319 MINUTES of BRIDGEND TOWN COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY 18Th
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MINUTES OF BRIDGEND TOWN COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY 18th. MAY 2015 at 7.00pm at Carnegie House Council Chamber PRESENT: Cllr R Burns Cllr D Burns Cllr E Hughes Cllr R Morgan Cllr C Lewis Cllr F Sykes Cllr M Lewis Cllr R Thomas Cllr H Morgan Cllr I Jones Cllr D White (Mayor) Cllr B Rees Cllr R Marsh Cllr D Unwin Cllr B Parish Apologies: Cllr M Voisey, Cllr O Byrne, Cllr A John, Cllr M John 1.0 Members’ Declaration of Interest: 1.1 There were no Declarations on Interest 2.0 Minutes of the Last Meeting: 2.1 Minutes of the meeting of the 20th. April 2015 were confirmed as a true record and signed. 3.0 Matters Arising: 3.1 p.312: Point 3.3: Member asked what area was being cautioned against re- generation; if it is the Market Street/Wyndham Street area of Bridgend Town, he stated that it is in desperate need of re-generation. Member said that she was frustrated that this matter had come up once again at Council, and felt that she had fully explained her comments at the last Town Council Meeting; however, she did add that re-generation schemes do not often benefit traders during the period of re-generation works due to lack of consultation by the local authority with the traders affected by the works and due to loss of earnings by traders. Member commented that these issues are best dealt with at the Town Members Meetings and that he and Cllr Rees would raise the matter at the next Town Members Meeting. Members agreed with this course of action. 319 4.0 Mayor and Deputy Mayor’s Announcements: 4.1 Out Going Mayor’s Attendances Date Event Location 1 23/04/2015 Business Improvement District Steering Group Wilkinson’s Bridgend Court Colman 2 27/04/2015 Court Colman Liaison Project Group (refer to report) Hotel Carnegie 4 30/05/2015 Town Traders Meeting House Tabernacle Choir Summer Concert 5 17/05/2015 A great evening of the Choir and a 40 piece Orchestra that Tabernacle, Derwen Road commemorated 1914 WWI and the sacrifice of men and women through to Broadway and Welsh songs. 2) Court Colman Liaison Project Group: Outgoing Mayor referred Members to report prepared on the Court Colman Liaison Project Group. A full and lengthy discussion took place on how the monies given by the company behind the project, to the three communities affected by the development, Newcastle Higher CC, Laleston CC and Morfa Ward (BTC), should be administered. Each community is set to receive £5,000 per annum over a fifteen year period. It was agreed in principle, at a Court Colman Liaison Project Group meeting, that BAVO could be the body used to handle and distribute the monies as the Financial Administrator. Member stated that if BAVO was to be used for this purpose the money should be put into a Trust as a precautionary measure against any possible future collapse of the organisation. Questions were also raised about residual amounts of money and interest accrued; would it be returned to the Communities involved? Cllr Burns, the outgoing Mayor, stated that BTC should consider carefully several considerations contained in the report. Member stated that he, and an elected BCBC Member, had been involved in the project for some 18 months. 320 Member stated that she was surprised that Western Power Distribution as a major stakeholder in the project is not mentioned. Member asked how the other wards feel about Wildmill and BAVO being involved in the administration of the funds. Member denied that Wildmill would have any involvement in administering the funds. Member advised that information given by another Member was not in any Minutes of any of the Meetings of the Liaison Group that he had seen. After further debate and discussion, it was moved and seconded that a meeting would be arranged by BTC to meet with representatives from Newcastle Higher CC and Laleston CC ( the Mayor and immediate past Mayor to represent BTC) to discuss the financial administration of the funds and the way forward, to be convened prior to the next meeting of the Court Colman Liaison Project Group to be held on May 28th. Action: Clerk to arrange proposed meeting. 