Minutes of a meeting of the AMENITIES & BUILDING DEVELOPMENT
COMMITTEE held on
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PRESENT: Councillors C Everard Chairman
Mrs
J Boulton
Mrs
M Race
Mrs T Travell
R
W A S Storey
V W Weeks
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1. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
Apologies
for absence were received from Councillor Peter Hastings.
2. MINUTES OF LAST MEETING
Minutes
of a meeting of the Amenities and Building Development Committee held on
Wednesday 15 April 2009 were adopted by the Council at a meeting on
3.
MATTERS ARISING
a) Metal
Storage Box for Football Nets
The Clerk said that she had been trying to contact the
salesman about the condition of the metal storage box without success but she
would continue to try and establish contact with regard to this issue.
b) Repairs to Irrigation System
A further estimate to install
an irrigation controller had been received at a total cost of £265.76 + VAT and
it was agreed to recommend this expenditure to full council for approval.
4. ANY OTHER BUSINESS
a) Way Leave, St Mary’s Nursery
Councillor Everard said that
he had completed the plans showing the connections to utilities between St
Mary’s Nursery and the Burns Pavilion.
He suggested using the
original draft licence agreement between the North Mymms Parish Council and the
St Albans Diocesan Board of Finance produced in 2003, but excluding Paragraph
1.4.
Following a discussion it was
unanimously agreed to recommend to full council that the Council’s Solicitors
be approached regarding using this original licence document with the above
exclusion and if so, for Councillor Everard and the Clerk to arrange to meet
the Head Teacher of St Mary’s School with a view to progressing this matter.
b) Extended Office Accommodation
Following an inspection and
discussion regarding the lack of storage space in the Council’s office it was
agreed to recommend to full Council that Councillor Everard should approach an
architect, Laurie Winter, to enquire about the cost of producing a plan to
extend the office outwards at the rear to infill the corner by the rear door
and the kitchen outside wall.
c) Cycle Track,
Councillor Mrs Boulton said
that she had been advised that disability scooters could travel down Swanland
Road and, using the cycle track over the A1M, progress past the Cricket Club
and end at the gates to North Mymms Park to arrive at St Marys Church without
the danger of crossing opposite the War Memorial. This was a long way round and the cycle path
was partially blocked by vegetation and needed clearing. The Clerk was asked to report this matter to
the relevant department.
d) Parked Vehicles in
Councillor Mrs Travell
queried whether vehicles parked in
e) WHBC Assessment of Open Space, Sport &
Recreation
A copy of the above
assessment had been obtained and it was agreed to copy and circulate it to all
Councillors.
f) Vandalism to Youth Shelter
The Clerk reported that on
Sunday 7 June 2009 the duty Groundsman, Jon Paine, had tried to report an arson
attach on the Youth Shelter and had been told by the crime desk that the owner
had to make the report (incorrectly it has since transpired). The Clerk made the report on
Councillor Everard agreed to
speak to the local PCSO and the secretary of the Neighbourhood Watch with a
view to progressing this matter.
g) Access Road to Gobions Open Space
It was agreed to write to the
Herts & Middlesex Wildlife Trust regarding the dreadful state of the access
road the Council’s car park in Gobions Open Space, with a copy to Bernard Spatz
of the Gobions Woodland Trust.
Meeting Closed at