ALTON RURAL REGENERATION GROUP/SRB
MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD AT THE ROYAL OAK, ALTON
ON TUESDAY 11th JULY 2006
1. PRESENT: Angie Hurst, Gillian Morrison, John Moorhouse, Alan Heath,
Dave Scrivens.
2. APOLOGIES: Linda Goodwin.
3. MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING: Were read and agreed.
4. MATTERS ARISING: There were none.
5. FETE STAND AT ST JOHN’S: John noted that he liked the SRB stand at the fete and Angie was thanked for the hours of work that she had put into it. There was some interest shown from villagers and Angie has contacted them regarding the meeting today.
6. WEBSITE: John reported that the minutes would be in the Parish magazine and he would put our e-mail addresses in for contact from locals. It was agreed that B&B’s and businesses would be asked to pay £15 a year from September to cover website costs. Cheques should be made out to Alton/SRB.
7. PLAYGROUND UPDATE: Alan reported that the maintenance work on this area would be carried out week commencing 17th July 2006. Matting to be lifted and under work to be sorted. Also a path would be created with matting from the entrance to stop muddy patches forming. The cost would be £1,000 for the path work. The Parish Council agreed to pay £750 towards the cost and it was agreed that SRB would put up the £250 until it could be raised from other sources(village hall etc). Angie agreed to talk to Alton Towers about a donation towards this.
8. TRANSPORT LINK: Angie said she would look at this project and come back to the next meeting with ideas.
9 VILLAGE AGENT, HIS CHANGING ROLE: Dave outlined his changing role. He would no longer only be looking after one group. From now on he would have to liaise with all the groups in the village. Angie has given him a list of names and telephone numbers. He will visit all groups in the area and he will explain that it would be beneficial for a representative of their group to attend SRB meetings. Dave is looking for a representative to attend Staffs Moorlands meetings. He explained that he would be planning for a “Real Event” This would be held at the local village halls. There would be a plan of the village on a board and people would be given the opportunity to have a say in what they would like in their village. All groups from the village would be invited to put up a stand showing what they have done recently. Further information on this later. Dave handed us questionnaires he has to give these to all groups he meets with in future.
10 PUMP AREA AND NEW GARDEN: Alan reported that there were drawings and costings of the Pump area. There are drawings of the New Road area but no costings yet. All information will be passed to Dave for funding.
11. ANY OTHER BUSINESS: John mentioned that a there seemed to be some interest in allotments. He agreed to look out for some land that may be made available in Alton for this purpose. Alan had looked into funding for a scanner for the new surgery. This has to be applied for directly by the PCT. Alan gave Angie information on DVF Department of Health Scheme for a scanner which she agreed to pass on to Dr. Brown. Angie also agreed to ask if it would be possible for the SRB to have a permanent village notice board at the new Surgery. If this was OK she would contact Dave to look for funding.
12. DATE TIME AND PLACE OF NEXT MEETINGS: Tuesday September 12th 2006 at 7.30 and Tuesday October 10th 2006 at 7.30 at the Royal Oak Alton.
