OAKDALE & PENMAEN COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP - OFFICERS MEETING 26th May 2004

Attendance

Roger Evans
Rob Onions
Paul Taylor
Granville Hale

Chairman

The Chairman opened the meeting by welcoming each Officer and
proceeded by moving to items two and three on the agenda.

Correspondance

There were no Matters Arising or Correspondence to report.

Church Hall

A lengthy discussion took place regarding the Church Hall.
It had been established that a formal approach had been made to GAVO.

Project Groups

The Chairman expressed a need for project groups to be monitored
through planning and application stages and confirmed that initiatives
were being established. The meeting was in full agreement that there
was now a need to complete a project as a demonstration of a working Partnership.

Items that were discussed were: -

1. Church Hall
2. Penmaen Church Grave Yard.
3. Flower Beds in the Square.
4. Green Areas in the village.

It was suggested that villagers be consulted:
E.g. what would villagers like? and convey this back to the Partnership

Other General Business

Bouncy Castle

The hire of the bouncy castle was suggested and agreement to proceed decided.

Skateboarders' Park

The Secretary outlined progress to date of the possibility of a
skateboard park in Oakdale and conveyed that investigations were well underway.

It was suggested that it may well be linked to the Multi-Use Games Area.

New Hospital

It was suggested that there would be merit in encouraging people to
attend the hospital discussion and consultation, which is to be held at
Blackwood Miner’s Institute.

Logo

The Secretary confirmed that all schools had been provided with
guidelines and a timetable for completion. The date is Wednesday June the 23rd
for the logo handover, with final presentations on Thursday July the 8th.
Venue to be decided.

Data Bank

The Secretary suggested the introduction of a Co-ordinator to oversee projects,
but the meeting thought there would be no need to introduce this.

Bridle Way

The Bridle Way was discussed and it was decided to place this onto the agenda
for the general meeting on June the 3rd.

Website

The web master by way of entry on the Oakdalevillage.net forum had expressed
that the website was becoming too popular for its own good and offered four alternatives.
It was agreed to fund the website and to bring to the general meeting for approval.

Telephone Masts

The telephone masts at Ynys Coed were brought to the attention of the Partnership
and that of residents' objections to the sighting and noise of equipment.
This item is also to be put to the meeting on June the 3rd, which is item 5 on the agenda.

Any Other Business

Holiday Play Scheme?

The meeting lasted 74 minutes and was considered to be productive and at times enlightening.

BECAUSE OF THE SENSITIVE NATURE OF SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS CURRENTLY TAKING PLACE IT HAS BEEN DECIDED TO DISCONTINUE PLACING THE MINUTES OF THE OFFICERS' MEETINGS ON THIS WEBSITE.

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