Click on http://plan.ecclesfield.googlepages.com to go back to the Ecclesfield Village Plan home page Ecclesfield Village Plan Committee meeting August 16th 2007 Present:Jim Percival Sylvia Percival John Harrison Sylvia Harrison - Treasurer Pam Prior Anne Pearce Roger Tordoff John Brady – Chairman Vic Bowden Jo Brady – Minutes Apologies :- Trish Impey 1 No volunteers for position of secretary 2 To arrange a litter pick for this autumn. Date agreed:- 13th October 10-12am Meeting point:- outside the Co-Op on High Street Areas to be covered:- Ladycroft, around the Bull Pub, around the Co-Op, the High Street and possibly the park. 3 4 5 6 7 8 To advertise the event, JB was to approach the Look Local newspaper. JP will prepare some leaflets and distribute them to various points in the community ( ie:- Library, Co-Op, Morrisons, Gatty Hall, Parish notice board, and the village pubs. PP was to ask Jo Hawksworth more information on litter picks as she has arranged them in the past and would be helpful. PP to liaise with JB once discussed and then JB to discuss with JP for leaflet production. JB also to contact streetforce to see what they offer in way of protective clothing, rubbish bags and litter drop off points. JB also to contact the Co-Op as regards a place to store rubbish bags until collected. SP suggested that Ecclesfield Primary School might be interested in doing a project with the children on litter. VB said she would contact the school regarding this. -2- 9 10 AP asked if it was possible to get more litter bins from the Parish Council. VB replied it was actually the City Council that provided these and there had already been some discussion with the TARA Committee. JB also suggested that we concentrate solely on the litter pick for now and then if nothing seems to be moving with the rubbish bins we could discuss it later. JB reported his attendance at a meeting in Chapeltown regarding the Park Pavilion. They are looking for a representative from a community group (EVP) to attend the meetings and discuss changed to the pavilion. No one particular person would like to be the spokesperson for the group but it was agreed someone would attend if possible. Any Other Business 1 2 3 4 RT would like to leave the formation of the conservation group until September. VB asked RT for help in providing a map of Ecclesfield with points of special historical interest on it. VB has a stand at the Ecclesfield Gala in the park in September and as part of it there would be a few forms where people could write their names if interested in joining any of the community groups in Ecclesfield. SH to provide VB these forms. JB read a letter to SH from the EPIC theatre. They kindly decided not to bill us for the social event we had there in June as it was for the community. It was agreed to give them a £50 donation towards the theatre and SH was going to do this and ask for a receipt for our accounting purposes. Nothing else to mention – JB to contact everyone with any further news!