Meetings

CUCG Committee Meeting

23rd March 2021 – 7.30pm

Agenda:

1. Welcome by the Chair

2. Minutes of Previous Meeting

3. Matters arising

4. Treasurers report (just a summary of what we have in the bank please Marit, and what we’ve spent since the last meeting)

5. Toilets

6. AOB

7. Next meeting date

Present: Elin Roberts, Märit Olsson, Mike Greenwood , David Gosney, Ruth Selman, Bethan Bennett, Sharon Wells, Malcolm Evans

Apologies from:, Jane Butler, Ian Butler Sharon Sandells, Chris Britchford,

Elin greeted all present and thanked them for their attendance and hoped these Zoom meetings were numbered and we’d soon be back to meeting up around a table again.

The minutes for the meeting on 19/01/2021 were presented as a true reflection of the meeting by Elin and seconded by Märit.

Matters Arising:

Coeden Nadolig from Tilhill:

Arwel has been thanked for the electricity supply for the lights and been paid £20 by David.

David has been reimbursed.

Blewyn Glas

Ruth will make an entry to welcome the new folk in the village.

Bethan has written a ditty about for Ruth about Jean & Mark.

Fruit Trees for the Village:

Sharon and Jane Rigby through Gelli Deg have now planted 3 saplings: a”Scrumptious Apple,” a “Morello Cherry” and a Plum. Guards for the base of the trees will come soon.

Village Competitions:

Märit suggested that the children of the village could enter a competition with either a photograph or drawing/painting depicting “Living in Corris Uchaf in 2021”.

Nothing has happened to date.

Treasure’s Report: (Märit)

“ No change but £20 has gone (to reimburse David)”

The main funds in the CCC account stands at £33,072.

The Toilet Block:

Thanks to the work of Märit and Sarah Mumford, there has been quite substantial progress regarding the possible purchase of the toilet block in the village.

-Thanks to Nina who has the key and has made some drawing regarding alterations of the building to suit our requirements.

– Asbestos Report: As there is asbestos in the building there needs to be regular reports created with a “reasonable” length of time between each report. Malcolm suggested twice yearly would be fine. This needs to be undertaken by either a contractor from the council who we could possibly employ to do the survey/report on a regular basis, or Malcolm said he was happy to do it although he recommended the council route was best for continuity.

Action: Elin is to contact GCC to see if they can offer this service to us.

-There are still quite a few questions to be answered before any lease can be signed.

It needs to be ascertained if Business Rates will be applied and if so will any rebate be forthcoming. The business rate Department at GCC needs to be contacted.

Action: Märit is to ask Sarah to if the toilet block will get Business rate rebate.

It has to be decided what we want the toilet block to become. Is it:

Just to own the building and use it as is with no alterations, for storage & Defibrillator. Or
Change the use to as multifunction facility with disabled toilet, defibrillator, storage, & kitchenette with hatch as Nina’s drawing suggests.

Any toilet needs to be a disabled toilet by law which will alter the dimensions on Nina’s drawings perhaps. Access ramps will also need to be considered. And if it’s a disabled toilet with a ‘Radar” lock on it, a cleaning rota/cleaner will need to be considered as it will be open for use by the public if registered on the disabled “Radar” app.

The potential costs of the project were a concern and to that end Action: Elin is to ask Brian Roberts for a rough estimates for the 2 options listed above.

AOB.

The repair work on the back road is expected to take 18 months to complete according to GCC.

On the back road Märit has put in a complaint to GCC about the poorly laid drains that are higher than the road surface itself.

Date of Next Meeting:

With this the meeting ended @ 2045ish.

Next Meeting: Tuesday, May 4th @1930 on Zoom.

E & OE.

CUCG Committee Meeting

19^th January 2021 – 7.30pm

Present: Elin Roberts, Märit Olsson, Mike Greenwood , David Gosney, Ruth Selman. Jane Butler, Ian Butler, Bethan Bennett. Sharon Wells

Apologies from:, Sharon Sandells, Chris Britchford,

Elin greeted all present and thanked them for their attendance.

Matters Arising:

Lending/hiring of the Marquee:

Bethan reported that Abby was fine with our decision not to lend our marquee to the Dwynant function in the Spring

Coeden Nadolig from Tilhill:

The tree from Tilhill was wonderful. Thanks to David for organizing but also thanks to Gareth for putting it up and taking it down. Thanks too to Elin and the children for decorating the tree and finally thanks to Kath Evans for many of the new bold decorations.

