Agenda item

Illegal Off Road Motorcycling

16.1

It was moved by Councillor Sioned-Mair Richards, seconded by Councillor Zoe Sykes, that this Council:-

(a)       recognises and condemns the anti-social behaviour caused by illegal motorcyclists and quadbike riders, including damage to woodland and parks, noise nuisance, and a lack of respect for other park users; and

(b)       welcomes the Council’s action alongside the Police, as part of a city-wide group, to tackle this issue.

16.1.1

(Note: With the agreement of the Council and at the request of the mover of the Motion (Councillor Sioned-Mair Richards), paragraph (a) of the Motion as published in the Council Summons was altered by the addition of the words “and quadbike riders” after the words “illegal motorcyclists”.)

16.2

Whereupon, it was moved by Councillor Martin Smith, seconded by Councillor Shaffaq Mohammed, as an amendment, that the Motion now submitted be amended by the addition of new paragraphs (c) and (d) as follows:-

(c)      believes the current Administration has also shown a complete lack of respect to the park users of Sheffield by:-

(i)       selling off Cobnar Cottage which falls within the bounds of Graves Park Trust and which was gifted to the people of Sheffield by Alderman J.G Graves to be used as park land in perpetuity;

(ii)      building the new Tinsley School on part of Tinsley Recreational Ground, the only publicly accessible green space in the Tinsley area; and

(iii)      considering the disposal of other so called 'liabilities'; and

(d)      commits that it will not sell off any further park land or any publicly owned open space.

16.3

On being put to the vote, the amendment was negatived

16.3.1

The votes on the amendment were ordered to be recorded and were as follows:-

For the amendment (19)

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Councillors Richard Shaw, Rob Frost, Joe Otten, Colin Ross, Martin Smith, Pauline Andrews, Penny Baker, Roger Davison, Shaffaq Mohammed, Sue Alston, Andrew Sangar, Cliff Woodcraft, Ian Auckland, Steve Ayris, Denise Reaney, David Baker, Jack Clarkson, Keith Davis and John Booker.

Against the amendment (55)

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The Lord Mayor (Councillor Talib Hussain), the Deputy Lord Mayor (Councillor Denise Fox) and Councillors Julie Dore, Jack Scott, Julie Gledhill, Roy Munn, Helen Mirfin-Boukouris, Chris Rosling-Josephs, Ian Saunders, Bryan Lodge, Karen McGowan, Jayne Dunn, Aodan Marken, Brian Webster, Jackie Drayton, Ibrar Hussain, Lewis Dagnall, Robert Murphy, Anne Murphy, Geoff Smith, Dianne Hurst, Mazher Iqbal, Mary Lea, Steve Wilson, Garry Weatherall, Steve Jones, Cate McDonald, Chris Peace, Bob Johnson, George Lindars-Hammond, Josie Paszek, Jenny Armstrong, Terry Fox, Pat Midgley, David Barker, Tony Downing, Nasima Akther, Nikki Bond, Mohammad Maroof, Paul Wood, Peter Price, Sioned-Mair Richards, Peter Rippon, Leigh Bramall, Tony Damms, Gill Furniss, Richard Crowther, Olivia Blake, Ben Curran, Neale Gibson, Adam Hurst, Zoe Sykes, Mick Rooney, Jackie Satur and Ray Satur.

Abstained on the amendment (0)

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Nil

16.4

The original Motion was then put to the vote and carried, as follows:-

RESOLVED: That this Council:-

(a)      recognises and condemns the anti-social behaviour caused by illegal motorcyclists and quadbike riders, including damage to woodland and parks, noise nuisance, and a lack of respect for other park users; and

(b)      welcomes the Council’s action alongside the Police, as part of a city-wide group, to tackle this issue.