April 2010 Archives

First post is now being delivered between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. most days in the Keble Park area.

Wow!

Ian

Kindly written and sent to me by Carol Smyth

This is my account of the meeting held this evening.
Apologies: Cllr Chris Dale
Agenda
Intro by Cllr Harrison
Questions/queries

At the last PC meeting there were issues about construction of the play area.
There has been information on the http://www.facebook.com/l/24d5e;bishopthorpe.net site and also Facebook.
For 5 months there have been discussions at PC meetings from parishioners.
After the last PC meeting (23/3) a Facebook site was formed by supporters of the park as it is now.
The constitution says that the PC can revisit decisions made.
Decisions taken tonight will be final, they include
Fencing
Gating
Opening hours
Repositioning the slide
The Jungle Climber

Fencing - will be 1.8 metres and is being installed

Gating- will be installed next week and will be manned by the volunteers

Opening/closing hours
Mon-Fri 9-7.30
Sat 10-7.30
Sun 10.30 -7.30

Slide - change design or reposition

Jungle Climber
- resiting in the park is too expensive
- a large number (the Facebook site) want it to remain
- PC revisiting the decision made at the last PC meeting

Meeting open to questions/comments

Resident Keble Park North (KPN)
No plan or consultation from PC, have no objections to the park, have requested fencing to ensure privacy and security gates.

Resident Copmanthorpe Lane
Fencing and security gates happening.

Resident Beech Ave
Last PC meeting agreed on repositioning slide and moving Jungle Climber to Ferry Lane

Resident KPN
1.8 metre fence makes no difference

Resident KPN
Aerial slide at rear of property, no interference from children.

Resident Beech Ave
Evening noise, no time for privacy/peace

Cllr Harrison - Police should be called

Resident KPN
No problems with kids.
Moved from Copmanthorpe where they had fences, cameras and wardens to monitor the park.

Resident KP
Noise issues and older children will lessen

Resident Coda Ave
A lesson for the PC.
We need to respect one another.
Many gardens have neighbours and people have to get on with them.

Cllr S Harrison
Comments have been taken on board.
Minutes are published.
We cannot do a leaflet drop for every occasion.
Circulation of the Link Magazine is 1000 (approx 50% of village)

(Missed information for one speaker)

Resident Lang Road
People want to see this go ahead.
It's somewhere for kids to play.
Fencing and gating will go ahead- .
The situation should be monitored and given time.

Cllr Harrison
The park will be checked.
Park usage will be monitored.
There will be no ball games allowed.
There will be a code of conduct ( created and agreed by the children).
The PC want it to work for the children of the village. The project wasn't started to upset people.

Resident Simbalk Lane
Crime figures?

PS A Haigh
No crimes committed, but 10 incidences of anti social behaviour for which it's not always possible to attend. Some local youths have selected the park but are being dealt with. None are banned from the village or on bail. Crime levels have dropped.
It has not been a good start, gating and security should improve this, report any incidents.

Resident Montague Ave
Rubbish - has been collected by volunteers. Litter bins need to be approved by the Ward Committee.

Resident Coda Ave
Many people have noise in their gardens from other properties.
7.30 closing is reasonable.
Adults should pick up on kids bad behaviour.

Resident KPN
The park is fantastic.It's always been a park - listed on the OS maps (1981)

Resident/and her mother - KPN and Canon's Court
The play area was needed
Appreciate the concerns of residents, but it's always been a play area.
Her 10 year child cannot go into the park due to threats from other children who come from outside the village- being beaten up.
She has seen used condoms and sanitary towels on the site.
The youths are known to the Police.

Cllr Harrison
Parents should intervene.

Resident KPS
With the problems about privacy, what about the fencing?

Cllr Harrison
The fencing is in place we must wait and see, we cannot go any further. There are measures for gating and locking up and privacy for the evening.

Resident Keble Drive
Has 15, 13, 6 and 5 year olds who use the park - it's a holiday. Get real - houses are overlooked.

Cllr Mrs Thornton
The PC is able to change it's decision re the climbing frame
- there is no option to move the climbing frame within the park
- if the climbing frame is taken down it cannot be kept
- people have come to support the decision on the climbing frame
- some residents will be affected by this
-the PC will have to take some measures
Proposed - reversal of decision taken at the last PC meeting, seconded/ voted unanimously by PC members present.
So the Jungle Climbing frame will stay where it is.

Hope you find this is a fair account of the meeting.
I am just a resident suffering from the parish council's incompetence.
Regards

Carol Smyth

More good news from Bishopthorpe Youth Club!

Helen Jarvis runs the club, and over Easter has been organising, supporting, cheering and willing the two youth clubs teams to success in a city wide football tournament.
Helen's report is below. Maybe we can make this a Youth Club feature and get contributions from Helen on a regular basis - watch this space...

 

"My name is Helen Jarvis and I run the Bishopthorpe youth club from the village hall on a Wednesday night. I found myself wanting to share our good news with the good people of Bishopthorpe!

On Friday at 11:30am two teams from Bishopthorpe youth club, teenagers from your own village, met at Roko gym (playfootball) to take part in the young people's service football tournament.

This is held twice a year to encourage young people from all over York to play a sport they love and meet new people from across the city. In October 2009 the Bishopthorpe under 15's came a close second in the finals, and this time came back fighting stronger. Also we had an new over 16's team who wanted a chance to join in the fun. Throughout the day the young people on both these teams gave 110%, battling off around ten other teams in their age groups until it came down to both teams taking part in their finals.

Now here comes the good news; first of all the under 15's after all their hard work were the victors, winning the tournament and bagging themselves 10 free tickets for a paintballing activity. We then all went to watch the over 16's and give our support. After the longest ten minutes in history (trust me i have no nails left to prove the fact!) our over 16's also finished the game victorious!!!!!!!

I would like to take this opportunity to thank both teams for their hard work and dedication, and also all the other teams that took part and look forward to the next competition with anticipation.
Thank you once again Bishopthorpe for giving me the chance to work with these fantastic young people."

 

BISHOPTHORPE PARISH COUNCIL

Extra-Ordinary Parish Council Meeting

There will be an extra-ordinary meeting of
Bishopthorpe Parish Council
on

20 April 2010

at 7pm in the Village Hall,
Main Street, Bishopthorpe.

The Parish Council will be reviewing issues raised following our meeting held on 23 March 2010 and the publication of the results from the Residents Survey about the Keble Park Play Area.

All residents of Bishopthorpe are welcome.

Temporary Closure
of Park

Keble Park Play Area
will be closed temporarily from

19 April 2010
until further notice.

This will enable:

The erection of a 1.8m high solid wooden fence around the perimeter

and

The installation of lockable gates on both the
Keble Park North and Lamplugh Crescent entrances.

The Parish Council has now published the results of a survey of residents affected by the play area. The report contains an analysis of the main problem areas, together with the decisions made so far on the future plans for the area.

Read the full report in the Parish Council section