Isobel Plunket (Chair), Rena McKenzie, Tom Morrison, Elaine McNally, Gordon King, Lauren Oxley (councillor), Daniel Lennie (Councillor), Chris Young, Carolyn Hutchison.
Rhona Young, Debbie Keenan, Maria Gordon, Ann Higney.
Police report received. Incidents 10 – 2 common assaults others relate to vehicles, traffic and vandalism. Gordon Middleton is our contact. Lauren is meeting with the new divisional commander on 13/2/24 And will highlight our concern regarding the details of the crimes noted in the last minutes and also the parking at the traffic lights at junction of Barclay Street and Dumbarton Road.
Traffic monitoring in situ on Western Isles Road.
See Liam Green re.20s plenty.
£713.02 with £235 deduction pending. Elaine requires copies of the minutes for 1 year to apply for community council grant. Chris will look into this.
Successful with grant from WDC for International Women's Day Event in the middle of May.
Successful with £5000 grant for local place plan. Community links will help with this.
100k grant for development of the glen, no word yet. IRID meeting on 22nd May.
Still to hear about 20K grant for war memorial.
15/3/24, 6.15pm for 6.30pm. £3 entrance fee.£500 for a group or individual to do something to enhance the village. The presentations will be in Old Kilpatrick Church and the soup will be in the church hall at 7.15pm. The judges will be Roger Clifford, Stephen Henderson and John Clark and Maria Gordon will be the MC. Chris and Shaun of the communities team will do the publicity. Dragons introduced and then pitches will be heard. There will be a children s and an adults hamper which are for the 2nd and 3rd prizes. Stephen Singer will give 2 hours of his time to help a group. Easter eggs for the dragons. Please attend if you can and come a bit earlier to help set up. Donations for the raffle will be appreciated. 5 pitches expected so far.
Community Council forum is on 13th March in the Napier Hall, time to be confirmed. Training available for everyone 23/3/24.Rules being updated for community councils. There will be a civic reception in September to recognise 50 years of community councils.
Courses are available and free on the Open University to access type in Community Council.
Clydebank Blitz Memorial is on Saturday 15/3/24 at 11am in Dalnottar Cemetery, then at Solidarity Place and then Clydebank Town Hall.
6/6/24 D Day – Scouts will do a beacon and there may be something at the war memorial or with Clydebank. A lantern can be bought and Issy is looking at this.
History month is May – The Clydesider are having events at the beginning and end of May. There is also Walk this May starting at Balloch Park to Centre 81,local walking groups will pass on a baton.
With the history presentations on line, it was found that people found Eventbrite /zoom tricky so a clinic is proposed to help.
Issy had an email from Graham Wilson regarding the litter at the off ramps of the A82. WDC has organised a date for clearing this.
Florence is in touch with cultural services regarding the mosaics in front of the shops.
Existing lights under the tunnels in the glen are being repaired and also the lamp post which was damaged by a fallen tree. The change in course of the burn has also been highlighted and a suggestion to use the burn to power lighting in the glen has been put forward.
Gordon highlighted areas of concern in the village – the broken seating in front of the shops. The bins behind the shops and the roundabout at the Dalmuir end of the village. Lauren will look into this.
Concern re containers which have been put on a grassed area in ThistleNeuk, Lauren has also been contacted by a resident regarding this and will look into it.
Lauren updated us on issues -lock ups, John Kerr has said there will be further site inspections before the end of April and after assessments it will be decided whether to improve or dispose of them. Pavilion – Michelle Lynn – waiting on Scottish Water sign off. She will also update on the allotments at Station Road.
Tuesday 9th April 2024, 7pm – 9pm in the church hall.
Isobel Plunket (chair),Rena McKenzie, Tom Morrison, Ann Higney, Gordon King, Lauren Oxley (councillor),Carolyn Hutchison.
Rhona Young, Debbie Keenan, Maria Gordon.
Incidents December to January – 4 sexual assaults,1 stalking and 1 extortion. Commissioner apologised for not sending representatives but will try.
No treasurers report but Issy will follow up with Elaine.
