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MINUTES
OF THE MEETING HELD IN THE VILLAGE HALL ON
WEDNESDAY 5th
MARCH 2008
PRIOR TO THE MEETING
PARISHIONERS WERE INVITED TO RAISE MATTERS OF CONCERN WITH CLLRS: Mr
David Greenfield
In
an effort to stop vandalism on their site, the Sailing Club has blocked four
paths and diverted all walkers to the main public right of way.
A map showing the public right of way was circulated and will be in the
next issue of the Community Newsletter. Cllr
Clifford
declared an interest. Cllr
Clifford advised that this work had been carried out with the full support of
Frampton Court Estate. Cllr Speed
felt that some form of prior consultation would have been an advantage and
suggested that the Newsletter item should be reworded to give the action a more
positive slant. Police
Report Sgt
Steve Irvin reported: (a)
Crime Update – there have been 10 reported incidents over the last 2
months and unfortunately none have been detected.
There have been 52 reported incidents in the year to date with a 15.38%
detection rate. (b)
Sailing Club Public Right of Way - If there are any problems keeping
members of the general public to the main public right of way, the police have
some Public Disorder powers which could be used to assist. (c)
Community Action Plans – the item on the website will be updated to
show the correct information. Two of
the Plans relating to vehicles and speeding are being taken forward.
There are now four officers trained to use the new traffic monitoring
equipment. (d)
Golden River Equipment – it
was disappointing that Frampton had felt unable to contribute towards the cost
of the new equipment, but there has been a good response from other sources and
the equipment will be purchased shortly. Sgt
Irvin left the meeting MINUTES
OF THE MEETING PRESENT
Cllrs Alexander, Clifford,
Greenfield, Howe
(Chairman), Price, Speed and Wagstaff were present, plus Lynn
Ireland (Clerk)
and 4 members of the public. APOLOGIES Cllrs K Lewis
and M Lewis,
County Cllr
Booth and District Cllr Smith 28/08 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST Cllr
Howe declared a prejudicial interest in agenda item 5.3. 29/08
PREVIOUS MINUTES The Minutes of the meeting held on 6th
February 2008 were amended to correct minor punctuation errors and were then
approved as a true record and signed by the Chairman. 30/08
PLANNING (a)
decisions of the district council
(b)
planning applications
(c)
other planning matters §
The
Trees, Whitminster Lane
The District Council have advised the
householder that a retrospective planning application was required for the car
port erected at The Trees. 31/08
ACCOUNTS §
Invoices
for Payment
§
Financial Update Cllrs
noted the contents of the Financial Statement for February 2008 prepared by Cllr
M Lewis. §
Other
Finance - Glebe Close Lagger Cllr
Alexander requested funds be allocated to cover planting at the lagger
during the current planting season. Tree
Warden, Laurence
Wood, has
prepared a planting schedule totalling £741. Proposal
Cllr Speed proposed the sum of £741 be allocated for
planting at Glebe Close lagger Seconded Cllr
Price Vote
Unanimous - Request from the Community Association Cllr
Howe
had previously declared and interest and Cllr Speed took the Chair for this item The Community Association has requested financial assistance with their purchase of the new printing equipment for the Community Newsletter. Cllrs praised the publication and were fully supportive of the request. Proposal
Cllr Alexander proposed the sum of £1000 be donation
to the CA Seconded Cllr Greenfield Vote
Unanimous 32/08 REVIEW OF CONSERVATION AREA
Cllr Alexander reported
that the Open Day had been reasonably well attended and all the comments from
parishioners were positive. Kate
Russell
had been in attendance and had answered questions about the implications of the
extended boundary of the Conservation Area.
The draft Report prepared by Kate
Russell
was an extremely good document and will go to Stroud District Council in July.
