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1 Minutes of Meeting on Wednesday 4 th September held in Nether Currie Primary School Present – Jack Cairns, Mark Hutchison, Ian Ireland, Mairi Mitchell, Sheila Nicol, Callie Thomson, Jo Walton, Val Wardle. Mark welcomed everyone to the Meeting and asked if there were any apologies 1. Apologies – Jean Cairns, Barbara Chambers, Ann Ireland. 2. Minutes of Meeting of 5 th June 2013 accepted – Proposed by Jo Walton and Seconded by Mark Hutchison. 3. Matters arising 5 th June Meeting Dangerous Manhole – Callum Ross has this on the Schedule which is dealing with the drainage problem in the Park. Information Board was installed in August. Layout of map on board is to be checked. Helen Stockham has not been contacted re outstanding problems in park – Val Wardle to contact. 4. Treasurer’s Report. Ian reported that he had received a letter from Russell Easton, Chairman of the now defunct organisation PETRA (Pentland Edge Tenants Residents Association) in which he stated that he wished to donate the sum of £33.00.This was the balance of their funds at the windingup of the Group. He would like us to purchase some fruit trees or plants in recognition of the work that PETRA had done over the years. Ian had written to Russell thanking him for the donation.

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Page 1: Minutes 4th Sep13btckstorage.blob.core.windows.net/site365/Minutes 4th... · 2013-09-10 · Microsoft Word - Minutes 4th Sep13.docx Author: Ian Ireland Created Date: 9/10/2013 9:40:22

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Minutes  of  Meeting  on  Wednesday  4th  September  held  in  Nether  Currie  Primary  School  

     

Present  –  Jack  Cairns,  Mark  Hutchison,  Ian  Ireland,  Mairi  Mitchell,  Sheila  Nicol,                                            Callie  Thomson,  Jo  Walton,  Val  Wardle.                                              Mark  welcomed  everyone  to  the  Meeting  and  asked  if  there  were  any  apologies    1.  Apologies  –  Jean  Cairns,  Barbara  Chambers,  Ann  Ireland.    2.  Minutes  of  Meeting  of  5th  June  2013  accepted  –  Proposed  by  Jo  Walton  and            Seconded  by    Mark  Hutchison.    3.  Matters  arising    5th  June  Meeting        Dangerous  Manhole  –  Callum  Ross  has  this  on  the  Schedule  which  is  dealing  with  the  drainage  problem  in  the  Park.    Information  Board  was  installed  in  August.  Layout  of  map  on  board  is  to  be  checked.    Helen  Stockham  has  not  been  contacted  re  outstanding  problems  in  park  –  Val  Wardle  to  contact.    4.  Treasurer’s  Report.        Ian  reported  that  he  had  received  a  letter  from  Russell  Easton,  Chairman  of  the  now  defunct    organisation  PETRA  (Pentland  Edge  Tenants  Residents  Association)  in  which  he  stated  that  he  wished  to  donate  the  sum  of  £33.00.This  was  the  balance  of  their  funds  at  the  winding-­‐up  of  the  Group.  He  would  like  us  to  purchase  some  fruit  trees  or  plants  in  recognition  of  the  work  that  PETRA  had  done  over  the  years.    Ian  had  written  to  Russell  thanking  him  for  the  donation.        

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  2  5.  Park  Update.    Muir  Wood  Park  has  been  awarded  the  Green  Flag  for  2013/14.    Ian  expressed  concern  at  the  way  this  news  was  conveyed  to  the  Group  –  just  coming  out  as  an  aside  in  a  conversation  with  Craig  Dunlop.  He  felt  that  there  should  be  some  official  way  that  this  information  is  relayed  to  the  Friends  of  Parks.    Replacement  flower  tub  –  Craig  has  stated  that  these  were  ordered  in  bulk  when  there  was  sufficient  demand  so  we  just  have  to  wait  for  the  replacement.  In  response  to  a  request  for  some  plants  to  brighten  up  the  existing  tubs  Craig  said  this  could  be  done  in  October  when  the  Winter  bedding  plants  were  due.    Wildflower  Patch  –  this  had  been  a  great  success  and  it  was  agreed  that  it  should  be  repeated  next  year  and  possibly  extended  in  size.  In  response  to  who  would  be  maintaining  this  area  it  was  said  that  the  Council  would  cut  down  the  flowers  and  prepare  the  ground  next  year.    Willow  Arch  –  Replacements  for  the  willow  that  has  not  grown  will  be  purchased  in  November  when  it  is    available.    Information  Board  –  This  was  officially  unveiled  on  15th  August  by  Callie  Thomson  and  Tyler  Richardson,  both  pupils  of  Nether  Currie  Primary  School.  The  Board  gives  a  short  history  of  the  Park  with  some  old  photographs  obtained  from  the  library  at  Heriot-­‐Watt  University.    

     

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  3  5.  Park  Update    (cont.)    Dog  Notices  –  Mark  had  seen  some  “No  Dogs”  signs  in  a  park  in  Portobello  and  he  was  asked  if  he  could  obtain  some  pictures  of  these    with  a  view  to  submitting  them  to  Craig.  We  would  ask  him  if  they  could  be  installed  in  Muir  Wood  Park.    6.  Nature  Trail.    Jo  stated  that  the  tree  signs  were  due  next  week  and  were  to  be  installed  by  the  end  of  September  by  Council  staff.  There  were  6  tree  signs,  2  Nature  Trail  signs  and  1  Orchard  sign.  Craig  had  ordered  a  large  wooden  owl  carving  to  be  sited  in  the  woods.  The  Greenspace  Trust  has  some  money  available  for  wooden  sculptures.      AOCB.    Ian    asked  if  anyone  knew  of  an  Auditor  that  could  be  contacted  to  audit  our  accounts  as  the  one  used  last  year  was  not  available.  Also  if  a  new  Treasurer  could  be  found  as  he  had  agreed  to  only  act  as  Treasurer  for  a  short  period.    There  are  still  5  Scot-­‐Mid  vouchers  available  –  these  are  for  sale  at  £20.00  (value  £25.00)  and  are  valid  until  July  2014.    Mairi  asked  if  she  could  provide  a  wildlife  report  on  bees    to  be  included  on  our  Website  and  she  was  told  that  this  would  be  very  welcome.  Anyone  who    had  any  relevant  item/report  for  inclusion  on  the  Website  is  to  be  encouraged.    The  possibility  of  holding  an  Easter  Egg  Hunt  on  Easter  Sunday  20th  April  2014  was  raised.  The  general  opinion  was  that  this  should  go  ahead  and  would  be  discussed  more  fully  at  our  next  meeting.        

         

Date  of  next  Meeting    -­‐  Wednesday    4th  December  2013  in  Nether  Currie  Primary  School  

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