Meeting Minutes
Wednesday 18th October 2017 7pm @ Clyde Community Hall Meeting chaired by Mark Hughes 1. Attendance Community Councillors: Shona Craven, Chris Fyfe, Iain Henderson, Mark Hughes (MH), Kirsty McDowall, John McKinstry (JK), Grace Smith Glasgow City Councillors: Ricky Bell. Stephen Dornan, John Kane, Allan Young Police Scotland: PC Andy Atkinson, PC Susan Gilmour. Residents: David Jones, Janet Keddouh, Brenda Lillicrap, Barbara Little, Anne Maycock, Stephanie McCulloch, M McLean, B McQueen, Kate Neithercut, Margaret Prunty, S Wilson, Anne Wrell External Organisations: Owen Fenn (Govan Community Project), Phill Jones & Margaret Sweeney (Glasgow Night Shelter) Apologies John Foster, Serena Hay, Avril Williamson. 2. Police Update 2.1 Crime figures for Beat 12, 14 & 15. Description - Sept 2016 / August 2017 / Sept 2017 Total Incidents: 301 / 284 / 333 Total reported crimes: 65 / 91 / 69 Vandalism: 8 / 10 / 7 Breach of peace: 4 / 13 / 7 Road traffic offences: 6 / 12 / 10 Thefts: 14 / 10 / 3 Thefts from vehicles: 6 / 5 / 4 Housebreaking: 10 / 6 / 6 Assault: 3 / 4 / 5 Misuse of drugs act: 2 / 4 / 5 Drunk & incapable: 0 / 0 / 0 Fire-raising: 0 / 1 / 2 Street drinking: 5 / 10 / 4 Other crimes: 7 / 16 / 16 2.2 PC Gilmour reported there had been an overall reduction in reported crime compared to August, but a slight increase compared to September 2016. Pc Gilmour reported that street drinking etc has been reduced due to local policing action plans on match days. Residents agreed that these problems had been reduced. 3. At this point the meeting was paused to allow for AGM to take place. Meeting resumed after conclusion of AGM at 19:20. 4. Minutes of previous AGM Minutes of Septembers were approved. 5. Matters Arising 5.1 Police Scotland will try to email the CC with crime reports in advance of meetings to allow for distribution before the meeting. Unfortunately it was not possible to achieve this before tonights meeting. A 5.2 There is currently no update on the on the progress on the re establishment of Govan East Community Council. This will be looked into for the next meeting. A 5.3 The trees on Paisley Road West still need pruning, autumn mulch issues are recurring along with blocked brains on Paisley Road West. A council officer out for a walk-around and inspect trees in the area. The GCC has set a deadline of December 17th to do any pruning required. A 5.4 Invoices from Clyde Community Hall have still not been received. A solution to this problem is ongoing. Invoices for hall hire may be presented to the Treasurer on the night of hires in future. A 5.5 The CC’s planters now have their branding. New plants have been agreed with GCC, these will comprise of surplus plants after the winter planting is done. There is also the possibility of acquiring more planters for the area. 5.6 Residents asked for an update on the night shelter on Fairley Street, members of Glasgow Night Shelter present at the meeting addressed the meeting. The shelter manager reported that no application made yet for a new shelter at Fairley Street. Lease on the building is to be signed this week. The application for change of use is still to be made this will take some months to work through the system. The shelter is unlikely to be operational until the spring. Margaret Sweeney, chair of the shelter's management committee, said she believed there had not been a single break-in connected to the shelter at Anderston, and encouraged the community council to invite the local police from Anderston to attend our meetings to provide an impartial report. The manager of Govan Community Project (formerly Govan and Craigton Integration Network) informed the meeting that the project would support night shelter residents giving access relevant services. He also believed residents of the night shelter would not hang around near the area during the day. In response to residents concerns about what the shelter resident would be doing during the day it was suggested they would attend legal appointments and engage with charities providing support services. Chris Fyfe reported that he had been to the Anderston Night Shelter a few times, and reported it is in a far more densely populated residential area than the Fairley Street site. He was unaware during the day that it was the night shelter and had not seen any men hanging around outside it. It was decided the ICCC would contact Anderston Community Council, Anderston Church and the local Anderson police team to invite them to attend our November meeting to get insight into the Anderston Night Shelter. A 6. Correspondence Received 6.1 Councillor Young is holding a meeting for Litter & Recycling on Tuesday 24/10/2017 6pm till 8pm @ Clyde Community Hall. This is a follow up to the previous meeting he held on this topic. 