Minutes of the Ruchill Community Council held in the Community Centre, Bilsland
Drive, Ruchill G20 9NF on Wednesday 4th March 2015 at 6.30pm
Attending:
Kate Mulgrew
Marion Coleman
Cllr. Helen Stephen
Flo McGrehan
Suzanne Halliday
Dawn Baird, Maryhill HA
PC Emma Laurie and PC John Morris Group 3 Community Police
Apologies:
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Eleanor Brown, Cllr Chris Kelly, and Ann McKechin MP
Welcome
Kate Mulgrew chaired the meeting in the absence of Eleanor Brown.
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Minutes of Last Meeting
The minutes of 4th February were adopted: proposed Suzanne Halliday and 2nd by
Marion Coleman.
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Matters arising from Minutes of Last Meeting
3.1
Marion noted that the lights in the park were still not working. Councillor
Stephen advised that Councillor Kelly was dealing with this and would speak to
him for update regarding the matter.
3.2
Lights at Comet Bar are still out – Councillor Stephen advised that the vehicle
was still out of service.
4.0
Police Business
4.1
PC Emma Laurie and PC John Morris were in attendance and provided the
following statistics for the month of February:
Area
Offences
Ruchill
Total Incidents
Drugs
Street Drinkers
Theft
Theft from M/V
Theft HB
Assaults
Vandalism
Breach of the peace
Road Traffic
2
3
2
0
1
2
3
0
3
1
2
4.2
Officers reminded residents to report any incidents to Police which can be done
calling Crimestoppers, 101 or by using the Police Scotland website.
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Guest Speaker
5.1
Cllr Helen Stephen update:
5.2
Cllr Stephen advised that AS Homes have made a planning application for the
land at the former Comet Bar Site. Closing date was last week. One objection
was made. Plans are for 12 houses and 12 flats.
5.3
Residents highlighted that 2 lights are still out at just down from the nursing home
and lights are still out at roundabout. Cllr Stephen will address these issues.
5.4
A meeting was held with Ann McKechin regarding bus routes to the Southern
General Hospital as there were concerns that the current timetable is inadequate.
Generally speaking there is no profit in the route. Residents were concerned that
they had not received an invite to attend and the Ruchill Community Council had
not been notified, however Cllr Stephen explained that Ann McKechin’s
boundary ends at the community centre (Willie Bain MP covers past the centre) it may be possible that residents who live past the estate would not be on Ann’s
mailing list. A shuttle bus will be available from Govan subway station to the
Southern General Hospital.
5.5
Parkbrae Gardens will now get a grit bin. It was requested that Hazlitt Street also
gets an extra bin.
5.6
BT is carrying out works at Balmore Road so temporary traffic lights will be
installed Monday to Friday until 5pm from Monday 9th March.
5.7
Iain Gray MSP East Lothian – taking forward a members bill to change how bus
companies are owned and routes are decided.
6.
Report from Projects
Ruchill Furniture (RF):
Project is continuing to provide residents
with a much needed service in Maryhill and
Ruchill
Greater Maryhill Foodbank:
The Foodbank continues to provide food
parcels to those referred to service.
Ruchill Credit Union:
AGM took place on the 25th February at
7pm in Ruchill Community Centre
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7.
Reports from Meetings
Thriving Places:
Community events have been organised across
Possilpark and Ruchill. A coffee morning has been
organised for Friday 27th March at 9.15am which
will be an opportunity to tell residents about
Thriving Places and hear what residents would like
to see in the community. Minutes for the previous
meetings were made available.
Canal Partnership:
Reports are available on line.
Parkhill Residents Association:
Minutes will be posted on noticeboard in Ruchill
Community Centre. The group are due to meet on
Wednesday 18th March.
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Correspondence:
8.1
Invitation to Royal Tea Party
8.2
Admin allowance from GCC of £474.82
9.0
A.O.C.B.
9.1
Dawn informed residents that there would be a community meeting held on
Monday 16th March regarding the Ruchill Allotment site. This meeting will also
include a visit to the site. The cost of transforming the site into allotments is
£750,000. This may take several years to achieve funding of such an amount so it
is proposed that in that in order to get the site used to make “pop up” allotments
available. This will get the ground used, maintain interest in the project and
enable residents to enjoy a space where they can grow their own fruit, veg and
plants. Dawn has applied for funding to Comic Relief and Sainsburys on behalf
of the Community Council for small amounts of funding (£1500 between them
both) to get some materials for raised beds, gardening equipment and some
workshops.
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Date of Next Meeting
Wednesday 1st April 6:30pm in Ruchill Community Centre, Bilsland Drive