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Agenda and minutes

Venue: Calne Hub & Library, The Strand, Calne, SN11 0RD

Contact: Edmund Blick  Email: edmund.blick@wiltshire.gov.uk

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5 mins

52.

Chairman's Welcome and Introductions

The Chairman will welcome those present in the meeting.  

Minutes:

The Chairman welcomed everyone to Calne Area Board and introduced the Councillors and Officers present.

53.

Apologies for Absence

To receive any apologies for absence.

Minutes:

No apologies were received.

54.

Minutes

To approve and sign as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on Tuesday 19 September 2017.

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

Resolved:

 

To confirm and sign the minutes of the meeting held on 19 September 2017 as a correct record, subject to recording apologies from Olga Tuffery, Calne HACCA.

 

 

 

55.

Declarations of Interest

To receive any declarations of disclosable interests or dispensations granted by the Standards Committee.

 

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest made at the meeting.

10 mins

56.

Chairman's Announcements

To receive any announcements from the Chair:

 

1.    Wiltshire Local Plan Review

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

The Chairman drew attention to the following written announcement included in the agenda pack :-

 

·         Wiltshire Local Plan Review

10 mins

57.

Partner Updates

To receive an update from the partners listed below:

 

·        Wiltshire Police

·        Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service

·        NHS Wiltshire/ CCG

·        Town and Parish Councils

·        Calne Area Parish Forum

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

The Area Board received and noted the following updates from key partners:-

 

·         Wiltshire Police   Inspector Mark Luffman presented his report as circulated in the agenda pack. Attention was drawn to the apparent increase in crime statistics in the Calne area but it was noted that this was due to the way in which crime had been recorded.  Inspector Luffman informed the meeting that a more accurate comparison would be available when statistics for 2017 and 2018 had been compiled and compared.

 

Inspector Luffman reported that Calne would shortly be have its full compliment of three Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) shortly. In addition, the Force was recruiting additional Special Constables and it was hoped that they would be allocated to areas at the end of January 2018.

 

·         Dorset and Wiltshire Fire & Rescue Service The written report was received and noted.

 

·         Wiltshire Clinical Commissioning Group  The written report was received and noted.

 

·         Healthwatch Wiltshire  The written report was received and noted.

 

·         Calne Town Council  The following points were noted:-

Ø  The Calne Community Neighbourhood Plan would be the subject of a referendum to be held on 1 February 2018.

Ø  Calne had received gold for the fourth year in a row in the South West in Bloom Portman Cup competition in 2017.

Ø  Cllr Howard Marshall had resigned as Deputy Mayor for family reasons and Cllr Glenis Ansell had subsequently been elected in his place.

Ø  There was a town council vacancy in the north ward which would be the subject of a bi-election in January 2018.

Ø  The Town Council had agreed its precept which was not set to rise in 2018.

 

·         Cherhill Parish Council It was noted that sadly the Clerk to the Parish Council had recently died and consequently the Council was in the process of recruiting a new Clerk.  Plans were being developed for a new village hall which would be available to view next year.

 

·         Compton Bassett Parish Council  The Speedwatch Campaign had been very successful with a drop of speeding motorists caught from 12 to about four per hour. The new village sign had been erected and super fast broadband was now available so far in half the village.

 

·         Calne  Area Parish Forum  An update was received on plans to create a copse to commemorate the centenary of the end of World War One, with the signing of the Armistice  in November 2018.  It was planned to plant a tree for each person in the Calne Community Area who had been killed in this conflict.

 

40 mins

58.

Our Community Matters

Update on local priorities/working groups:

 

1.    Local Youth Network – (including LYN funding)- (Helen Bradley)

o   A Place for Us- Extension Project: £5200

2.    Older People/Carer’s Champion (Diane Gooch)

3.    Health and Wellbeing Group (Calne Health & Social Care Forum)- (Diane Gooch)

4.    Dementia Friendly Calne Community Working Group (Christine Crisp)

5.    Air Quality Working Group (Cllr Hill)

6.    S.106 Working Group (Cllr Trotman)

7.    Calne Our Place

8.    Calne Community Safety Forum (TC Cllr Glenis Ansell)

9.    CATG- (Cllr Christine Crisp)

10.Training & Skills Working Group (Cllr Ian Thorn)

11.WW1 Commemoration events working group (Ed Jones/Jane Vaughan)

 

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

The Area Board was provided with an update on community issues and progress on Calne Area Board working groups as follows:-

 

·             Local Youth Network (LYN)  Consideration was given to a report by Helen Bradley, the Locality Youth Facilitator in which councillors were asked to consider an application for funding.

