Draft Minutes Fossoway and District Community Council
2nd August 2016, Carnbo Village Hall

Attending: Community Cllrs: Angus Cheape, Graham Kilby and Graham Pye (acting chair); Cllrs Joe Giacopazzi and Willie Robertson; 9 Members of the Public (MoP).
Apologies: CCllr Trudy Duffy; Cllrs Mike Barnacle and Dave Cuthbert.
Declarations of Interest: None.
Police report: Unfortunately no Officer was able to be present at the meeting. Last year Police Scotland received 80,000 items of lost property – if you lose something you can submit an enquiry online at http://www.scotland.police.uk/contact-us/report-lost-property. Additionally any item with a serial number can be registered at https://www.immobilise.com improving the chance of it being returned to its owner. Robberies of a quad bike at Easter Muirhead farm, Blairingone, and a charity box and tips jar from the Powmill Milk Bar occurred in early July.
Minutes of the previous meeting: The minutes were signed off without amendment.

Matters Arising
Crook Moss Travellers’ Site: Cllr Barnacle has written to PKC, SEPA and SNH seeking to obtain clarification about the protection of the Loch Leven catchment. SEPA had previously written to him confirming that the Crook Moss site is receiving mains water from a local farm, and is using PortaLoos for disposal of black and grey water.
A977 Defects and Mitigation Measures: CCllr Duffy wrote to Jim Valentine about the condition of roads in this area and her email was passed on to Willie Young and thence to Stuart D’All, who replied as follows: The overrun of the gully replacement in Crook of Devon was due to the wrong gullies being provided; 1500 sq. m. of patching will be done on the B9097; three resurfacing projects on the A977 and one on the A823 (totalling £400k) will be done in August; further installation of gullies and French drains will be made along the B9097 to reduce the standing water; subsidence west of Powmill on the A977 will be investigated.
Cllr Robertson reports that there is now money in this financial year’s budget for work on the A977 including speed activated signs. It appears that there may be an improvement in the budget position for the A977.
Emergency Support Centre: CCllr Kilby reports that the Hall committee has agreed that the hall can be used for the centre. Another volunteer is needed to be an emergency contact.
Rumbling Bridge Hydro Scheme: The pipeline has now crossed the road, without any serious impact on traffic along the road.
The Community Benefit Group has been established: CCllr Duffy has sent the following report - A group of seven volunteers interested in the management of the community benefit from the Hydro scheme has met twice. For a small fund like this the most workable scenario would be for the fund to be managed by a group appointed by the CC. A similar structure is used in Aberfeldy and, provided the money for the fund is held in a different bank account, there would not be any difficulty with Perth and Kinross Council. In order to set the parameters of this fund, a limited community engagement exercise will be undertaken, in which the young people in Fossoway (via the school) will also take part. There will be more news about this at the September meeting.
Crook and Drum Growing Together: This group has had its first planting day. About 12 volunteers potted up the tubs throughout Drum and Crook of Devon, and volunteers are maintaining the tubs, watering and weeding when necessary. An application has been written for a small grant from the Kinross-shire fund for the autumn and spring 2017 planting. A fundraiser will follow the September planting. Volunteers are very welcome - for planting, plotting and helping with the fundraising.
Dunning Glen: Cllr Robertson reports that he has tried various things to address the problems of litter and vandalism. He asked PKC to block the laybys, but this was refused on the grounds that vehicles will be parked on verges, or in dangerous places, instead. Cllr Robertson then suggested that double yellow lines be placed along the road, however this was deemed to be not enforceable. More reports of litter and mess have been received. Since the land is private, litter can’t be picked up by PKC as legally it belongs to the land owner. Perhaps the landowner should be asked if he would gift the land around the bridge to the community which would allow some sort of management plan to be put in place. No news about when bridge is to be repaired as PKC need the agreement of Historic Scotland before any work can be done.
Station Road Adoption: Cllr Robertson thinks that the Council intend to go ahead, although in the absence of Cllr Barnacle we don’t definitely know this.
Blairingone War Memorial: Cllr Barnacle has written to Profile Projects suggesting a second opinion about their report advising against moving the memorial.
Dog Waste in Drum: Cllr Robertson had requested a dog waste bin – we think it’s now been installed.
Ivy Cottage, Powmill: A MoP reports that the windows have now been boarded up; it’s not clear whether this indicates any intention by the owner to do any further work.
Sports Hub: Will be launched on 17th September, the front cover of Kinross News will be dedicated to the Hub, using the design from the competition winner - a P6 pupil from Fossoway Primary School. The next meeting of the Hub will be on August 11th, where there will be an analysis of the member clubs and establishment of public consultation to set the Hub’s initial goals.

