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Minutes of Pairc Community Council Meeting 2
CC Minutes from September 2009 to current
Minutes of meeting held on Wednesday 2nd June 2010 at Tigh Ceilidh, Gravir
Members present: D MacLeod, P Bailey, K Bailey, P Blake Cllr P McLean, K Macleod
Members of the public: A Kennedy, K Kennedy, E Newall, I N Campbell
The Chairman P Bailey opened the meeting and thanked all for coming.
1) Apologies: M Alston, Z Brown, M Campbell, H Blake, N Campbell, Green Shoots, Recreation Hall Steering Group.
2) Approval of minutes: Proposed P Blake, Seconded K Macleod
3) Amendments: No changes
4) Matters Arising:
A) Pairc Trust: Cllr P Maclean has declined the offer of being co-opted onto Pairc Trust board of directors, due to the fact that declarations of interest could exclude him from CnES decisions. After discussion it was agreed that Pairc Community Council were happy with the current set-up ie M Black report back on Pairc Trust business also P Bailey declined the offer because he does not have the time, and will write to chairman of Pairc Trust to inform them.
B) Broad band: Cllr P Maclean has had no up date so far
C) CnES Cuts: Cllr P Maclean stated that CnES had to make cuts this year of £1.2 million. Next year it will be £5.8 million and £5.4 million the year after. He also reported that CnES are looking for voluntary redundancies at this stage.
5) Pairc Recreation Hall: Apologises sent for not being able to attend the meeting.
An e mail update sent as below.“ It was proposed that the Steering group gave a presentation to the CC this meeting. We were hoping to have various options lined up to introduce to the community, but for various reasons we have not arrived at this point yet. We would therefore like to defer our presentation until the next CC meeting after the summer.” 6) Waste Aware: Iain Norman Campbell, Waste Aware Coordinator for the Western Isles, gave a presentation• Fence wire. CnES will provide a community skip for old fence wire the fence post must be removed first and the wire flattened as much as possible. The form for this can be obtained from Waste Aware Office, Creed Park. This will save community skips being filled up to quickly. • Monitored sites are being shelved due to financial constraints.• Village clean up scheme: this scheme is still on the go Villages will get between £50 /£150 depending on the size of the skip. Apply to Waste Aware, Creed Park• Scrap cars: CnES no longer run a free scheme for uplifting scrap cars. A number of old scrap cars has been reported in the Glen Gravir. P Bailey to liaise with I N Campbell about a skip should enough residents come forward to help• Recycling trial betweenBarvas Brue and Tarbert may go island wide if successful. 7) Challenge Fund: An application from Orinsay Village Association for a bio diversity plan was received. This met with approval of the Pairc Community Council Action: K Bailey to write informing Orinsay Village Association of there success for the Community Challenge Fund and dates for the application form to be returned to the Chairman of Pairc Community Council 8) Green Shoots: Apologises sent for not being able to attend the meeting. An e mail update sent as below.
A bank account has been set up and the cheque from the community council has been put in to the account. The office bearers at present on the committee are Emma Mackenzie, Victoria Miles and Mairi Campbell. If anyone requires any information regarding the poly tunnel, to contact one on these people. The committee had a meeting recently with Mr Andrew Reeves in the Pairc School. A lot of things were discussed at this meeting and We are happy to say that things will be progressing in the coming months. We have looked at the site in which the poly tunnel is going to be situated and decided to contact Gordon and lain who would be constructing the poly tunnel for us to meet with Mr Andrew Reeves. I have heard that this meeting went well and that he will be putting poles in to see how rocky/ secure the ground is and has named a company in which we should order the poly tunnel from. At the meeting with Mr Andrew Reeves we discussed community access to the poly tunnel within school hours, he has stated that this is not a problem and anyone could do this as long as the person has had a disclosure done so that they are able to gain access to the poly tunnel. Disclosures would be done through the school. Once disclosured they will be able to go to the poly tunnel any time of day as long as they signed in at the school first to say they are on the premises. A community meeting will be held in the coming weeks and notices will be put up for all who are interested in this to attend. If anyone has any more questions to contact one of the committee members where their questions will be answered
9) Medical Practice: Dr Ward was invited to the meeting to give an update on the progress made so far it was reported to date that there was no response to this request from Dr Ward. The e mail received below gives an up-date on the situation
"There is currently no proposal to merge practices. What the Board of NHS WI have asked me to do is to investigate the possibility of merging the two practices with an existing practice. There are many possible benefits of such a development which have been discussed by email, in print and at locality meetings.