 

On hearing from Helen Bradley and after some discussion, it was noted this application was slightly more than was normally permitted under the Community Area Grant scheme. However, it was unanimously agreed an award be granted under exceptional circumstances in order to ensure the group was able to provide maximum positive impact for the group.

 

Resolved:

 

To approve a recommendation from the LYN Management Group that a grant of £5,200.00 be made to A Place for Us (Calne Disability Youth Club) for a continuation of their work.

 

·             Older People/Carer’s Champion  Diane Gooch gave a verbal update and reported the success of a tea party held in October.  She also reported that a Christmas Party was being organised to take place in the Hub on 13 December 2017 from 1.30pm until 3.30pm. More volunteers would be most welcome to help arrange future activities.

 

·             Health and Wellbeing Group  David Evans gave a brief update and reported that the Calne Health and Social Care Forum had met on 17 October 2017 when they had discussed Side by Side, a new national service funded by the Alzheimer’s Society for those with a dementia diagnosis.

 

Olga Tuffery, HACCA (Healthy & Active Calne Community Area) informed the meeting that the HACCA was currently exploring the link between poverty and obesity in young people and she would report back in due course.  She also stated that Priestley Primary School, Calne would shortly be starting an after school club which initially would be able to take up to six children at a time.  

 

·             Dementia Friendly Calne Community Working Group  The Chairman reported that the Working Group was currently working on a project to recruit local business people to be more dementia friendly. A start had been made with recruiting local hairdressers and she would report on progress in due course.

 

·             Air Quality Working Group  Cllr Alan Hill reported that various informal conversations had been taking place and he would report further in due course.

 

·             S. 106 Working Group  Cllr Tony Trotman reported that the Group was investigating pedestrian and cycleway safe routes to schools.  He drew attention to the likely increase in traffic on Abberd Way to the link road.  The Group was also investigating the possibility of constructing a cycleway in Calne Recreation Ground and he hoped to be able to report further on this initiative in due course.

 

·             Calne Our Place The Community Engagement Manager gave a brief verbal update at the meeting. She was pleased to announce that new Welcome to Calne signs had recently been received and would be installed very shortly.  She also reported the award of £5,000.00 to Calne Library.

 

·             Calne Community Safety Forum  In the absence Cllr Glenis Ansell, this  ...  view the full minutes text for item 58.

15 mins

59.

Area Board Funding

To consider 4 Community Area Grants applications:

·        Sheldon Road Methodist Church- Studley Church Hall Redevelopment: £5000.00

·        Compton Bassett Parish Council- Trees for commemoration: £250.00

·        Calne Men’s Shed- Conversion of Smoke Room to new wood workshop: £2,868.86

·        Rub a dub pre-school- Forest School Equipment: £865.00

 

To note 1 payment made under Delegated Authority:

·        Calne Older People/Carers Champion Voices- Older People/Carers event to commemorate International Day of the Older Person: £87.41

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

Consideration was given to a report by the Community Engagement Manager in which councillors were asked to consider funding from the 2017/18 Area Grants Budget, all of which met the grants criteria. After receiving brief statements from some of the applicants giving reasons for the requests,

 

Resolved:

 

(1)       Application 2539 – Sheldon Road Methodist Church

 

To approve a grant of £5,000.00 towards the cost of modernising the existing kitchen and toilets to include disabled and baby changing facilities.

 

(2)        Application 2587 – Compton Bassett Parish Council

 

To approve a grant of £250.00 towards the cost of planting and maintaining four trees to commemorate the lives of four men from the village that lost their lives in World War One.

 

(3)       Application – Calne Men’s Shed

 

            To approve a grant of £2,868.86 towards the cost of creating a woodwork workshop.

 

(4)       Application 2545 – Rub a dub Pre-School

 

            To approve a grant of £865.00 towards the cost of providing equipment for a Forest School project.

 

(5)       Calne Older People/Carers Champion Voices

 

            To note a grant of £87.41 made under delegated authority to Calne Older People/ Carers Champion Voices towards an event to commemorate International Day of the Older Person.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

60.

Urgent items

Any other items of business which the Chairman agrees to consider as a matter of urgency.

Minutes:

There were no urgent items of business.

61.

Close

The Chairman will set out arrangements for the next meeting on Tuesday 23 January 2018 at Calne Hub & Library, The Strand, Calne.

Minutes:

The next Area Board meeting would be held at 6.30 pm on Tuesday 23 January 2018 at Calne Hub & Library, The Strand, Calne with refreshments available from 6.00 pm.