Minutes of the Last Meeting

Minutes of Meeting held 28th April 2009 in
St Josephs Parish Centre

Present: S Adamson, K Wilson, M Stanger, E Lardner, T Hall, D Norman, J Surtees, Cllr P Dixon, L Ranton, B Smith, A Tumman, K Wilkinson, A Robinson.

Apologies: J Hickman, M Carr, F Beardow.

Chairmans Report
A Robinson opened the meeting by explaining the minutes of the previous meeting.
A letter had been received from A Calvert, Traffic and Road Safety Manager acknowledging receipt of our petition. He stated a report regarding the issues raised should be completed before the end of May 09.
A reply to our request under the Freedom of Information Act for information regarding the statistics gained from the Public Consultation Exercise regarding the hospital parking issues had been received from E Harrison, Performance Development Assistant. She stated that all information (except that considered to be exempt) would be provided by 14.5.09.

The Meeting agreed that following further incidents of car damage, dangerous and inconsiderate parking the situation was continuing to get worse. The increased traffic warden presence seemed to have been only temporary. The meeting was informed that traffic wardens did not have the complete authority to deal with all traffic violations. We were advised to telephone the police regarding parking problems as they occurred and each time obtain an incident number, thus adding to the police statistics. The telephone number for the whole of the south side of the river was 03456043043. Kate to place this information on the website.

The meeting also agreed to a suggestion that residents be advised that they were also entitled to address their complaints about parking issues in writing to the Chief Executive of the Council. This information also to be put on the website.

The meeting was also made aware that Asda’s planning application to add a second floor to their store at Grangetown had been refused because of lack of parking provision.

It was also reported that local shops and business had expressed concerns because their businesses were suffering through customers could not being able to park anywhere near.

Blog Update
Following the recent article in the Echo there had been a huge increase in numbers interested in the website. The majority of the views expressed were mainly favourable. The meeting agreed the photos were a good idea.

Any Other Business
The meeting heard that apparently problems had occurred with the demolition of the old Kayll Road block as there could potentially be bats in the building. Further surveys and assessments were to be carried out, thus delaying demolition for the moment.

A suggestion was made that residents should apply for reduction in Council Tax as the parking problems were impacting on the selling value of our properties.

Cllr Dixon stressed that we should put together a plan of what we want from the Council in order to help solve the parking problems.

The committee agreed that the next meeting should be a Public Meeting to be held in St Mary Magdelene Church Hall on Tuesday 2nd June at 7.0pm.
Council, Police and SRH Trust representatives are to be invited to attend, also Cllr Jim Blackburn.
The Echo to be informed, flyers and posters to be distributed.

The meeting closed at 8.10pm