Ibrox & Cessnock Community Council
Draft minutes of meeting on Wednesday 17th May 2017 at 7pm at Clyde Community Hall In attendance: Eric Anderson, Allan Bell, Councillor Ricky Bell, Maria Calanca, Shona Craven, Lucy Cunningham, Councillor Stephen Dornan, Serena Hay, Anne Henderson, Iain Henderson, Jacqueline Hopkins (Kinning Park Community Council), John Hopkins (Kinning Park Community Council), Mark Hughes, Councillor John Kane, Kirsty McDowall, John McKinstry, Margaret Prunty, Stephen Thomson, Jackie Welsh, Avril Williamson, Councillor Allan Young 1. Apologies Apologies were received from John Foster, Barbara Little and Janet Keddouh. Shona Craven opened the meeting and advised of apologies from Police Scotland, whose officers were unable to attend as they were policing the football match at Ibrox. 2. Police Update Two issues are to be raised with the police ahead of the next meeting: possible drug-related activity in the area and noise pollution from loud street preaching directed at residential areas. 3. Minutes of Previous Meeting The minutes from last month's meeting were proposed by Avril Williamson and seconded by John McKinstry. 4. Govan Ward’s new councilors The ward’s four councilors were congratulated on their election. Stephen Dornan (SNP) and John Kane (Labour) have been re-elected, and our new councilors are Ricky Bell (SNP) and Allan Young (Greens). 5. Matters Arising
6. Correspondence Received
7. Local Residents Forum
8. GCC Councillor Updates John Kane and Stephen Dornan praised the local election hustings organised by the community council as the best organised of the campaign. Kirsty McDowall advised that a General Election hustings would be held on June 1st at the Pearce Institute in Govan. 9. Community Council Business Shona proposed that additional roles be created to reflect the increase capacity of the community council, particularly if an expansion into part of Govan East is to be considered. It was noted that there are still two vacancies on the community council following our recent election. Ideas for expanding the community council's activities included walkabouts in the area, a competition to encourage people to keep things nicer and see what can be done, community clean-ups and community fun days. 11. Summer Walkabout Ideas for expanding the community council's activities included walkabouts in the area, a competition to encourage people to keep things nicer and see what can be done, community clean-ups and community fun days. 12. Planning & Licensing Updates An application had been received for a renewal of a food van licence. 13. Rep Updates Iain Henderson advised that the Community Council Discussion Forums were being reduced from seven or eight forums per year to three (in November, March and June). Kirsty McDowall proposed establishing quarterly or biannual meetings for all Govan community councils, and Serena Hay suggested one of the new councillor roles could be ward-level liaison. There were no updates from the Govan Area Partnership or South Sector Partnership as these bodies do not currently exist following the local elections. 14. AOB John Kane advised of the upcoming Govan Fair procession on the first Friday in June, and the confirmation of two Summer Sessions for Bellahouston Park: Green Day on July 4th and Eminem on August 24th. 15. The meeting closed at 8.50pm. The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 21st 2017, 7pm at Clyde Community Hall.
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