Minutes of meeting on Wednesday January 18th 2017 at 7pm at Clyde Community Hall
In attendance: John Cork, Shona Craven, Lucy Cunningham, Councillor Stephen Dornan, John Foster, Chris Fyfe, Joe Gallagher, Archie and Anne Henderson, Iain Henderson, Lorraine Horn, Mark Hughes, Councillor John Kane, Anthony Kelly, Janet Kendouh, John McKinstry, Peter Morgan, Margaret Prunty, Grace Smith, Bailie Fariha Thomas, Jackie Welsh, Avril Williamson Apologies: James Adams, Ray Prunty John Foster opened the meeting and December's minutes were approved. John introduced the two police officers in attendance, Joe Gallacher and Peter Morgan, who gave a report on recent crime in the area. This included housebreakings, car thefts and a recent drugs raid in Ibrox Street that resulted in multiple arrests and the seizure of drugs and weapons. There was also an update on the spate of recent thefts – two young people are in a secure unit in connection with these offences. There were 60 tickets issued for public order offences on Hogmanay. Deputy chairman Mark Hughes discussed the community council's dialogue with Rangers FC about match-day disorder. Rangers are looking involve the community in a video addressing some of these concerns. This will be shared on social media and shown at half-time during matches. Mark confirmed that our membership has been officially increased to 12, which means we have five vacancies. It was agreed that we would advertise all five. It was also confirmed that we had received our 2017 grant. The meeting heard that work on the Skene Road housing development is due to commence on Friday, but John suggested there may still be scope for influence over the colour palette. And application to modernise the BP petrol station sign boards on Paisley Road West has been approved. The application to convert the large static billboard on Edmiston Drive to LED was withdrawn. It was confirmed that another community budgeting event was due to be held at Clyde Community Hall on January 27th, with 17 groups bidding for funds totaling £25k. A consultation on the possible introduction of Event Day Parking was due to take place on January 19th, the day after our meeting, at Ibrox Library and there was discussion about how such a scheme would operate. Residents would not be charged for permits to park their own cars – visitor permits would be £10. Resident Avril Williamson raised concerns about petrol stations offering parking on match days, suggesting it posed a safety risk to have cars about petrol supplies. Bailie Thomas advised that a lot of surveying was happening across the city with a view to bring in 20mph limits – as opposed to the advisory “Twenty's Plenty”. Traffic calming measures would potentially be needed to enforce this. Resident Archie Henderson raised the issue of bins going unemptied for many weeks since the festive period. The local councillors advised that they had raised this with Paul McGrath of Land and Environmental Services, and that the backlog should be removed by now. The meeting closed at 9pm. The next meeting will be on Wednesday February 15th.
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