Minutes of the Meeting of Blairdardie and Old Drumchapel Community Council Held in the Blairdrum Neighbourhood Centre, 11 Keal Place, Blairdardie at 7pm on Monday 18th January 2016 1. Apologies for Absence: Bill Kidd MSP, Anne Mc Taggart MSP. Jonathon Findlay, Paul Carey, Glasgow City Councillors. Community Councillor: Mrs J. McCann. Mrs N Cunningham. 2. Minutes of Meeting Held on Monday 16th November 2015 Proposed: Mrs M.A.Morrison Seconded: Mrs G. Riddell 3. Matters Arising not on the Agenda: None. 4. Police Report: Blairdardie/Old Drumchapel “AE” Subdivision. Inspector –Drumchapel and West Police 532 3655 The Drumchapel Office 220 Drumry Road East G158PT is manned 24hours contact 0141 532 3600 or 532 3655. For “non” emergencies call 101 rather than “999”. Community police Constable Gordon McLaren. Gordon is part of the community team at Drumchapel Police Office and anticipated attending our future meetings. He reported that a few instances of “sneak in thefts” had occurred locally. Front doors had been left open and access had been gained to steal money or jewellery. A lot of thefts of vehicles have occurred where car keys were stolen from the house. Sometimes by “fishing via a hook” through a letter box. Also thefts from unlocked motor vehicles. Number plates have been stolen and the stolen plates put on another vehicle and the vehicle filled with fuel and then driven out of the filling station forecourt without paying. Call police if your number plate has been stolen. Question: Cars going on fire at community business in Dalsetter Avenue. Answer: Premises have put in extra security and police are aware of this and giving the premises extra attention. Question: Serious incident in Keal Avenue. Answer: Enquiries are ongoing and cannot really comment on this. Question: Issue with what appears to be an increase in drug dealing in the area from cars. Answer: Will note and follow up. Question: Street lighting not working. Answer: The police are aware of street lights not working due the recent bad weather, 5. Glasgow City Councillor’s Report Malcolm Balfour-0141 287 3921 MoB:07881 282623. Drumchapel/Anniesland. Ward 14 The city councils computer system failed and I lost around 200-300 plus e-mails and messages. The system was out for more than a week and is now working. Street lighting is a problem throughout Ward 14 with up to forty three street lights reported as not working. Once repaired some seem to stop working within a short space of time. Aldi going to a judicial review on 17th and 18th March at Court of Session Edinburgh. Council are defending the action. Co-op are possibly “land banking”. Drumchapel Hospital closure by June. Equipment being moved now. Question: Street lights out . Some street lamp “heads” twisted by recent high winds. Understand that the city council changed electric lamp and fitting supplier which may be reason for problems. Lights out at Blairdardie Road canal bridge, Sunnyside Drive, left hand side. Answer: Will follow up. Street lights are a massive problem throughout the city. Question: Could a direct bus service to Clydebank be possible? Answer: Will raise again at an SPT operations meeting on Friday. I understand that a local businessman is trying to raise funding for a local bus service. Question: Cleaning of bus’s in use. Especially the No 6a. Answer: Used to have mobile fleet cleaning squads which could clean buses at terminus. But stopped due to cost savings. Cleaning done at bus depot so bus can run all day without being 1 cleaned. Question: Children from school being counted on and off a bus from McDonalds at Anniesland to Lincoln Avenue by a policewoman. Is this common. Answer: This is done from time to time. Sometimes Transport Scotland do this. It is really a check children are behaving and correct number are on bus and get off bus. Question: Trees at Moraine Circus. Now leaning over and into wires. Wall has a large crack in it. Could something be done. Access lane to electricity sub-station at this location. Answer: Trees in private owners land so council can’t do anything. The access lane is Scottish Power’s responsibility. The council arborist said nothing wrong with trees. The owner was lettered and owner had advice the trees were not dangerous. Answer Councillor Fisher: Staff out looking at it and said not dangerous on private land and nothing council can do about it. But will review it again. Judith Fisher- 0141 287 4150. Drumchapel/Anniesland. Ward 14 Please free phone RALF on 0800 37 36 35 to report pothole and road defects. Garscadden Road railway bridge. Roads and Network rail now say not railway drainage causing problem. Water running down Garscadden Road from Drumchapel Road area likely cause of