About
Venue: Scotstoun Parish Church
Attendance: Michael Sheridan, David Irving, Lynda McCallum, Claire Caddis. Apologies: Doogie Kenyon
3rd December 2024, 7.30pm (TBC), Granny Gibbs
1. Minutes from AGM
Reviewed and agreed that the condensed version would be added to the SCARA website.
1. New member
Claire provided introduction to wider group, updated on recent involvement with Heart of Scotstoun and warm welcome extended.
1. SCARA email
⦁ Potentially the current email distribution list needs to be updated to remove contacts no longer in the committee and to add new member, Claire Caddis. Lynda to review with an IT contact.
⦁ Discussion regarding recent incoming e-mail; David to reply as he knows this neighbour.
1. Newsletter
⦁ Aiming to print around 14th November. With 5-day lead-time for printing and need to staple ‘Christmas windows’ leaflet the target date for distribution to helpers is end of November for distribution early December.
⦁ Lynda and Claire will continue to liaise re distribution and advise if help needed with stapling.
⦁ Due to competitiveness of quote agreed to continue printing with current supplier
⦁ Lynda shared an update on proposed content (as per below) and Claire provided overview of information obtained from Scotstoun Primary School.
⦁ AGM
⦁ Scotstoun Primary School Christmas Fair, Christmas window light up and other good news stories.
⦁ Heart of Scotstoun, Christmas Fair 1st December so too late to include – Claire to share further information on Christmas activities.
⦁ St Paul’s Christmas service; Michael to advise time?
⦁ Christmas gathering on MUGA; Claire to investigate
⦁ Pavement Parking: Michael to share any update available before newsletter goes to print.
⦁ Update on resident picked for Team GB gymnastic event
⦁ Albion Motors Closure
⦁ Pest control; encourage neighbours to report
⦁ Digipals; share support available to help with parking permits
1. Banking
⦁ David advised Bank of Scotland have implemented ongoing management fee of circa £50 per annum and other bank charges. Discussed known issues with community banking and agreed to continue with this service provider.
⦁ Due to the cost to lodge a cheque agreed to include section in newsletter to thank for donations to date, remind those who have missed and encourage payment via direct debit, if possible.
1. Community Event
⦁ Discussed that community event would be welcomed and supported by SCARA, but more members required to lead on future initiatives.
WARRIORS,
CAMPIONES,
OLAY OLAY OLAY
Congratulation to our own Glasgow (Scotstoun) Warriors who have won the United Rugby Championship by defeating the Vodacom Bulls in South Africa at the weekend.
The result was all the more worthy because at an early stage in the game the Warriors were trailing 0 -13 and seemed certain to lose the match. However, starting from just before half time they got their act together and ran out worthy winners at 21 - 16.
TRAFFIC NOTE - There will be a welcome party for the Warriors in Scotstoun this evening from 6 pm and, due to the short notice, there will be no special traffic restritions in place. Residents and visitors are asked for consideration in their travels into and around Scotstoun during the festivities.
Pavement Parking Prohibition - Update May 2024
We have now been informed thatGlasgow City council has completed a survey of the roads, streets and avenues within the city in order to determine which, if any, of these qualify for exemption from the prohibition of pavement parking. At first glance, it appears that most of the Scotstoun avenues with the possible exemption of Duncan Avenue have been classified as requiring further assessment. It appears that, if there is less than 7.5 metres of clear roadway when vehicles are parkedon both sides of the roadway then an avenue might qualify for exemption. At this stage, therefore, SCARA is considering launching a letter campaign from our members addressed and hand delivered to Glasgow City Council underlining the necessity of exemption in the avenues. If there is support for such a campaign then this will be initiated in the next newsletter which is expected to be issued sometime during the month of June. Please consider sending us an email to let us know whether you would support such a campaign.
