RIVER YEALM & DISTRICT ASSOCIATION.

Registered Charity Number 262929

 

MINUTES OF A COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE RYDA.

Held at Anchor House, Noss Mayo at 7.30pm on 11th January 2008.

 

1.                  APOLOGIES.

 

Bill Taylor and Christopher Bradley were unable to attend.

 

2.         THE MINUTES OF A COMMITTEE MEETING of the 16th November 2007 were approved.

 

3.         CHAIRMAN’S REPORT:-

     

·                     Village Benches for Noss Green  - The Chairman asked AL to give the meeting an update on costs. AL reported that the bill, for £2,000, had been paid towards the end of last year.

 

CB had reported that the plaques, in brass, would be delivered within the next three weeks.

 

·                     The Village Directory.            It was agreed that a simple Addendum to the “Blue Book”, listing all amendments since publication, would be a useful contribution to all who held or would buy the Village Directory. The Chairman had compiled such an addendum and it was agreed to distribute this with those Directories waiting to be sold in future and that a copy should be attached to the AGM Newsletter for all our members.

 

The Chairman had been approached by the Editor of the Blue Book suggesting that we should purchase a recent version of the Electoral Roll to help in adding new arrivals to the Directory. Since everyone had a right to exclude themselves from the Directory, it was felt that managing such an update should be left to the next full reprint in 3 – 4 years time.

 

·                     Affordable Housing.   The Chairman briefed the committee on the present state of play. The Regional Spatial Survey Inspector’s Report had been published on the 10th January. It had included increasing the Housing Allocation for the Region to 28,000 new homes per annum, an increase of 40% on provision in the current regional plan. The key question, left un- addressed, was the proportion of new build that would be allocated to  Affordable Housing. Locally, these overall increases would be Plymouth : No Change, South Hams +800, Caradon +700 and West Devon +800.

 

Insofar as the Parish was concerned, it was hoped that some progress on a possible Rural Exception Site close to Butts Park might be made shortly.

           

*          Village RYDA Notice Boards.            John Leonard had agreed to take over the         maintenance of these Notice Boards, work that would be coordinated by CB.

 

*          The Annual Harbour Cleanup.           CB had arranged with the Harbour Master that this would take place on Saturday 19th April. The Chairman mentioned that there might be an opportunity to film this event as part of a documentary the CPRE was making on Litter.

 

*          The 2008 AGM.         This meeting, to be held in the Noss Mayo Village Hall on Wednesday 9th April, was discussed in detail. It was agreed that:-

 

*          The Draft Newsletter before the committee, subject to any last minute amendments, was cleared for duplication & distribution.

*          The List of “amendments since publication” for the “Blue Book” would be attached to this Newsletter.

*          The short film of the “Sherford New Community”, shown to the committee, would form the main entertainment after the coffee break. It was hoped that representatives of  both Redtree, the Developers, and the SHDC Planning Department would be able to attend to answer questions afterwards.

 

4.                   TREASURER & MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY’S REPORT.

 

·                     112 Village Directories had been sold since its publication, bringing in £560 for your Association.

·                     After a short debate, it was agreed to allocate £24 to Eric Rodmell for “Picture Framing” in respect of the portrait given to Janet Martin on her leaving the RYDA Committee last year.

·                     AL confirmed that the Annual Audits of the RYDA and the Brookings Down Wood Management  Committee would be prepared in time for attachment to the AGM Newsletter.

 

5.                   PLANNING REPRESENTATIVE’S  REPORT.

 

*          RC briefed the Committee on all the current Applications for Planning  Permission that affected the community.

 

6.                   ANY OTHER BUSINESS.          

 

·                     The Chairman raised the subject of the “Revelstoke Pictures” that had been superseded by the newer photographs in the Village Hall. These belonged to the RYDA and were currently in store. KW, who also sat on the Village Hall Committee, undertook to see whether they could not be re-hung in some way. This subject would be discussed at the next full meeting of the committee after the AGM.

 

7.                   DATE OF THE NEXT MEETING.

 

·                     Since it had been agreed that the AGM Calling Notice and Newsletter was ready for publication, there was no need for a further committee meeting other than to collate and prepare the AGM Package for distribution.

·                     In discussion, it was also agreed that Committee Meetings would try and avoid Friday evenings in future.

·                     The Chairman and AL would prepare the necessary documents and CB had agreed to host the “Labelling Session” at his house in Noss Mayo. This would take place at 7.30pm on Thursday 27th March.

 

There being no further business the meeting was concluded at 9.30 pm

 

Robin Hogg, Chairman. 11th January 2008.