Held At The Small Meeting Place Galley Hill

People

Present	Absent
Committee: NF:  Nyomie Flecknell (Chair/Clailey) JS:  Joy Sumner (Secretary) MA:  Mick Allsopp DaT: David Tavener (Creslow) PF: Paul Flecknell See sign-up sheet for other attendees	Committee: RA:  Roy Adams (Treasurer/Cottesloe) DoT: Doug Titchmarsh

Order of Business

1. Welcome and H&S – Done

1. Apologies – Received from Roy Adams and Doug Titchmarsh

1. Formal approval of previous minutes – Done

1. Items for discussion

 

• Problems

• – Updates on problems that the committee are currently tackling are given below.  Other problems will be addressed as these are handled.

 

Problem	Detail	Update
Trees	Issues relating to: leaves	This has been raised with the council and discussions are on-going.
Estate maintenance	Issues with slip/trip hazards and overgrown footpaths	This has been raised with the council and discussions are on-going.
Antisocial parking	Near to school and also in other locations making access difficult	Bollards and double yellow lines are being investigated as are visits from ticket wardens. To improve pedestrian safety near to the school, a possible crossing will be raised with MKC. This will hopefully also affect the parking in the immediate area. (Other solutions such as cameras, no-parking times etc were raised but will be left for the moment.)
Street lights	Street lighting that it not working	This has been raised with the highway agency (and, where relevant, the school)
Dog bins	Problems with placement being away from the main footpaths, so that dog owners are not always using them	2 pre-existing bins may be moved closer into Galley Hill. We will request an additional bin at the Galley Hill/Fullers Slade boundary where there is currently no bin.

 

1. If there are (specific!) problems with trees, etc, please pass this on to the committee so that we can collect the data.
2. Concerns were also raised that there may be possible future problems with Galley Hill being used as a ‘rat run’ as the Western Expansion develops.  However, this is not yet felt to be an issue.
3. Litter bins as well as dog bins were requested.
4. The round-about in the playground is broken.
1. Local activities

 

• Current activities:

 

Activity	Detail
Coffee mornings	For all Galley Hill citizens Tuesday morning (10-12 a.m.) at the small meeting place above the shop. 2 sessions so far, with the kick-off morning on 7th March. Looking for volunteers to get involved with running the sessions. Interest was expressed in adding talks, trips, etc in the future.

 

• Activities for the future:

 

Activity	Detail
Open Garden/Courts Competition	Summer?
Christmas event	(singing/Santa) Looking into combined events with Fullers Slade
Picnic
Disco
Queen’s Anniversary Event

1. Milton Keynes at 50 (2017)
   1. Update on Bench – need to complete GHRA registration
   2. Party on GH – School is interested in engaging, but needs permission.  This event would be held later in the year (possibly early September) to prevent clashes with other events in MK.
2. Funding
   1. Sources?
   2. Bank Account – At a vote, the residents unanimously agreed that 3 committee members are sufficient signatories for the bank account.  (Full list of committee members given in ‘people’ box at top of document)
   3. Insurance – insuremyevent.com was mentioned as having affordable cover for 1-5 events/year.  (Used by FSRA.)
3. Communication
   1. “Noose” – If you are interested in submitting an article, please get in contact via the website – email news using this link
   2. Facebook – “Friends of Galley Hill”
   3. Google drive

 

• Email/paper notices – note that some courts are not getting all notices

 

1. Notice board – on-going
2. Website – GHRA.uk – Residents are encouraged to use the website
1. Neighbourhood watch

 

• If you are interested in joining, there is an online form (on GHRA.uk)

• PCSOs were also raised and it was suggested that they be invited to attend one of the coming GHRA meetings.

 

1. Any other business

 

• A new sign has been requested for Redborne as the current one is missing

• Visitors will be invited to future GHRA meetings.  Currently Mick is talking to a member of YourMK.  Following the earlier discussion, the local PCSOs will be invited (on a different evening) as will members from MKC.  If you have any visitors that you would like invited to GHRA, please contact us using the GHRA.uk website.

 

 

1. Date of next meeting:

Provisional dates for the next 2017 meetings (general and committee) are on Thursdays at 7pm.

 

General Meeting	Committee Meeting
16th March	20th April
18th May	15th June
20th July	17th August
21st September	19th October
16th November	14th December

 



Abbreviations

AGM annual general meeting

AIM added in meeting (not on original agenda)

AOB any other business

FSRA Fullers Slade Residents Association

GH Galley Hill

GHRA Galley Hill Residents Association

H&S health and safety

MKC Milton Keynes Council

SSTC Stony Stratford Town Council

 

Disclaimer:  Every attempt has been made to make this document a true and representative recording of events.  If you have a concern about the content, please contact the committee as soon as is reasonably practical.



Actions

Action	On?	Date Set	Update
Date of GHRA’s next General Meeting to be set for 2 months	Committee	26/01/2017	Done
Discuss route for solving problems/promoting activities in committee meeting to bring to next open meeting	Committee	26/01/2017	Done – see noted in minutes
Request an additional dog bin at the Galley Hill/Fullers Slade boundary where there is currently no bin.  If possible, this should be at a suitable height for wheelchair users.	Committee	16/03/2017
Look into getting additional litter bins.	Committee	16/03/2017
Coffee morning (Tuesday 10-12) volunteers wanted.	GH residents	16/03/2017
Investigate the possibility of advertising the coffee mornings in the shop window.	Committee	16/03/2017
If you are interested in submitting an article for GH newsletter, Noose, , please get in contact via the website.	GH residents	16/03/2017
Invite PCSOs to one of the coming meetings.	Committee	16/03/2017