Minutes of meeting held at the Black Horse Appleby Magna on 25 April 2013
1. Apologies – no apologies for absence were received but Peter apologised for failing to produce any minutes from the last meeting and an agenda for the current meeting.
2. The Chairman then drew up an informal agenda which was agreed by those present. Given that ‘questions on the last minutes’ were not possible the meeting was asked if there were any queries regarding general points from the last meeting. None were raised.
3. Concerns about HS2. Peter reported from meetings he has attended that the route is finalised and that the best possible hope for the village is that the track will be in a tunnel as it passes through the area around junction 11.
4. Treasurer’s statement. Claire reported that the bank account stands at £1031.00 and that water rates of £150.00 are expected, although no request from the Parish Council has yet been received.
5. Chairman’s statement. Ian, for reasons of reporting rather than insight, stated that we had had a very wet previous 12 months and a late start to spring growth. These conditions have not been encouraging for production but he hoped that the coming year would be more productive. Ian also noted that there had been a great deal of evidence of interference from pests, particularly mice, rats and rabbits as well as the usual pestilential invertebrates.
6. Work needed and grants. Peter reported that his contact in Coalville, who had obtained a number of grants for a relatively poor area, had reported a number of thefts. It thus appears that the installation of additional facilities as a result of grants may well generate a security issue. As a result of his personal research Andy reported a number of potential grants being available.
The meeting discussed the following list:
8. AOB. The following were discussed:
Posting a large notice of impending meetings on the notice board.
A summer garden party, including barbecue for all members.
Plot sharing with small areas available as ‘tasters’.
The meeting closed at 8.50 pm.
The next meeting will be at 7.45pm in the Black Horse on 9 May 2013.
Addendum.
Subsequent to the meeting Marjorie has presented a number of ideas for wildlife habitat creation.
12:00 30/04/2013
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2. The Chairman then drew up an informal agenda which was agreed by those present. Given that ‘questions on the last minutes’ were not possible the meeting was asked if there were any queries regarding general points from the last meeting. None were raised.
3. Concerns about HS2. Peter reported from meetings he has attended that the route is finalised and that the best possible hope for the village is that the track will be in a tunnel as it passes through the area around junction 11.
4. Treasurer’s statement. Claire reported that the bank account stands at £1031.00 and that water rates of £150.00 are expected, although no request from the Parish Council has yet been received.
5. Chairman’s statement. Ian, for reasons of reporting rather than insight, stated that we had had a very wet previous 12 months and a late start to spring growth. These conditions have not been encouraging for production but he hoped that the coming year would be more productive. Ian also noted that there had been a great deal of evidence of interference from pests, particularly mice, rats and rabbits as well as the usual pestilential invertebrates.
6. Work needed and grants. Peter reported that his contact in Coalville, who had obtained a number of grants for a relatively poor area, had reported a number of thefts. It thus appears that the installation of additional facilities as a result of grants may well generate a security issue. As a result of his personal research Andy reported a number of potential grants being available.
The meeting discussed the following list:
- Access smoothing and forming.
- Pest control.
- Storage for communal resources.
- Wildlife habitat creation.
- Lavatories.
- Disabled access.
- Grassing unused plots for weed control.
8. AOB. The following were discussed:
Posting a large notice of impending meetings on the notice board.
A summer garden party, including barbecue for all members.
Plot sharing with small areas available as ‘tasters’.
The meeting closed at 8.50 pm.
The next meeting will be at 7.45pm in the Black Horse on 9 May 2013.
Addendum.
Subsequent to the meeting Marjorie has presented a number of ideas for wildlife habitat creation.
12:00 30/04/2013
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