Environment & Highways – 9th March 2017
The Environment & Highways Sub-Committee of West Bergholt Parish Council met on 9th March and discussed a range of issues including tree survey, allotments, zone wardens, handymen, flooding, storage & benches.
Environment & Highways Report
Sub-committee Meeting held on Thursday 9th March 2017 in Orpen Hall
| Sub-committee members present | John Gili-Ross, Philip Spencer, Harry Stone, Jenny Church, Murray Harlow, Janet Crichton |
| Apologies | None |
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Items from last meeting |
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| a) | Hole in Poor’s field – closed off | |
| b) | Bollards at the entrance to the school will be dealt with in the winter. | |
| c) | Duck house at Queen’s Road pond to be repaired. | |
| d) | Benches for LD Field. Janet has researched and found suitable benches. Need to establish how they will be fixed in the ground. Proposed to order 2. | Jan C |
| e) | Flooding in Albany Close – John and the 2 handymen have worked hard to clear the ditch and reduce the flooded area. This is now dammed and draining. A pump will be required to empty it. Suggest a letter is sent to local homes to request that no waste is put into the ditch as it clogs it up. | Laura |
| f) | Storage facilities – the garages are being sorted out, particularly the Orpen Players store. A garage is needed for storage of the handymen equipment. | |
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Handymen work |
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| a) | Toilets in Orpen Hall need attention. | |
| b) | Ditch in New Church Road and School Road need clearing. | |
| c) | Roof of Orpen Hall needs attention. | |
| d) | Flooring by kitchen in Orpen Hall needs attention. | |
| e) | More tools will be required and a hedge trimmer. | |
| f) | Wood from fallen trees needs shredding a trailer & a tow bar is needed for the car – Phil to investigate trailer & Steil power pack – John to investigate tow bar. | PS & JGR |
| g) | Propose to apply for a CIF revenue grant towards funding the handymen work. | |
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Allotments |
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| Repair to fencing to be carried out by David.
A grant has been acquired from CBC to set up a stall in the summer. |
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Village tree survey. |
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| Phil has agreed to carry out this task with knowledge from JGR to construct a map of our trees. We need a register of tree assets | PS | |
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Zone Wardens |
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| Laura has had a message from the zone wardens – Do we want notices put up “Don’t let your dog mess here”? Propose we have some down New Church Road. | Laura | |
Date of next meeting – Thursday 13th April 2017 at 5pm in Orpen Hall. |