15/3/24. 6.15pm for 6.30pm.£3 entrance fee.£500 for a group or individual to do something to enhance the village. The presentations will be in Old Kilpatrick Church and the soup will be in the church hall at 7.15pm. The judges will be Roger Clifford, Stephen Henderson and John Clark and Maria Gordon will be the MC. Chris and Shaun of the communities team will do the publicity. Dragons introduced and then pitches will be heard. There will be a children s and an adults hamper which are for the 2nd and 3rd prizes. Stephen Singer will give 2 hours of his time to help a group. Please attend if you can and come a bit earlier to help set up.
International women's day will not be in March .It will be later in the year. Florence is working on a historical map and there is £2300 approx. for this.
Community Council forum is on 13th March in the Napier Hall, time to be confirmed.
Courses are available and free on the Open University to access type in Community Council.
Issy and Tom attended the Wind farm meeting,there will be 10 turbines and they may be seen from Bonhill. The meeting was found to be very disorganised, was very noisy and there were lots of interruptions. It was in the Balloch Hotel. Eco energy Scotland and the development company attended.
Community payback from the wind farm can be negotiated. A co-operative can buy into the windfarm. With Dumbarton Community Forum a development trust can be set up,2 representatives from each community council could disseminate funds for local needs – schools, public buildings etc.
Eco heating could lead to a cooperative to benefit from carbon zero. Planning application is 5 years.
Discussed locality plan tonight. It involves the land and spatial look of the community. People can come up with ideas and alternatives for the whole of the village. Issy has documented everyone s ideas.
£5000 applied for from the participatory budget. £120,000 applied for from the regeneration fund for the Lusset Glen. This goes to committee in March 2024.
£20,000 applied for from landfill grant with ambition to have drystone dyke seating at the War Memorial and St Patrick s Well. West of Scotland Drystone Dyke group provide the labour as part of training and we would provide the materials.
Rediscovering the Antonine Wall are leading on an Antonine Community Map in Old Kilpatrick, Duntocher and Bowling. These meetings are ongoing.
Laptop required for Community Council business. Ask Jana to advise.
Lauren is going to get an update on the status of the pavilion at the high park.
Check to see if there is a new strategy for the garages at Port Patrick Road and check on the status of the beech tree that's down in the village and the adjacent lights.
Tuesday 12th February 2024 7pm – 9pm in the church hall.
Date of next meeting Tuesday 12th February 2024 7pm – 9pm in the church hall.
Isobel Plunket (chair),Rena McKenzie, Tom Morrison, Ann Higney, Daniel Lennie (councillor),Carolyn Hutchison.
Gordon King, Rhona Young, Chris Young, Debbie Keenan, Maria Gordon, Dorothy Gordon.
Police report Received but nothing to report.
Contact from Alexander Greer a resident of Lusset Road. He is having problems with mail being delivered and has been advised to contact the post office.
A card and flowers is being organised for Davis Robertson and Issy will ask for a new representative from the church.
Community soup event is being organised for the end of February/beginning of March.£500 for a group or individual to do something to enhance the village. The presentations will be in Old Kilpatrick Church and the soup will be in the church hall. The judges will be Roger Clifford, Stephen Henderson and John Clark and Maria Gordon will be the MC. Chris and Shaun of the communities team will do the publicity.
Upcoming events – Ladies day in March. D day event June (6th?)Alan Lorimer is hoping to do a beacon again with the scouts. It will be marked during the day with a wreath at the War memorial. Time to be confirmed. Carolyn will source 8 trailing plants for the planters.
Ann, Issy and Rena have been involved with the locality plan which is going to be written by Colin and Stephen. It involves the land and spatial look of the community. People can come up with ideas and alternatives for the whole of the village.
There are budgets that we can apply for and Ann and Issy are taking this forward. Smaller funding perhaps for community lights and capital regeneration funding for the development of the Lusset Glen.
Parking on pavements was raised and Daniel Lennie said that the introduction of traffic wardens is being looked at but nothing in place from WDC as yet.
Carolyn raised the issue of the non emptying of bins in the Saltings and the slip hazards of the leaves and wooden boards and a broken over hanging branch on the bridge from the canal to the Saltings. Daniel will look into this.
Tuesday 13th February 2024, 7pm - 9pm in the church hall.
This has been extended to work on the locality plan.