NORTH MYMMS PARISH COUNCIL

 

Minutes of a meeting of the AMENITIES & BUILDING DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE held on Wednesday 20 February 2008.

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PRESENT:    Councillors     C Everard                  Chairman

 

                                                Mrs T Travell

P Hastings

R Horrocks

W A Storey

                                                                                                                       

                        Clerk               Mrs J A Schettino                                                                 

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1.         APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

Apologies were received from Councillors Mrs M Race and K Pieri.

2.         MINUTES OF LAST MEETING

 

Minutes of a meeting of the Amenities and Building Development Committee held on Wednesday 23 January 2008 were adopted by the Council at their meeting on 30 January 2008.
           

3.         MATTERS ARISING

 

a) Purchase of Land at Little Heath

 

The Clerk reported that Roger Dixon had left a telephone message to say that the programme of works should be forthcoming in the next two weeks and acknowledging receipt of the Parish Council’s final invoice for work relating to the purchase of the above land.

b)   St Mary’s School Drainage Easement

 

Councillor Everard suggested that he and Councillor Mrs Boulton should prepare drawings of the new nursery building showing its connections to the Parish Councils water and waste services in order to prepare a legal wayleave.

 

c)  Scouts Proposal for Easter Holiday

 

Councillor Everard said that he, the clerk and groundsmen had met with the local Scout Leader on site to discuss the proposal for a type of treasure hunt on Gobions Open Space during the Easter holiday.  Matters had been clarified and it had been agreed that a donation would be requested for the treasure map rather than being sold.

The clerk confirmed that she had cleared this venture with the insurance company and that the scouts themselves were also covered for public liability.  Having no further objections, Councillor Everard proposed and it was agreed that this Treasure Hunt could take place on Gobions Open Space during the Easter holidays.

 

d)     Proposed Youth Shelter

Councillor Everard, Councillor Pieri, the clerk and groundsmen had met with representatives of the Welham Green Youth Project and Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council on site at the side of the football pitch near the centre line on Monday 18 February 2008 and the proposed positioning of the shelter had been agreed as suitable. It was hoped that those using the shelter may be encouraged to use the adjacent facilities of the football field, basketball equipment and tennis courts

 

The shelter originally chosen by the Welham Green Youth Project was not fitted with solar lighting so an alternative shelter had been discussed and it was suggested by Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council that there would be enough funding to provide two of these semi circular shelters in an open oyster shape facing down towards the car park, situated on a rubber base.

 

It was noted that proper discussion regarding the suitability of the village green as an alternative site had not been fully discussed by the Parish Council.  Objections by residents surrounding the village green had apparently been lodged and as this area was not owned by the Parish Council, permission would have been needed from the Borough Council for the erection of a youth shelter.

 

As the funds were available in the current financial year it was agreed that the best decision would be to have the shelter on North Mymms Parish Council land as proposed by the WGYP.

e)  Tennis Courts

 

Councillor Everard said that the groundsmen had collected the netting from Mr Rees and a letter of thanks had been sent to him.  The groundsmen had also removed the fence on the tennis courts to clear the brambles. 

 

Councillor Everard said he would speak to Mr Rees about using practice netting to prevent the numerous tennis balls landing on the bowling green.

 

4.         ANY OTHER BUSINESS

 

The Clerk reported that a resident of The Grove had telephoned to say that numbers 2, 4 and 6 had received a letter asking if they were interested in selling part of their garden for a possible new development.  The resident asked who owned the access track from Mymms Drive to the woods and it was noted that this track was owned by the Gobions Woodland Trust.

 

The Clerk said that a trustee of the Gobions Woodland Trust had called in to the office with a map showing the access track and a Land Registration Document which gave right of way to the North Mymms Parish Council and including the following covenant applicable only to the owner of 60 Mymms Drive:

 

‘A right of way on foot and for horse boxes or for vehicles towing horse boxes and vehicles bringing food to the horses (but not for vehicles generally) for the sole purpose of access to and egress from the boarded gates shown on the said plan’.

 

It was noted that unless access via another route was being planned it would not be possible to reach any proposed development using the track to Gobions Wood alongside number 60 Mymms Drive.

 

 

Meeting closed at 8.35 pm