Burntisland Community Council
7pm Friday, 14th May 2010
Present:
R Smith (Vice Chair)
I Smith (Secretary)
A Grant (Treasurer)
Heather Leuchars (Minutes)
Tim Healey, Gordon McGregor, Sheila McGregor,
Sam Purvis, Morag Douglas Gordon Ritchie
Cllr George Kay, Cllr Ron Edwards, Bill
Kirkhope (Editor Burgh Buzz)
Attending; Mike Small and Associate
representing Fife Diet,
11members of the
public
Chairman’s Opening
Remarks and Apologies for Absence
R Smith acting
Chair in absence of A MacDonald .
Apologies: A MacDonald (Chair) Cllr S
Leslie, Gillian Low, Ken Halley Locality Manger
2. Minutes of Previous Meeting
(9 April 2010)
Approved by S McGregor and
seconded by A Grant
3. Notification of Community
Concerns for A.O.B. refer to Item 10 for details
4. Locality Manager’s Report:-
Ken Halley absent
A921 Burntisland /Aberdour Road Closure
Update
Works
this week have seen the capping beam and front face of both the east and west
walls poured, struck and waterproofed. Works are now progressing on the
sandstone wall at the west end using stone won from the local Cullaloe Quarry. The
stonemasons are working weekends and an additional squad has been brought in to
accelerate the works whilst the weather is holding.
The
road planer will arrive on site on Monday 17th with planning works taking 2
days. We are preparing for these works by removing any damaged kerbs and raising/lowering the ironwork in the
carriageways. Excavation of the damaged section of road at the east end will
follow the road planning exercise. This will involve the removal of any soft
spots, rolling the surface and then backfilling with competent material. The
new kerbs will be laid once these works have taken
place to minimise the likelihood of any damage to
them.
The
road resurfacing shall begin on 25th May with new road markings to follow.
It should be noted that resurfacing and lining works are weather dependant so
this date may be subject to change during that week.
The
road closure will be lifted, as scheduled and advertised, on Sunday 30th May. Any
remaining landscaping works can safely be carried out under temporary traffic
lights but it is hoped that the duration of these will be minimal if required
at all.
Burntisland Christmas Lights
I
met with Gordon McGregor and Gillian Lowe on 12th April to discuss
the Christmas lights contract. Following this meeting I provided Aaron Andrews
from Blachere with the details of the scheme (type of
lights, locations, issues etc) and he undertook to contact Gordon to arrange a
site visit, have a look at the lights and then provide a price for the
remaining two years of the contract. I am awaiting feedback from Aaron and will
keep you advised of developments through Gordon and Gillian.
Shop Front Improvement Grant Scheme
2010/2011
Following on from 2 successful years of the shop front improvement
scheme in seven areas of Fife, Fife Council has rolled out this scheme to a
further three eligible areas, Anstruther, Burntisland
and Kinghorn.
The Shop
Front Improvement Scheme has been designed, funded and implemented by Fife
Council. It aims to improve the shopping environment in
New start
and existing businesses located within Anstruther, Burntisland and Kinghorn
town centres that are undertaking a shop front enhancement project in the near
future are eligible. A wide range of businesses will be considered in these
locations as long as there is an identifiable benefit to the local area. Vacant
commercial premises are also eligible.
The
scheme offers grants of up to 75% of eligible costs, subject to a maximum grant
amount of £1,000. Eligible costs are the costs of shop front improvements and
any costs directly associated with these (e.g. scaffolding, planning fees) but
do not include VAT. The works must follow, as far as is practical, design
guidelines which will be provided by Fife Council as part of the application
pack for this scheme. It is expected that improvements for which grant funding
is available are likely to include:
Exterior
cleaning
Painting
of shop exterior
Repair of
rainwater goods (e.g. gutters and downpipes)
Installation
of replacement window shuttering system (solid roller shutters are not
eligible; however perforated shutters can be funded)
New
signage
Window
display lighting
Any businesses
that feel they could benefit from this grant and have plans to improve the
frontage of their business may apply. Application forms can be found on Fife
Council’s website or by contacting Carol Bayne from the Economic
Regeneration & Partnerships Team on 08451 55 55 55
(ext 47 18 50)
Area Budget Request
A successful bid has been
made to the Area Budget for a contribution of £600 towards the Burntisland
Blooms High Street Hanging Baskets Project.
Celebrating Fife 2010
The undernoted Groups have
been successful in obtaining various amounts of funding from Celebrating Fife
2010:-
|
Name of Organisation |
Name of Event |
Description |
|
Burntisland Heritage Trust |
Burntisland’s People |
An exhibition of Burntisland’s famous folk. |
|
|
|
Recipe booklets showcasing recipes contributed by
the community with local produce as the main ingredients |
|
Toll Centre |
Burntisland big Nite In |
An event to celebrate the talents of local young
people |
|
Burntisland Community Council |
Burntisland Blooms High Street Hanging Basket
Project |
Introduce hanging baskets into the High Street |
|
Burntisland Events Group |
Burntisland Celebrates Music 2010 |
Festival with a different focus each day |
|
|
Mary Somerville Exhibition |
A special exhibition on Mary Somerville |
|
Wednesday Social Club |
Recipe Book |
A collection of recipes contributed by group
members |
Following the last meeting
of the Community Council a site meeting has taken place to look at options for
improving parking in
5. Presentation
on The Broomhill Gardens Proposal; Fife Diet - Mike Small
The ground is
owned by Fife Council and they are currently awaiting planning permission to
enable them to proceed with project.
Fife Diet
promotes sourcing food locally in Fife and healthy eating. They currently have
4 staff with funding in place for 1 year.
