Craster Parish Council

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Minutes

Thursday 16 th July 2009
Village Hall 7.15pm

Present
Chairman Carol Grey
Clerk Helen Brewis
Parish Council Members Elizabeth Pearson, Joyce Shaw, Michael Craster, Rosie Robson, Pauline Baird & Joan Angus.
In Attendance CC John Taylor & PC Roxy Bird.
Members of the public Mr J Gallon, Mr M Oxley, Mr J Shaw & Mr B Chambers.

1214. Apologies for absence.

Michael Taylor, Alan Punton & Michael Robson.

1215. Confirmation of minutes of last meeting.

The June Minutes were accepted as a true record.

1216. Matters arising from minutes of last meeting.

Bad Parking in Craster.

PC Roxy Bird gave a talk & answered questions on policing parking problems & the powers that the Police have to prosecute. If you ring the Police – bad parking isn’t a priority & by the time an Officer attends the vehicle may be gone & if the Officer doesn’t believe it is an obstruction they wont issue a parking ticket.

Roxy came up with a working list of proposals:-

1. She will spend 1 hour per fortnight in Craster checking on the parking & double yellow lines and speaking to drivers who are badly parked & placing Polite Notices on windscreens. If Roxy feels a car is causing a justified obstruction she can then apply a Parking Fine of £30.

2. Leaflet drop for the whole of Craster & Dunstan.

3. Carol Grey will act as the contact in Craster for Roxy & if anyone has continual problems with a badly parked vehicle if they pass the vehicle details, times of obstruction etc on to Carol she will forward to Roxy. Roxy will then contact the owner.

4. Polite Notice Parking Signs to go in the windows of the Tourist Information Centre, pubs & Parish Council Notice Boards.

Path improvement from Bark Pots to Whin Hill.

Action Point: Clerk to accept Harry Armstrong’s quote to carry out the work £870.00 (inc. VAT).

The sink & kerbing by the bus shelter.

NCC should start the work in a fortnights time.

Mobile Phone Coverage.

CC John Taylor declared an interest.

Michael Craster formally gave the petition to Carol Grey, the petition is for the need for better mobile phone coverage in the Craster area & has approximately 600 signatures.

Action Point: Carol Grey will hand the petition over to Councillor Scott.

Windyside Bridge Signage & ditching.

Ongoing.

Street Light on Whin Hill.

The new light will be installed in August/September.

New Councillors.

The new Councillors are Mrs Rosie Robson & Mr Michael Robson.

NCC – Local Transport Plan Programme 2010-11.

Action Point: Clerk to locate the Plan, which is in circulation & complete with the details of the roads requiring attention.

NCC – Alnwick Council Cluster Meeting 29 th June 2009.

Carol Grey & Michael Craster attended the Meeting, which was very informative & Peter Biggers from NCC discussed Planning.

Dropped kerbs & footpath repairs.

A NCC workman met Pauline Baird to discuss where we would like dropped kerbs installed & took photos of the paths.

Cullernose Point fencing.

Action Point: Clerk to contact Howick Estates to give our approval to any work that can be carried out to make the area safer, Carol Grey will also look into it.

National Trust parking.

Action Point: Carol Grey will contact John Walton from the National Trust concerning their parking.

Craster on-line – Councillor information.

Action Point: Clerk to request permission from all the Councillors to allow their names to be entered on the Craster on line website.

Dunstan Water Leak.

Joan Angus thanked CC John Taylor with his ongoing help with the water leak, which is still running down the side of the bungalow garden onto the road.

1217. NWL Sewerage Update.

An email has been received from NWL concerning repairs, which need to be carried out at the Jolly Fisherman. The Sewerage work negotiations are still ongoing & Michael Gibbs proposals will be discussed once the negotiations are complete.

1218. Planning Matters. None.

1219. Financial Matters.

Bank Balance: £4827.82

The Annual Return Accounts and the Annual Governance Statement were both approved by the Council.

1220. Correspondence received.

NCC – Committee Papers. In circulation.

CAN Newspaper. In circulation.

NCC – Draft Statement of Community Involvement. Noted.

Archaeology in Northumberland. In circulation.

NHS – Public Consultation. In circulation.

NCC – Renewable Energy Planning Document. In circulation.

NALC – NSP Elections & Can Newspaper. In circulation.

NHS – Consultation about day care for older people. In circulation.

1221. A.O.B.

Tower Bank.

NCC will look at the bank on Tuesday to cut the hedgegrows back.

Winch House.

The Winch House have been painted & the roof repaired, all the Councillors agreed that an excellent job has been carried out.

New Councillor Training.

Action Point: Clerk to contact new Councillors to see if they wish to attend the training night at Morpeth in September.