Minutes of Jordanhill Community Council

Annual General Meeting

held on Monday 2 November 2009 in Jordanhill Church Hall.

Present Ian Anderson (chair, for the first part only) Catherine Benton, Jean Brown, David Brown, Maria Hope, Stuart McLean, and Robert Mellish

Councillor Kenny McLean

21 members of the public

2 speakers from Glasgow City Council LES Parks Department

Apologies from Eileen Duke and Jack Gaw.

1 Adoption of previous minutes.

Approval of the minutes of 5 October 2009 was proposed by David Brown and seconded by Jean Brown..

2 New Committee

Ian Anderson called for nominations for the post of Chairman for the next twelve months. The Constitution requires him to stand down as he has held the post for two years.. Jean Brown was proposed by Catherine Benton and seconded by Maria Hope. There being no further nominations, Jean Brown was elected.

Jean Brown took over the chair at this point and thanked Ian Anderson for his service as Chairman

She then called for the following nominations, each of which was unopposed.

Vice chairman; Ian Anderson proposed by David Brown and seconded by Robert Mellish

Secretary; Stuart McLean proposed by Jean Brown and seconded by Maria Hope

Treasurer: Robert Mellish proposed by Ian Anderson and seconded by David Brown.

3 Co-option of new member

Ken Malcolm tabled a formal nomination form, duly proposed and seconded, and was accepted as a new member of the Council.

4 Chairman’s Report

The Chairman called on Ian Anderson to read his report for the previous year and this was formally adopted by the meeting.

5 Treasurer’s Report

The Chairman called on Robert Mellish to present copies of his audited financial report which was formally adopted by the meeting.

6 Address by Parks Department

Hugh Wright spoke briefly about various matters which had been raised in correspondence by JCC recently and then introduced his colleague Bert de Jong. He explained proposals for developments within the park including reinstating the pond at the Fossil Grove, creating an outdoor gym in the former crazy golf area, forming a toddlers’ cycle track in the former donkey ride area, and updating equipment in the swing park. Estimates had been obtained for replacing the two bridges at the pond but funds are unlikely to become available soon. He also spoke of the proposal for the formation of a new “Friends of Victoria Park” which might be able to seek heritage funds for the repairs.

(SM confirmed that he had made contact with Whiteinch Community Council on this proposal and he expected to attend the inaugural meeing next month.)

The speaker then answered a number of questions from the floor.

.7 Matters raised by members of the public

The Chairman invited members of the public to raise any matters of concern and Councillor McLean undertook to take up each point..

7.1 The hedge round a garden at the south west corner of Westbrae Drive and Westland Drive requires to be cut back.

7.2 There was insufficient leaf sweeping in the area.

7.3 There are areas of flooding on Crow Road near the station and at Southbrae Drive.

7.4 Commercial vans and a lorry belonging to a local resident are being parked in Woodend Drive near All Saints Church. These cause problems not only for the working of the church but are not welcome by nearby residents.

7.5 The bottle bank in Chamberlain Road is overflowing.

7.6 Speeding vehicles on Southbrae Drive. It is alleged that local youths use this stretch of road for speed trials. An e-mail had also been received on this subject.

The Chairman thanked the two speakers for their attendance and they left the meeting.

8 Other normal Council business

At this point the Chairman closed the AGM and the meeting reverted to a normal monthly format. All members of the public chose to remain. Due to the shortage of time left, matters were dealt with briefly.

8.1 Two police officers had attended very briefly at the start of the meeting and handed over some crime statistics for the whole sub area which were read out.. We would

welcome a return to the previous system giving statistics for our area only.

8.2 SM read a draft letter to be sent to the Chief Executive of GCC complaining about

the manner in which the whole HMO application had been handled. Members

agreed that this should be sent.

8.3 It was agreed to pay the sixth year pupils of Jordanhill School the sum of £250 for

delivering the newsletter. This will go to their CLIC Sargent charity appeal.

8.4 SM requested payment for £90.13 to cover the account for hosting the Website and

retaining our web address. Approved.

9 CORRESPONDENCE

From Roads Dept.. A speed indicating sign (two way) will be erected on Southbrae Drive.

From Roads Dept. Traffic calming will be provided outside Jordanhill School gates

although cost restraints will permit only small speed cushions rather than a

speed table as requested.

Letter to Jordanhill Church enclosing cheque. Receipt received.

Planning applications

145 Essex Drive, 2 dormer windows to rear and alterations to existing extension

94 Southbrae Drive, single storey side and rear extension

6 Manor Road, single story extension

31 Airthrey Avenue, single storey rear extension and garage.

10 NEXT MEETING

The next meeting will be on Monday 7 December 2009 in Jordanhill Church Hall at 7.15 p.m. Please note that the January Meeting will be on the second Monday (11 January 2010)