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PARISH OF ST BRELADE

PARISH ASSEMBLY

Minutes of an Assembly of Principals and Electors of the Parish of St Brelade held at the Parish Hall, St Aubin, St Brelade on Wednesday 21 October 2015 commencing at 19.00 hours.

President of Connétable, Mr Steve Pallett, presided. Assembly:

Convening The Convening Notice was read by the Parish Secretary. Notice:

1. Minutes of The minutes of the previous Assembly of Principals and Electors of the Parish of Previous St Brelade held on Wednesday 19 August 2015, were adopted, and signed Assembly: following a proposition by Miss Susan Fox which was seconded by Mr Richard Haycock.

2. Licensing In accordance with Article 5 (1) of the Licensing () Law, 1974, as amended, the following application was considered for recommendation to the Licensing Assembly:

Name: Seafish St Aubin Ltd Secretary: Paul Coleshill Categories: 3rd Category (Restaurant) Business Address: Seafish The Bulwarks St Aubin St Brelade

The Connétable read excerpts from the reports received for the application explaining the location of the premises and the layout of the building. The Engineers report mentioned that the premises had been in operation for many years, the previous establishment Mash had last been inspected on 19 June 2012. The premises were in reasonable order but were likely to require more comprehensive regular maintenance than a modern building. Conversation type noise should not be a nuisance to residents in the guest accommodation although amplified music could be, the same comments apply to nearby residents, particularly as the area is more of leisure-oriented and not exclusively residential.

The Fire report stated that as the premises were currently in the process of alteration, occupancy figures would be set upon completion of the works.

Environmental Health were satisfied with the premises but also had no occupancy figure from the Fire Service, it was felt that the current sanitary accommodation

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was fit for 60 persons unless the Fire Officer suggested a lower figure.

The Connétable then asked Ms Georgina Cook from Ozannes to say a few words.

Ms Cook advised that her client was applying for a 3rd category restaurant license, the premises have operated as a restaurant for many years, and therefore in effect this is a transfer of the previous company’s license. The premises had previously held 2nd & 3rd category licenses the 2nd category was for the residential part of the bed and breakfast, however Seafish are only applying for a 3rd category license. Seafish have recently taken over the lease of the building and are carrying out a major refurbishment and upgrade of the premises, including the restaurant and guest rooms above. It is anticipated that there will be up to 52 covers inside the restaurant with a further 12 on the alfresco seating area, this number will be officially set following the reports from Fire and Health.

The company has a sister restaurant at which serves premium fish and chips, the license is for the serving of wine and beer to be enjoyed with the food, spirits are not often requested. The operating hours will differ summer to winter, it is expected to close in the winter at 2130hrs and in the summer 2230hrs and to be open 6 days per week. The owners have experience in operating under a liquor license, they serve a high quality product in a family atmosphere and think the premises would enhance the already vibrant community. The sister restaurant has been trading now for 3yrs and has not had one complaint with regard to its license. It is proposed to go to the Licensing Assembly in December in principal prior to completion of the works.

The Connetable then asked if there were any questions or comments.

Mr Michael Jackson enquired into the Planning Application for a takeaway facility. He was advised that yes there was an application in but this was not relevant for this licensing application and that the company was not applying for a 6th category license. The takeaway would, if granted, be ancillary to the main business.

Mr Jackson was disappointed that there was not final occupancy numbers declared at the Assembly and asked if it was the applicant’s intention for 60 covers or less. He was advised that it was hoped that there would be at least 50 covers inside and possibly more outside but certainly not more than 60

Mr Jackson asked if it was proposed that the chose publique would remain as it is and asked why it wasn’t taken away at the beginning of the year. The Connetable advised that the Parish were not aware that the previous premises wasn’t going to open in 2015 until mid through the year, however if no chose publique was required it would be requested to have the decking removed. The Connetable further advised that he had made his concerns to the Planning Department with regard to takeaway aspect of the application concerning parking issues. The Assembly were advised that in the St Helier property customers tend to order online and collect which causes less disruption, it was also possible that they might offer delivery for takeaways.

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Mr Michael Videgrain advised that the chose publique was a separate permit application which was considered by the Roads Committee. The Assembly were advised that the application had been submitted to the Parish for processing. The Chose Publique must be applied for every year.

Centenier Michel Bougeard asked if last covers were expected to be at 2230hrs, from the proprietors experience when customers would then leave the premises. He was advised that there is generally a quick turnaround of approx. 45 min. He also asked if the takeaway would close at the same time. He was advised that the takeaway would close first at about 21.30hrs as they do not wish to have the takeaway open when pubs close.

Mr Richard Haycock asked if the applicant would have Quai Bisson cleaned at end of daily operation if littering became a problem. He was advised that the clientele tend to pre-order and therefore the packaging is taken home. The applicants would however check for littering and deal with it accordingly.

Mr Arthur Morley stated that the café in town he knows but in St Aubin there are several public houses and at the end of the evening people departing these establishments would like a bite to eat on the way home. He was advised that as there will be no overlap for when pubs close there shouldn’t be a mass exodus from pub to takeaway.

There were no further questions or comments.

Recommendation of the application to the Licensing Assembly was proposed by Mr Nigel Godfray and was seconded by Miss Kathryn Griffith. Following a vote by a show of hands the item was supported by 15 votes in favour with 0 votes against.