Arwel has been thanked for the electricity supply for the lights and been paid £20 by David.

The Advent/Christmas/Winter Solstice windows around the village was a complete success with most in the village participating.

The Toilet Block:

There is a CCC meeting on 5^th February when John Pugh will be attending. The issue of the purchase of the toilet block will be brought up to be discussed at the meeting. However, The county Council is working flat out on more pressing issues so0 progress is unlikely until things settle down hopefully later in the year.

In the meantime, it was suggested we as a community came up with ideas for the next meeting as to what the toilet block should be converted in to. Once decided then a local architect could be approached to draw up plans so we are ready once things start moving on the plans.

To get as many ideas as possible Bethan will use the Corris Uchaf FB Covid page to ask for constructive (sorry!) suggestions.

4. Village Competitions:

Märit suggested that he children of the village could enter a competition with either a photograph or drawing/painting depicting “Living in Corris Uchaf in 2021”.

Any Other Business:

Raised Beds in the Village:

Märit broached the subject and wondered if any space could be found for communal raised beds for growing produce in. The land next to Ian and Jane’s, owned at present by the CCC, was suggested. With suitable land being limited this may not be possible. To be discussed further.

Blewyn Glas

Ruth asked for any articles from Corris Uchaf for the Blewyn Glas. A write up of the Advent Windows was suggested as was a “Thank you” to Tilhill for the tree.

Rhiannfa residents and Covid.

Some in the village have asked if folk assigned to Rhiannfa by the County Council had been Covid Tested with a negative result? To possibly find out The Homelessness Officer in the County’s Housing Department could be approached. This information will be relayed to the concerned residents for them to follow up their enquiry.

Fruit Trees for the Village:

Sharon and Jane Rigby through Gelli Deg can obtain a couple of fruit trees to put around the village. It was suggested we could put them on the grassy bank between the bus stop and the toilet block. It was decided a cherry and and apple tree would be asked for. Sharon and Jane kindly offered that they would be responsible for the planting of the saplings.

New Residents:

A warm welcome to Jean & Mark Billington who have recently moved in to Rhyd y Graig in the village. Bethan will compose a welcoming ditty about them for the Blewyn Glas .

With this the meeting ended @ 2030ish.

Next Meeting: Tuesday, March 23rd @1930 on Zoom.

E & OE.

AGM & Ordinary Meeting

10th November 2020 – 7.30pm

Present: Elin Roberts, Märit Olsson, Mike Greenwood , David Gosney, Sharon Sandells, Janet Davies, Jane Butler, Bethan Bennett.

Apologies from:, Sharon Wells, Chris Britchford, Chris Crowley, Ruth Selman.

1. The meeting was opened by Elin who welcomed everyone to Zoom.

2. Matters arising & Achievements in the past 12 months::

-A new weatherproof notice board by the bus stop is now fully functional.

-Mike has set up both a web (https://corrisuchaf.home.blog/) and a Facebook page for the village.

-A storage shed has ben purchased and erected in the park.

Shelving is sill to be put in to it but this should be done soon.

-The Toilet block: Negotiations are ongoing but it seems the council, although keen to offload the block on to the village, cant organize themselves so well with different people responding each time they are approached by the CCC. This is frustrating as little progress is being achieved. Sarah Mumford will be asked again to contact the council on behalf of the village.

David will chat to Malcolm Evans on this subject too.

Achievements:

-We now have a functioning online bank account set up for CUCG.

– There have been a number of park/bank/path clearing up days that have been well supported and have made a positive difference to the park area.

– Salt bins are now in place around the village if needed when there is ice and snow.

– As already stated there is now a storage shed in the park and the toilet block is under discussion.

– There are now 4

– planters (large tractor tyres donated by Johnny Sandells) around the village.

3. Financial Update:

Märit stated that we had £872.79 in our CUCG Bank account and

had £33,722.00 in the Corris Community Council Account.

4. Appointment of Officers:

Chair: Elin (Nom. David, Seconded: Sharon Sandells)

Secretary: David (Nom. Sharon Sandells, Seconded: Elin)

Treasurer: Märit (Nom. Sharon Sandells, Seconded: David)

The 6 existing ordinary members were again voted for to continue. However, as any member of the village is welcome to come to meetings and take full part in them, Jane Butler and Bethan Bennett were also invited to join the group.

With no more AGM business the meeting was closed at 2005.