The localities have been asked for their input into the process in terms of what additional service improvements they would wish to see and from verbal feedback at meetings this has been included in the document sent by Mrs Mckee to the three interested practices.
There has been a view stated that we should not explore this possibility and revert to our existing model however as I have been asked to follow through this process by the Board that is the piece of work that will be concluded.
No other significant suggestions have emerged following my letter of 18-5-10, however the feedback from a series of meetings with communities has significantly shaped the process to date.
I think the time to focus on proposed changes will be once / if we actually have a robust proposal to take forward. This, as mentioned previously will be in June and two outcomes will follow;
1. No robust proposal; Progress to advertise for salaried doctors on a like for like basis.
2. Robust Proposal; Commence detailed process of community engagement.
Action It was decided that we would take no further action until Dr Ward has anything else to tell us and we will wait to hear the outcome of his proposals.
10) Correspondence: A letter received on the night from Mr Macritchie. He will no longer be cutting the grass in the Play Park, but will continue to clear up around the community skips.
AOCB:
Play Park: The grass is in desperate need of cutting.
Action: K Macleod to ask Gary Carr if he would cut the grass
Habost: List of items that are needed in Habost/Kershader:-
Bus Shelter ( Habost only - Kershader has one )
Sign indicating village entrance ( Habost - Eastern approach from Kershader )
Speed limit of 40 mph or less for both townships
Action Cllr P Maclean to investigate and report back
Meeting closed 9:20 pm
Next meeting Wednesday 1st September 7:30pm in the Tigh Ceilidh, Gravir
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DRAFT Minutes of meeting held on Wednesday 5th May 2010 at Tigh Ceilidh, Gravir
Members present:
D MacLeod, P Bailey, D A Macleod, K Bailey, P Blake, M Black, H Blake Cllr P McLean, N Campbell, K Macleod
Members of the public: T Smith, A D Smith, G Kershaw, K Kennedy, J Randall,s Mortimore, I Begg, A McDowall, E Mackenzie, T Begg, K McDowall, R Gambier, I Nicolson, D Macdonald, S O’Drisceal
The Chairman P Bailey opened the meeting and thanked all for coming.
1. Apologies: M Alston, Z Brown, M Campbell
2. Approval of minutes: Proposed D Macleod, Seconded. D A Macleod
3. Amendments: No changes
4. Matters Arising:
A) Broadband: Cllr P Maclean said the papers are now lodged with Simon Frazers
B) Bus Timetables: J Randall did not know if these timetables had been placed in Ravenspoint.
Action: Cllr P Maclean will chase this up
C) Gravir Practice: On the issue of broadband T Smith stated the Doctors surgery does have a secure broadband line.
D) ASCC: Cllr P Maclean contacted CnES concerning a dedicated computer. CnES replied as follows: We have no obligation to but would agree that would be nice to be able to but resources simply don't permit at the moment.
The support that we provide is in the form of the admin and social grants (total of £1K per annum), procedural advice on request and membership fee of national association to allow advice to be sought there and documents such as one you mention accessed.
A McDowall asked what the computer was for and when explained Pairc Community Council needed a dedicated computer, he stated that he thought Erisort Trust might have a spare computer, and he would look into this and ask the other board members if they could give to Pairc Community Council.
5) Pairc Trust
At this point Chairman P Bailey handed the meeting over to Vice Chairman D Macleod in the interest of openness and transparency.
A McDowall Chairman of Pairc Trust read out a statement from Pairc Trust
Would Pairc Community Council send a letter of support for Pairc Trust part 3 buy out?
Pairc Trust offered to co-opt Chairman Pairc Community Council and local Cllr P Maclean to the Pairc Trust board of directors.
