The Stanford Forum. Meeting Held at The

The Stanford Forum. Meeting held at the

Hardie Road Park Café, 9th August 2017, 7.30PM

1Apologies received from Cherie Sargeant & Vikki Girling.

Attending were Terry Piccolo, Jackie & Trevor Robe, Alan Farenden, Dave Sargeant,

Shirley & Peter Watson, and Shane Hebb.

2Minutes of the Last Meeting.

Proposed Dave Sargeant, 2nd Trevor Robe, signed Terry Piccolo

3Police Crime report.

Date, time, locationcrime typedescription. Suspects unknown in most cases.

100717 0250Manor rdBurglaryFront door forced, nothing stolen, exit via door.

110717 2100Augusta rdDamagecar tyres punctured & paint scratched

4Councillors Reports; Shane Hebb & Terry Piccolo

Hadfield & Rectory Road 1 way petition, 70 signatures so far; a few against the idea.

King Street car park; 1500+ on petition; target achieved.

8 new grass cutting machines have been purchased; about to go to tender for new fleet of waste collection vehicles; around £7,000,000. Existing fleet is all getting old.

Webster Road, green hard standing at the banjo costed at £40,000.

CCTV post Wharf Road repainted. Fairview Chase, broken fencing removed

Reports of vehicles parking along Corringham Road, near the Orient Fish Bar.

Constant flood at underpass Wharf Road, reinforced concrete road breaking.

Southend Road, new rubbish bin to go by off licence.

Pedestrian crossing at roundabout, Southend Road, no news yet to chase up.

Illegal parking of HGV's along the Manorway; is it any better? 80+ tickets have been issued.

Traffic light sequence at A1013/London Road. Pelican crossing on one side; Pegasus crossing on the other side. Timing was extended slightly after serious accident several years ago, and 1 speed related fatality.

Grass embankment, Thor's Oak side, Council responsible for mowing. (Mown last week)

Drain, Corringham Road by Manor Road; still flooding.

Contactless payment scheme for C2C, requesting meeting, no action after 18 months.

5Treasurers report, Trevor Robe

Bank TotalWar MemorialMusic FestivalForum

£11413.38£2429.59£5752.10£3196.69

War memorial, cut back the lavender, order new flags, get quote to clean & seal stone.

8Planning Reports

A scaffold company, and a transport company, have enquired about moving to the Stanhope Industrial estate; no planning applications yet. Area for light industry in master plan.

9Stanford Blooming Marvels

Looking good, watering & weeding ongoing. Fence at Billet Lane flower beds broken.

6 Public ForumNone

7Forum Publicity, Advertisingnone

10Correspondencenone

11Future Projectsnone

12Any Other Businessnone

Meeting closed 9.05PM.

Date of next meeting 13th September 2017; location to be confirmed.