things.
C
So,
when
the
fun,
when
the
call
for
funding
came
out
in
very
late
november,
we'd
already
started
to
hold
conversations
with
partners
with
the
environment
agency.
So
some
of
ben's
colleagues,
a
piece
of
work
that
we've
been
looking
at
over
the
whole
of
these
swell
urine,
mid
catchments,
which
forms
the
ooze
upstream
of
york,
essentially
how
we
can
provide
that
climate
change
sponge.
C
If
you
like
into
the
future,
the
defenses
in
york
are
fantastic
and
essential,
but
going
forward
as
climate
change
takes
hold,
we'll
need
to
do
more
within
the
wider
catchment
area
upstream
of
york
to
actually
hold
the
additional
waters
back.
That
will
be
seen
as
climate
change
comes
in,
so
there
was
already
a
a
an
approach
of
of
computerized
modelling
to
look
at
the
hydrology
and
what
we
might
need
in
the
future,
so
talking
with
the
ea
and
other
parts
of
the
environment
agency.
C
So
the
the
teams
look
at
the
environmental
improvement
programs,
so
looking
at
biodiversity
and
and
catching
sensitive
farming
and
all
of
these
sort
of
aspects,
and
we
started
to
think
about
how
we
could
use
that
modeling,
enhance
it
and
use
it
to
really
target
at
a
relatively
local
level.
The
sort
of
measures
that
could
be
put
in
place
to
reduce
blood
risk
further
downstream.
So
that
could
be
changing
the
way
that
the
farming
practices
are
carried
out.
It
could
be
a
forest
station,
it
could
be
more
lumpy
restoration.
C
You
know
a
whole
number
of
different
measures
and
it
will
also
be,
but
could
also
be
increasing
the
amount
of
of
water
that's
stored
within
those
areas
and
there's
already
significant
amounts
of
water
attenuated
in
those
areas
now.
But
the
innovative
bit
of
this
is
to
then
say
well:
if
we
did
this
there,
it
will
deliver
these
benefits
here
and
too
often
we
develop
these
schemes
a
little
bit
in
isolation.
C
We
carry
out
the
computer
modeling
in
a
darken
room.
We
go
to
the
landowners
that
can
provide
the
solution
and
say
you
know
we'd
like
to
do
this
here,
to
benefit
these
people
downstream
and
there's
not
really
a
contract,
not
really
anything
in
place
between
the
seller
of
the
solution
and
the
buyer
of
the
solution.
The
people
that
benefit
so
the
real
innovation
in
this
would
be
using
that
modeling
to
actually
say.
C
The
tales
de
vales
rivers,
the
the
river
swale
catchment
partnerships,
the
river
euro
catchment
parks,
all
these
different
partnerships,
we're
all
really
keen
to
work
with
us
on
this
importantly,
we're
working
with
north
yorkshire,
county
council.
It
has
to
be
one
authority
that
leads,
we
would
be
the
lead
authority
and
that
we
would
be
submitting
the
bid.
But
colleagues
in
north
yorkshire,
county
council
are
really
keen
on
this
as
well.
We're
talking
to
the
local
enterprise
partnership,
we're
really
keen
on
this.
C
So
it's
andrew
lewis
and
other
people
there
at
the
sorry,
andrew
in
the
local
enterprise
partnership,
really
keen
to
work
with
us
on
this.
We're
talking
to
the
university
of
york
as
well
regarding
those
ways
of
really
illustrating
these
opportunities
to
people
in
different
and
lifted
ways,
and
we
think
that
we've
got
a
really
interesting
bid
here.
C
So
the
the
bids
should
have
been
in
by
next
friday,
which
is
the
15th,
but
over
the
christmas
periods
of
storm
bella
plus,
obviously,
now
the
latest
lockdown
and
the
impact
on
on
on
partners
working
nationally
defer
have
been
lobbied
to
actually
extend
that
deadline.
They
have
actually
to
extend
their
deadline
to
the
29th
of
january,
so
we
will
be
working
to
the
29th
of
january.
C
B
That
is
a
fantastic
and
fulsome
update.
Just
one
quick
question
from
me:
could
we
make
sure
that
the
northern
forest
are
also
in
as
one
of
the
partners
I'm
assuming
they're
in
through
the
lap,
because
I
know
that
we're
involved
in
a
project
for
200
hectares
in
the
same
catchment
areas
to
plant
trees?
So
if
we
can,
if
we
can
meld
those
together,
that
would
be
fabulous,
absolutely
fantastic
update.