VENUE: Cockburnspath Primary School.
1. PRESENT: John Hay, Clifford Bertram, Jean Virtue Tom Dean, Matt Deeming
Fiona Deeming, , Councillor Jim Fullarton (Berwickshire East SBC),
3 members of the community
1.1. Apologies: Marnie McGregor, Angela Brading, Peter Hood,
Kate Tulloch, Councillors David Raw and Michael Cook, Lothian and Borders
Police .
2. ADOPTION OF MINUTES OF 11th JULY 2007
2.1. Minutes discussed and accepted.
3. MATTERS ARISING.
3.1. Meadows Flooding; drained, contractors unable to complete, permission
required to cross the main road.
3.2. Crystal Rig Community fund; paperwork away to Donald Spiers.
3.3. Cove Road hedge and various verges; Hedge not cut, verges have
been trimmed.
3.4. Trees at 19 Callander Place; awaiting reply from housing association.
Also a pile of rubbish to be moved between 19 and 20 Callander Place .
3.5. Dog walk up along The Dean; requires cut, John has contacted Ewan
Crawford and await a reply.
3.6. Outstanding consultations:
3.6.1. Supplementary
Planning Guidance on Replacement Windows - comments by 13th Aug.
No Comments.
3.6.2. Draft Community Safety
Strategy comments by 31st Aug. comments for submission.
3.6.3. Community Council
Scheme Review comments by 1st Oct. Put aside till next full meeting.
3.6.4. SEPA - Public Consultation
on the Proposed Alteration to the Lothian and Borders Area Waste Plan
comments by 22nd Aug. 140 pages long, good
bedtime reading? Far too complex to get into.
3.7. Free School meals pilot scheme for primary 1,2 and 3 starting
about Oct for about 6 months.
4. CORRESPONDENCE.
4.1. SBC Planning and Building Standards Focus Groups. Meeting
22nd August at St Boswells. No volunteers.
4.2. South of Scotland Broadband Contract; information.
4.3. Scottish Executive: Ministerial visit. 20th August, Tweed Horizons
Newtown St Boswells. No Volunteers.
4.4. ASCC National CC Survey, comments by 1st October. As we arent
members, no comments.
4.5. Planning Aid email Edinburgh Fringe workshop.
4.6. Lothian & Borders Police Policing in Berwickshire; information
sheet.
4.7. BCCF Environmental Group Accounts 2006 2007.
4.8. Scottish Consumer Council Digital TV diary project; monitors
required.
4.9. Michael Moore MP Digital Forum and TV Petition. He suggests
we contact an aerial consultant to come to a council meeting, with a view
to the digital
switchover.
4.10. John Lamont MSP letter of Introduction to Community Councils.
Business cards handed out. He will be doing a round of surgeries. At Cockburnspath
10
AM on 14th August in the
village hall.
4.11. C A f e July newsletter.
4.12. Countryside Alliance Best Rural Retailer Nomination. Claire
in the Village shop nominated.
4.13. NHS - Borders The Future of Adult Mental Health Day Services
in the Borders Consultation 5th Oct. Passed on to Kate to peruse.
4.14. SBC Social Work Services annual report 2005 - 2006.
4.15. SBC Planning & Economic Development Core Path planning
informal consultation, comments by 28th September.
5. PLANNING MATTERS.
5.1. Sparrow Castle replacement windows no objections.
5.2. Rosemount Cottage Approved subject to conditions.
5.3. Coastguard Lookout; balcony seems to have got bigger than the
planning consent allowed. Jim to investigate.
6. ANY OTHER BUSINESS.
6.1. Cockburnspath & Cove Website; Domain name now purchased for
£25 per annum, and site being hosted for £52 per annum which
is less than previous.
6.2. Bottle bank at Bowling Club, overflowing with 8 or so bags lying.
6.3. Bankhead Cemetery has been cut but the trimmings have been left
in lumps, there are also weeds and cuttings all over the path.
6.4. As above with Callander Place.
6.5. Street Light outside the Post Office. Not been straightened, but
it still works, Jim to mention it.
6.6. Footpath, toilets to Football pitch could do with a trim.
6.7. Football Pitch Goal posts are starting to rot, could do with being
replaced, Jim to bring up.
7. NEXT MEETING: WEDNESDAY 12th SEPTEMBER 2007; in the school at 7pm.