Glasgow City Council Agenda - 30 October 2008, 13:30 
A meeting to be held at at 13:30 on 30 October 2008.
| Number | Item |
|---|---|
| 1 | Minutes of Council meeting of 11th September 2008 (Print 4, pages 331 to 336). View Papers |
| 2 | Print 4 - Committees' minutes - Consideration of paragraphs marked |
| 3 | Consideration of minutes previously objected to. |
| 4 | Result of Local Government By-Election - Election of Councillor for Electoral Ward 20 (Baillieston) - Report by Returning Officer. View Papers |
| 5 | Changes to committees etc - Strathclyde Pension Fund - Remove Aileen Colleran and add Tom McKeown. |
| 6 | Representation on outside bodies. |
| 7 | Correspondence. |
| 8 | Questions. |
| 9 | Notices of motion |
| (a) | by Councillor Jennifer Dunn ''The Chamber recognises the success of the pilot school meal project, providing free school meals to all pupils in primaries 1, 2 and 3, and congratulates Glasgow City Council on the successful pilot carried out in the city earlier this year. Council welcomes the Scottish Government announcement that all P1-P3 pupils are to receive free school meals, and Council accepts that funding for provision of free school meals is included within the local government funding settlement from 2010. Council looks forward to seeing Glasgow's youngest pupils continue to benefit from the historic concordat between the Scottish Government and COSLA'' |
| (b) | by Bailie Dr Nina Baker "Although there is a substantial amount of new development activity underway in the city, Council acknowledges that the current financial downturn will put a number of planned projects on temporary hold. This is regrettable - but understandable - given current market conditions. Some developments will be delayed, undeveloped sites will be fenced off, and buildings awaiting redevelopment will remain vacant until market conditions improve. In the meantime it is important that the city presents a good environment to visitors and potential investors. City Plan 2 encourages the use of vacant and derelict land as temporary greenspace. Council therefore resolves to work with site and property owners to temporarily landscape vacant sites to create simple, but well maintained grassed areas open to the public, and to use empty buildings' windows for displays of Glasgow's commercial, art and design capabilities." |
| (c) | by Councillor James Dornan "Council recognises that Glasgow is home to around 1,300 people aged under 65, who are registered as blind or partially sighted - the highest number in Scotland - many of whom are often isolated and find it difficult to access basic services including shops, supermarkets, doctors, dentists and community facilities, without mobility assistance. Blind residents also find it difficult to access many Council services, ranging from housing to voting without mobility support and face additional cots as a result, such as using taxis or private hire vehicles. Council regrets the fact that, despite these problems, blind people are not entitled to the higher rate mobility component of Disability Living Allowance and ask the Chief Executive and the Leader of the Council, to write to the Secretary of State for Work & Pensions, the Rt Hon James Purnell MP, expressing these concerns and urging the UK Government to bring forward legislation allowing the award of the higher rate mobility component of DLA to blind people." |