Cunninghame House, Irvine. 23 May 2013 Garnock Valley and West Kilbride Area Committee You are requested to attend a Meeting of the above mentioned Committee of North Ayrshire Council to be held in Beith Community Centre, 45-47 King's Road, Beith on THURSDAY 30 MAY 2013 at 2.00 p.m. to consider the undernoted business. Yours faithfully Elma Murray Chief Executive 1. Declarations of Interest Members are requested to give notice of any declarations of interest in respect of items of business on the Agenda. 2. Minutes The Minutes of the Committee held on 28 March 2013 will be signed in accordance with Paragraph 7 (1) of Schedule 7 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (copy enclosed). 3. Police Scotland Submit report by Police Scotland on activity within the Garnock Valley and West Kilbride area (copy enclosed). North Ayrshire Council, Cunninghame House, Irvine KA12 8EE 4. Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Submit report by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service on activity within the Garnock Valley and West Kilbride area (copy enclosed). 5. Strategic Road Maintenance Programme 2013/14 Submit report by the corporate Director (Development and Environment) on the proposed Roads and Streetlighting Maintenance Programme for 2013/14 (copy enclosed). 6. Hard Standing for Community Events The Town Centre Regeneration Manager and the Streetscene Manager will provide an update. 7. Community Development Grants Scheme and Local Youth Action Fund: Applications for Financial Assistance Submit report by the Corporate Director (Education and Skills) on applications received in respect of the Community Development Grants Scheme and the Local Youth Action Fund (copy enclosed). 8. Grants to Elderly Groups Submit report by the Corporate Director (Education and Skills) on the level of funding available for disbursement in the Committee's area in 2013/14 (copy enclosed). 9. Margaret Archibald Bequest 9.1 Financial Position Submit report by the Corporate Director (Finance and Infrastructure) on the implications for the Margaret Archibald Bequest of the current recommended expenditure level for 2013/14 being exceeded 9.2 Applications for Financial Assistance Submit report by the Chief Executive on applications for financial assistance received in respect of the Bequest (copies enclosed). 10. North Ayrshire Community Planning Partnership (CPP): Board Minutes of Meeting held on 14 March 2013 Submit report by the Chief Executive on the meeting of the North Ayrshire Community Planning Partnership (CPP) held on 14 March 2013 (copy enclosed). North Ayrshire Council, Cunninghame House, Irvine KA12 8EE 2 11. Date and Venue of Next Meeting The next meeting of the Garnock Valley and West Kilbride Area Committee will be held on 29 August 2013 at 2.00 p.m. in West Kilbride Village Hall. 12. Urgent Items Any other items which the Chair considers to be urgent. North Ayrshire Council, Cunninghame House, Irvine KA12 8EE 3 Garnock Valley and West Kilbride Area Committee Sederunt: Robert Barr (Chair) Chair: John Bell Anthea Dickson Jean Highgate Elizabeth McLardy Catherine McMillan Attending: Apologies: Meeting Ended: North Ayrshire Council, Cunninghame House, Irvine KA12 8EE 4 Agenda Item 2 Garnock Valley and West Kilbride Area Committee 28 March 2013 KILBIRNIE, 28 March 2013 - At a Meeting of the Garnock Valley and West Kilbride Area Committee of North Ayrshire Council at 2.00 p.m. Present Robert Barr, John Bell, Anthea Dickson, Jean Highgate and Catherine McMillan. In Attendance J. McHarg, Assistant Manager (Community Development Team) and B. Anderson, Performance/Grants Information Officer (Education and Skills); and M. Anderson, Committee Services Officer (Chief Executive's Service). Also In Attendance Inspector G. Jones (Strathclyde Police). Chair Depute Provost Barr in the Chair. Apologies for Absence Elizabeth McLardy. 1. Declarations of Interest In terms of Standing Order 16 and Section 5 of the Code of Conduct for Councillors, Councillor Highgate, as Chair of Youth Making Beith Better (YMBB), declared an interest in Agenda Item 6 (Community Development Grants Scheme and Local Youth Action Fund: Applications for Financial Assistance). 2. Minutes The Minutes of the ordinary meeting of the Committee held on 14 February 2013 and the Special Meeting of the Committee held on 18 March 2013 were signed in accordance with Paragraph 7 (1) of Schedule 7 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. 