P Bailey declined the offer and Cllr Maclean said he would seek legal position from CnES on this.
The question was raised did it have to be the Chairman of Pairc Community Council. Pairc Trust confirmed this co-opted position was for the chairman only, and would be reviewed at their AGM in August.
When asked about reporting back to the Pairc Community Council and community, it was stated that there would be a few occasions when this was not possible because of confidentiality.
D Macleod read out Community Council Code of Conduct:
You have a duty to establish and reflect, through the Community Council, the views of the community as a whole, on any issue, irrespective of personal opinion.
He also read out a passage from Community Council last minutes: It was agreed that Pairc Community Council would not respond on behalf of the residents wishing to object and would not be taking any further action in this consultation
Member of Public stated surely the role of Pairc Community Council should be concentrated on ensuring all issues in the area i.e. roads, doctors services, etc are addressed and this should be their primary concern to make CnES aware of these types of issues.
The community sees the Pairc Community Council as their first point of contact with CnES on these issues.
Member of Public wanted to know why the Pairc Trust whose remit was to buy the land for the community feel the need to involve itself in Pairc Community Council business whose remit is totally different ie to look after the community and why Pairc Trust do not just concentrate on their remit.
After a lengthy discussion P Blake stated that based on the inability or refusal of PT to qualify there rebuttal of PE we could/should not proceed until they can clarify the situation
During the meeting Community Council member K Macleod asked the Pairc Trust on a number of occasions to issue an apology for their media statements. Two directors of Pairc Trust gave personnel apologise to P Bailey for any distress caused.
At this point the meeting had over run standing orders. . It was decided to adjourn the meeting until the following week when Pairc Community Council would decide its position on writing a letter of support for Pairc Trust .
The meeting was handed back to chairman P Bailey
Action K Bailey to book Tigh Ceilidh
Meeting closed 9:20 pm
Next meeting Wednesday 12th May 7:30pm in the Tigh Ceilidh, Gravir
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Minutes of meeting held on Wednesday 7th April 2010 at Tigh Ceilidh, Gravir
Members present:
D MacLeod, P Bailey, D A Macleod, K Bailey, M Campbell, M Black, H Blake Cllr P McLean,
Members of the public: B Lomas, K Kennedy,J Randall.
The Chairman P Bailey opened the meeting and thanked all for coming.
1. Apologies: P Blake, M Alston, Z Brown.
2. Approval of minutes: Proposed D Macleod, Seconded. D A Macleod
3. Amendments: No changes
4. Matters Arising:
A) Play Park: Has now been inspected and is open to the public.
B) Roads/Gritting: still ongoing and the sweeper has been out.
C) Broadband: Cllr P Maclean said the Comhairle solicitors are still drawing up the legal agreements.
Action: Cllr P Maclean to give update at next meeting
D) Bus Timetables: These should available in Ravenspoint but none will be put in the bus shelter
E) CAM: The Steering Group is now in place and will report to the community at a later stage.
F) Gravir Practice: Following a meeting of the Locality Group in Kinloch, attended by P.Bailey,Finella Morrison, Lead Nurse, Community Health. also in attendance at this meeting stated that no further action or consultation would take place until after the Election
5. ASCC: This should be looked into to see what help CnES can give to the Community Council. K Bailey did state that a previous PCC did have a dedicated computer.
Action: Cllr P McLean to look into getting a dedicated computer for PCC.
Erisort Trust: D Macleod attended a meeting last month and reported that D Morrison would if requested report any Erisort Trust issues at community council meetings.
Action: After discussion , it was agreed that, as D Macleod is our representative we are happy to allow him to liaise on our behalf and report back.6. MIR on LDP: Chair asked for feedback on the consultation before responding.
D.A. Macleod asked for a Meeting Hall in Marvig to be included. It was agreed chair would fill in the response
P Bailey to action
7. Treasurers Report: M Campbell brought the books the meeting. After discussion it was agreed the books were in order and PCC would be able to give a donation to Pairc Social Club the sum of £200. And £50 to Bethesda.
Action: M Campbell to speak to Green Shoots to transfer money held in account for them, and P Bailey to contact Lemreway Association to transfer money held for them.
