Dunure Community Council Meetnig 15th September 20015 at 7.30pm

DUNURE COMMUNITY COUNCIL Will meet in Kennedy Hall, Dunure, on Tuesday, 15th September, 2015 at 7.30pm. AGENDA 1. Apologies 2. Adoption of Minutes from: Tue 16/06/15 & Tue 18/08/15 3. Police Report 4. Councillor’s Report 5. Link Officer’s Report 6. Matters Arising 7. Financial Report 8. Open Forum 9. Correspondence 10. Any Other Business 11. Date of next meeting : Tuesday, 20th October 2015 DUNURE COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD IN KENNEDY HALL, DUNURE, On: Tuesday, 18th August, 2015 at 7.30pm. SEDERUNT: Alex Gibson (Chair), Angus Craig, Elaine McQuade (Secretary), Steven Izatt, PRESENT: Sandra Goldie (Councillor), Colette McGarva (Link Officer) Police Officer: S Ferguson & Another. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC: None. APOLOGIES: Andy Guthrie (Vice Chair), Roy Storie (Treasurer) Adoption of Minutes: Tue, 16th June 2015 Proposed: Seconded: Tue, 18th August 2015 Proposed: Seconded: Police Report : 15 x Incidents in all: Animals in road x 3/Misuse of ‘999’ system x 2/ Lost dog/Tree on road/Authorised shoot x 2/Hay bale on road/Males in car (Meteor shower/Car off road/Theft house breaking (Crime report Raised)/Theft shoplifting – Village shop (Crime report raised/Credit card fraud (Crime report raised). • Also asked if there was any update on 3B Construction yellow vans speeding in local area on A719 during teatime period but there was nothing to report. • Elaine McQuade (Sec) reported that there had been an incident in the ‘Kennedy Park’ recently with a couple of cars on the football pitches. They had taken down one of the posts to get onto the pitch and badly churned up the grass. PC Ferguson had not heard about the incident at this stage. Action: Elaine McQuade (Sec) – Find out who witnessed this incident as she was told someone in the village had taken photographs of the event and perhaps got details of number plate nos. Councillor’s Report: Councillor Goldie was present and the points raised were as follows: A) Local refuse collection may be changing their times of collection in the not too distant future. Evening collections have been spoken about in some areas. B) The Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 has been updated. Empower community bodies through ownership of land and buildings and strengthening their voices in the decisions that matter to them and also to support an increase in the pace and scale of Public Service Reform by cementing the focus on achieving outcomes and improving the process of community planning. Action: In light of this Sandra Goldie (Councillor) was going to look into the ownership of both “Dunure Castle/Kennedy Park and Dunure Harbour. C) At last meeting we again mentioned the huge pot holes outside of No 12 Station Road, Dunure – Not only causing concern for the occupant of the home owner of No. 12 with noise levels and possibly setting off house alarm with the vibration but for the road users as they must cause damage to their vehicles when hitting this point in the road. D) Hedgerows down Station Road are getting out of hand once again. Action: Angus Craig (Community Councillor) and owner of land adjacent to Sewage works entrance will look into this also Sandra Goldie (Councillor). Link Officer’s Report: • Colette McGarva - Link Officer - With regard to Steve & Linda Izatt securing further funding (£4,950.00) to provide play apparatus/facilities for younger children in the park area at the end of Kennedy Drive. Having given each of the four conditions from SAC some serious consideration, the Members of the Community Council feel that: (1) Entering into a formal Contract with the Council to Lease the Land; and (2) Assuming responsibility for Public Liability Insurance (best Quotation received to date in excess of £300 per annum); and (3) Assuming responsibility for Annual lnspections (£75 per annum) and potential future Repairs & Maintenance (cost unknown); and (4) Assuming responsibility for all peripheral Health & Safety issues, is beyond the financial and other resource constraints within which we operate. We are now proposing to Mr John MacMillan - Learning & Development Initiatives -SAC to save losing funding , we are suggesting to put it towards new 2 x full size goal posts and 4 x half size goal posts within in the existing “Kennedy Park” area. Action: Steven Izatt drafting letter to Mr John MacMillan SAC and Elaine McQuade (Sec) to forward same. Once we have had