3. Strathclyde Police: Activity Report Submitted report by Strathclyde Police on activity within the Garnock Valley and West Kilbride area. Inspector Jones gave further detail on the following:- arrangements in preparation for Strathclyde Police to move to form part of Police Scotland from 1 April 2013; crime statistics for January/February 2013 compared with the same period the previous year; the varying patterns of assault, theft and vandalism in respect of Kilbirnie, Dalry, Beith and West Kilbride; Page 1 5 proactive partnership working to warn vulnerable people about bogus callers; and operation Myriad which, in partnership with other agencies, aims to reduce violence, antisocial behaviour, serious and organised crime, road traffic and drug offences. Members asked questions, and received clarification, on the following:- the increase in driving offences in the Dalry area; measures to tackle dog fouling; the background to assaults and threatening behaviour in the Kilbirnie area; the possibility of receiving further detailed information on the nature of driving offences in the Committee's area; and traffic flow problems associated with parked cars blocking loading bays in Dalry town centre. Inspector Jones undertook to provide more detailed information to the next meeting to show crime statistics within the Committee's area compared with those for North Ayrshire as a whole. Noted. 4. Strathclyde Fire and Rescue Submitted report by Strathclyde Fire and Rescue on activity within the Garnock Valley and West Kilbride area. Noted. 5. Hard Standing for Community Events Members discussed the current availability, within each of the Area Committee's communities, of suitable areas of hard standing for fairs and other community events. Discussion took place in respect of the following:- The Committee agreed that (a) the Town Centre Regeneration Officer and Streetscene Manager be invited to attend a future meeting of the Area Committee to provide information on improvement works to Kilbirnie associated with CARS funding, including any potential for the creation of a civic space which might be suitable for public events, and the feasibility and cost implications of identifying sites for community events in each of the towns in the Committee's area; and (b) the Committee Services Officer liaise with the Council's Corporate Communications, with a view to a press release being issued to the effect that, subject to a few conditions necessary to safeguard the park, the Council is supportive of Beith Fair going ahead in 2013. Page 2 6 6. Community Development Grants Scheme and Local Youth Action Fund: Applications for Financial Assistance Submitted report by the Corporate Director (Education and Skills) on applications received in respect of the Community Development Grants Scheme and Local Youth Action Fund. The Committee agreed to make the following awards:- Community Development Grants Organisation Award The Breastfeeding Network £1,389.16 Memorial Hall, Gateside £ 966.00 Beith Cultural and Heritage Society £1,800.00 Local Youth Action Fund Organisation Award Youth Making Beith Better £ 468.00 55th Ayrshire (Dalry) Scout Support Group £2,000.00 Dalry Rovers FC £1,520.81 7. Margaret Archibald Bequest: Applications for Financial Assistance Submitted report by the Chief Executive on applications for financial assistance received in respect of the Bequest. Members noted that the application from St. Palladius Ladies Guild was in respect of a outing in May 2013 and not March 2013, as stated in the group's application. The Committee agreed to (a) make the following awards:- Organisation St Margaret's Church Guild £657.83 St Margaret's Church Dalry - Social Group £300, subject to the group adopting a constitution and (b) to make an award of £500.00 to St. Palladius Ladies Guild from the 2013/14 budget, subject to confirmation of the availability of funds for disbursement from the Bequest. Page 3 7 8. Date and Venue of Next Meeting The next meeting of the Garnock Valley and West Kilbride Area Committee will be held on 30 May 2013 at 2.00 p.m. in Beith Community Centre. The meeting ended at 3.00 p.m. Page 4 8 NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED Agenda Item 3 Garnock Valley and West Kilbride Area Committee 30 May 2013 Submitted for the attention of the Garnock Valley and West Kilbride Area Committee is the Police Scotland report for 30 May 2013. The report includes information relating to Beats 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12 and 23 which encompasses a geographical area including Kilbirnie, Dalry, Beith and West Kilbride for the months of January and February 2013. Beat 23 information mainly comprises West Kilbride but some data relating to Fairlie is included in the statistics. The Local Community Policing Plan priorities for 2013/2014 form the main focus of our proactivity and support for public reassurance continues. The priorities as formulated from the public consultation exercise for 2013/14 are; Dalry and West Kilbride – Ward 6 1. Drug Dealing and Drug Use 2. Assault and Violent crime 3. Housebreakings and Theft 4. Drunk or Disorderly behaviour (including vandalism and graffiti) Kilbirnie and