Secretary Sharon Park Sunnyside House, Maryculter, AB12 5GT Tel 01224 734415, mobile 07971 406021 Email [email protected] Website http://www.nkrcc.org.uk

Minutes For the meeting held on Monday 15th Aug 2016 at 7.30pm in Lairhillock School, . SUBJECT TO APPROVAL Present Drew Russell (DR) Chair Cllr Alison Evison Aberdeenshire Council (AE) Sharon Park (SP) Secretary Cllr Ian Mollison Aberdeenshire Council (IM) Henry Irvine-Fortescue (HIF) Vice-Chair Bob McKinney (BM) Treasurer Colin Pike (CP) Planning Avril Tulloch (AT) Laureen Canessa (LC)

Also in attendance

NTR

Drew Russell chaired the meeting; there were 22 members of the public (MoP) present.

1 Apologies Susan Astell

2 Minute of the previous meeting The draft minute of the June meeting were proposed by AT and seconded by HIF

3 Police Report Police Sgt Neil Grant presented the Police Report. Crime levels remain low in the area, with only 41 reports having been made in the period since the last report. Sgt Grant encouraged everyone to respond to Police Scotla nd’s ongoing service survey. He touched on the recent road traffic operations, with 5 individuals being caught speeding and 5 others stopped for mobile phone related offences. A longer discussion ensued wrt recent issues concerning unofficial camps set up by the traveling community within our area. Sgt Grant outlined the various accountabilities of landowners, Police and the local authorities. Sgt Grant was very clear in the need to be respectful of everyone’s chosen ways of life and warned against the advisability of anyone “taking the law into their own hands.”

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4 Matters Arising 5.2 Meeting with Director of Infrastructure Services DR, CP and HIF had, with the Director of Infrastructure Services and various AC representatives concerned with the AWPR, at Woodhill House on the 8th of August. NKRCC expressed our ongoing concerns and frustrations wrt AC’s lack of response to the concerns raised both by the CC and by the wider community and also the general lack of communication. Again we discussed repairs to the local roads network, impact on those living nearby including Sunday working and the overall impact on the environment. AC intimated that they were about to commission bitumen plants across the work site. Unfortunately AC was not in a position to confirm the exact locations – this is something they promised to follow-up with. The one positive action that AC intimated was the imminent signature of new contracts in relation to local road network repairs. We did highlight that this was intimated as being imminent back in April!

11.3 Data Protection In line with the agreement at the June meeting, DR has drafted a letter to AC and returned the £35 allowance.

5 Roads 5.1 General Again concerns were raised with regard to general road maintenance and traffic management issues. White lining of the road junction of SDR and Maryculter Bridge has been completed – but almost instantly obliterated. Representation has also been made to AC wrt extending the temporary 30mph limit towards the Deeside Caravan Park. Concerns have also been highlighted to AC wrt potential damage caused to Maryculter Bridge by the December flooding. The response from AC was that the entire bridge infrastructure was the responsibility of ACC.

5.2 AWPR A general discussion took place wrt to issues and frustrations, including measures for controlling dust during periods of dry weather. The AWPR team, including the Managing Agent, have been invited to present an update to our September meeting.

6 Schools School bbq has been rescheduled 27 August School AGM will be on 31 August

7 Website & Social Media Due to the roads presentation social media was not read out but was as follows: 7.1 Website

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Jun, total visitors 477, average 16 Jul, total visitors 352, average 11 Aug, total visitors 469, average 15 Best to date still January 2016 with 1,100 total visitors, average 36. 7.2 Facebook Page likes now at new high of 155. 7.3 Twitter

8 Planning 8.1 New Applications Application Details APP/2016/2071 Full Planning Permission for Erection of Dwellinghouse (Change of House Type) of Previously Approved S010504PF Land To The South Of, 2 Nether Ashentilly Cottage, Maryculter, Aberdeen APP/2016/2084 Prior Notification for Alterations and Extension to Existing Agricultural Building South Rothnick, Netherley, , Aberdeenshire, AB39 3QX APP/2016/2205 Full Planning Permission for Erect Floodlights at Outdoor Riding Arena (Retrospective) Land At, Netherley Grange, Netherley, Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, AB39 3QN APP/2016/2211 Prior Notification for Erection of Agricultural Building Land To The North Of , Bogfon Farm, Maryculter, AB12 5GR APP/2016/2230 Full Planning Permission for Change of Use of Rough Grazing Ground to Recreational Field For Flying Model Aircraft, Non Compliance with Condition 6 (Hours of Operation) of Planning Permission C/235/88 Aberdeen Aeromodellers Club, Airfield At Hare Moss, Banchory Devenick, Aberdeenshire APP/2016/2232 Full Planning Permission for Extension to Model Aircraft Flying Field Non Compliance with Condition 6 (Hours of Operation) of Planning Permission C/578/90 Aberdeen Aeromodellers Club, Airfield At Hare Moss, Banchory Devenick, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire

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9 Finance & 400 Club 9.1 Reserves NKRCC have £2,099 in the bank, of which £385 is allocated for future 400 Club cash prizes

9.2 Awards A request has been made by the Youth Café to contribute towards the purchase and installation of a weight training bench and cross trainer as a commemoration for Bailey Gwynne. The requisite permissions have been received to site the equipment at the Church Yard in Maryculter. A proposal was made by BM to contribute £500; this was seconded by HIF and will be paid once the balance of funding had been generated.

9.3 400 Club Due to there being no meeting in July, draws were made for both July and August. Winners were:

July £30 No 164 £20 No 274 £15 No 327 £10 No 376

August £20 No 233 £15 No 083 £10 No 130

10 Correspondence Date From Details 03-Aug-16 Karen M McWilliam Area Project Officer Committee Officer (Kincardine & Mearns) Aberdeenshire Council K&M Funding event I am writing to give you early notice of an event we are in the process of planning in Kincardine and Mearns. This will be a free full day event, catering included, on Friday, 30 September 2016 from 10 am until 4 pm in the Dicks on Hall, Laurencekirk.

Our intention is to invite community groups and organisations to a training/information session with Social Investment Scotland (SIS). Social investment, unlike grants or donations, is when charitable organisations such as

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social enterprises receive a loan which they later repay. Loans can be used in a variety of ways, from buying equipment, to renting property, to expanding or replicating the business in some way. There is an opportunity for us to support Kincardine and Mearns community initiatives with the significant loan funding available to SIS. It can be difficult for charities and social enterprises to obtain loans from mainstream banks. Social investment funds provided by organisations such as Social Investment Scotland have helped to fill this void to support growth in charities, community organisations and social enterprises.

As a group who are involved in a community initiative or project with the potential to be requiring grant funding or financial support this is a good opportunity for you to look at what funding opportunities are available.

In addition to SIS we will also have a range of local organisations who work locally to support community projects also available to discuss your project wi th you. 01-Aug-16 Lesley Robertson Community Planning Officer K & M Aberdeenshire Council Transport Scotland Funding Opportunity Transport Scotland’s Pre-Application Support Fund (PASF) is now open for applications. PASF is offering funding of up to £10,000 to help public, community and third sector organisations develop ideas for the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Low Carbon Travel and Transport (LCTT) Challenge Fund.

11 AOCB

11.1 Broadband SP to request to Roddy Mathieson (BT) to attend a future meeting and to make neighbouring CCs aware of the date of his attendance - once confirmed.

11.2 North East Open Studios 2016 Booklets available for uplift from HIF.

12 Next Meeting Next regular monthly meeting will be at 7.30pm on Monday 19th September 2016 at Lairhillock School.

There being no further business, the meeting finished at 21.10.

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