Public addresses and questions to the Leader or other Board member received in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 11.11 and 11.12 relating to matters for decision on this agenda.

The request to speak accompanied by the full text of the address or question must be received by the Head of Law and Governance by 5.00 pm on Tuesday 14 February.

The briefing note will contain the text of addresses and questions submitted by the deadline, and written responses where available.

A total of 30 minutes is available for this item. Responses are included in this time. Up to five minutes is available for each public address and three minutes for each question.

Council heard an address opposing the extension of the Seacourt Park and Ride from Barbara Witkowski, Oxfordshire Badger Group.

Council had before them an address opposing car park charges in Headington submitted by Elaine Bellenger from Monaco in Headington who was unable to attend.

The text of both submitted speeches is available in the briefing note.

Councillor Turner, Board Member for Finance and Asset Management, thanked the speaker and responded to both submitted addresses.

In summary, he said that the issues raised about Seacourt Park and Ride were more relevant to planning than to the allocation of a budget for proposed work. The charges for Headington and St Leonard’s’ car parks had been changed as a result of the consultation responses. However the points raised in both addresses would be borne in mind during the debate.

Public addresses and questions to the Leader or other Board member received in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 11.11 and 11.12 relating to matters for decision on this agenda.

The request to speak accompanied by the full text of the address or question must be received by the Head of Law and Governance by 5.00 pm on Tuesday 14 February.

The briefing note will contain the text of addresses and questions submitted by the deadline, and written responses where available.

A total of 30 minutes is available for this item. Responses are included in this time. Up to five minutes is available for each public address and three minutes for each question.

Council heard an address from Neo (Homeless Man) about the need to reopen Lucy Faithfull House to provide spaces for homeless people.

The text of his submitted speech is appended to these minutes.

Councillor Rowley, Board Member for Housing, responded.

In summary, he thanked the speaker and thanked the Iffley Open House residents for meeting with him. He explained the difficulties in providing support for homeless people with no local connection in the current legal and funding climate. The council provided funding to support those it could and sought to secure support from the appropriate local authorities for those with no qualifying connection to Oxford. All places in Lucy Faithfull House had been replaced with supported housing. While he appreciated the need for such housing, for these and other reasons, he could not support the Green group’s amendment to use a one-time saving to incur a continuing cost.