community Council Minutes 18/12/2003

7. FEEDBACK FROM COMMUNITY COUNCILLORS

SC reported that approx. 60 enquiries had been made to date from residents in Craigmarloch interested in Broadband.

MO reported that the Draft Orders for the proposed A80 upgrade would be published tomorrow, Friday 19 Dec. Copies would be available for inspection at Fleming House and the local libraries. Objections had to be lodged by 18 February 2004.
It was suggested that JAG should request each Community Council object to these proposals and that AM should raise this issue at the next meeting of the Association.

AM reported on the last meeting of the Association, which had focussed on education issues in Cumbernauld. Representing Craigmarloch CC, he had requested that consideration be given to re-zoning non-denominational children living in Craigmarloch to Cumbernauld Primary School. He also advised that the next meeting of Cumbernauld Community Forum would be an AGM with new office bearers being elected. It was agreed that BK and AC would represent Craigmarloch CC at this meeting, scheduled for 13 January 2004.

AGENDA ITEM AND CONTENT	ACTION POINTS
INTRODUCTIONS The 4^th meeting of the 2003/2004 session was opened by the Chair, BK It was noted that only one resident was in attendance. He was invited to join us around the table! It was agreed that in future years we would not hold a public meeting during the month of December.	AP1/4 AC
2. APOLOGIES Apologies were received from Michael Crainie, Chris Kay, Iain Bennett, Councillor Barry McCulloch and the Community Police Officers
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING The minutes of the 2^nd meeting of 2003/2004 were reviewed. 2 minor amendments were agreed. AP9/2 - should read "may be included" and not "will be included" in refurbishment plan Community Councils feedback (Town Park) - JT and BK had walked through the Town Park area. On a separate occasion, JT and SC had taken part in another special event within the Town Park area AC proposed adoption of the minutes and this was seconded by AM
4. TREASURER’S REPORT It was agreed that JT will present a financial report at the January meeting
MATTERS ARISING FROM PREVIOUS MINUTES AP9/2 – Path at Craigmarloch Lodge - no change AC AP4/5 – Community Centre – no change AC AP2/7 – McBride Property/NLC – no change AC AP2/8 Broadband – Present position is that broadband is not available in Craigmarloch. This has been explained in both the winter newsletter and on our web site – ongoing AC AP1/9 Local Plan – ongoing AC AP1/1 Bus shelters Glen Fyne Road – ongoing AC AP2/1 Pond Pump – no reply as yet AC AP3/1 Tesco Car park maintenance – no progress to report AC AP4/1 Neighbourhood Watch – now included in 2004 Community Action Plan AC
6. SECRETARY’S REPORT AC tabled various items of correspondence which would be circulated to councillors for information. Other matters reported: - Leaflets had now been received from Strathclyde Police regarding bogus workmen. It was agreed that these should be distributed with the Spring Newsletter A letter has been sent to factors Hacking and Paterson, inviting them to attend either our January or February meeting Several emails had been received in response to minutes posted on the website. These included issues about factoring, vandalism at the pond area and school zoning After discussion, it was agreed that SC should respond to these on behalf of the Community Council via the web site It was further agreed that on the issue of factors and the responsibilities of NLC, the Secretary should write to the Community Services Dept regarding area boundaries within Craigmarloch.	AP2/4 AC AP3/4 SC AP4/4 AC
7. FEEDBACK FROM COMMUNITY COUNCILLORS SC reported that approx. 60 enquiries had been made to date from residents in Craigmarloch interested in Broadband. MO reported that the Draft Orders for the proposed A80 upgrade would be published tomorrow, Friday 19 Dec. Copies would be available for inspection at Fleming House and the local libraries. Objections had to be lodged by 18 February 2004. It was suggested that JAG should request each Community Council object to these proposals and that AM should raise this issue at the next meeting of the Association. AM reported on the last meeting of the Association, which had focussed on education issues in Cumbernauld. Representing Craigmarloch CC, he had requested that consideration be given to re-zoning non-denominational children living in Craigmarloch to Cumbernauld Primary School. He also advised that the next meeting of Cumbernauld Community Forum would be an AGM with new office bearers being elected. It was agreed that BK and AC would represent Craigmarloch CC at this meeting, scheduled for 13 January 2004.	AP5/4 MO AP6/4 AM AP7/4 BK/AC
8. COUNCILLOR GORDON MURRAY Councillor Murray advised that a special meeting between the North Area Committee and the North Lanarkshire Health Board was to take place on Friday 9 January 2004 and encouraged our Community Council to be represented. He also encouraged the Community Council to get involved with the new Community Forum that would be reconstituted in January.
9. A.O.C.B. A discussion took place regarding the arrangements put in place by the Community Services Dept of NLC during the cleansing workers dispute. The general consensus was that these arrangements had worked reasonable well Appreciation was expressed for Christmas cards received from Cathie Craigie, MSP and Councillor Gordon Murray Final arrangements were discussed for the Christmas Event planned for Saturday 20 December 2003 A proposal to extend Auchenbee Nursery had been advertised in the local press. AC agreed to write to NLC Planning Dept to obtain further details before any action was considered	AP8/4 AC
10. DATES OF NEXT MEETINGS The dates for the next meetings are as follows: - Thursday 15 January 2004 at 7.30pm Thursday 19 February 2004 at 7.30pm Thursday 18 March 2004 at 7.30pm NB There will be no interim meeting during January 2004