Notes of General Meeting December 9th 2009,

Notes of General Meeting
December 9th 2009, 7.00 pm at The Vale Community Centre, 17a Hadlow Close

Present: Committee: Grant Scott (Chairman), Alan Cooke (Secretary), Keith Drysdale, Bill Duff, Irene Fender, Clive Taplin, Nick Wood; Residents: Betty Field, Milly, Steven Hughes, Roy Pennington; Others: Amy Allison (Trust for Developing Communities), Carol Byard (TDC), Sarah Johnson (Housing Office), Sue Leggett (Community Warden), PCSO Laura Hall
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Apologies: Trevor Jones, Claire Burchell, PCSO Carol Manton
Amy was introduced as the new TDC worker covering Queens Park and Craven Vale. She will be based at the Haven, but will still be at the Vale CC every Tuesday afternoon.
2. Minutes of meeting November 11th 2009. These were agreed unanimously.
3. Matters Arising: none.
4. Updates:
a) Car Parking Study
Alan, Nick and Clive reported back on the second meeting with the consultants on November 19th. Those present were asked to comment on the provisional area covered by the survey and make comments as to which roads should or should not be included. At the moment the whole of Craven Vale and Bakers Bottom will now be studied by the consultants in detail, and an initial detailed plan for the area will be sent out for consultation in the spring, on which every resident will be asked for their comments. It has been stated that the ‘light-touch’ parking system now in use in Evelyn Terrace is no longer an option.
b) Community Payback - Steps -Trees
Paul Gorringe (Park Ranger) had reported back to Grant that Community Payback were now not able to help with restoring the steps of Jacob’s Ladder because of health and safety issues. However, he is pursuing other options, including groups such as Green Gym, and could use help from residents as well. However, Community Payback will help in January or February with digging holes for the fruit trees donated. Grant and Amy were meeting on December 14th regarding an ‘action day’ to parallel the digging and planting.
c) Estate Development Budget Awards (2009)
The wall-covering and fencing for the hard-standing area were expected to be completed by early January, but there were insufficient funds this year to pay for the rubber surface. There were still no dates for installing the bench at the top of Craven Road, or for the various extra security lights around the estate.
d) Repairs – mosaics
There was no further news on this or on the design for the mural.
5. Correspondence: none
6. Finance: The finances remain healthy. There were no outstanding payments for use of the Vale CC.
7. EDB Bids 2010
The Committee put forward two projects which had been discussed at the previous meeting: a) the completion of the hard-standing project as it will not be paid for completely from the 2009 grant; and b) a long-term project to renovate the disused playground behind Parham Close, by providing it with a child-friendly surface and the provision of some equipment each year for about five years. These were both supported by the meeting as a whole.
Other possible applications discussed were: c) extra benches around the estate; d) a surfaced path from the junction of Hadlow and Queensway towards 2-12 Queensway; e) improved visibility for block numbers to help visitors; f) a large street map to help visitors.
The next Committee meeting in January would decide on which bids to make.
8. Any Other Business
a) It was suggested that fund-raising for equipment be considered if the concept of a playground by Parham Close were pursued.
b) Sue suggested that a small grant application be made to replace missing notice boards in some 12 blocks
c) Roy asked the Committee to consider funding a website as a virtual notice board for CVCA
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9. Dates of Next Meetings
a) Committee Meeting, 7 pm January 13th, 2010
b) Open Meeting, 7 pm February 10th.

The meeting closed at 8:20 pm.