flooding. Have a site visit with Network Rail at Drumchapel Station. Investigating clear up of Station approaches from Sunnyside Place and area at car park including the land with rubble on it. So will show them the bridge and outline problems. There is going to be a new mandatory 20mph zone in North Blairdardie. It has been approved by the Scottish Government and will likely be implemented in the spring. The volume of traffic rather than the speed of traffic in the area is the reason for the 20mph zone. The street lighting has been frustrating. All the lighting on Great Western Road is being replaced with new style lighting under the City Vision Plan. Will try and find out more on this project before next meeting. Refuse bins at the end of Keal Avenue moved round the corner have been moved back. The lanes in North Blairdardie. I am having a look at the 2003 transfer documents to GHA to determine “who owns what”. We had the community reparations team out clearing them up but this is not a long term solution. I would like to have some form of maintenance schedule drawn up for these lanes. With possibly the GHA and/or council once it is established who owns what. The possibility of solar lights on the canal is back on the agenda. Scottish Waterways have identified some funding. I have follow up meeting regarding the recycling in the area next week. This should cover the bin stores and bulk uplifts in South Blairdardie and the garden refuse collection in North Blairdardie. Railings in Keal Avenue to be painted once the weather improves. The contractors should be finished at St Ninian’s Primary School by Easter. The playground is to be resurfaced. Hope to have an announcement regarding Blairdardie Primary School next week. Pleased to note the planning application to demolish the bungalow at 2315 Great Western Road turned down. Currently the city council are faced with making cuts in their budget over the next two years of £133 million. Question: Recycling bins in Keal moved and now in front of gates which are used for grass cutting. Also large potholes on Great Western Road eastbound at Keal Avenue junction. Answer: Will follow up. Question: If city council has changed supplier of electric street light fittings is the contract scrutinised to make sure new contractor can supply these fittings? Answer: Will try and find out when contract was awarded and any more information. Question: Street sweeping especially at Cloverbank Nursery School and Moraine Circus/ Avenue. Also street drain at Cloverbank Nursery School and clearing of the “beanie blocks” at Blairdardie Road. Road surface at Moraine Avenue round-a-bouts starting to break up. Answer: Will follow up but am aware of cleaning problems of gutters due to parking of cars in Moraine Avenue. Question: Is there a gulley cleaning programme as some do not appear to have been cleared. Answer: There is an ongoing gulley cleaning plan which I will try and find out about. Question: Due to cars parking at Blairdardie Primary School Kearn Avenue . Bin lorries unable to 2 access Kearn Place. Hence just before Christmas bins could not be emptied. I did enquire about double yellow lines on the corner of Kearn Place and Kearn Drive. Some parents are arriving at 2.30pm and blocking driveways. One person even has a portable TV. Ambulances and fire engines would have difficulty gaining access. Answer: Took the yellow lines over a year to go through the system before we could get them at the round-a-bout. It could not be added on. Hopefully it should improve if Blairdardie School is rebuilt with a different access. Traffic wardens have been out and motorists booked. The police have also attended but can’t be present all the time. After traffic wardens come things “improve” but after a few weeks it tends to move back to indiscriminate parking. Question: Could I get “a white line” in front of my driveway. Answer: Will request this. School has issued letters to parents and children are aware of problem. Question: A one way system was suggested for Keal Crescent many years ago. Could this possibly be revisited? There was a proposal for a one way system at Kearn Avenue which was turned down by the local residents. Answer: It might be worthwhile pursuing the idea of a one way system at Keal Crescent now that the GHA have dropped their plans for offices. 6. Forth and Clyde Canal Contact Susanne on 01324 677822 at the Waterways Trust regarding any events planning for our “area” of the canal. The canal community liaison officer for our area is Steven Cole. Steven can be contacted on 0779 5315434. David McRoberts has been contacted re trees at rear of Keal Drive. “Splash” Scotland’s National Waterways Trust Magazine Winter 2015.