19th March 2024
We propose to have a meeting on 26th March at Heart of Scotstoun at 7.30 pm to obtain and provide as much up to date infromation as possible. In particular we hope to provide detailed information as to how to apply for exemptions from the regulations. Please note that these applications are not something that someone like SCARA can do for you. It is the affected residents themselves that need to make applications. We hope that our meeting will at least assist members' access to the process and facilitate joint action by residents towards making application for exemptions.
Numbers attending the meeting will be limited and if you wish to attend then please send an email to
info@scara.org.uk
requesting a place at the meeting. Please do not attend the meeting unless you receive an email confirming that there is a place reserved for you.
If you do not get a place or if you prefer to attend by zoom then please in your email advise us that you wish to attend by zoom and we will send you a link shortly before the meeting commences. From past experience we have to say that zoom attendance at a face to face meeting is not alays fully participative but we will do the best we can while still trying yo convene an effetive face to face meeting.
Please read the article inside this page entitled Pavement Parking for more detailed information. We appreciate that the material is quite hard reading because that's the way that the law is written but we feel that it is worth while making an effort to get to grips with it and try to avoid a possible a parking catastrophe in the Avenues.
Personal message from Convener December 2023
Please follow the link below to access a poersoanl message from the SCARA Convener and please consider responding to this message:-
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/tp4hu28vhtcuga8pc7wf9/Message-from-Convener-November-2023.mp4?rlkey=gyu2y6b5q1mvpm25xm9xbxba2&dl=0
Newsflash 8th October 2023 - PAVEMENT PARKIING Current information is that the prohibition of pavement parking will come into effect from the beginning of 2024. Clearly, unless there are specific relaxations applicable in the Scotstoun Avenues, this will have a catastrophic effect on Scotstoun residents. If you have any additional information or insight regarding this issue then please email to info@scara.org.uk so that we can make this available to local residents. If you wish SCARA to take any further action at this stage then please let us have your suggestions as soon as possible.
21st November The actual date for these regulations to come into force is 11th December 2023 but only Edinburgh Council appears to have intimated an intention to operate the regulations and Glas City Council has not yet given any indication and so we are probably still waiting for the Council to annnounce a statrt date. Nevertheless, it appears that you could be fined any time from 11th December onwards. Read more inside.
21st November 2023. See inside for more news about heat pumps
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The Scotstoun Conservation Area Residents' Association was established in the 1950s to reflect the wishes of local people. The aim of the association is to assist residents with concerns or issues in the local area as well as promoting community involvement. Please keep an eye out for our newsletter (twice yearly in spring and autumn) when it arrives as it contains all the latest news affecting the area as well as letting you know about any social and fund-raising events that you may be interested in attending or participating in. There is also a letters page to voice opinions or raise awareness of something that you think others in the area need to know about.
We have a membership of 651 households and you automatically become a member if you live in the Scotstoun Conservation Area. Every year we hold a general meeting and as a member you are invited to attend and raise any concerns that you may have.
We are always looking for assistance and volunteers as well as new committee members. If you wish to become involved with the work of the Residents Association please contact us at info@scara.org.uk The Committee meet on the first Tuesday of the month at 7.30pm (except January, July and August).
Please note that we rely on donations in order to provide our services and we suggest a small yearly donation of £2 to help towards our running costs. If you would like to make a donate please contact info@scara.org.uk
If you are new to the area then one of the best ways to get to know your way around might be to contact our committee and perhaps join one of our monthly meetings which, in the meantime are held on the second Tuesday of each calendar month by zoom. Inquire by email to info@sccara.org.uk .
OUR NEWSLETTER. We compose, print, publish and circulate a Newsletter twice a year and the Winter edition went out at about the end of December 2021. It is a lot of work which currently falls on very few volunteers to produce this item and we would ask you, first of all, to consider sending a simple email to info@scara.org.uk just to acknowledge that you have received the Newsletter. Better still if you would let us have a comment as to its contents. Better still again if you would let us have a suggestion or even some material that might assist us with the next edition.