6.2 This roadworks are currently happening Kingston Bridge south approach ramps this will affect people driving in the area. Once the south ramps have been finished work will move to the North ramps. 6.3 The Artery Project is starting to move forward and a grant application is being lodged to help fund take the protect forward. The Kinning Park Complex is providing an anchor organisation for this grant. 6.4 The Rangers Charity Foundation has been in touch in regards to community clean-ups it is organising in conjunction with Community Safety Glasgow. The dates for these clean ups are 29th October, 12th November and 17th December. Shona Craven will follow up on this. A 6.5 Feedback has been requested on the proposed traffic calming scheme for the area. The proposal puts forward a 20mph speed limit in most streets in the area with the exceptions of Paisley Road West, Edmiston Drive, Broomloan Road, Govan Road. Traffic calming measures would be installed on Govan Road (@ the back of Festival Park), Copeland Road and Woodville Street. It was queried why traffic calming measures were required on a stretch of Govan Road that is little used and has no residential properties on it. Residents did wonder how effective the 20mph speed will be given the feeling that the city centre version is not very effective. There was a general discussion of this proposal and it was decided that the following roads should suggested as having traffic calming measures. Merrick Gardens, Ibrox Terrace, Clifford Street, Middleton Street, and Brand Street. It was also discussed that some roads in the area could be reviewed with the approach to look at making some 1 way. As the Govan Area Partnership is creating transport and traffic sub committee these point will be brought up in that forum. A 6.6 The Govan Locality Plan (Govan Thriving Places) is starting to move forward. A committee is being put together to help drive the project forward and to select the anchor organisation. Mark Hughes has been asked to join the committee through his role as GAP rep 7. Great Scottish Run Debrief 7.1 The Great Scottish Run was discussed. It was noted that residents leaflets had not been delivered in the area. These leaflets were meant to be delivered from the 13th September. The Community Council managed to receive this information from Councillor Bell and was able to share the it online just before the event happened. 7.2 It was noted that there was serious traffic congestion on the local motorways due to the closure of Paisley Road West. This appeared to have caused traffic problems all the way back to Breahead shopping centre car parks. 7.3 It was noted that signage threatening cars will be towed on Paisley Road West did not give information on why the cars had to be moved and no cars appear to have been towed. 7.4 It was agreed that the CC would send a letter of complaint to the Great Scottish Run organisers and related Council depts in relation to the poor consultation and lack information given to residents. The traffic chaos that the closure of Paisley Road West caused will also be highlight. A 8. Local Residents' Forum 8.1 It was highlighted that a flag which was almost 3 stories high was hung from the roof of the flat block on Fairley Street. The flag appears to have been related to a former rangers football player. Safety concerns were raised as the flag was held by people standing on the roof. 8.2 A local resident thanked Councillor Kane for help with cleaning up back courts in her area.. 8.3 A resident asked if anyone at the meeting had experience of self factoring. Councillor Kane informed the meeting that DRS and Govan Housing Association are looking at factoring pilot scheme. Some research will done to look into self factoring/factoring options. A 8.4 It was reported that there are a number of pot holes in the area. Councillor Kane will follow this. 9. GCC Councillor Updates 9.1 Councillor Kane reported that there is a problem with triple parking outside Lorne Street Primary caused by parents picking up children. The Police have been made aware of this. He also reported he is liaising with LES in regards to transportation in the area. 9.2 Councillor Young reported that cycle routes are being improved in the area. 10. Planning/Licensing Updates 10.1 There has been a planning application in regards to replacing windows on a flat in Walmer Crescent. No objections recorded. 10.2 Ibrox Football Centre/Ibrox Community Complex has applied for renewal of its indoor entertainment license. No objections recorded. 10.3 There was a street trader licence renewal for a position on Edmiston Drive selling memorabilia: flags, scarves etc. No objection recorded. 11. No other business was put forward. 12. The meeting closed at 9pm. The next meeting will take place on Wednesday November 15 2017 at 7pm.
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