Minutes of Kingswells Community Council Meeting

Date:

Monday 13th November, 2006

Time:

8 pm

Venue:

Kingswells Community Centre

Chair:

Alex Carnie

Participants

John Gerrie, Stan McEwan,  Ian Cox, David Meiklejohn, Barrie Buchan

Apologies:

Tom Straiton, Meg Sands, Richard Kinghan of the Police

Representatives
/ Observers:

Cllr Peter Stephen

Item

Action

1             Introduction by Chair

a)          Sederunt

2             Election of  Office Bearers

The nominations for office bearers was as follows:

No one was willing to take the position of Vice Chair at this time.

David Lawson was proposed by Ian and seconded by Alex as a co-opted member of the community council.

3             Attendees and Apologies

As Above

4             Approval of Minutes

The minutes of the last meeting were approved.

5             Police Report

Police report was presented by email and is available in electronic format.

It was suggested that we should contact Superintendent to arrange a meeting to discuss various problems. A selection of meeting dates should be requested. KCC needs to speak to Richard first.

6             Questions to the Chair from Public Attendees

No questions from the public.  

7             Matters Arising (not covered below)

1.      Profile of KCC: suggestion that KCC have a group photo and prepare a group statement about what we hope to achieve. This should be published in the next newsletter. This was accepted by those present.

2.      CCTV: John still to obtain prices. David to write a letter to ACC to explain what is happening regarding the £3,000 grant.

3.      Pond: there is no problem with Lakeside Pond. The processes are natural.

4.      Christmas Tree: San and Alex to talk to the Youth Group to see if any volunteers can be encouraged to assist in decoration and hopefully provide a sense of ownership.

ALL

John

David

Stan

Alex

8             Councillor Stephen’s Update

1.      Bancon Development are to tidy up the area at the end of the Community Centre where the footpath is ‘dangerous’. They are to fix the footpath and build a wall. This news was welcomed by all present.

2.      The extension to the Community Centre is progressing through planning.

3.      The Park & Ride event slipped through by mistake when Peter was on holiday. This will not occur again.

4.      Peter has agreed to pay for the work to install power to the Christmas Tree. He was asked to try to source Chestnut fencing about 16m long to go around the tree.

5.      The lighting along the A944 to the roundabout is now complete and work is in progress to complete to Westhill Roundabout.

6.      Sand bins are still to be delivered

7.      A welcome to Kingswells sign was discussed, and it was suggested that the community could be involved with the design. Stan is to get some prices and pass to Peter for further consideration.

8.      The path opposite Cromar Gardens will be tidied. The process will involve ‘rough’ cutting branches. This was considered inappropriate when used previously, but there was no real alternative. Large branches will be sawn to neaten the effect of rough cutting. The end result is acceptable after a few months growth.

9.      Peter to send details of where to obtain bulbs to John.

Peter

Stan

Peter

Peter / John

9             Update from Action Groups

a)          Environmental

N/A

b)          Planning and Infrastructure

N/A

c)     Youth

N/A

10        Treasurers Report

Various cheques were written. Update to be provided next time..

11        AOCB

No points were raised.

12        Date of Next meeting:

Next meeting will be on December 11, 2006 in coffee shop of Kingswells Community Centre at 8pm.