Climate Change Standing Committee

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SHREWSBURY TOWN COUNCIL
Livesey House
7 St Johns Hill
Shrewsbury
SY1 1JD

(Please be aware that this meeting is not recorded)

To Members of the Climate Change Standing Committee

Councillors J Dean (Chair), B Bentick, R Dartnall, A Mosley, K Pardy, A Phillips, D Vasmer and R Wilson

Plus all external members of the committee.

All other members of the Council for information

Dear Councillors

You are hereby summoned to attend the meeting of the Town Council’s Climate Change Standing Committee scheduled to take place on Monday 17 July 2023 at 2.30pm at Livesey House, 7 St John’s Hill in order to transact the following business.

Helen Ball
Town Clerk

Meeting Agenda Items

• 1APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

  To receive and accept apologies for absence

• 2DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

  To receive Declarations of Pecuniary Interest in accordance with the Code of Conduct

• 3MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING

  To approve the minutes of the last meeting held on 27 April 2023

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 3 - 23.04.27 Climate Change Minutes

• 4MATTERS ARISING

  To consider any matters arising from that meeting.

• 5CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION PLAN 2020 - 2024

  To receive an update on the Climate Change Action Plan and consider our target of reaching
  carbon net zero by 2030

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 5 - Climate Change Action Plan 2020-2024 MASTER

• 6MARCHES ENERGY AGENCY

  To receive an update on the project with Marches Energy Agency

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 6 - Shrewsbury TC Insulation Press Release June 2023

• 7CARBON LITERATE STATUS

  To receive an update on the Town Council’s application for Bronze level Carbon Literacy status.

• 8E-CARGO BIKES

  To receive an update on the E-cargo bike scheme

• 9EXTERNAL ATTENDEE PRESENTATION

  To receive a position statement from Dan Wrench on climate change activity at Shropshire
  Council

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 9 - Climate talk to STC 2023-07-12

• 10COMMONPLACE

  To receive an update on the use of Commonplace for Climate Change purposes.

• 11INTERNAL CLIMATE CHANGE MEETING

  To update the committee on an internal climate change meeting attended by Councillors Dean
  and Dartnall along with Amanda Spencer and Alan Jameson.

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 11 - Climate Change meeting Notes 08.06.23

• 12VISIONING

  To receive an update on the Town Council’s Visioning Exercise and to consider the draft Strategic
  Objectives

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 12 - Visioning Strategic Priorities

• 13NEXT MEETING

  The next Committee meeting will be held on 12 October 2023 at 2.30pm. External attendee
  presentation to be given by Tom Endacott.