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Kilwinning Area Committee Cunninghame House, Irvine. 19 March 2015 Kilwinning Area Committee You are requested to attend a Meeting of the above mentioned Committee of North Ayrshire Council to be held in Racquet Hall, Eglinton Country Park, Kilwinning on THURSDAY 26 MARCH 2015 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 accuracy of the Minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 12 February 2015 will be confirmed and the Minutes signed in accordance with Paragraph 7 (1) of Schedule 7 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (copy enclosed). North Ayrshire Council, Cunninghame House, Irvine KA12 8EE 3. Community Planning 3.1 Police Scotland Police Scotland will report on activity within the Kilwinning area. 3.2 Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Submit report by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service on activity within the Kilwinning area during the period 2 February 2015 to 12 March 2015. (copy enclosed). 4. Maintenance of Cycle Paths Submit report by the Executive Director (Place) on the arrangements for the maintenance of the cycle path network around Kilwinning (copy enclosed). 5. Eglinton Country Park Submit report by the Executive Director (Economy and Communities) on the recent initiatives at Eglinton Park (copy enclosed). 6. Community Development Grants Scheme and Local Youth Action Fund: Applications for Financial Assistance Submit report by the Executive Director (Economy and Communities) on applications for financial assistance received in respect of the Community Development Grants Scheme and Local Youth Action Fund (copy enclosed). 7. North Ayrshire Council (Kilwinning) Charitable Trust Submit report by the Chief Executive on an application received in respect of the North Ayrshire Council (Kilwinning) Charitable Trust (copy enclosed). 8. Future Agenda Items 9. Date and Venue of Next Meeting The next meeting of the Kilwinning Area Committee will be held on 11 June 2015 in Kilwinning Library. 10. Urgent Items Any other items which the Chair considers to be urgent. North Ayrshire Council, Cunninghame House, Irvine KA12 8EE 2 Kilwinning Area Committee Sederunt: John Ferguson Chair: (Chair) Joe Cullinane Donald Reid Robert Steel Attending: Apologies: Meeting Ended: North Ayrshire Council, Cunninghame House, Irvine KA12 8EE 3 4 Agenda Item 2 Kilwinning Area Committee 12 February 2015 Kilwinning, 12 February 2015 - At a Meeting of the Kilwinning Area Committee of North Ayrshire Council at 2.00 p.m. Present John Ferguson, Donald Reid, Joe Cullinane and Robert Steel. In Attendance J. Johnstone, Streetscene Manager and C. Haining, Streetscene Officer (Place); B. Anderson, Performance/Grants Information Officer (Education and Skills); and A. Little, Committee Services Officer (Chief Executive's Service). Also In Attendance Inspector Conway (Police Scotland). Chair Councillor Ferguson in the Chair. 1. Declarations of Interest There were no declarations of interest by Members in terms of Standing Order 16 and Section 5 of the Councillors Code of Conduct. 2. Minutes The accuracy of the Minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 11 December 2014 were confirmed and the Minutes signed in accordance with Paragraph 7 (1) of Schedule 7 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. 3. Community Planning 3.1 North Ayrshire Community Planning Partnership (CPP) Board: Minutes of Meeting held on 4 December 2014 Submitted report by the Chief Executive on the Minutes of the meeting of the Community Planning Partnership (CPP) Board held on 4 December 2014. Noted. Page 1 5 3.2 Police Scotland Inspector Conway provided information on crimes reported and detected in the Committee's area for the period November - December 2014. Members asked questions and were provided with further information in relation to:- z the work of Community Wardens in assisting with litter issues in the Main Street; z an increase in the number of break-ins of outbuildings that have taken place mainly in the Irvine area; z the use of CCTV to identify individuals and corroborate time-frames; and z work of the Multi Agency Problem Solving Group in the Kilwinning area and additional resources deployed in Kilwinning during this time. Noted. 3.3 Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Submitted report by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service on activity within the Kilwinning area during the period 1 December 2014 to 1 February 2015. Noted. 