Kingswells Community Council

Minutes of Kingswells Community Council Meeting

Date:

Monday 12^th October, 2009

Time:

8 pm

Venue:

Kingswells Community Centre

Chair:

Barrie Buchan (Chair)

Participants

Alan Stott, Alex Carnie, Ian Cox (Secretary),Sam Stafrace, Meg Sands, John Gerrie, Lynda McKenzie, Stan McEwan

Apologies:

Tom Straiton, Colleen Manson, Councillor Wendy Stuart ,
Lord Provost Peter Stephen

Representatives
/ Observers:

Tom Stewart from the police.

2 No residents

Item

Action

1

Introduction by Chair

2

Police Report

The police report was distributed by email.

Tom stressed that it was important to lock and bolt doors at night. An intruder recently entered a home at night whilst the resident was in bed. The door was locked, but not bolted.

Info

The police recommend that homes are protected using bolts and locks and an alarm.

3

Points from Member of the Public  

The residents wanted to attend the whole meeting, but did not wish to make any specific points.

4

Attendees and Apologies

As Above

5

Matters Arising (not covered below)

Stan is to check the points from the ACC walkabout to ensure that they cover everything on his list. An update will be provided at the next meeting.

Litter hotspots were not being addressed.

Stan

There was no update on the welcome signs

Neighbourhood Watch coordinator will contact the watches in Kingswells to advise them of the meeting on 2^nd November.

Park & Ride barriers – Alex and Stan to contact Peter for an update

Stan

Alex

Peter

6

Wendy Stuart / Peter Stephen

N/A

7

Approval of Minutes

The minutes of the previous meeting were approved.

8

Planning

Barrie gave KCC an update on and the development plan. There was a general discussion on the way forward.

It was agreed that:

1. An additional special newsletter should be used to provide additional information to the residents to assist in the participation of the public consultation.
2. KCC and the 3 Councillors need to attend the Public Meeting on the 24^th November .
3. Additional information should be provided at the Co-op the week before and after the public meeting.
4. Walking tours of Gillahill should be offered to people who are not familiar with the area.

A separate meeting was planned in the Community Centre  on 21^st October at 7pm.

Barrie

KCC

Dobbies Signs – John and Alan to write a letter to ACC

John

Alan

Conversion of steading to 3 houses. Ian to respond to the planning application.

Ian

9

Accounts

Balance is £3,514.04

Reminder that KCC needs to spend the £3,000 grant before the end of December.

Expenses should be submitted.

There is a commitment of £1,000 for hanging baskets and flower boxes. There will be a need to cover the cost of the walls for the Welcome Signs.

10

AOCB

Horse mess was becoming a problem on paths between houses.

A letter should be written to local stables and included in the next Community News to make people aware of the problem.

The Code of Conduct for Community Councils distributed by ACC was adopted by KCC.

The other related National documents seemed to be too formal and would be investigated further later.

KCC

KCC

The community council will have one new member in November. Two of the existing members did not complete the application paperwork, but can be co-opted onto the community council at the first meeting in November.

Barrie has volunteered to chair the initial part of the November meeting to the point where the new Chair, Vice-chair, Secretary and Treasurer are nominated. It was decided that KCC will also nominate a Minute Secretary.

11

Date of Next meeting:

Next meeting will be on 9th November, 2009 in coffee shop of Kingswells Community Centre.