Matters Arising With No Update Since Last Meeting
Safer Route to School – Drum, Boundary Commission: No update.
Bollards Opposite Crook Village Hall: Awaiting a report from PKC Roads Department on how the safety of this section of road could be improved.
Crook Moss Community Involvement: Ongoing.

New Business
Edinburgh Airport Flight Path Changes: Several local residents have received information that the Airport is proposing to change approach and departure flight paths. Details can be found on the airport’s web site at http://www.letsgofurther.com/ from which it appears that this area may be affected by the new paths, although this is not entirely clear. Comments can be made via the above link until 12th September. Cllr Giacopazzi expressed the opinion that the planes will be sufficiently high at the point they cross our area that the changed flight paths will not cause any issues.

Community Council Business
Meetings Attended: CCllrs Pye and Kilby attended the CC Planning Workshop on 22nd June, where amongst other useful discussion the planning officers suggested that CCs should only comment on applications that affect a significant section of their community.
CCllr Duffy attended the opening of the Drum to Aldie Road core path on 9th July. This path was made possible by the local landowners, notably Roderick Moncrieff and Heather Turnbull, and helped by our local elected members Willie Robertson and Mike Barnacle. The path delivered by Tracks, the Scottish Government, SNH, PKC and Sustrans. Special thanks to the indefatigable George Lawrie, who obtained funding for all this, and already has funding in place for the next stretch, to Balado!
Councillors’ Reports
Mike Barnacle: Cllr Barnacle is now a member of the P&K Outdoor Access Forum.
Joe Giacopazzi: Nothing not already reported above.
Willie Robertson: Cllrs Giacopazzi and Robertson attended a meeting of Cleish CC who are worried about the speed of traffic on the B9097, some at over 100mph, and they have been complaining to the Police with little effect. Cllr Robertson will write to Police, as will this CC. Cllr Robertson has heard that the new Chief Constable is in favour of community involvement, so he will write to the Chief Constable to raise the issue of a Community Speed Watch again. A MoP mentions that the 40mph speed limit through Carnbo is rarely observed, not helped by the signs being obscured by overhanging vegetation. This CC will write to Darren McKeown of PKC asking for speed activated signs to be installed in Carnbo.

Planning Matters
Note: Due to the current shortage of CC members, we are no longer able to review any planning applications other than those which are likely to have a wide impact on the community, and so they will not be commented on unless those present at a meeting make a strong case to do so.
16/01003/FLL Extension to dwelling house and erection of ancillary accommodation at 1 Birkfield Park, Rumbling Bridge, Kinross, KY13 0QR. Application subsequently approved.
16/01017/FLL Erection of a garage at Aitken Cottage, Main Street, Crook Of Devon, Kinross, KY13 0UR. Application subsequently approved.
16/01058/FLL Removal of condition 3 (occupation/ownership) of permission 15/01349/FLL erection of a dwelling house and associated office studio at Powmill Cottage, Rumbling Bridge, Kinross, KY13 0QG.
No Community Council comment.

Correspondence: All the correspondence was available for viewing: PKC have published details of new flood risk management plans for the Tay area, see: http://www.pkc.gov.uk/frmplans or hard copies at LLCC.
We’ve received a list of funding opportunities which has been posted on Facebook.

AOCB: CCllr Duffy has discovered, in response to a query from a MoP, that boxes have been installed on the Aldie Road to monitor cyclists, horses and walkers on this “green” road.
A recent event resulted in a large number of cyclists using the Aldie Road. Kinross Cycling Club was not responsible but they have undertaken to notify us of their future events so we can publish them. A MoP present suggested that the event was held by Fife Kingdom Cycle Group, but this has not been confirmed – it would be helpful if organising groups gave us notice of such events.
The reduction of verge cutting on the A977 to once per year is creating an ideal feeding ground for pigeons, who are eating the seeds from the long grass. The pigeons are then getting hit by vehicles, as are the predators who are later feeding on the pigeon carcasses. Cllr Giacopazzi explained that he managed to get the second annual cut reinstated last year, but it was removed again this year to save costs. Cllr Giacopazzi will try to get it restored again this year. Additionally, the uncut grass prevents pedestrians walking on the verge, meaning they have to risk walking in the road instead.

Draft Agenda for Next CC Meeting

Welcome and Apologies, Declarations of Interest, Community Policing, Minutes of last meeting.
Matters arising: Crook Moss Travellers’ Site, A977 Mitigation, Rumbling Bridge Hydro Scheme, Crook and Drum Growing Together, Dunning Glen, Station Road Adoption, Blairingone War Memorial, Sports Hub.
Community Councillors: Meetings Attended, PKC Councillors’ Reports, Planning, Correspondence, AOCB

Next Meeting: Tuesday 6th September 2016 7:30 pm
Fossoway Primary School
All Welcome