Wilford
Community Group
Minutes of the committee meeting
held
on Monday 10th October 2005
at
Wilford Social and Bowls Club
Present: Brian Hardy (BH) Chairman
Bill
Roughton (BR) Vice
Chairman
Sheila
Atherton (SA) Treasurer
Stephanie
Taylor (ST)
Frank
Wakelin (FW)
Brian
Clark (BC)
Kate
Clark (KC)
Jonathan
Shewell Cooper (JSC)
Guest: Councill or Tim Spencer (TS)
The committee meeting was preceded by a visit to the Eastcroft Energy from Waste Plant. The Group was given an informative talk and a tour of the Plant. They explained about the strict regulations governing operation of the Plant and discussed plans for expanding it in the future. It was noted that there has only been one excursion of dioxcins in its history (this was in 2005) but this did not affect Wilford. The Group was given booklets and advised to visit the website for further information. The website address is www.wrg.co.uk/eastcroft.
The
committee reconvened at the Bowls Club at 9.30 p.m.
1) Apologies
Chris Allsopp (CA), Maggie Hamilton
(MH), Roger Steel (RS)
2) Minutes of previous meeting (12th September 2005)
Approved.
3)
Review Outstanding
Actions Action
a.
Cheque Signatories
All
documentation is now complete
b.
School Transport
BR is due to meet Diane Topple. It was suggested that the new head of the
Nottingham Emmanuel School, who is very
interested in the scheme, could
be
invited to a future meeting. She could
also be contacted re the Open
Gardens day.
c. Boundary Change
Cheryll Rawlins sees no
problem in changing the constitution. A general
meeting will be needed to
achieve this. DB to progress with Silverdale
Community Association.
DB
d. Apply for top-up grant
No forms received
yet. Carry forward. SA
e.
Ferry licence application
The premises had been
closed one day last week because the licence
had expired – a confusion
when the landlord changed. DB has sent
a
letter expressing the
Group’s objections. The panel meeting
has been
postponed until the last
week in October. TS told the group that
the
objections will carry
more weight if a Group member attends the meeting.
He will let us know the
date of the Meeting. TS
e. Letter
to Experian
DB has written to
Experian. Reply awaited.
f. Speed limit on
Clifton Lane
Carry forward. RS had
sent details of changes to speed limits on the Ring CA
Road but this doesn’t
affect Wilford.
g. Summer Event
Meeting was confirmed for 17th October and
invitations had been sent.
4.
Chairman’s Report
BH
thanked group members for maintaining their interest in and commitment to
Wilford
Village. CA had been particularly
helpful in providing information and this
is much
appreciated.
Work is
now underway to improve flood defences along the river. BH suggested
the
Group should contact Andy Pendleton again once the plans have been agreed
for improvements to the
south side of the river. A public
meeting could be called to communicate the plans to residents and DB suggested
that this be tied in with the
changes to he Group’s
boundaries.
BH
suggested that the Group have a Christmas dinner for members and partners
(and
Josie) at the Boat House (next to Sainsbury’s on Castle Marina). Everyone
was
in favour of this.
BH is looking forward to
the first open gardens meeting next Monday17th
October at 7.30 p.m. at
The Bowls Club.
5.
Secretary’s Report
Committee
members had been alerted to incidents of stones through windows
at
the rear of properties on Vernon Avenue.
A letter had been sent to the school
pointing
out that we are aware of these and asking for reassurance that action
has
been taken to prevent this happening again. PC Nigel Brown is involved too.
DB had contacted Dave Stretton about
the standard of hanging baskets this
year
and enquiring about the cost of new ones next year. This would be £224
to
cover the cost of planting, watering etc. for the first one which was felt to
be
rather a lot.
Pat
Lister has confirmed that speeding on Main Road will be discussed at a future
meeting. It was agreed that we should invite Nigel
Brown (or possibly someone
more senior) to come to a
committee meeting once CA has provided all the
accident
information. Agenda for next meeting. DB
Details of committee
members is almost ready to put on the website. BR will finalise
this. BR
6.
Treasurer’s Report
SA is still pursuing reduced cost
insurance.
7.
Planning Application –
The Old Vicarage
The owner has submitted
plans for a new access road running between The Ferry
and the neighbouring
property and to build a 3-car garage.
There are concerns about
possible increase in
traffic and the proposed felling of trees. There should have been
an application for a
change of use in respect of the driveway but this was withdrawn.
A digger has been working
on the driveway. DB has received various
phone calls.
There is considerable
concern in the village and in the committee that acceptance of
a change of use would set
a precedent and could mean that further housing
development is
possible. There is no current planning
application for such
development, however. The
committee is unwilling to become involved in personal
disputes but does have an
interest in the planning issue.
8.
Summer 2006 Event Meeting
Agenda
DB will draw up an agenda to include
a general review of last year’s event, ideas
for
possible beneficiaries and activities.
Suggestions will be considered by the
committee
and a decision made. JSC pointed out
that 2006 is the 200th anniversary
of
the abolition of slavery and that the WI will be having an anti-trafficking of
women
campaign.
9.
Any Other Business
(i) KC had received a letter from the Burns Unit
thanking the Group for the donation
and
including a photograph of the presentation.
BH had received a similar letter
from
the Kidney Unit.
(ii) FW had attended a recent Local Area
Committee meeting. He reported that the
LAC is about to spend
£5,500 on advertising its existence. He
compared this with
the reluctance to spend
money to improve the library.
(iii)
Bulb planting – JSC had contacted City
In Bloom and will be getting more bulbs –
he still has 100 left
from last year. We need around 500 and
these will arrive during
the first week in
November. Planting is needed outside
The Maypole, on the Bee Bank
and the bank opposite The
Ferry. Willing committee members will
meet at 10.30 a.m.
outside The Maypole on
Sunday 6th November. The
committee was reminded that the Nottingham Crocus Grows on Wilford Sports
Ground and is being moved. These need
to be nurtured as they
are rare.
(iv)
TS asked if we would like to invite the Neighbourhood
Wardens to a meeting? We
agreed this is a good
idea. DB will contact Green Lane Community Centre for names of
DB
individuals.
(v) JSC wanted to know
whether there was any news about the library.
Nothing further
to report but we could
invite a speaker to our December meeting.
TS said that Andrew
Price had been discussing
the situation with officers.
(vi) BR reported that the
footpath on the embankment behind Chancery Court has
been officially moved to
the top of the bank.
(vii)
SA wanted the committee to consider raising money to replace trees in the
Village.
The meeting closed at 10.35 p.m.
Approved………Brian
Hardy…………….(Chairman)
Date…………14th November
2005…………….