1 CYNGOR CYMUNED YNYSYBWL & COED-Y-CWM COMMUNITY COUNCIL MINUTES of the MONTHLY Meeting of the Ynysybwl & Coed-Y-Cwm Co

CYNGOR CYMUNED YNYSYBWL & COED-Y-CWM COMMUNITY COUNCIL MINUTES of the MONTHLY meeting of the Ynysybwl & Coed-y-Cwm Community Council Held at Ynysybwl Community Centre on Tuesday 4th December 2018 at 6:45 pm Clerk…………….. PRESENT:- Councillors Mrs C Banwell, Messrs A Burnell, RC Evans, C Jones, H Osborne, A Holloway, D Baish 1. DISCLOSURES OF PERSONAL INTEREST Disclosures of interest were received in respect of minute 9.6, Ynysybwl Constitutional Club, from Councillors C Jones and H Osborne. 2. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE Apologies were received from Councillors A Ellis, M Jones and R Isaac 3. PUBLIC BREAK A member of the public was in attendance and addressed council on the following topics. Parking is a major issue with double parking occurring more often. Emergency vehicles would have great difficulty in getting to their destination, as was the case last week when a fire broke out in Robert Street. There are huge problems on Heol-y-Plwyf, especially on a Tuesday when events are held in the surrounding area. Recommendations for parking have been given to RCT by the Community Council for the lower end of the village at New Road. A new Community Warden was in place in the village as of today and, although the warden does not have the power to issue notices, they can refer the case to the relevant department. In some areas of the village, pavements are cracking due to vehicles parking on them. Traffic wardens are frequently in attendance and the PCSO will put notices on vehicles and give warnings. Any parking issues should be referred to Councillor Sue Pickering. A request was made that draft minutes be made available sooner than one month to enable the public to read prior to the meeting. The council have been informed that this can be done and will be put into practice. A request was made that agenda items are made more clear in order for the public to be correctly informed of issues arising and not just bullet points, allowing the public to make an informed choice as to whether they attend the meeting or not. The agenda is a standard document adopted by all community councils. It is a guide to what will be discussed in the meeting, full 1 information is made available in the minutes to follow. It was RESOLVED that the Clerk discuss with the Chair the possibility of expanding the agenda slightly. Copies of the agenda were requested at the meeting for members of the public. This was refused due to cost, the majority of councilors now receive their paperwork via email to cut down on printing costs. It was asked if planning applications could be put clearly on the agenda for those who do not have internet access to check the codes online. The Community Council are unable to include these details even though they are in the public domain. A link to the planning applications has recently been added to the agenda. It was queried whether draft copies of the monthly accounts could be made available at the meeting for the public to see. The grand total of the monthly accounts can be shown on the agenda but not the individual amounts (as directed by One Voice Wales in Code of Conduct training earlier this year). The full monthly accounts can be viewed in full in the minutes. It was requested that the Community Council advertise their meetings one full week in advance to give the public notice. The agendas are currently advertised on the notice boards and website but it was RESOLVED to also post on the Facebook page the meeting date and that the agenda is available to view. The council thanked the member of the public for bringing up some very good points. 4. POLICE Mr Rob Grant was in attendance to present the police report in the absence of PCSO Vranch who is on annual leave. The following crimes were reported in the Taff Ely area. REPORTED RESOLVED Homicide and violence (with injury) 44 14 Violence (without injury) 54 10 Stalking and harassment 57 15 Rape 6 0 Other serious sexual offences 4 0 Other sexual offences 2 1 Robbery 1 1 Residential burglary 15 2 Business & community burglary 5 4 2 Vehicle offences 28 1 Bicycle theft 1 0 Theft from the person 4 0 Shoplifting 31 15 All other theft offences 59 1 Arson 2 0 Criminal damage 36 8 Drug trafficking 2 2 Possession of drugs 14 10 Possession of weapon offences 2 1 Public order offences 55 9 Miscellaneous crimes against society 8 0 Anti social behaviour 93 N/A Hate crime 3 1 Some will show a low positive outcome as they are waiting forensic evidence or people are on bail and have not been charged yet, or as with the drug offences people who have come back this month and been charged for an offence the previous month. The residential burglary category now includes theft from garages but not sheds. People on Patrol website is now up and running. Registration is now much easier as no forms need to be completed; there is now a link to a website to register. Burglars are now targeting businesses such as bars, rugby clubs and community centres. Dwelling burglaries are largely opportunistic burglaries, windows and doors being left open etc. There has been one burglary in Graigwen and one arrest has been made. Thefts are not too bad in the town centre area but Christmas is coming up and South Wales Police will be targeting shoplifters in the coming weeks. They also urge Neighbourhood Watches to remind people not to leave outbuildings and vehicles unsecured. County Lines is a massive issue. Dealers from London and Birmingham are using children as drug mules. This is something to be on the lookout for. DI Meirion Collins visits schools giving talks on County Lines and it may be possible for him to do a talk for the Community Council. 3 Christmas operations will take place between the 19-31 of December. The mobile police station will be in Pontypridd town centre and at the Talbot Green retail park. The AFR vehicle will also be out targeting shoplifters, there will also be crime prevention advice given out. There has been a spate of BB guns being fired at windows in the area. Commercial premises and empty houses have been targeted. A man called Peter Willet is delivering leaflets to houses offering to buy jewellery, watches furniture etc. he is very pushy and appears to be targeting the more elderly of the population. If allowed into the house he will dart into as many rooms as he can to see what else is in the house that he can buy. His prices are very low You are advised not to let him in as he will not leave when asked to go. Call the police to remove him, this is particularly true if you have a no cold caller sticker showing on your premises. There are a number of scams going around at the moment if anyone phones from the HMRC [Inland Revenue], TV Licensing or BT, it is a scam just put the phone down, do not do what they ask and notify action fraud. 5. TO APPROVE MINUTES It was RESOLVED to accept the previous minutes from November 2018. 6. MATTERS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES 6.1 Roll of Honour Due to JW being extremely busy, the Clerk had contacted MST Events with a view to updating the Roll of Honour board. They will be able to do this, but the Clerk needs to provide the list of names to be added. Councillor Burnell mentioned that the Clerk had sent out the Roll of Honour policy, which gave clearer details of the process, as some councilors were unaware of the procedure. It was agreed that the list should not be ‘watered down’ and that in the coming year any further nominations will only be considered in exceptional circumstances as stated in the policy. Three nominations have already been agreed for this year. Councillor Jones informed council that the grandson of Kenny Leek, the most recent addition to the Roll of Honour, wished to come and see his grandfather’s name displayed on the board. It was RESOLVED to agenda the Roll of Honour for the next meeting. 6.2 Community Warden Nick Palmer is the new Community Warden and he started work in the village as of today. He will be looking for any issues throughout the community eg. Dog fouling, bins on the streets, fly tipping, untaxed and abandoned vehicles, parking. In areas where he does not have the power to issue notices, such as parking, he will contact the relevant department to notify them of the problem. With regards to bins left out on the pavement, the relevant household will be leafleted and given until the next bin collection to take it 4 in. If this is not complied with, they will be given a Section 46 notice with intent to prosecute. Nick is willing to look at any issues that the Community Council may have but specific details would be needed, eg. A full address as opposed to a general area. 6.3 Dog Signs The Clerk contacted the Director of Highways in relation to the dog signs that the Community Council would like erected on the Rec. In the November meeting he stated that RCT would be happy to pay for this. However, due to the content of the sign, RCT are unable to sanction this particular sign.

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