MEMBER FORUM 11 NOVEMBER 2014

LABOUR. QUESTION 5

Question(s) to the Mayor from

Cllr Sam Mongon, Labour, Windmill Hill
Parks Maintenance
(written answer requested)

Our bid to become European Green Capital for 2015 rightly highlighted that
Bristol has one of the highest percentages of open green space of any major
UK city. In the bid Bristol City Council pledged to support communities
decision making about local parks and green spaces.
1. Considering the potential damage next years 500k cut to park service
budgets will cause, can the Mayor, and Green Party Councillor Gus Hoyt
- the cabinet member responsible for parks, assure the residents of
Windmill Hill that they will support communities' decision making, that
the quality and quantity of maintenance will continue in their parks and
green spaces and that Victoria Park will not lose its beloved park keeper
either during Green Capital 2015 and any subsequent year?