Action: M Campbell to take books in for auditing and get form from bank to change signatories.
10. Correspondence: Invoice for Play Park Inspection was given to Treasurer.
An e-mail from Ken Gray was read out. It was explained that this was in response to an earlier e-mail sent to Ken Gray asking for the PCC’s position with regard to requests from residents, asking PCC to object on their behalf to the Part 3 buy out consultations.
Ken Gray stated that only responses with a valid name and address would be considered, and these would be passed on to PT.
It was agreed that PCC would not respond on behalf of the residents wishing to object and would not be taking any further action in this consultation, but any member of the community including members of PCC could respond in a personal capacity. P Bailey stated he would be sending a personal objection.
11. AOCB: B Lomas asked if all the chippings at the Caversta Quarry had been removed for those groups who needed some. Green shoots have not removed any as yet. The Play Park has had what they needed. D Macleod asked B Lomas if there were contractors working at the quarry as some were seen a little while ago. B Lomas stated that the quarry was closed.
D Macleod asked J Randall Pairc Trust, if we could believe the article in the news paper saying Pairc Trust was intending to use community benefit to buy the estate. J Randall’s answer was that this will be discussed at the Pairc Trust Public meeting a week Friday but nothing at the moment was ruled in or out.
B Lomas stated that he has been in talks with PT for the last 2 yrs trying for an amicable agreement he also stated that Pairc Trust have had £140,000 at least of public money. They did not apply for Big Lottery Fund even though this was held open for an extra 6 months for them, and all it needed was the application
All types of grants and government funding have dried up now and it is unlikely Pairc Trust will be able to afford land buy out.
J Randall responded that he would refute all B Lomas said but this PCC meeting was not the time or place to discuss this as there was a Pairc Trust public meeting on Friday16th April
Meeting closed at 8.40 pm
Next meeting Wednesday 5th May 7:30pm in the Tigh Ceilidh, Gravir
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Minutes of meeting held on Wednesday 3rd March 2010 at Tigh Ceilidh, Gravir
Members present: N Campbell, K MacLeod, D MacLeod, P Bailey, D A Macleod. K Bailey M Campbell, Cllr P McLean.
Members of the public: R Gambier, A D Smith
The Chairman P Bailey opened the meeting and thanked all for coming.
1. Apologies:, P Blake M Alston, Z Brown, H Blake, Cllr Munro, Cllr C Macdonald.
2. Approval of minutes 03/02/10: Proposed D Macleod, Seconded N Campbell.
Approval of minutes – MP meeting: Proposed P Bailey, Seconded Cllr P Maclean
3. Amendments: No changes
4. Matters Arising:
a) Play Park: It was agreed Z Brown and M Campbell would look after the play park.
Action: Z Brown to contact D Nicolson to have an inspection carried out and report back at next meeting.
b) Roads/Gritting: Many complaints have been received over the state of the roads and damage to cars and windscreens. Cllr P Maclean said all Cllr’s have had complaints from the public over this issue. This has been raised at CnES and they say the roads are twice as bad this year because of the bad winter weather.
Action: Cllr P Maclean to ask CnES about road sweeping to try and get rid of the chips on the road causing broken windscreens.
c) Park Trust: Park Trust and Park Estate have issued press releases.
Action: Both to be sent out to all members.
d) Erisort Trust: N Campbell received nomination papers and is now Vice Chairman on the board. After discussion it was decided that due to P. Blake’s leave of absence D Macleod would now represent PCC.
Action: K Bailey spoke to N Campbell to ascertain this change would be reported to Erisort Trust at their next meeting.
e) Broadband: It was reported that Pairc School did have broadband but not a secure site.
Action: Cllr P Maclean to get in touch with D Morrison tomorrow 4th March 2010 to ascertain the situation and report back ASAP. If situation needs K Bailey will then contact B Lomas
f) ASCC: postponed to a later date
5. Appoint Treasurer: As P Blake has stepped down from being treasurer a new treasurer was needed. After a brief discussion M Campbell agreed to take up this post. Chairman thanked Mairi and assured her that she would receive all help and support from the other members.
