Community Council minutes 21/04/2005

AGENDA ITEM AND CONTENT	ACTION POINTS
1. INTRODUCTION Our eighth meeting of session 2004/2005 was opened at 7.30 p.m. by our Vice Chair, MO. Welcome was extended to all attendees.
2. APOLOGIES Apologies were received from Mr Barney Kinsler, Ms Laura Corner and Councillor B McCulloch.
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING Copies of the minutes of the last meeting were available to all meeting attendees, who were given time to read and digest. The minutes were accepted as being an accurate account of the meeting, nominated by Ms Marion Young and seconded by Ms Jo Brown.
4. MATTERS ARISING FROM PREVIOUS MINUTES
5. COMMUNITY POLICE REPORT Constable Scott and Constable Millar attended the meeting. No serious incidents have been reported during the past month – a computer glitch prevented printing of local crime statistics. JB raised a recent incident at TESCO during which a window of the video shop had been broken. Constables Scott and Millar will investigate. Constable Scott informed the meeting that advice had been given to the managers of all the shops to contact the police immediately youths begin to congregate in the area. It may be that the incident was not reported despite the above advice. MO thanked both constables for their help during the Easter event on behalf of the community.
6. AOCB Well done to Ailsa and Jean who completed a 6k run at Strathclyde Park. We do not have a date for the re-introduction of the X3 service to Craigmarloch. First Bus have only said that the service will resume during May.
7. Feedback from Easter event/ Looking forward to Summer The Easter event was very successful with many children participating and having a great time despite the cold. Thanks to everyone who helped to make the event a success.
8. O2 Phone Mast O2 have proposed a mast on a new site on the Balloch side of the Craigmarloch roundabout behind the bus stop. They have written to us to ask for our comments on their proposal and have asked us to indicate whether we would oppose an application. The new site is not in Craigmarloch and so we will not be objecting to any application but it is not appropriate for us to support the proposal as the site is in Balloch and is therefore a matter for Balloch Community council and residents. We will continue with our proposed lobby of MSP’s asking for a reconsideration of the health risk posed by masts in light of recent new research.
9. Planning/Town Park We have received a reply to our request for information about the criteria for disposing of land designated as part of the Town Park by the local plan. The reply was disappointing as it did not really address the questions we posed. Pete Reid (from the the floor) made a number of suggestions about how we should proceed; Make a request under the Freedom of Information Act for information about the capital programme asset disposal plans for the Craigmarloch area over the next 5 – 10 years, It is likely that land will be made available to community groups or churches regardless of current plans, The district valuer assesses the value of land taking into account current use – open parkland is valued lower than land for residential use, What is the legal status of the Town Park land? If it is land held for the common good it can’t be disposed of. If it is not we should try to achieve this status for the land. The current status of the land will depend on the details of the transfer from CDC,
10. Treasurer’s Report Books have gone to the auditor. Craigmarloch Community Council Financial Report as at 21 Apr 05 Bank Account Opening/Closing Balance 1054.01 (Administration funds = £243.01 + Community funds = £811.00) Petty Cash Opening Balance 317.25 26 Mar - Easter Eggs 35.89 30 Mar - Newsletter 50.00 85.89 Closing Balance 231.36 (Administration funds = £132.72 + Community funds =£98.64) Community Funds In Bank 811.00 In Cash 98.64 Total 909.64
11. Secretary’s Report Correspondence received was made available to the meeting and included; Reply from the Scottish Executive to our objection to the M80 Upgrade, Craigmarloch Lodge will be upgraded and have applied for planning permission to change their signage. Examples of the new signage were viewed by the meeting. The sign on the roundabout is much larger that before and may be a distraction to drivers. AC will write to object to this sign. Invitation to join Green’s Gym, More information has arrived about the Trafalgar Weekend. The organisers would like us to light a beacon and organise a community event on 21 st October. Local council newssheet, Various letters from Gordon Murray, A DVD – Your Council, Your Services, Central Scotland Woodland Trust are providing training in conserving community woodland.
12. Feedback from Community Councillors SC The number of visits to the website are increasing each month. AC Three community councillors attended the Community Forum Planning Day. All five topics were covered in discussion sessions. The Planning department will write a summary report for circulation to attendees and local councillors. MO The executive reply to our objection to the A80 upgrade is a standard letter which includes a request that we withdraw our objection. JAG has a CD- Rom presentation showing the A80 upgrade route and the proposed Kelvin Valley route. It is clear from the presentation that the current plan has many deficiencies and that the Kelvin Valley route is mostly on previous industrial/commercial or derelict land. We intend to show the presentation at a public meeting.
14. Councillor G. Murray Cllr Murray informed the us that meetings for councillors to discuss the five planning topics had recently started and will continue over the next few weeks.
12. DATE OF NEXT MEETING The date for the next meeting is as follows: 7.30 p.m., Thursday, 19 th May 2005, at Auchinbee Nursery.

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