Irvin Clifford says

The meeting on Monday night was well attended with about 30 members of the public at the meeting as well as a full compliment of community councillors, Kenny Gibson, MSP and Anthea Dickson, NAC councillor were also in attendance.

After the minutes of the last meeting were read and proposed, we heard from the Police who gave us the crime report for February of this year, the report is always a month behind.

According to the officer February had been quite a quiet month, we had 2 serious crimes both of which were robberies, no sexual offences, 4 shoplifting offences at Tesco, 2 stolen bicycles, a car set on fire in Barony Terrace, 9 instances of vandalism which is 50% down on this time last year.

We also had some assaults but they came under neighbour/family disputes there were 2 of them.

So that is what makes a quiet month for crime according to the officer.

We then moved onto other business, Kenny Gibson informed us that the town centre CCTV which was due to be installed and working by the end of February should be fully complete and working by the end of this month at the latest.

Garnock Academy Campus Cop will be keeping his job until the end of March next year, he is not leaving as the rumour mill has suggested.

Kilbirnie Health centre has been asked to provide an external phone line to allow you to contact the staff within the health centre and have said that they will look into the possibility of providing this service.

Kenny Gibson informed us that NAC have a capital surplus of over 4 million pounds available to them from last year, which is 8% of their total revenue, would like to know what they are gonna spend that on.

A member of the public then informed us of the fact that NAC are owed 1.5 million pounds by their own staff in unpaid council tax and rent arrears.

As stated elsewhere on the internet as well as within local papers the Baidland Hill wind farm appeal/consultation has been cancelled, Kenny Gibson then informed us of his Private Members Bill which he has brought forward to protect the Regional Park from industrial developments like wind farms etc, has now gained the required amount of support to have the bill read and duly processed onto the statute books to ensure future and current protection for the regional park and will be in place as soon as parliamentary procedure applies.

We then moved onto Banks developments and their proposal for the development of parts of Glengarnock.

Banks Developments informed us of the fact that they have now acquired various pieces of land within Glengarnock and are seeking to move their project on as quickly as possible, we were shown maps and photographs of the sites they now own as well as their proposals for these sites, their first development proposal was for the ground at Longbar Farm which goes from Daisybank at the station through to the new access road leading to the steelwork site as well as running alongside part of the Longbar scheme with the railway line forming one side, Banks are suggesting housing for this site with the further provision of improved roads and access to this site.

Banks also wish to erect 4 "eco" homes on a piece of land up the Auchengree road, next to the last bungalow on the right hand side as you go up the hill, this would be a "flagship" development to show the full benefits of properties like this.

Banks also had various suggestions for the land at the rear of the main street and Lochshore site, but they did say that the sites at Longbar Farm and Auchengree Road were the preferred first development options.

Banks also told us of the difficulties they have been facing in dealing with Scottish enterprise and NAC, claiming that they were not being either helpful or very co operative with them. No surprise there then.

Various members of the public then spoke of the flood issue in Glengarnock and these were duly noted by Banks developments.

The timescale for this proposal is approximately 2 to 5 years so 2012 to 2015 before anything happens, so again we will have to wait and see what happens.

Then we had any other business, usual stuff, speeding in various parts of the town, bad parking, the stickers that NAC workers stick to headstones in the graveyard to tell people that the headstone is unsafe, and that was about it.

The next meeting is on April 19th at Bridgend Centre.

samantha price says

As to the above that irvin clifford has wrote about Longbar Farm and Auchengree you should try and get your facts right before putting up false posts. And people speculating out in the street.

Irvin Clifford says

Samantha Price where am I wrong were you actually at the meeting??? I suggest you contact Banks Developments directly yourself and they will tell you that in fact all that I have reported is correct and factual, as for people speculating out in the street well I cannot do anything about that issue, here are the contact details for Banks Developments if you wish to clarify the issue for yourself: Banks Developments, 2nd Floor, Block C, Brandon Gate, Leechlee Road, Hamilton, Lanarkshire ML3 6AU. Tel 01698 477419.

Irvin Clifford says

Again Samantha if you wish to you could attend the next meeting of the community council on the 19th of this month (April) at Bridgend Centre, Kilbirnie, where I will get the CC Secretary to show yourself the minuted and recorded facts as given by Banks Developments to the CC and then reported on here by myself, which you will then see as correctly reported, up to yourself obviously but the invitation is there OK.