Action: Cllr P Maclean to look into funding on an accounts course.
P Bailey to get books from P Blake
6. : Gravir Practice: After discussion it was decided PCC should be more pro-active about a salaried doctor, and it was agreed by all present that a petition would be a good idea. The petition to will be sent to the Health Board by the middle of the month in the first instance
Action: K.Bailey to do all the donkey work.
7. Bus Timetables: D Smart got back to Cllr P Maclean and stated that a request service would be available to Lemreway/Orinsay on the summer timetable.
Action: Cllr P Maclean to contact D Smart again and ask to see next winters draft timetable to ensure a request bus was in place on Saturdays.
8. Charity Requests: Two requests for money were received one from Bethesda and one from Gravir Association. After discussion it was decided to wait and get the accounts books before a decision could be made. If there was enough spare money it was decided to give some to both groups. Cllr P Maclean did state that he will give Pairc Social Group Ward fund money in April.
9. Correspondence:
* An Email from B Lomas was read, out asking if any groups in the area had projects to forward. It was agreed to pass on B Lomas’s details to interested parties. It was further agreed to send B. Lomas a copy of our minutes.
* Main Issues Report on LDP: Report received from CnES. Any ideas will be reported back at our next meeting so we can respond to the report by the 23rd April.
* MP’s letter’s Alasdair Allan has written to Voda Phone and Orange the reply he received was that neither company had intentions of putting new masts in the area.
* Email from M Burr to Cllr P.Maclean stated that the road repairs to the Lemreway road, consisted of minor repair to the corner at the quarry.
10. AOCB:
a) Community Asset Management: P Bailey explained he went to a meeting about this on PCC behalf. Paul then explained what CAM was and the fact that at the meeting it was decided that a steering group would be set up. Due to the fact that a decision was taken on the night, this did not give P Bailey enough time to discuss with other members of PCC the ramifications of CAM. On behalf of PCC, the Chairman voted against the post of asset manager, this decision was ratified at the meeting.
Action: P Bailey to write a letter to HIE voicing our concerns and dissatisfaction.
b) It was bought to the attention of the CC that the speed limit through Kershader is too fast at 60mph as there is a Shop, Hostel and Nursery.
Action: This has been noted.
c) Bus Timetable: There is no bus timetable in the bus shelter at Ravenspoint
Action: Cllr P Maclean to deal with this
Meeting closed at 9:10 pm
Next meeting Wednesday April at 7:30pm in the Tigh Ceilidh, Gravir
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Minutes of meeting held on wednesday 2nd December 2009 at Storlann Kershader
Members present: N Campbell, D MacLeod, P Bailey, P Blake, K Bailey
The Chairman P Bailey opened the meeting and thanked all for coming.
1) Apologies: D A Macleod, M Alston, Z Brown, H Blake, Cllr P Maclean, Cllr M Munro, M Black, H Blake
2) Approval of minutes: Proposed P Blake, Seconded P Bailey
3) Amendments: No changes
4) Matters Arising:
a. Notice Boards: Alison has agreed to do the maintenance on the notice boards when weather gets better at a cost of appx. £200
b. Play Park: P Blake still waiting on swing seat.
5) Meeting with MP’s: It was agreed to follow a set agenda.
Topics agreed as follows:
Wind farms
Crofting
Road tax
Broadband
Fuel prices
Mobile phone service
Hebridean housing partnership
Proposed community purchase of the local estate
Questions from the floor
We further agreed there would be a time limit on each item.
6) Treasurers report: P Blake still waiting to get books back from audit.
7) Roads and gritting: the current state of the roads was discussed in depth
Action: Philip to investigate and keeps us informed
8) ASCC: it was agreed that as not all members present this would be discussed at a later meeting.
9) Park Trust: Ballot box count
Action: N Campbell to phone CnES and find out if PCC can have a representative at the official count.
10) Erisort Trust: It was reported that nomination forms for the board of directors are hard to get.
Action: P Blake to try to get nomination forms from Erisort Trust and forward to N Campbell.