E&OE

However the meeting continued with AOB for new CUCG:

1. Lending/hiring of the Marquee:

Abby at the Dwynant Pub in Ceinws had approached Bethan to see if the village was willing to allow her to use the marquee in the Spring for a Science week event in Ceinws. After some discussion it was decided that it was unfortunately too difficult to do this for a number of reasons:

-Insurance would have to be present in case of an accident to the marquee.

-And even with this the loss or damage of the marquee would be very inconvenient to any functions planned in the village.

Bethan was asked to communicate this decision to Abby on behalf of the CUCG.

2. Nadolig Llawen from Tilhill:

David has recently written to Tilhill to again ask if they would be willing to donate a tree to the village. He has not had a response to date.

Contacting John Jones would be our fall back position if Tilhill wouldn’t supply one. We would wait until 20th Nov to hear back from Tilhill.

Märit suggested a turning on of the lights gathering with folk bringing their own drinks and food (mince pies etc). This was suggested to happen @1800hrs on Sunday 6th December.

There was also a reminder that the village was doing Christmas/Advent/Soltice windows this year and it was hoped many will create one and start displaying it from the first week in December.

Village Competitions:

Märit has 10 rosets saying “Corris Uchaf Winner” if anyone wants to organize a competition for the village (children).

She suggested one such completion could be a photo/picture competition of “Life in Corris Uchaf and what it means to me”.

This is still to be finalized.

With this the meeting ended @ 2040ish.

Next Meeting: Tuesday, January 19th @1930 on Zoom.

E &

Meeting 15^th September 2020 – 7.30pm

Present: Sharon Wells, Elin Roberts, Märit Olsson, Mike Greenwood , David Gosney, Ruth Selman,

Apologies from:, Chris Britchford,

1. The meeting was opened by Elin who welcomed everyone to Zoom.

Matters arising:

2. Shed is assembled and painted. Sharon Wells and David Gosney have the key for the lock.

There needs to be shelving installed to house the 2 marquees and the Christmas tree decorations which at the moment are scattered around the village.

Action: David to measure up and get shelving perhaps from Big Dug!

3. The Toilet Block: Still no appreciable progress on this. Sarah Mumford of the CCC had been given Malcolm Evans’ contact details. He is very willing and able to help with this project having vast experience dealing with county councils.

Action: Märit and Sharon to raise this issue at the next CCC meeting with the view to moving it along.

4. Tyre planters: These are now up and running around the village.

5. Notice Boards: A new board has been made and is located by the bus stop. Thanks to the CCC for funding it and to Pete Evans for building it.

6. Facebook and Website for Corris Uchaf: Mike has set up a website for the Corris Uchaf Community group. The link to the webpage is https://corrisuchaf.home.blog/ Photos and minutes from the CUCG are already on the website.

7. Bank Account for the CUCG: The setting up of internest banking for this account is proving to be a challenge.

Action: Märit is to look in to it again and try to set it up so transactions of the account can easily be viewed

8. Salt Boxes: The village now has 2 salt bins (one near the river bridge and the other on the new road). Hillsborough residents decided one was not necessary near them.

9. Christmas Tree: Last year the tree from Tilhill was a great success. Arwel was thanked and paid for the use of electricity from the garage for the lights. It is full early to ask Tilhill for a tree again this year but,

Action: David will inquire in November. Sharon will also ask Arwel if we may use his electricity again for the lights.

Kathy Evans has already made some decorations for the tree.

Tramway Clearing: Despite C19 is was decided the Tamway could be safely cleared if a rosta with no more than 3 at any one time was made to tidy and clear the old Tramway path by the park.

Action: Sunday 27^th September from 10.00.

David to chat to Bethan Bennett to see if the Covid-19 Corris Uchaf FB page could be used to publicise the day and to get people to sign up for slots.

AGM: This was missed in May due to Covid-19 but it was suggested a zoom AGM could take place an d a date was set for 10^th November at 1930 for this. The next CUCG meeting would also be on this date after the AGM.

Action: Elin to compose information sheet and to contact Bethan Bennett to have it publicized on the Corris Uchaf Covid-19 FB page.

AOB:

Märit stated that Gwynedd County Council had an Electric car that could be assigned to a village for its use for a year. This last year the car has been in Abergynolwyn. She suggested we could host it (the council would pa for a charging socket somewhere in the area: Craft centre(?)) with someone overseeing its bookings and use. As Abergynolwyn haven’t had much benefit from it being there due to Covid 19 restrictions, they are applying to have it for one more year. It was suggested we wait a year to think about it before e decide whether we want to take participate in this scheme or not.