4. Boundary Wall Repairs, McGavin Park, Kilwinning Submitted report by the Executive Director (Place) on proposals and costings for repairs to the boundary wall at McGavin Park, Kilwinning that will include (i) the removal of a limited number of mature trees; (ii) dismantling and rebuilding of sections of brick walls; (iii) installation of new pre-case concrete wall cope; (iv) partial replacement of galvanised metal fencing; and (v) tiered planting of new trees within the park at an acceptable distance from the line of the existing mature trees which are threatening the existing wall. Members asked questions and were provided with further information in relation to:- z the closure of the footpath to enable works to be undertaken; z the removal of 3 mature trees to relieve pressure on the existing wall; z planting of new trees at an acceptable distance from the line of the existing wall and the removal of the remaining mature trees that are threatening the wall, once the new trees have become established; and z the planned installation of coping stones on the new section of wall and consideration that will be given to whether engineering bricks would be a more appropriate finish. Noted. Page 2 6 5. Community Development Grants Scheme: Application for Financial Assistance Submitted report by the Executive Director (Economy and Communities) on applications for financial assistance received in respect of the Community Development Grants Scheme and Local Youth Action Fund. After discussion the Committee agreed, Councillor Reid abstaining, to award Kilwinning Old People's Welfare Committee £1,856 from the Community Development Grants Scheme. 6. Future Agenda Items The Committee was provided with an update in respect of items for future meetings:- z a presentation on Neighbourhood Planning had now been arranged for all Members of the Council, therefore a presentation to the Area Committee was no longer required; and z reports previously requested on Eglinton Country Park and the Maintenance of Cyclepaths would be available for the March meeting of the Committee. The Committee agreed that the Clerk make the necessary arrangements for the March meeting to be held in a venue within Eglinton Country Park. 7. Date and Venue of Next Meeting The next meeting of the Kilwinning Area Committee will be held on 26 March 2015, at a venue to be confirmed. The meeting ended at 2.35 p.m. Page 3 7 8 Agenda Item 3.2 Kilwinning Committee Meeting: 2 February 2015 – 12 March 2015. 1. Incidents Overview : x 24 Incidents over the reporting period. The 3rd, 15th Feb & 10th Mar were the busiest days with 4 Incidents recorded each day. Tuesday was the busiest day over the reporting period with 14 calls recorded. x 10 Incidents, Unwanted Automatic Fire Alarm (UFAS) – New SFRS Policy implemented 1st December to identify route causes and reduce UFAS in the future. UFAS split into Domestic and relevant premises. Domestic premises will receive a Post Domestic Incident Response (PDIR). Relevant premises will receive SFRS intervention to prevent reoccurrence. x 11 Fires attended. x 3 Special Services attended. x 0 Fire Fatalities or Casualties in the ward area during this reporting period. x 0 RTC Fatalities or Casualties in the ward area during this reporting period. Analysis: 2. Fires of note as follows: x Kilwinning – Dwelling Fire – Cooking, extinguished by removal / PDIR carried out. x Kilwinning – Private vehicle on fire. x Kilwinning – Dwelling Fire – Microwave, extinguished by removal / PDIR carried out. x Kilwinning – Private vehicle on fire. x Kilwinning – Dwelling Fire – Cooking, extinguished before arrival / PDIR carried out. x Kilwinning – Dwelling Fire – Cooking, extinguished before arrival / PDIR carried out. x Kilwinning – Dwelling Fire – Cooking, extinguished before arrival / PDIR carried out. x Kilwinning – 4 Secondary Fires. 3. Special Services: x 0 Road Traffic Collisions during this reporting period. x Open door within Domestic Property for Ambulance Service. x Small child locked within private vehicle, spare keys arranged by owner. x Male trapped by barbed wire fence, freed by Firefighters. 4. Community Safety: x PDIR - carried out after every domestic incident from 1 April 2014. During this reporting period 18 PDIR have been carried out resulting in a further 11 HFSV being carried out. x HFSV - During this reporting period a total of 64 HFSV have been carried out. x Spring Season Thematic Action Plan will run from 2 March – 27th April. An action plan will be developed to deal with Primary Fires within our local communities working with partner agencies to reduce particularly kitchen fires. An action plan will be developed to deal with grass, woodland, moorland, derelict buildings and rubbish fires. 9 10 Tactical Assessment Dates: 02/02/2015 - 12/03/2015 Councils: North Ayrshire Wards: Kilwinning Ward Incident Analysis Ward Council Ward as % of Council Population 17029 135817 12.5% Dwellings 7825 65550 11.9% Incidents 24 206 11.7% Casualties 0 5 % Fire 0 1 % RTC 0 3 % Other 0 1 % Fatalities 0 0 % Fire 0 0 % RTC 0 % Other 0 0 % Dwelling Fires: Accidental Top 10 Accidental Dwelling Fire Locations Street Incident Count ABBEYGATE, ., KILWINNING 1 ALEXANDRA TERR, ., KILWINNING 1 DALRY RD, ., KILWINNING 1 KEIR HARDIE CRES, ., KILWINNING 1 MONTGOMERIE TERR, ., KILWINNING 1 Total Incidents in all Ward Streets 5 Dwelling Fires: Deliberate Top 10 Deliberate Dwelling Fire Locations Data does not exist for the specified criteria.
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