Meeting closed at 8:45 pm
Next meeting Wednesday 3rd Feb 2010 at 7:30pm in the Tigh Ceilidh, Gravir
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DRAFT
Minutes of meeting held on Wednesday 4th November 2009 at Tigh Ceilidh, Gravir
Members present: N. Campbell, Z. Brown P. Bailey, P. Blake. Cllr P. Mclean, H. Blake
In attendance: John Randall
Members of the Public: Paul Mahon
The Chairman P. Bailey opened the meeting and thanked all for coming.
1. Apologies: D A Macleod, M. Alston, K. Bailey, K. Macleod, D. Macleod, M. Campbell, Cllr M. Munro
2. Approval of minutes: Proposed P. Blake, Seconded N. Campbell
3. Amendments: No changes
4. Matters Arising:
A) Welcome to Pairc Sign: Cllr P. Mclean has requested that the sign is moved.
B) Play Park: P. Blake waiting for inspection to be carried out. One or two items
of snagging required. Waiting for the swing seat.
Action: N. Campbell to organise sand. P. Blake to provide Mairi’s brother with paint and accessories.
5. Ravenspoint
John Randall made it quite clear to the meeting that he valued the support of PCC. He went on to update the meeting on the current development work:
a.) The building of the porch should be completed by Christmas
b.) Progressing the renewable energy scheme of 2 5kw wind turbines on the croft adjacent to the building.
c.) Insulating the building at an estimated cost of £100K 90% of which it is hoped will come from funding (Community energy Scotland and CNES).
d.) Extending the building towards the loch at a cost of £150K
Action: P. Bailey and P. Mclean to liaise with J. Randall with respect to a letter of support from PCC and Cllr Mclean.
6. Pairc Trust
John Randall gave a summary of the current situation concerning the proposed buyout of the Pairc estate. Due to the number of delays since 2004 the community will have to be re-balloted in order to invoke Part III of the Land Reform Act 2003. It is hoped that dialogue will continue with Mr Lomas but at this stage the PT have no option but to prepare for a ‘hostile’ buyout. It is hoped that the ballot can take place before the end of the year.
7. Gravir School Poly Tunnel
It was reported that Barry Lomas had given permission for aggregate to be taken from the Caversta quarry. A committee has been set up to take charge of the project: Green Shoots Poly Tunnel Association. Chairman is Emma Mackenzie. It is hoped that there will be a public meeting some time in the near future.
Action: P. Bailey to send Z. Brown a copy of B. Lomas’s e-mail.
8. PCC Archive Storage
P. Bailey reported that there is a large amount of archive material that requires safe storage. P. Blake said that he would be able to organise storage of older documents at the Marybank store.
Action: P. Blake and P. Bailey to organise the uplift of archive items to the Marybank depot.
9. Local Development Plan
Any responses to be return to the chairman for input to the plan, are required by 19/12/09
Action: P. Bailey to e-mail all with suggestions for the Pairc area.
10. Meeting with MSP & MP
Meeting to go ahead on 7/12/09. It was suggested that questions should be collected from the community and addressed through the Chair at the meeting.
Action: P.Bailey to e-mail all members of PCC and organise notices for community notice boards. Gravir school hall to be booked.
11. AOCB
A) A meeting is to take place on 12/11/09 @ 19.30 at Gravir School concerning the sports hall project. All are invited to attend.
B) D. Macleod has undertaken some repairs of community notice boards. Alison Newman has been asked for a quote for the paint. D. Macleod to progress this.
Meeting closed at 21.00
Next meeting Wednesday 4th December 2009 at 7:30pm in the Tigh Ceilidh, Gravir
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Minutes of meeting held on Wednesday 7th October 2009 at Tigh Ceilidh, Gravir
Members present: N Campbell, K MacLeod, D MacLeod, P Bailey, P Blake. M Campbell, Cllr P McLean.
In attendance: Ken Roddy MacKay [Area Community Coordinator].
The Chairman P Bailey opened the meeting and thanked all for coming.