Children’s activities in the village: Marit has the idea to make a Trail in the village for the children by placing numbered or lettered stones around the village for them to be found. A small prize would be given to the child who found the most. Finding leaves and the names of the tree which they came from was another idea.

Action: Märit to set this up and to be helped by David.

Christmas/Advent Windows: It was suggested a window of as many houses as possible could be decorated with an Advent or Christmas theme to make the village more Christmassy. It wouldn’t be a competition and a date to decorate wouldn’t be assigned.

Action: David to chat with Bethan Bennett to publicise this on the Corris Uchaf Covid-19 FB page.

The date of the next meeting was set for Tuesday 10^th November after the AGM.

The meeting was then closed at 2018.

E&OE

Meeting 11^th February 2020 – 7.30pm

Present: Sharon Sandells, Sharon Wells, Elin Roberts, Märit Olsson, Mike Greenwood , Christine Crowley, ,

Apologies from: Eiriona Holt, David Gosney, Chris Britchford, Janet Davies, Ruth Selman

1. The meeting was opened by Elin who welcomed everyone and thanked Mike & Märit for their hospitality.

Matters arising:

2. The Toilet Block: The Community Council have contacted Gwynedd County Council to take over the toilets but has not had any response yet. Suggestions of use for the block are to keep one toilet functioning. Make the second toilet to storage. Install a small community liberary and set up a cabinet for the defibrillator ACTION: Elin will email the original contact at the Council to ask what is happening.

Märit to continue to remind CCC to push for an answer from GCC

3. Tyre planters: David has planted bulbs in the tyre by the road ready for spring. This will be done in the tyre at the entrance of the village as well. Some plants have also been placed in the tyre by the playground

4. Notice Boards: CCC have asked for a quote for one new Notice board. As the Corris Uchaf notice board is broken this would be the first to be replaced. It was suggested that the old notice board was kept and placed by the play ground for our use.

5. Facebook and Website for Corris Uchaf: This is up and running and Mike puts pictures on it periodically. Other people who have photos top put n it can email them to Mike. The link to the webpage is https://corrisuchaf.home.blog/ Photos and minutes from the CUCG are already on the website.

6. Bank Account for the CUCG: The bank account is up and running. Marit has managed to log in to it but Elin has problems still. The CCC has agreed to transfer back the money that was recovered from HSBC £ 871.92. This will be transferred as soon as possible.

7. Salt Boxes: A bin has been purchased The bin is still with Elin. ACTION: Chris Britchford will investigate if there is room for one by Hillsborough. When a space is found the salt bin will be moved.

8. Christmas Tree: Tillhill delivered the tree and the meeting thanked Gareth Roberts for putting it up. A thank you email has been sent to Tillhill. We hope that they will donate a new tree next year. The tree was very looked very nice but we need more decorations for next year. Kathy is making some from old tennis balls so if anyone has some lying about you can pass them on to her. It would also be nice with more lighting.

It was decided to pay £20 to Arwel for use of the electricity. This will be paid as soon as we have the money transferred from CCC.

9. It was decided to have another community work day on the 28^th March. Meet up in the park at 11am to do some more clearing of the bank and the old tramway track. It is owned by GCC but they are not clearing it.

10. It was discussed what costs the group would have in the future. It was suggested that we:

– buy folding table and chairs to keep in the shed to use for village parties.

– Pay for the defibrillator cupboard

There will also be ongoing costs for the toiled block if this is acquired such a:

Inspection of the electricity
Water and electricity ongoing costs.

The date of the next meeting was set for Tuesday 21^st April 2020 at 1930 at Märit & Mike’s.

The meeting was then closed at 20.00.

Meeting 12^th November 2019 – 7.30pm

Present: Sharon Sandells, Sharon Wells, Elin Roberts, Märit Olsson, Mike Greenwood , Christine Crowley, Ruth Selman,

Apologies from: Eiriona Holt, David Gosney, Chris Britchford, Janet Davies

1. The meeting was opened by Elin who welcomed everyone and thanked Mike & Märit for their hospitality.

Matters arising:

2. Shed for the park area: David has bought a shed and Eurig helped to assemble it. Concrete slabs donated by the school was used as a foundation. The donation of £50 has been passed on to the school. Dave has also painted the shed and the paint has been paid for £ 32.91 incl VAT. 2 sets of waterproof LED cable lights has been ordered which have programmed flashing sequences as well as continuous lighting. Cost £27.98.

