KINGSBARNS COMMUNITY COUNCIL

Meeting held on 14 July at Kingsbarns Memorial Hall

PRESENT: Clare Wright, Councillor Douglas, Kate Holy, Charlotte Kirby, Margo McKee, Mhairi Robertson and 5 members of the public.

Minutes of Previous Meeting - approved and seconded.

1. Matters Arising

School Bell is now in place.

Dog Litter Bin - New bin arranged by Clare Wright

Hand Rails at Beach - Cllr Douglas will look into this matter

Weed Killer/Street Cleaning - Fife Council have been to do this.

Kingsbarns Festival - It was agreed that the Festival was successful.

2. Water Treatment Plant

The water authority are proposing to put a new treatment plant in place which will further improve the quality of water. It will stand approximately 1 meter above ground level and will not be visible from the roadway. There were no objections to this proposal. Clare Wright has been in contact with Scottish Water and asked if they could upgrade the beach toilets at the same time. Scottish Water said they would be happy for this to happen if Fife Council could join in with them. CW/MM to write to Fife Council regarding this.

The water treatment plant proposal was agreed in principle.

3. Tetra Masts

Cllr Douglas has asked for some unbiased information regarding these masts and will report back at the next meeting.

4. lain Smith

Mr Iain Smith, MSP, has written to ask if we would like him to attend one of our meetings. It was agreed that we write and ask him to join us in November, which would give us time to prepare relevant questions. MM to do.

5. Police Matters

MM advised on the latest updates from the Police Newsletter.

6. Fife Women’s Aid

MM advised that new contact details were available and a notice will be put into the Community Council notice board.

7. NHS Board/Hospital

It has been confirmed that the chosen site for the new St Andrews Hospital is at Largo Road.

8. Any Other Business

Mr Peter Erskine addressed the meeting regarding his proposal for the houses at Barns Law. In an effort to improve the housing at Barns Law Mr Erskine would like to upgrade the houses and he outlined the various options. Mr Erskine felt that the community should be aware of his plans and hoped that these could be discussed along with any objections there may be to his proposals. It was agreed that the houses at Barns Law were in need of upgrading and the plans were approved in principle. Cllr Douglas suggested that a Planning Department study could be done regarding the way forward, and he will contact the planners regarding this. Mr Erskine was thanked for bringing his proposals to the meeting.

9. Date of Next Meeting

The next meeting will be held on Monday 8 September 2003 at 7.30p.m.