4) Town Traders’ Meeting: Outgoing Mayor reported that 22 people had attended the meeting; the majority of the attendees were local traders and business people. He added that it was a disappointing turnout in relation to the number of invitations sent out; however, it was a good, positive meeting. Member asked, what is the way forward as a result of the meeting ? Clerk advised that, as commented on by the outgoing Mayor, it was a very positive meeting which was well Chaired by Andrew Lloyd Hughes. The outcome of the meeting was a list of proposed events for the Town Centre that would encourage footfall but would not take business away from traders. They included a Town Carnival, Classic Car/Motorbike Show, Military re-enactment groups, Street Performers Festival etc. Rhiannon Kingsley, BCBC Town Centre Manager, to draw up the Minutes to include full list of suggested events to distribute to attendees and to schedule a further Meeting. Member commented that the Minutes should be distributed to all Town Centre Traders not just attendees. He added that whatever events are organised the traders must be fully involved and engaged and must not be left solely to BTC to organise. Mayor commented that we must move forward with this initiative and to get the message out that BTC has the traders’ best interest at heart. Member reiterated that this meeting must be positively followed up. Member commented that there is a new constituted Traders Group with an elected Chair; it will have funds available to it but must not be confused with the BID group; they are two separate groups. 321 4.2 Out-going Deputy Mayors Announcements: Out-going Deputy Mayor had attended: Mayor’s Charity Gala Dinner on Friday 9th. May Pencoed Town Council Civic Service on Sunday 10th. May He congratulated Bridgend Ravens RFC on beating Pontypridd RFC in the SWALEC Cup Final held at the Millennium Stadium. 5.0 Correspondence: 1) BCBC- Temporary Closure; Un-named Lane situated at the side of 49 Park Street, Bridgend: Noted 2) Letter from Z. Shell, Head of Neighbourhood Services, BCBC, re- response to BTC’s Half Yearly Survey of Bridgend Town Centre. Z. Shell acknowledge report and stated that regarding the bus station there is no specific budget for the works suggested; however, he is mindful of the request & will take action should resources and priorities permit. Member suggested that the re-painting could be included in any future regeneration works in that part of the Town Centre. Chair of Finance & Personnel Committee listed the works recently carried out at the bus station that BTC had funded. Member stated that the matter will be raised at a future Town Members Meeting. 3) E-Mail from Karyl Carter, Stroke Association, re- parking problem at Evergreen Hall. Chair of Finance & Personnel Committee stated that this is a matter for the Evergreen Hall Committee to deal with; he urged the Chair of the Evergreen Hall Committee to take the matter up with whoever is responsible at BCBC. Town Clerk added that he had given his advice on signage to the Evergreen Hall Administrator. Member stated that the designated parking spaces for the Evergreen Hall had ben commandeered by BCBC whilst refurbishment works are being carried out. Clerk advised that this matter had been researched and the Evergreen Hall Lease makes no mention of designated parking spaces being allocated for users of the Evergreen Hall; it appears to be a “gentleman’s agreement”. 4) E-Mail from Liam Ronan, Communications Manager, BCBC, re-suicide film entitled ”Bridgend”. Member stated that he was disappointed that no response had been received from BTC’s letter to Robert D’Niro and that the correspondence from BCBC has been sent to interested parties some four weeks after the matter was originally discussed at Council and appeared in the local press. 5) BCBC- Temporary Traffic Order for Market Street/Quarella Road: Noted 322 6) Letter from Nick Bennett, Ombudsman, re- “Revised Guidance on the Code of Conduct”: Matter dealt with during A.G.M. 7) BCBC- Bridgend Town Informal Consultation: Traffic Management Review/Residents Parking. Member stated that the correspondence sent out to the public regarding this Traffic Management Review is inadequate; the maps do not correspond with the streets listed. He also questioned the use of the term “informal consultation”. He concluded by asking why are BCBC trying to impose this scheme? Member stated that he had been bombarded with queries about this parking proposal from resident living near Coity Fields. Clerk read out two letters to Members from residents living in the Acland Road area and Grove Road area; both objected to the proposed Residents Parking scheme. It was moved and seconded that BTC should object to the proposals until such a time that Members are in receipt of BCBC’s rationale behind the scheme and that residents affected by the proposals have been fully consulted and BTC are in receipt of the collated residents views on the proposed scheme. 8) Letter from Darren Bracket, Drugs & Alcohol Unit, Home Office, re- response to BTC’s letter to Parliament on new psychoactive substances (NPS).Noted Member stated that a high profile prosecution of a trader on Nolton Street for selling NPS sends out a message to other traders in the area that the sales of these substances will not be tolerated.