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Cambridge City Council Full Council – May 2011
Ian Nimmo-Smith as Mayor of Cambridge (Source) I observed the latter part of Cambridge City Council’s Full Council meeting on the 26th of May 2011. This was the “annual meeting”, the first of the civic year, and the first for the newly elected councillors. I arrived well after the ceremonial fancy dress session and after […]
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Cambridge Backs Committee
There is a proposal to reduce the yew trees to the right of the Garret Hostel Lane path to 4m high this winter. Last week, in response to a Freedom of Information request to Clare College, the papers for meetings of the Cambridge Backs Committee since 2007 were released. Background to the Backs Committee The […]
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Friends of Midsummer Common 2011 AGM
Friends of Midsummer Common AGM 2011. Mr Baxter (middle) in the chair. On Wednesday the 16th of March 2011 I attended the 4th Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Midsummer Common. Key Points: The manager of the Fort St. George Public House attended and argued he, and his staff ought be allowed to continue […]
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Saving the Sense of Wide Open Space on Midsummer Common
This Wedge of Grass Contributes to the Sense of Wide Open Space on Midsummer Common. While Cambridge City Council were considering their recent tree works on Midsummer Common one of the suggestions I made was that the sense of large open space in the centre of the city ought be kept. I argued against encroaching […]
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Public Meeting On Proposals to Defoliate Alexandra Gardens Trees
The currently tree-lined Carlyle Road would be changed dramatically if the foliage were to be lost. On the evening of the 28th of February 2011 I attended a public meeting held by Cambridge City Council to discuss the council’s proposals to remove all the foliage from three trees on Alexandra Gardens bordering Caryle Road. The […]
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My Objection to Drastic Proposals for London Plane Trees on Alexandra Gardens
Liberal Democrats running Cambridge City Council are proposing removing the foliage from three of these trees following a claim from 13 Holland Street that they are causing damage. ” The Liberal Democrat run Cambridge City Council is proposing removing all the foliage from three century old London plane trees on Alexandra Gardens following a claim […]
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Secret Consultation Underway on New Alexandra Gardens Trees Proposal
The Council is Proposing to Cut Along The Dotted Line On Friday the 4th of February Cambridge City Council secretly began a consultation with councillors on their latest proposals to carry out work to the London Plane Trees on Alexandra Gardens along Carlyle Road. Councillors have been given until Friday the 11th of February to […]
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Jesus Green and Midsummer Common Tree Planting Consultation Farce
Top: Proposals for tree works on Midsummer Common currently being consulted on. Bottom: Proposals taken to the West Central Area Committee on 23 September and approved with exception of the lowest four trees. On Friday the 19th of November notices appeared on Jesus Green and Midsummer common announcing a consultation, under the city council’s tree […]
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Cambridge West Central Area Committee October 2010
On the 28th of October 2010 I attended Cambridge City Council’s West Central Area Committee. Key points: Councillors approved a number of new projects, including a portable sandpit for beach volleyball, to be investigated by council officers with a view to spending S.106 development taxes on them. I think spending these taxes, which are a […]
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Public Meeting on Alexandra Gardens Trees
Unofficial notices warn of the council’s proposed chainsaw massacre on Alexandra Gardens. No further official notices or consultation are planned despite not all information yet being available, and a final decision not being made till December or January. On Friday the 15th of October 2010 a public meeting was held by Cambridge City Council to […]