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Monuments and Place Names Working Group Report

 

 

Meeting: 15/12/2020 - Cabinet (Item 13)

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Minutes:

Background:

 

This report explained that, following agreement of a motion by Full Council on 16 July 2020, a Monuments and Place Names Working Group had been established to consider monuments and place names in Medway. The report presented the outcome of the Working Group’s work.

 

The report advised that the Working Group had met on three occasions and had produced a final report on 17 November 2020, which was attached as Appendix A to the Cabinet report.

 

This report had been considered by the Business Support Overview and Scrutiny Committee on 26 November 2020. The comments of this Committee were set out at section 5 of the report.

 

A Diversity Impact Assessment (DIA) had been carried out in relation to the proposals, as set out at Appendix B to the report.

 

Decision number:

Decision:

The Cabinet noted the comments of the Business Support

Overview and Scrutiny Committee set out as section 5 of the report.

 

171/2020

The Cabinet agreed to rename the Sir John Hawkins car park to “St John’s Car Park.”

 

Reasons:

 

Sir John Hawkins has links to the slave trade and the cross-party Working Group recommends the changing of the name to something that is more in keeping with Medway’s cultural heritage and future.