As soon as it is approved it will come into force and copies will be
available. The Chairman thanked Cllr
Alexander for his significant input in achieving this excellent result for the
parish. 33/08 ANNUAL PARISH MEETING The APM will be held at 7.30pm on Wednesday 26th
March in the Village Hall. Cllrs
agreed a short report should be included from the Emergency Plan Management
Team. 34/08 EMERGENCY PLAN Cllr Alexander reported
that the draft document would now be finalised for approval before being put
into place as a working document. The
District Council and County Council have praised the work done to prepare the
Plan and other parish councils in the district have requested permission to use
this as a template for a their own plans. In response to an enquiry
from Cllr Speed, Cllr Alexander suggested
that the Mitigation Plan should be tackled as a Parish Council project and
should be taken forward by a subgroup. 35/08
COUNTY
CLLR’S REPORT No report 36/08 DISTRICT CLLR’S REPORT No report 37/08 CORRESPONDENCE §
Meetings Parish Council has been
invited to send representation to:
§
Recycling The District Council has responded to concerns that the recycling vehicle might touch overhead telephone lines. They have requested the contractors to take care to avoid danger. §
Neighbourhood Warden Andy Foster had provided Reports for December
and January. §
Temporary Road Closure School Lane, Hardwicke will be closed at
Sellars Bridge on 8/9th April to allow British Waterways to carry out
essential bridge maintenance. §
Giffords Circus The circus will be on The Green, Frampton on Severn from 31st July to 3rd August 2008 . §
Miscellaneous Various papers and reports were made available for
Cllrs’ perusal. 38/08 CHAIRMAN’S ITEMS §
Parish
Charter Meeting The Chairman had attended
the meeting and reported discussions on emergency planning and highways. §
Canal
Bank Restoration Scheme The Community Association
has been granted £10,000 from Cory
Environmental
through the Gloucestershire Environmental Trust, towards funding essential
repair works to the canal bank which forms the western boundary of the Playing
Field. An excellent contractor has
been appointed and local residents have been informed that the work will go
ahead immediately. Parish Council
was thanked for its support of the project. §
Removal
of Graffiti The District Council has
asked for financial support with the annual costs to remove graffiti.
Cllrs did not consider this to be an appropriate way to spend the precept
and therefore no donation would be made. 39/08 ANY OTHER BUSINESS Cllr
Wagstaff
reported she would be submitting an article to the Community Newsletter to
advise the current situation with regard to affordable housing in the parish. Cllr
Alexander
reported: (a)
Car Parking at Splatt
Bridge – A
letter has gone to British Waterways accompanied by photographs to show the
extent of the problem. They have
been requested to take action with boat owners and a site meeting has been
requested. The matter is ongoing. (b) Emergency Planning - The District Council will be requiring the appointment of Watercourse Wardens for each parish, to report to the DC about blocked watercourses/siphons, etc. David
Greenfield has
agreed to take the post for this parish. (c)
Parish Footpaths – Patrick
Bisley and Craig
Crompton have
volunteered to walk the parish footpaths. Parish Council accepted this generous
offer with thanks. (d)
Highways – The road adjacent to Frampton Stores has been patched and
Highways will try to carry out a full resurfacing later in the year and also to
do the required works to Whitminster
Lane. Cllr
Clifford
reported: (a)
20K Road Race – The race had taken place last weekend and disruption to
traffic had been minimal. Car
parking had been well organised and the event had been well marshalled. (b)
Wicksters Brook – The Environment Agency have not carried out any
repairs following recent flooding and therefore the riparian owners along the
length have carried out the necessary work.
However, the EA have agreed to deal with the leak as soon as possible. (c)
Youth Football Club – Work will shortly begin on the construction of
the changing rooms. Cllr
Speed suggested
that written confirmation be obtained from the District Council that they have
accepted the GRCC report about Affordable Housing in Frampton.
Cllr Wagstaff confirmed that Jon Shaw, SDC Housing Officer, has been
fully involved at all stages, and that work is progressing to identify available
land and the numbers and types of housing required.
This will be added as an agenda item for the next meeting to enable a
full discussion. Cllr
Price
reported: (a)
Tennis Club – Residents have complained about the level of lighting at
the tennis club. The Chairman was
able to advise that the committee are considering the use of baffles on the
lights. (b)
Dog Poo Bins – The CA would like to remove the bin from the playing
field to reinforce the no dog policy. Council
confirmed that this is not a parish council matter. Cllr
Greenfield
reported that the Village Hall Committee have asked if Parish Council can made a
contribution towards the new display of Bledisloe Cup Certificates in the Rowles
Room. This will be added to the
Agenda for the next meeting. The
Chairman congratulated Cllr Speed who had made the excellent frames for the
certificates. There being no further business the meeting closed at
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