1. Apologies: D A Macleod, M Alston, Z Brown, H Blake, K Bailey
2. Approval of minutes: Proposed P Blake, Seconded N Campbell
3. Amendments: No changes
4. Matters Arising:
A) Welcome to Pairc Sign: Cllr P. MacLean informed the meeting of the fact that the present placing of the sign was agreed by a previous Community Council and its placing reflected the Community Council boundary. After discussion, it was agreed by all present to ask for the sign to be moved closer to the Balallan turn.
Action: Cllr P. MacLean will inform Donald MacRae we would like the sign moved and will forward this issue.
B) Play Park: After a tremendous effort in volunteering time and expertise by N Campbell, P Blake, K Bailey, M Campbell, P Bailey and Z Brown and D Macleod the majority of the remedial work to bring the park up to safety standards has now been carried out.
There are still some outstanding items to be rectified; after strimming the area P Blake reported several holes still require infill. N Campbell has volunteered to deal-time permitting. A new swing seat is required-this is on order and should be fitted in the near future. Mairi’s brother has confirmed he can carry out the necessary paintwork when we get the Hammerite metal paint and Creosote for the fencing. Treasurer will make sure we have sufficient funds to pay for the work.
Action: P Blake to have an inspection carried out before the next meeting to allow the Play Park to be reopened in the near future.
C) Regeneration Fund: Chairman read out a letter sent to Erisort Trading (Aline) Ltd advising them of the fact they would need to contact Kinloch Community Council for funding from the CRF as Aline Forest does not come under the remit of this Community Council.
T. Smith e-mailed a copy of the Client Enquiry Form and Information Pack submitted for consideration of funding from the CRF to help fund the Gravir Sports Hall. This pack includes the letter of support from Pairc Community Council. A meeting will be convened soon after the holidays inviting all relevant parties.
5. Local Development Plan – Giving your views:
The Area Community Coordinator, Ken Roddy MacKay Gave all present advice on the above consultation process taking place at the moment.
To be included in the Main Issues Report (MIR), all views have to be returned by 19th October 2009 to CnES.
Some of the issues we need to be putting forward as proposals;
• Housing; Ribbon or Cluster in type
• Housing types: single or two storey etc.
• Development inside and outside the village boundaries;
• The implications of development with regard to Transmission Lines and Wind Generators;
• New village facilities – halls, sports fields or general amenities;
• Services – water, electricity, etc;
• Broadband;
• Mobile telephone network;
• Development of the Piers etc;
• Crofts, Disused or Abandoned housing, affordable housing in the area;
• Development of nature trails etc.
After discussion it was agreed that due to time constraints we would not be making any input suggestions to the MIR, but would wait instead for the publication of the Main Issues Report in February 2010 and respond at this stage of the consultation.
Further to the above, the Chairman will contact Pairc Trust to enquire as to their actions on this subject to avoid duplication.
Action: P Bailey to contact PT and this item to be put on the Agenda for the next meeting.
6. Date for meeting with MP’s
Chairman read out correspondence between the Clerk K Bailey and Parliamentary Assistant Alan Masterton.
Due to the fact that the initial date of the meeting with Alasdair Allan MSP and Angus B MacNeil MP falls on the same evening as the Angus MacLeod Memorial Lecture, it was agreed to reschedule our meeting with Alasdair and Angus.
Action: As both MP’s are only available on Monday or Friday, it was agreed to ask the Clerk to contact Alan Masterton and arrange a meeting with either separately or both at the same time for any Monday or Friday in the near future. The venue will also be agreed by the Clerk to speed up the process.
7. Correspondence
A) Co-Chomunn na Pairc. Chair voiced his disappointment over the Chairman’s Report referring to the facilitating by PCC and the further approval by CnES of the £12,168 from the Communities Regeneration Fund as a “modest grant”, this sum represents a significant depletion in the communities funding and did not even merit an acknowledgement or note of thanks.
B) Association of Scottish Community Councils. P Blake took this information and will action as he sees fit.
C) Caversta Quarry. Barry Lomas has approved the removal of stone for the Play Park, but we are still awaiting his decision on the removal of circa 40 Ton of stone for the Poly Tunnel Project. We will not know his decision until after Barry discusses the requirements of the Lochs Agricultural Show with said Committee.
