Agenda Item

Action

JDH presentation. Drop-in session Dalry Town Hall Thursday 21^st July 2-4pm and 5.30-7.30pm

Driven by UK desire to ‘clean up’ mining and be more self-sufficient in precious metals. These are used in electricity, food processing, electric cars and health care. Licences already issued by Crown Estate in 2016, 2017 and 2021. Very long-term project, nowhere near doing anything other than test drilling. Some sites have already been discounted.  A widely inclusive community liaison group will be set up.

KM asks about whether the drop-in will have a presentation or not? Probably not, but they can look into a pre-recorded one if it would help.

Poster for notice board, FB page.

GW asks about spoil heaps – these are no longer allowed, and the rock is returned to the ground. Processing occurs in a warehouse building.  AB asks about the timescales for this – as the spoil is unlikely to be returned to the ground while they’re still mining.

Re-instatement bonds will be in place. Community benefits will be negotiated at national, regional and local levels.

MP to advertise on FB

GW to receive printed posters for distribution

Approval of last meeting’s minutes:

Proposed:  GB                                          Seconded: KM

GW welcomes Andy McFarlane as one of our new councillors. He asks him to sum up his role.  He explains he is new the role and he’s happy to try and help with anything at all and if he can’t deal with it personally, he will try to steer us towards someone who can. AMcF has a response from Charlotte Carson re road surface problems in Dalry, which he will forward to GW.  GW repeats that a resident was injured by falling on a bad road surface near Underhill recently.

Matters Arising:

Commemorative Plaque for Andi Holmes – his widow is very happy for us to place something.

GW to speak to Jim Reid re bench GW

GW

Police matters:

Nothing to report

Additional leaflets included re neighbourhood watch, construction watch and rural watch. We will put them on FB

Physical posters to go up

MP

GW

Village Matters

Defib not cleaned but will happen soon. Functioning properly.

Discussed whether to ask St Johns Ambulance to provide defib training for community. Advertise on FB (MP) and on posters near shop and garage to see how much interest there is.

Dog pooh:

Top of Kirkland Street is still having problems, even using bags and then not picking them up.  New bin has been installed near Allangibbon.  Usage will be monitored.

Purchase lamppost mounted pooh bag dispensers

Summer seats

Queens Jubilee – GW thanks MO for helping organise.

MO also mentions communication and suggests that an extra notice board nearer the top of the village could work – or find other ways of reaching people.  Personal approach worked very well.

GW

GW

GW

GW/GB

Pavements, roads and verges

Unresolved pot holes, AMcF will do what he can to help

No progress on SUW access yet

AMcF

GW

Planning and housing

SPEN Consultation - Holm Hill substation. Further meeting plan, MP has requested better visuals or indication of size of development. Will advise of date.

GDT

MP will stand until next May, paperwork to be sorted out

MP

MP/GW

Wind farms

Divot Hill – invite Michael Briggs, Energiekontor

Windy Standard Open Day has happened

Windy Rig agreement finalised, GW sent details.

Look at cumulative forestry and windfarm proposals

MP

Forestry

Trostan – contacted Drax re water supply, no response to date

Czernin Kinsky – invite Tom Clarke

FLS consultation

Waterside – no progress

Self-seeded sitka – AB has a study from a colleague that he will share

KM did walk on Waterside with Reverend and noticed that there’s no footpath and they have planted on deep peat. Padlocked gate. Still no trees planted on lower site. MP to forward details to Kerry.

SLC work on green lairds, to be circulated

New forestry implementation strategy to be circulated

MP

MP

MP

AB

MP

Grants & Finances

GB suggests we look at a sound system for the town hall as some people have difficulty hearing. Discussions to continue.

There will be £3353 in the bank once we get the money from Drax towards the Jubilee celebrations

ALL

Correspondence and external meetings

GW notes that many events are held during the daytime when people are working.

Imagining New Futures Project Jenna Cairns will attend with MP

Meeting re RLUP Community Learning Project on Wednesday

Council will lease land in Dalry to the Biosphere for 5 years at no cost, SOSE will pay for creation of building. AB to keep us updated.

MP

AB

Any other business

Zoom account to be reinstated

GW

Date of next meeting and AGM

29th August 2022