Transcript RIVERSIDE AREA RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION Annual General

RIVERSIDE AREA RESIDENTS’
ASSOCIATION
Annual General Meeting
March 29th 2012
AGENDA
• Welcome & Introductions
• Minutes of 2011 AGM
• Chair’s report
• Treasurer’s report
• Committee elections
• Discussion: priority issues/AOB
• Plan for coming year
Chair’s report
Planning issues: ‘Eastern Gate’
Development brief
Local ‘vision’ became a Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) in Oct 2011
after 27 months of review and consultation
• Guidelines on height,
tree planting etc will
be ‘material’ factors
in future decisions
• Traffic goals
- replace Elizabeth
Way roundabout
with lights
- improve Coldham’s
Lane junction
- use additional lane
for buses or cycles
Planning issues: ‘Eastern Gate’
Residential apartments
5 storey block of 75 flats consented in November
2010. Planning Committee permitted a ‘step
forward’ to CRT building, precluding tree planting
to Abbey Street (despite SPD guideline)
Premier Inn hotel (Intercell House site)
Application submitted in March 2011 for a 6
storey hotel with 121 bedrooms (formerly 128).
Decision deferred due to flaws in traffic analysis
which assumed future improvements from new
‘intelligent’ lights – which are already in place.
RARA, PACT and BruNK have lodged a formal complaint with County about poor
traffic analysis. City have appointed independent consultant to review data from
new modelling work (just completed). Travelodge consent will be reviewed.
Moorings, railings, traffic & parking
Moorings
• City Council confirmed as freehold owner
of riverbank. County owns wall and fence.
• Consultation will take place in June-July
on moorings. Work underway to cost and
assess viable options.
• City looking at planning position.
Railings (see separate report)
Traffic and parking
• Money secured to repaint
• Concerns raised at East Area
additional length of railings
committee re: parking problems
east of cycle bridge
• In situ process may allow whole
length to be repainted
• County looking at residents parking,
yellow lines, pay & display options
• Consultation on colour
on Riverside and Stanley Road
Other activities since last AGM
• Community Event
• Abbey Action Community event held in May.
RARA refreshment stall raised over £120.
• Abbey Road/Riverside
improvement works
• Successfully lobbied for cycle and pedestrian
routes to be separated, better signage and lower
hedges around Abbey car park
• Alley gates
• Grant received to install 5 security gates in Beche
Rd, Saxon Rd, River Lane; secures 66 properties
• Looking into similar Stanley Road gates
• Streetscape
• Tesco agreed to bins and litter collection on
access path, war memorial square and shrubbery.
• Rubbish removed from Riverside and from
outside Engineer’s House
• Local Plan 2014
• Participated in first Local Plan workshop, Feb 2012
• Consulted with c400 residents re: Mercer’s Row
Other activities (continued)
• Brunswick site
• Three RAs talking to City Council about £443,259
in S106 money (Market ward site, but close to
Abbey & Petersfield boundaries)
• Request that Brunswick site development does
not have a ‘Riverside’ postal address.
• Local consultations
• Responded to Conservation Area consultation and
Suburbs & Approaches consultation (July 2011)
• Jubilee hostel
• Met with Cyrenians re: change in hostel tenancy
policy (ex-offenders)
• East Road
• Watching brief on Atrium gym site (links
Newmarket & East Roads) - BruNK leads
Treasurer’s report
Accounts for year ending 31
March 2012
2010/2011
Opening Balance
2011/2012
• Income increased from both
direct donations and
Community Day event
883.89
258.67
356.00
425.00
0
127.39
356.00
552.39
• Expense also offset by rebate
Operating Expenses
435.21
111.85
on previously accounted costs
Allowance for grant
under-spend
546.01
(356.40)
Total Expenses
981.22
(244.55)
Closing Balance
258.67
1055.61
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4854.00
Donations
Other Income
Total Income
Security Gate Fund
• 2011/12 operating expenses
lower than 2010/11 partly due
to stationery bought in 2010/11
• Repayment of surplus funds
from one-off Council grant
agreed at lower level than
allowance made in last years
accounts
• Grant for security gates
received from council as standalone fund
Proposed budget for 2012/13
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Expenses
Income
Comment
Communications
£280.77
• 4 newsletters per year
• Website hosting
External
engagement
£100.00
• Printing and travel costs to respond to
planning or other council/external issues
Room hire
£65.00
• Hire costs for AGM
• No costs for committee meetings
Refreshments
£50.00
• Refreshment costs for AGM
£425.00 • Donations in line with last year
Donations
Total
£501.77
£425.00 • Small deficit to be funded from reserves
• Budget enables us to keep a cash buffer to
meet any unforeseen needs
2011 Committee elections
RARA committee 2011-12
• Chair
• Treasurer
• Secretary
& Webmaster
• Street/block
reps
• Other roles
• Lynette Gilbert
• Tim Ensor
• Suzi Shimwell (standing down as
Secretary, willing to maintain
website)
• See next slide
• Jubilee hostel liaison (Sheila von
Rimscha); railings (David Catto);
moorings (subgroup)
RARA area reps 2011-12
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Abbey Road
Beche Road
Beche Court
Garlic Row
Godesdone Road
Oyster row/Regatta Court
Priory Road
River Lane
Riverside west of cycle bridge
Riverside east/Waterview
Riverside House
Riverside Place (Senses)
Saxon Road
Stanley Road
St Bartholomew’s Court
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VACANT
Philippa Danks, Caroline Wardle
Sarah Hundleby
Graham Garrett
Harry Goode & Huguette Chatterton
Phil Pollington
Alison Davies
Cathy Eaton plus one (VACANT)
Sheila von Rimscha
Tony Eva
Suzi Shimwell
Gordon Davies, David Catto
Rosie Ensor
Jim Hair plus one (VACANT)
Richard Fawcett
2012 Priorities
Priorities for 2012?
COMMUNITY
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MORE NEWSLETTERS!
Community event? If yes, need organiser(s) and volunteers
Alley gates – Stanley Road grant application (if residents wish)
Boats and railings – work with City on consultation options and beyond
PLANNING/TRAFFIC
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Lodge protest on residential block step forward that prevents tree planting?
Seek views on parking on Stanley Road and Riverside east
Stay involved on new Local Plan – next workshop in June
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Review new traffic data on 3 Eastern Gate applications, progress complaint
Monitor Highways re: Coldham’s Lane junction and Newmarket Road widening
OTHER
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Penny Ferry – support effort to retain building? (part of our conservation area)
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Flooding/Cam2? Emergency coordination in power cuts? Graffiti?
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