8. AOCB
D MacLeod reported the concerns of the parents of a 5 year old child required to walk a distance to catch the school bus.
Action: D MacLeod to tell the parents to contact Cllr P MacLean on this matter and also to put in an appeal to CnES.
N Campbell asked Ken Roddy for information regarding the Erisort Trust.
Ken Roddy gave a brief resume, current Directors being: D Philips, I MacLeod, A MacDowall, D Morrison and P Blake.
Action: P Blake to find out when the next scheduled meeting will take place and report back at our next meeting.
P Blake reported that Helen was contacted by Maggie Smith representing the Lochs Locality Planning Group (Clinical Strategy). They would like to hold their meeting immediately before or after our meeting in November.
Action: H Blake to forward time, date and place for our next meeting.
Meeting closed at 8:30 pm
Next meeting Wednesday 4th November 2009 at 7:30pm in the Tigh Ceilidh, Gravir
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Minutes of meeting held on Wednesday 2nd September 2009 at Tigh Ceilidh, Gravir
Members present: D Macleod, N Campbell, Z Brown, P Bailey, K Bailey, Cllr P McLean, P Blake, H Blake, M Campbell
Members of the public present: R Gambier
The Chairman P Bailey opened the meeting and thanked all for coming.
1. Apologies: D A Macleod, M Alston, Cllr M Munro, K Macleod, Cllr C Macdonald
2. Approval of minutes: Proposed P Blake, Seconded D Macleod
3. Amendments: K Macleod was at the meeting of the 3rd June 2009
4. Matters Arising:
A) Welcome to Pairc Sign: Moving the sign is still being looked into. Cllr P MacLean actioning
5. Treasurers Report/ Play Park Update
A) Accounts: P Blake reported that the accounts are up to date including the skip account he also reported that R Macritchie has be paid up to date. PCC was financially solvent. The accounts are being sent to CnES next week for audit and then we will receive our administration grant for 2009.
B) Play Park: P Blake report as of yet he has had no success in obtaining the correct keys. After discussion it was agreed that P Bailey and N Campbell would remove the platforms by whatever means necessary to allow the new platform and bridges to be fitted. Weather permitting this should be completed by the end of September
6. Regeneration Fund
Erisort Trading (Aline) Ltd applied for the remainder of our allocation in South Lochs of the CRF, P Bailey was asked by A. McDowall to withdraw the application until our next meeting.
Sports Hall Tamsin Smith made a presentation hoping to get community support on building a Sports Hall in Gravir.
In her presentation, Tamsin reported that they have made initial enquiries to various other funding bodies including Sports Scotland, and have received letters of support from local organizations including Pairc Medical Practice, Fire and Rescue Service, Youth Clubs, Beavers, School and Parent Council and also our MSP Alasdair Allen.
Tamsin has received initial quotes as well, and wanted advice on the best way forward.
Our advice was to contact K R Mackay and explain the proposition in the hope he will be able to give advice on how best to proceed.
When asked if the Pairc Community Council would also back this proposal, all present agreed that we would support this and a letter of support would be forthcoming.
A general discussion then took place and several quite alarming facts came to light.
• Is Aline Forest in the Pairc Area, for funding purposes
• When Paul Blake our representative on the Erisort Trust was asked for background information on the Aline Forest application, he could not provide any information as he was not even aware of this application.
Action: K Bailey to write a letter of support for the Gravir Sports Hall
P Bailey contact K R Mackay to clarify the situation of the Aline Forest
7. Correspondence
E-mail from Barry Lomas was read out concerning the Caversta Quarry
Action: K. Bailey to reply to Barry and request material for the polytunnel project and the playpark remedial work.
8. AOCB
• Reminder Pairc Trust AGM on Friday night.
• Notice Boards: The glass in the notice board at Calbost has been replaced by D Macleod. He will also investigate the maintenance (painting etc) of the other boards and report back at the next meeting.
• Topics for MP’s for next meeting
Meeting closed at 9:15 pm
Next meeting Wednesday 7th October 2009 at 7:30pm in the Tigh Ceilidh, Gravir
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