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Minutes:
Council received the following Petition and Public Address
Public Address
Ian Hill addressed the Council in support of Agenda Item 13
(Future Management of the Charlotte Coxe Trust) speaking on behalf of Watlington Parish Council. He said
that the Town Council supported the proposals in the report and the measures
that would be needed to bring the building at 33 High Street, Watlington, back
into use.
Anni Byard
addressed the Council regarding Agenda Item 14 (Motion by Cllr Sally
Povolotsky). She was pleased to see the
motion had been amended from that proposed previously. She said there was no no
evidence that trans gender people are at any more disadvantage that any other
group with protected characteristics when accessing services. She said that the law affords transgender
people with the same rights as any other section of society. She asked whether the Council could define
transphobia. While she supported the
Council providing equal access to all groups she said this should not involve
the removal of single sex spaces.
Hannah Massey
addressed the Council in support of Agenda 14 (Motion by Cllr Sally
Povolotsky). She referred to campaigns
and propaganda to encourage transphobia in society including those in the
media. She referred to medical and
psychological treatments that transgender people had to undergo. She said there was no place for transphobia
in society and thanked members of the Council for what she hoped would be their
support
Chrissie
Chevasuut addressed the Council in support of Agenda 14 (Motion by Cllr Sally
Povolotsky) said she worked for St Columba URC Church in Oxford on a project
supporting the trans gender and non-binary community. She explained her own experience as a
transgender person. She gave examples
where transgender people had died in tragic circumstances, and referred to
schools which had refused to accept the identity of transgender pupils. She said that trans-hate crime had risen by
300% in the last five years. In early
2020 the Christian group Safe Schools Alliance forced the County Council to
withdraw the trans-affirming guidelines and resources in schools. It was important than transgender people had
the support of local government
Paul Boone addressed
the Council in support of Item 16 (Motion by Councillor Freddie van Mierlo) He
said he represented the Chalgrove
Airfield Action Group. He said that the
site was isolated which relied on car transport. There were no rail services or
plans for a viable bus service. He said
that there were proposals for bypasses and inadequate cycle routes,
insufficient employment opportunities. The plans to use the airfield for
ejector seat tests would result in carbon footprint and safety implications for
the nearby housing and school. The
proposals did not meet the NPPPF sustainability tests, climate emergency or OCC
climate reduction targets and urged members to support the motion on the
agenda.
A statement by
Debbie Proctor regarding Item 16 (Motion by Cllr Freddie van Mierlo) was read
as she was unable to connect to the meeting via Teams. The statement referred
to announcements by Homes England on their plans for the Chalgrove Airfield
site, and representations by the County Council for good cycle routes and
active travel links. She said that any
infrastructure would only support journeys by car which would mean it would be
less likely that the County Council would meet its carbon reduction targets.
Petition
Linda Goodhead
presented a petition regarding the withdrawal of the Stage Coach S8 and Oxford Bus
Company X13 bus services at Hinksey Hill and requesting that one bus service
per hour be reinstated