3. The Toilet Block: Elin has received a response from Gwynedd County Council. They are very happy to pass over the ownership of the toilets to the Corris Uchaf Community Group or to Corris Community Council. It was agreed that it would be better for CCC to take over ownership to ensure continuity but CUCG to have free-range over the toilet block regarding its future usage and development. ACTION: Elin to translate and forward the email from GCC to Märit and Märit to write to CCC asking them to contact GCC to ask to have the toilets transferred to their ownership to be used as storage (Not public toilets). Märit would also forward the map of the council land in Corris Uchaf so that CCC could indicate what land they wanted to be included in the transfer.

4. Tyre planters: David has planted bulbs in the tyre by the road ready for spring. This will be done in the tyre at the entrance of the village as well. One is still available if anyone else wants to place it somewhere in the village to beautify it further.

5. Notice Boards: CCC is still looking into possible ways to renew or improve the notice boards. Märit to was asked to keep the CCC aware of the continued problem with the notice board.

7. Bank Account for the CUCG: The process of setting up a bank account is in progress. Nat West has started the process and Elin, Märit, Ruth & Sharon S all going through the process of being set up as to be signaturies for the account.

8. Salt Boxes: A bin has been purchased. £35.86 incl VAT. It was decided that this bin would be placed by the old recycling area while Chris Britchford will investigate if there is room for one by Hillsborough. When a space is found a third salt bin will be purchased.

9. Christmas Tree: Arwel has given permission to place a Christmas tree by his garage and CUCG will pay for the electricity used. David has a promise of a 10/12 foot tree from Tilhill. It would need to be picked up from somewhere close to Corris Uchaf. Elin and Sharon S said this would not be a problem to arrange when a date was known. The suggested date was mid December but it was agreed that we would ask David to contact Tillhill again and ask if we could have it end of November or the first days of December.

It was suggested to have a work party to clear the old tramway track. It is owned by GCC but they are not clearing it so it was decided that we would have a day early next year to do this. The date would be agreed in the next meeting.

The date of the next meeting was set for Tuesday 11^th February 2020 at 1930 at Märit & Mike’s.

The meeting was then closed.

E&OE

Formation Meeting 3^rd August 2019 @ 1000.

Present: Sharon Sandells, Sharon Wells, Eiriona Holt, Elin Roberts, Märit Olsson, Mike Greenwood , David Gosney, Christine Crowley, Chris Britchford, Ruth Selman, Janet Davies

Apologies from: No one!

1. The meeting was opened by Elin who welcomed everyone and thanked Mike & Märit for their hospitality.

Matters arising:

2. Shed for the park area: David will buy a 6×8 foot shed in early October. Eurig with help assemble it. Concrete slabs to be used as a foundation for the shed were obtained from the school and a donation of £50 will be given to the school for them.

3. The Toilet Block: Elin has written to Sir Gwynedd about the purchase of the toilet block. She has to date not had a reply. CCC will also write to the county council to ask if they can take it over. This has the advantage of continuity of ownership if in the futre the CUCG is disbanded. The CUCG will still have free-range over the toilet block regarding its future usage and development.

4. Tyre planters: Malcolm and Kath have taken on 2 tyres in the park area. One is still available if anyone else wants to place it somewhere in the village to beautify it further.

5. Notice Boards: It seems many notice boards are in need of repair or replacement. The CCC have taken note of this and are enquiring in to possible sources to make and replace notice boards in the area. Michael Taylor in Dolgellau is a possible maker of the noticeboards.

It was suggested that a second board would be useful at the back road junction as well as the existing one by the bus stop.

6. Facebook and Website for Corris Uchaf: Mike is willing to get both a Facebook page and a website for the village up and running. Photos, comments and minutes from the CUCG are some of the things that these platforms can be used for.

7. Bank Account for the CUCG: This is not easy and many banks don’t accommodate group bank accounts now. However some do and Elin will investigate Nat West as it seems they have in the past and may still do. If successful signaturies will be needed. Elin, Märit, Ruth & Sharon S all volunteered to be signaturies for the account.

8. Salt Boxes: Chris Britchford will investigate if there is room for one by Hillsborough. A second salt box was decided to be place by the bench on the back road. Elin will obtain the bin & 3 bags of salt/grit for this.

AOB.

9. Christmas Tree: Sharon W is to ask Arwel if a tree can be placed near the garage which is a much better location that last years when it was not easily seen. New lights are needed. David is to see what IKEA has to offer.

With nothing more to be discussed at present the meeting concluded at 2020hrs with the next meeting being slated for Tuesday 12^th November 2019 at 1930 at Mike & Märit’s.

E&OE

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