Wind Turbine Community Fund Management Notes

Wind Turbine Committee Notes 10 September 2020

This was an outdoor socially distanced site meeting within the context of COVID-19

Attendees

Peter Hill (chair), Sarah Howard (vice chair), Angela Arden, Carol Davies, Carole Lazell, Clive Reetham, John Hodge

Guests and Public

One specialist guest for item 1

Apologies

Sue Hebden, Clive Reetham (for item 1), Sarah Howard (for part of item 2)

Item	Action
1. Vicarage Road Woodland management – meeting at the end of the public footpath at the side of the road adjacent to The Old Vicarage, from 6.30pm to agree outline plans for the area. All the committee had access to background on the area since works commenced in 2016-2017. A way forward was agreed using a minimum of contractor involvement, and associated costs, supplement by volunteers led by Carole Lazell. The £180 grant awarded on 13 August 2020 will be used as agreed with the committee and the specialist contractor. Thanks to residents for offering to donate Maple, Chestnut and Willow. Members of the parish who wish to know more should talk to any members of the committee who were present at the meeting. Volunteers, as it stands: Carole Lazell, Peter Hill, Tony Lazell, Carol Davies.	Carole Lazell to liaise with the specialist contractor. John Hodge to appeal for further volunteers via a public email group, Facebook and the October Earburn.
2. Great Carlton War Memorial – onsite meeting to give Tony Lazell (grant applicant) the opportunity to update the committee on the consultation (20th August to 7th September 2020), get a feel of the project through a site meeting and make a decision about the grant application as originally discussed on 13th August via Zoom from home. A summary of the consultation was provided by the applicant who also took part in a Q&A session and then left the meeting, to allow for dialogue between the committee. Sarah Howard had to leave part the way through the meeting. There was support for the development which is to be capped at £5000. There was a vote amongst the five people who remained at the meeting. This was four to one in favour. Post meeting note: as it went dark during the socially distance outside meeting, scoring for the project took place via email between Sunday 13 and Wednesday 16 September 2020. The results: Applicant: Tony Lazell Finance: score 8/15 Environmental impact: score 11/15 Viability: score 15/15 Benefit to the Carltons: score 45/55 Total score 79%	Action: John Hodge to inform the grant applicant and ask for the revised draft specification to be submitted to Peter Hill, as Chair, for final approval.

Item

Action

1. Vicarage Road Woodland management – meeting at the end of the public footpath at the side of the road adjacent to The Old Vicarage, from 6.30pm to agree outline plans for the area.

All the committee had access to background on the area since works commenced in 2016-2017.

A way forward was agreed using a minimum of contractor involvement, and associated costs, supplement by volunteers led by Carole Lazell.

The £180 grant awarded on 13 August 2020 will be used as agreed with the committee and the specialist contractor.

Thanks to residents for offering to donate Maple, Chestnut and Willow.

Members of the parish who wish to know more should talk to any members of the committee who were present at the meeting. Volunteers, as it stands: Carole Lazell, Peter Hill, Tony Lazell, Carol Davies.

Carole Lazell to liaise with the specialist contractor.

John Hodge to appeal for further volunteers via a public email group, Facebook and the October Earburn.

2. Great Carlton War Memorial – onsite meeting to give Tony Lazell (grant applicant) the opportunity to update the committee on the consultation (20th August to 7th September 2020), get a feel of the project through a site meeting and make a decision about the grant application as originally discussed on 13th August via Zoom from home.

A summary of the consultation was provided by the applicant who also took part in a Q&A session and then left the meeting, to allow for dialogue between the committee. Sarah Howard had to leave part the way through the meeting.

There was support for the development which is to be capped at £5000. There was a vote amongst the five people who remained at the meeting. This was four to one in favour.

Post meeting note: as it went dark during the socially distance outside meeting, scoring for the project took place via email between Sunday 13 and Wednesday 16 September 2020. The results:

Applicant: Tony Lazell

Finance: score 8/15

Environmental impact: score 11/15

Viability: score 15/15

Benefit to the Carltons: score 45/55

Total score 79%

Action: John Hodge to inform the grant applicant and ask for the revised draft specification to be submitted to Peter Hill, as Chair, for final approval.

The meeting closed at 7.45pm, notes by John Hodge, Parish Clerk / RFO, 17 September 2020