3. Consider The Connétable explained that following the fire to Mont de la Rocque Hotel and adopting the subsequent demolition of such, machinery used had caused damage to areas land at Mont of the road surface. As the property was due to be developed it had been agreed de la Rocque between the Parish and the owner of the development to deal with the repairs once the development was finished. Contractor and owner were contacted earlier this year to discuss repairs to the road following completion of the development. Rather than fix just the damaged areas, the Parish Roads Committee had decided to resurface the area from the entrance to the development to a few metres around the corner to the south of the entrance. The Roads Committee then asked for a sum from the owners to offset against the cost of repairs. At a site visit it was noted that a roadside wall of the development had been set back within its boundary leaving a small strip of land adjoining the Parish road but which was not under parish jurisdiction, the owner of the development and the Roads Committee agreed that the Parish should adopt this area of land and include it into the area being resurfaced. Each party have agreed to pay their own reasonable legal fees.

The Connetable then asked if there were any questions.

Mr Jackson asked if it was the intention to resurface the corner at St Cecilia and if the repairs to St Cecilia were finished yet. It was confirmed that this section of

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the road was included in the resurfacing and that it was believed St Cecilia was complete. Mr Jackson advised that he believed the property on the South side on the corner next to St Cecilia has been recently sold and is also possibly to be developed. The Parish were unaware of this but would contact utility companies before carrying out the work and also would embargo the road for 3 years as is done with roads belonging to Transport and Technical Services.

Mr Arthur Morley commented that the contractors had been responsible for moving the existing wall which has created strip of land which ratepayers now have to pay for when it was the developers issue, he asked how reasonable it was to pay for the legal fees. The Connétable advised that the owner had offered the money to assist in resurfacing which was generous and that there was also an opportunity to ask them for more if necessary.

Mr Peter Norman asked if the Assembly could agree to this proposition subject to the resurfaced road not being dug up by the property mentioned by Mr Jackson. The Connétable advised that there would be a 3 year embargo set for non- essential works, however work such as this was difficult to police especially when properties change hands. The Connétable suggested that he would be more concerned if the property was above the area being resurfaced. Mr Videgrain advised that the Roads Committee will take into account what has been said and will check with the properties before any work is carried out.

There were no further comments.

The proposition was then passed with 14 votes in favour and 0 persons voting against.

4. Record The Assembly noted the award of the Medal for Long and award of Meritorious Service, instituted by Warrant of Her Majesty the Queen dated 1 Honorary December 2014, and registered in the Royal Court on 12 December 2014, to four Police Medal Officers of the Parish of St Brelade, had been approved by the Bailiff and His for Long and Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor. The Royal Warrant ordained that the name Meritorious of each recipient be recorded in the minutes of the Assemblée Paroissiale of the Service Parish in which the Officer last served or is serving, as the case may be, and a list of recipients is set out below.

Honorary Police Medal for Long and Meritorious Service FOX Susan Mary GEAR Raoul Sanders HATHAWAY Jeffrey Thomas MAY George Paul

Honorary Police Medal for Long and Meritorious Service with Bar BOUGEARD Michel Claude Roger

5. Presentation Centenier Michel Bougeard to Michel The Connétable said a few words about each Officer that had been awarded the Bougeard medal at Government House, Centenier Michel Bougeard, Centenier Susan Fox, and Leonard Centenier Jeffrey Hathaway, Centenier George May and Vingtenier Raoul Gear Horn received their Long and Meritorious Service awards at Government House on 15

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September 2015. The LSGCM award was presented to Officers serving 12 years of continuous service. Centenier Bougeard having joined the Honorary Police in February 1984 replaced Mr Arthur Shales as CO, due to an 8 month break in service Centenier Bougeard’s service history represented in this medal was from 1994 to present day. The bar to the medal which represents an additional 9 years’ service was not given that night. Centenier Bougeard was one of few who were awarded the bar. The professionalism and dedication Centenier Bougeard has shown is something of which anyone should be proud of. The Connétable therefore felt it appropriate for Mrs Enid Quenault, the Connétable who was in office when Centenier Bougeard joined to award the medal.

Mrs Quenault thanked the Connétable for the opportunity, stating she remembered Centenier Bougeard as young enthusiastic young man, and not much has changed, she advised it was lovely to work with him as he had such integrity and common sense in policing of Parish. Honorary Police work has changed since those days and is now much more formal with more paperwork, uniforms and co-operation with the , Mrs Quenault gave thanks to all who have given time effort and hard work in service to the Parish. She was honoured to present this medal to Centenier Bougeard. Centenier Bougeard said how honoured he was to receive the bar, he stated he has worked with a superb team in last 30 years, is onto his 5th Connétable now, and feels that the St Brelade Honorary Police were a class above the rest, other colleagues from other Parishes received these awards, however the St Brelade Honoraries in one three year term of office do more than others have their whole 21 years of service.

Mr Leonard Horn The Connétable spoke first advising that Len was elected on the Parish Roads Committee to replace Dave Cashel in December 2002, he was re-elected on further 4 occasions, spanning a 12 year term on an important Parish Committee. Len often had an important alternative view in matters, he has a unique blend of humour, love of life and being around people. Len previously served in the Honorary Police for years, but this award was dedicated to his service on the Roads Committee. The Connétable then asked Mr Max De La Haye to award Len with his gift. Mr De La Haye thanked the Connétable for the opportunity to give this special presentation to Len who lives the furthest south west of any serving officer, often called the 13th parish. Len took office during his time as Connétable, they didn’t always agree but he always brought up the point which was the most important thing. Years on he is pleased to present this gift from the Parish. Len then thanked the Parish for the gift and kind words.

In thanking the remaining 16 persons for their attendance the Connétable declared the meeting closed at 19.45 hours.

Signed: ______Dated: ______Steve Pallett Connétable

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