There are
proposed 12 small plots; several larger plots; raised beds; community garden
approx 1/3 area of site; fruit trees and perennial crops.
6. Secretary’s and Treasurer’s Reports
The Secretary had nothing to report.
The Treasurer reported that the accounts are
currently with the Accountant and Financial Audited accounts should now be
ready for June meeting of BCC.
7. Burgh Buzz - Bill Kirkhope
The latest issue of the Burgh
Buzz has now been distributed with additional copies available from the
Library. The quality of content and presentation of the paper was acknowledged.
Anyone interested in submitting an article, or advertising in the next issue,
should contact Bill Kirkhope or Morag Douglas. Presently 21 people have
volunteered their services for distributing the paper and the team were thanked
for their efforts.
8. Ongoing Business Items
8.1 Review
of Local Planning Applications - Tim Hailey
Domestic;
158 Kinghorn Rd; 8 Laburnum Grove; Single wind turbine
Commercial;
Extension to nursery Aberdour Rd
BCC to
take no action on above applications.
8.2 Strategic Projects Group - Alex
MacDonald
a)
War Memorial – 20/20 is winding down and is not to be
involved further. It is therefore proposed that Burntisland Community Council
proceed to see the project through to its conclusion, with Bob Smith as Project
Manager. He will obtain all literature on project to date and continue to
liaise with those who have been involved in the past.
b) Traders Association – not
a BCC venture
8.3 Burntisland
Blooms – Sheila McGregor
Brackets
and plants for High Street Hanging Baskets Project are on schedule for early
June. One High Street resident has sponsored a further basket.
8.4/8.5 Aberdour
Road closure/Somerville Square
Included
in Locality Managers report
8.6 2020
Vision Fife Community Meeting – Dunfermline 21 May
8.7/8.9 Storm
Damage
Report
being finalised by Transportation with 6 areas effected in Fife.
Councillor Kay has requested meeting take
place prior to next scheduled Ward meeting for an update on prioritising the
following items;
Sea Wall
Damage Kinghorn Burntisland/Storm Damage Limestone Pier
Beacon
Pool – At present it would appear that the pool shall remain closed until end
of June.
Aberdour/Burntisland
coastal path now passable.
8.8/8.12 Esplanade
Wall – Proposed refurbishment Cllr Kay
Wall to
be painted
Burntisland’s Environment – c/fwd next
meeting Cllr Kay
Palace Cinema – developer has until
28/5/10 to complete administration issues with Planning and Building Control.
8.10 Scottish
Water – Haugh Road
Scottish
Water has indicated that they do not have funding to progress further with
solving the problems of flooding. They are not in a position to fund scheme as
previously discussed.
In
response to BCC letter sent to Marilyn Livingstone seeking her assistance in
taking this further, she has written to Richard Ackroyd,
Chief Executive Officer, Scottish Water and asked he look at our concerns and
will keep us informed of outcome.
It was
the view of the BCC that Scottish Water are not taking the concerns of public
safety or our Councillor representation seriously. They have been given ample
opportunity to remedy the problem and it may be necessary to involve the media.
8.11 Upgrade of Play Area – West Leven Street Cllr Kay
The area has been cleaned up with trees
removed and areas resurfaced. Cllr Kay indicated that Duncanson Drive play park
was also being looked at. Parks Department are currently considering one larger
play area within the town rather than maintain smaller ones. Concern was raised
that this may result in smaller children not being able to play out
unsupervised close to home. Assurances that public views will be taken into
account was noted.
8.13 Christmas Lights
Further to the Locality Managers report,
Gordon met Aaron Andrews from Blachere to discuss the
locations of the lights in the High Street and the problems caused by wind. Gordon
recommended that strengthening brackets on the lamp standards were essential as
the 2 trial brackets had proved successful. Aaron will produce a) an overall
costing for refurbishments of existing lights and any necessary replacements:
b) an overall cost for assembling and dismantling the lights for submission to
the Locality Manager.
8.14 Civic Pride in your Community Seminar – Falkland 19 May
8.15 Widows Land- Proposed SCI Scotland Cllr Edwards
BCC members voted in opposition to the selling
of the land by Fife Council to accommodate Ecovillage
development.
9 New Business Items
9.1 Fife Housing Partnership – Scenario Planning
Day – Kirkcaldy 16 June
Tim
Hailey to attend on behalf of BCC.
9.2 Angler
Debris at Breakwater
Public to
be aware of the dangers of debris within dock area.
9.3 Removal
of Telephony Services and Adoption of Kiosks
9.4 Use of Public Footpaths for Vehicular Access
In hand
with the Police and parties involved.
9.5 Fife
Access Seminar – Glenrothes 10 June
9.6 Miscellaneous
Works
Dollar
Road – Concerns rose in relation to work on pavements being carried out in conjunction
of diversion on Cowdenbeath Road.
Cowdenbeath
Road – Concerns raised since no apparent consideration was given to reducing
the speed limit on the Cowdenbeath Road during the diversion period . This
oversight poses additional danger to pedestrians crossing to Public Footpath
and those using the temporary Bus stop now in operation.
Inverkeithing
Bridge - Works nearing completion ( August) and will benefit those travelling
to Airport via public transport.
9.7 Shell
Family Science Day – Aberdour 15 May
9.8 SES
Plan – defer to next meeting
10. Any Other Business
10.1 Silver
Tassie
Notification
The Silver Tassie are to apply to Licence Board for outdoor drinking garden. No
action required by BCC.
10.2 Miscellaneous
items from members of pulbic
Time did not allow for these to be heard at
this meeting and public advised to converse with the Cllrs
Kay Edwards to see if they could assist in the short term.
11. Date of
Next Meeting
Friday, 11 June 2010 at 7 p.m. in the Burgh
Chambers.