In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 13, Councillor M R Eddy will move:
This Council, while welcoming the Environment Agency's investment in marine flood protection measures at Sandwich and Deal, calls upon:
1. The government to take action to combat flooding in inland flood risk areas of our district, such as East Studdal and the Alkham Valley;
2. The government to put ideology aside and seek appropriate assistance from the European Union for what is a widespread weather phenomenon;
3. Kent County Council to maintain, and renew as appropriate, highways drainage;
4. The privatised water companies to use their profits to improve their mains drainage systems to accommodate the water flows generated by increasingly common severe weather events.
For its part, this Council will also carry out a survey of all the drains and drainage gullies on car parks owned and managed by the Council and/or East Kent Housing and will produce a plan to replace impermeable surfacing with permeable surfaces.
Minutes:
In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 13, Councillor M R Eddy gave notice of his intention to move the following Motion:
‘This Council, while welcoming the Environment Agency’s investment in marine flood protection measures at Sandwich and Deal, calls upon:
1. The government to take action to combat flooding in inland flood risk areas of our district, such as East Studdal and the Alkham Valley;
2. The government to put ideology aside and seek appropriate assistance from the European Union for what is a widespread weather phenomenon;
3. Kent County Council to maintain, and renew as appropriate, highways drainage;
4. The privatised water companies to use their profits to improve their mains drainage systems to accommodate the water flows generated by increasingly common severe weather events.
For its part, this Council will also carry out a survey of all the drains and drainage gullies on car parks owned and managed by the Council and/or East Kent Housing and will produce a plan to replace impermeable surfacing with permeable surfaces.’
The Motion was duly seconded.
It was moved by Councillor P A Watkins, and duly seconded, that the Motion be AMENDED as follows:
‘This Council, while welcoming the Environment Agency’s investment in marine flood protection measures at Sandwich and Deal, calls upon:
1. The government to take action to combat, where possible, flooding in inland flood risk areas of our district, such as East Studdal and the Alkham Valley.
2. The government to seek appropriate assistance from the European Union for what is a widespread weather phenomenon;
3. Kent County Council to maintain, and renew as appropriate, highways drainage;
4. The privatised water companies to use their profits to improve their mains drainage systems to accommodate the water flows generated by increasingly common severe weather events.
For its part, this Council will also carry out a review of all the drains and drainage gullies on car parks owned and managed by the Council and/or East Kent Housing and will produce a report to replace impermeable surfacing with permeable surfaces.’
Councillor M R Eddy, with the consent of his seconder, accepted Councillor P A Watkins’s proposals within his original Motion.
On being put to the meeting, the Motion was CARRIED.
RESOLVED: That this Council, while welcoming the Environment Agency’s investment in marine flood protection measures at Sandwich and Deal, calls upon:
1. The government to take action to combat, where possible, flooding in inland flood risk areas of our district, such as East Studdal and the Alkham Valley.
2. The government to seek appropriate assistance from the European Union for what is a widespread weather phenomenon;
3. Kent County Council to maintain, and renew as appropriate, highways drainage;
4. The privatised water companies to use their profits to improve their mains drainage systems to accommodate the water flows generated by increasingly common severe weather events.
For its part, this Council will also carry out a review of all the drains and drainage gullies on car parks owned and managed by the Council and/or East Kent Housing and will produce a report to replace impermeable surfacing with permeable surfaces.’