Welcome to the Fintray and Kinellar Community Council page on the Hatton of Fintray Community website.
You will find below the Agenda for the most recent Meeting (this could be in the past) and the Draft Minutes of the previous meeting.
To see the approved Minutes you will need to follow the link below to the 'Our Aberdeenshire' website -
http://www.ouraberdeenshire.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=482
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FINTRAY & KINELLAR
COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEETING
MONDAY 20 February 2012, 7.30pm
FINTRAY PUBLIC HALL
Agenda for the 257th Meeting
1. Welcome
2. Lease of Blackburn all-weather pitch
3. Approval of the minutes from the last meeting
4. Matters arising
5. Treasurer's report
6. Police report
7. Planning applications
8. Correspondence
9. Aberdeenshire Council update
10. Matters concerning Blackburn and Kinellar
11. Matters concerning Fintray
12. AOCB
13. Date & venue of next meeting
Attendance at these meetings is open to anyone living in the parishes of Fintray and Kinellar. It is your Community Council, so why not come along?
(draft minutes available at: www.fintray.btck.co.uk and at Blackburn Post Office;
approved minutes at: www.ouraberdeenshire.org.uk)
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Minutes of the 256th Meeting
Fintray & Kinellar Community Council
Monday 16 January 2012 at 7.30 pm
Kinellar Community Hall
1. Welcome
The meeting was chaired by Peter Robinson.
Present: Sandra Coutts, Lesley Flett, Ilene Fyfe, Doug Grant, John McIntosh, Rita Moir, Richard Taylor.
In attendance: Donna Fairley (Community Learning & Development Worker), Connor Bain, Danny Hedley and Iona Ross (Blackburn Youth Forum), Moira Cooper, Cllr Nan Cullinane, Alison Cumming (Garioch Area Committee Officer), Cllr Martin Ford, Cllr Fergus Hood, PC Peter Milne (Grampian Police).
Apologies: Betty Craigmile, Rob Johnson.
2. Presentation by Blackburn Youth Forum
Donna Fairley described how the Blackburn Youth Forum had carried out a needs assessment for the young people in the area, settling on trying to get a covered outdoor youth shelter, commercially available as a stand-alone ‘Pod’. Members of the Youth for Change group of the Youth Forum described the features of the Pod, which can have its own manually operated generator to provide low voltage lighting and music, and which would act as a useful meeting point for youth activities. The preferred site is in the Burn Park, Blackburn.
The cost of the Pod, excluding installation, is in the region of £15000. It is hoped to meet this from fund raising and grants. As a next step, the group were advised to discuss the costs, ownership and funding of the project with the Garioch Area Manager. The Community Council confirmed its support for the project, and has already done so to the Aberdeenshire Council Planning Gain Officer.
3. Approval of the minutes of the previous meeting
Acceptance of the minutes was proposed by D Grant and seconded by P Robinson.
4. Matters arising from the minutes
(3)(7) One thousand leaflets, promoted by the CC Forum and publicising community council activities, were received from Alison Cumming. The contents of sections specific to Fintray and Kinellar CC will be composed by I Fyfe. Small numbers may be printed at Fintray School at cost.
(5) There was no further progress regarding a crossing patroller for the pedestrian crossing on Fintray Road at Kinellar School.
(9) There had been more ‘power drops’ in Blackburn. The Chairman agreed to follow this up with Scottish and Southern Energy.
(10) Fintray School has designed a ‘dog fouling’ poster and obtained waste bags for distribution. The posters will be placed around the village whilst a project is going ahead to identify a site where another dog waste bin could be sited. It was noted that dog owners can use their own domestic bins for this purpose.
(from past minutes) As previously requested by the CC, a new footpath has been formed in the Burn Park, Blackburn.
5. Treasurer's report
The balance of CC funds is £1030.60. Other funds held by the CC are the notice board fund, £807.49, and the flower fund, £81.95. The bill for the refurbishment of the old Blackburn notice board has not been received.
6. Police report
PC Milne reported 8 incidents in the area since 1 December 2011. Of these, three were road traffic related, three comprised domestic assaults at properties in Blackburn, one involved possession of Class A drugs, namely heroin. The most recent incident reported to the Police occurred in Kirkhill Forest when a female reported that she had been raped by a male known to her.
Thefts of scrap metal from compounds of commercial premises that occurred in Blackburn at the tail end of last year have not been repeated.
There were no significant incidents in Kinnelar or Fintray over the festive period.
PC Milne offered to contact the Youth Forum to discuss the possibility of a grant towards the cost of the Pod (item 2 above) from the Community Initiative Fund.
The CC passed on its thanks to the police for its continuing presence in Blackburn.
7. Planning applications
A list of planning applications was distributed and discussed at the meeting. There was no objection to any application.
8. Correspondence
A list of correspondence was distributed and discussed at the meeting.
I Fyfe will respond to the NHS Grampian consultation on the Maternity Service, and P Robinson to the consultation on Supplementary Guidance: the calculation of developer contributions.
It was noted that the CC Forum meeting on 14 March will be a visit to the AC Contact Centre in Fraserburgh if members so wish.
9. Aberdeenshire Council update
It was noted that the planning application for Smithy Cottage, Fintray, had been granted with alterations.
AC is consulting on the school estate through public meetings, one of which will be at Kintore School on 2 February and will be relevant to the Kemnay catchment area.
10. Matters concerning Blackburn and Kinellar
The proposed plans for the improvement of the centre of the village at the junction of the Fintray Road and the Main Road, apparently awaiting the approval of the Community Council, were given approval with the request that the two mature healthy oak trees be retained if possible.
In reply to concerns about street light failures it was noted that repairs are only carried out if failures are reported by the public.
11. Matters concerning Fintray
In response to concerns from the school, it was advised to check the need for planning permission before installing a new shed for playground equipment.
12. AOCB
None.
13. Next meeting
Monday 20 February 2012 at 7.30 p.m. in Fintray Public Hall.