| Topic: | Meeting with the Leader | |
| Posted by: | Simon Anderson | |
| Date/Time: | 06/03/15 12:12:00 |
We had a meeting with the Leader of the council yesterday (30mins) We discussed the main 2 issues concerning this estate. On the URAI and IVYTAG - He said the Council and Councilors can not get involved with the on going Feud, he stated they cannot be Referees and wont take sides. He stated that they can only recognize groups that have a constitution. He is setting up a Mediation (which we agreed on) between both groups to see if we can come together. I find this funny, because the Council recognize the URAI even though they have no constitution, even though the Chair of the URAI can remove members and replace with his friends, even though the Chair can hold Open meetings without inviting the residents, A Chair that allows non members to join the URAI without being elected (because they are his friends) at a AGM or Open meeting. As to the RFU Parking: He stated that the Bridgelink Center has no rights to sub let council land and take the money nor has the Residents Group. He stated that we cant do it as we don't have 3rd Party Insurance. He said in principle he has nothing against us doing it if we had the write documents etc etc. I said to him, that it was funny that a Week after his Councillor said she was getting it stopped it was stopped. I then mentioned that she also said that she was not happy that the Local Allotments were doing it. He said he didn't know nothing about the allotments doing it but if they are then it must be because the owners have gotten together and decided to do it. I thought this was funny because Doesn't the council own the Allotments and you rent a plot from the Council? I asked him what about those that park in the Center car park every day, he said as long as they are visitors to the center that's fine. I told him there are non Visitors and People parking in there on Rugby Matches. He said that another estate has an issue with non residents constantly parking on their estate preventing residents from parking on it so they want a Full CPZ. He said that he was going to look at doing this on our Estate too. I told him that was not fair on residents, he said he has to pay for parking. I said the Car parks are not part of Highways so you cant get a ticket anyway. He said if 50% of residents want the CPZ then the Car parks will be added in to the CPZ. I then mentioned the Underground car park. He looked shocked i knew. He said if the RFU want to pay to have it done up and rent it out then he will look at this because it will be money for our estate. I said we herd that before when the council sold land to Notting hill and the money did not go to Ivybridge as promised, it was Paul Fisher when he was Councillor tracked that money and brought it back to us. We said what about the issues it will cause residents, he asked like what so we told him, he said that it would be properly run. Lastly he said to us 3 times that he doesn't lie, he likes to be truthful. |