approval from Mr MacMillan, Elaine will contact Janey McCreath, Secretary, Hall & Parks Committee for their approval too. • At the last meeting Mr Andrew Guthrie (Vice Chair) commented about the certain areas of land within the Kennedy Park that the grass was not getting cut eg. Land near Labyrinth/B-B-Q area/Stone bridge and near Buttefly Garden/Limekiln. Colette McGarva (Link Officer) had looked into this and had contacted Fiona Ross of the Parks Dept – SAC (Thea Petticrew now retired) and apparently if there are any areas with gradients over 30% they no longer cut them. • With regards to the Castle Burn, (needs clearing again to prevent flooding) – Colette asked if we knew for definite if SAC used to clear this on a regular basis? Action: Elaine McQuade (Sec) to contact Andy Guthrie (Vice Chair) as we think he will have knowledge of this. Matters Arising: • Alex Gibson (Chair) in the process of composing letters before our Sept/Oct Meeting with other local Committees such as: School/Parent’s Committe/Harbour Committee/Parks & Hall/ Youth Club and asking them if they would like to come along to our monthly meetings (Every third Tuesday in the month – except July and December) in the hope that we can share tasks such as litter picking around village/ beach/local vicinity and with a view to all pulling together and raising necessary funds for our village requirements and may be also to get more of the local community to get involved with NCCB. Action: Alex Gibson (Chair) Financial Report: Mr Roy Storie (Treasurer) will read this out. Correspondence: A. Mervyn Toshner – Building Standards Manager – SAC – Re: Naming new houses “Ladywell Place” – Now confirmed. B. CCCF (Carrick Community Councils Forum) – Postponed from July 2015 Meeting to 11th August 2015 C. ASACC – Association South Ayrshire Community Councils – As low attendance at meeting on: 17th June 2015 - Next meeting : 30/09/15 – Council Chambers @ 7pm. D. Community Council – • External Funding June & July 2015. • Complete form Data Protection – Office Bearers re: Addresses/Tel. Nos. Action: Elaine McQuade (Sec) handed these out for completion. • Checking headstones in local graveyards in South Ayrshire to see if safe – Start as from September 2015. • Fairer Scotland Event – On: 16th Sept 2015 at Reidvale Neighbourhood Centre, Glasgow. Chance to have your say. • Also Digital Engagement – On: 09/10/15. E. Andy Guthrie (Vice Chair)’s friend, Dave, had sent him letter saying that funds may be available. For Chair to contact: Mark Fletcher – Maybole Community Council – 01655 – 882936 or 07846340521. Action: Alex Gibson (Chair) – Will chase this up. F. VASA – (Voluntary Action South Ayrshire) - Newsletter. G. David Bone – Ailsa Horizons – Presentation Heritage Lottery Fund - Proposed Davidson Enterprise Centre. (Have previously emailed all to DCC Members) Planning Applications/Permitted June 2015 Permitted Telecommunications CalMac Ferries Ltd Brown Carrick Hill Apparatus Beoch Permitted Erection of Dwelling- Castlehill Farm Cottage house @ Pennyglen/A719 Croy Brae Permitted Prior notification for Cornerstone Telecom Humeston Farm Dev. installation of telecom Croy Brae equipment Permitted Prior notification for Smart Brown Carrick Hill Dev. Installation of telecom Metering Beoch apparatus July 2015 Permitted Alterations 3 Fisherton Avenue 01/07/2015 to dwelinghouse Any Other Business: • North Carrick Community Benefit – Angus Craig one of the Directors for NCCB on behalf of the Dunure Community said that the first monies from the funding will be very shortly made available namely, £3,300. There will be a meeting for the Directors tomorrow evening to discuss this. Wed – 19th August 2015 at Maybole and another one for members next Monday, 24th August 2015. Steven Izatt (Community Councillor) is still hoping to become another one of the Directors for NCCB to show support on behalf of the Dunure Community, making sure Dunure secures funding for projects which were raised on our “Wish List” eg. New Community Centre/pathway from village to Cemetery. • Super Fast Broadband – Over last few weeks workmen have been preparing/restoring pipes running down Station Road in readiness to install cabling for this. • New Notice Boards x 2 (Kennedy Park and Start of Kennedy Drive) – Key holders are currently: (Steve Izatt 500483 & Elaine McQuade - 500241). If there are any notices to be displayed – please contact them. Meeting closed at 8.50 pm. Date of next meeting: Tuesday, 18th September 2015 at 7.30 pm.