April

KEMNAY COMMUNITY COUNCIL
REPORT OF THE MEETING IN THE VILLAGE HALL

ON 29th APRIL 2004

PRESENT
Sheila Taylor, Chris Hunneyball, Sasan Milton, Pat Findlater, Jim Piggins, Hazel Al-Kowarri, Alistair Thomson, Janet Newberry, Mavis Wainman, Rodger Dunham & Andy Hinton

ATTENDING
Cllr Alister Leitch. Cllr Saluja,. Inspector Dave Allan, Tim McKay (Kemnav Academy) & Ken Poole.

APOLOGIES
Bill Blackwood. Alan Davies, David Evans & lain Morgan,

A) POLICE MATTERS
Inspector Allan was pleased to report that there has not been much to report since our last meeting just the odd incident, which is encouraging. Late night disturbances in Alehousewells are being looked into by the Crime Prevention Officers with the assistance of the Academy. As it was noted that the timings of these incidents coincide with the disco on a Friday night this could be a variety of reasons including alcohol abuse and general disturbance.   Inspector Allan gave thanks to the excellent work done by Mr. McKay and Mr. Legg along with the Academy Safety Group arid gave us an update of the Crime & Safety at the Academy since 2002.   From 2002 to 2003  there was a decrease of 24% in formal incidents reported and the total up until now is a decrease of 44%, which is excellent news. We thanked him for such an encouraging report. We also heard via Pat Findlater  that the Garioch Area Safety Group are giving the Academy £300 for new signs to advise that walking your dog on the Academy playing fields is not permitted,

B) MINUTE OF MEETING HELD ON 25^TM OF MARCH 2004
Adoption Proposed - Susan Milton
Seconded   Mavis Waimnan

C) QUESTION TIME - An opportunity for members of the public present to address the Community Council should they wish.

Mr. Ken Poole addressed the Community Council with a concern over the state of the kerbing on Bennachie View.  This was an answer we could give immediately as it is on the map of works to be carried out that Cllr Alister Leitch had with him this evening. Although we have no date yet, it will be carried out this year.
Tim McKay told us that  he has identified two 5th  year pupils who may be interested in coming along to Community Council meetings as they have a career interest,  which this would aid them in. He hopes to take them along to our June Meeting as his guests.

D) Matters  ARISING FROM THE LAST MINUTE
Community Council Representation-How the public and community at large perceive our role and work that we do.  We put minutes of our meetings in the Newsletter and members of the public are welcome to attend and are invited to do so each month.   Members' details are also on the Kemnay website.

Questions for Alister from our last meeting- Map of work to be carried out-only 2 works to be carried out in Kemnay over the next year. One is the footway works on Bennachie View and the second is resurfacing works on Fraser Place. We pointed out that there is a particularly large pothole at the top of the High Street as you turn in from Grove Road. The broken window at the library will be fixed by 11th of May.

E) ABERDEENSHIRE NEWS
The Youth Cafe will open on the I8th of June and the Skate Park will also open around this date. The curve was taken out of the design for the War Memorial to give a wider footpath at this point particularly for wheelchairs and children's pushchairs.

G) UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Toilet Facilities at Bogbeth Pleasure Park Update - nothing new to report at present.

Disused Chicken Shed-Aberdeenshire Council Environmental Health Department & SEPA are looking into this on our behalf.

H) NEW BUSJNESS
Consultation on the Summary Justice Review -Deadline 16/07/04

Rights of Appeal in Planning Consultation Paper - Deadline 30/07/04

Suspension Footbridge over the River Don at Burnhervie proposed plan for work -Community council welcomed this plan and look forward to a safer and hopefully less able to be vandalised bridge on an important and well used walk,

I) PLANNING APPLICATIONS
Only 3 for our area and we had no objections to any of them.

J) REPORT FROM THE SAFETY GROUP REPRESENTATIVE
They held their AGM on Tuesday 27th of April,  so have a new Chairperson as Ian Wallace steps down to Vice Chair and Ron McKail steps into the role of Chairman, unfortunately Alan Stewart has had to step down for health reasons. The group are keen to attract new members as they are becoming a bit thin on the ground. Inspector Allan, and inspector Wallace (of the Road Traffic Police) gave an interesting talk on drink driving and the time frames of when people are most commonly caught namely late evenings and early mornings. The Annual Seminar was an excellent event (Sheila agreed that this was a very enjoyable and interesting day) and Kate Rigby did a fantastic job organising all this. The workshops were particularly good and informative. The many project they undertake within the community continue and a copy of their plans for 2004-2005 was circulated.

K) DATE OF NEXT MEETING
27th OF MAY - all members of the public are most welcome to come  along.

However, if you are unable to come along in person please feel free to contact one of our members if you have an issue or concern,  or if you have any questions you wish to ask.

Thankyou