Present : Rob Shand ( chair ), Les Morgan, HR Morton , M Thompson , S Macgregor , J Willoner , A Skene, G Verner .
G Michaluk + 2 , Councillor G Hamilton ,
Tanya McLaren (Forres Gazette ), A Kennedy ( Chmn JCCM )
Also in attendance 28 members of the public.
Apologies were received from R Walker , John Innes , T Negus and E Ward .
2.1 Mr Gerald Michaluk of ‘Marketing Management Services International ‘ gave a presentation on his company’s plans for the development of the MOD property presently advertised for sale at RAF Kinloss if his company was successful in their bid for the available property .
The intention was to purchase , prepare for sale and then sell the houses. There would be an allocation of the properties as follows
a ) Twenty Houses for Heroes, houses adapted for handicapped ex service personnel .
b )25/50 allocated to MOD against possible future requirements .
c ) The remaining properties would be available for purchase The eligiblility for the opportunity to purchase would include special deals for ex servicemen ,for locals and relatives of locals and in an effort to, give the plan the sense of ‘community ‘ it would be necessary that each purchaser had the support of 3 ‘Locals ‘ Houses could be purchased on a ‘Shared ‘ basis with the purchaser owning 51% and the balance owned by the developer , there was an indication that this proportion could be changed in the future by the purchaser buying more of the property or even selling some back to the developer .
The vision also includes a £3 million investment in the Forres Business Park, based in 2 units providing approx 45 new jobs . These would include opportunities for handicapped as well as able bodied individuals .
The large house at Kinloss Park could be developed as a Social centre , support could be given to the Flying Club at RAF Kinloss , support to a yacht club was also mentioned . This vision was one of creating a community on the Spanish development model .
An indication was given that the preferred bidder for the project could be known in early April and if this group were successful it was anticipated that things would be moving by June 2008.
Questions from the floor followed .They covered whether the number of house would be reduced as suggested in the offer for sale , fences, drainage and sewers were of interest to the immediate neighbours , where was the money coming from for the original investment , were there to be more garages erected , what was the expected impact on the local traffic patterns would Moray County Counc il adopt the roads on site, would sub letting be allowed , what price would the properties be released at , would there be a staged release to minimise the hit to the local housing market by the potential over provision for a short spell, all questions were taken by Mr Michaluk and his responses were politely received . The opportunity to invest in the development company was mentioned.
None
4.1 The minutes of the meeting held on 31st January 2008 were ratified . Proposed M Thompson seconded L Morgan.
5.1 The chairman read from a copy of the Forres Gazette ‘ 25 Years Ago ‘,which indicated that Police presence at council meetings was sparse . Les Morgan broached the subject with other Community Councils at the JCC and a straw poll of 9 councils revealed that 6 were satisfied 2 were not satisfied and 1 was satisfied sometimes.
5.2 Accounts have been to Moray Council, accepted, and passed to J Willoner .
5.3 M Thompson reported that monitoring , both overt and covert , was happening . A meeting has been arranged by M Thompson with MCC for 12th March at Kinloss to discuss the on going situation.
5.4 Efforts by Councillor Hamilton to contact the webmaster to clear down the old website has yet to succeed.
5.5 Community Notice Board at Kinloss has been fixed .
Item 6 Chairman's Report.
None due to the Chairman being away on holiday
None, due to the Secretary being away on holiday.
8.1 The accounts have been handed over to the new Treasurer, J Willoner, and the outgoing Treasurer, Rob Shand, indicated that he was happy to liaise with the new treasurer during a hand over period.
No Report .
No representative present .
No representative present .
12.1 Applications since last meeting.
FINDHORN
190 Findhorn New rear entrance. No objection
159a Findhorn Outline for 2 cabins behind 159a This application is contrary to the local plan of 2000 but will be considered under the new plan commencing March 2008. At this time there is no objection to this application.
KINLOSS
Seaview Caravan Park. Application for an additional 12 static vans and 8 touring vans and extension of the site licence from 11month to 12 month . After discussion it was decided that the site licence change was a major change and that the Community Council would object to this application.
Dwelling house at 6 Blackstob way. No objection.
Garden shed at Comraich Main Rd. No objection.
13.1 L Morgan reported on his visit to the ASCC meeting in Edinburgh . The introduction of a pilot scheme giving more power to Community Councilsalong with bigger budgets has commenced . Les was of the opinion ,shared by others at the ASCC , that not all Councils would be able to handle the new responsibilities.
13.2 L Morgan reported on the most recent JCC Meeting where matters of Police presence at meetings and the need to register each individual council under the ‘Data Protection Act ‘ were discussed .The need to register is not seen by Findhorn and Kinloss Council as being necessary and the meeting was of the opinion that we should be covered by Moray Council’s registration.
13.3 M Thompson thanked the ‘Forres Gazette ‘ for their support on the matter of littering and dumping of rubbish along the Waterford Road , the situation has improved.
13.4 R Shand reported that despite the meeting with Scottish Water and the contractors , he felt that the contractor was deviating from the plan put forward at our last council meeting . This included the diversion of traffic over land rented by the Findhorn Residents Association at the harbour . R Shand was going to liaise with the contractor in order to help . The speed with which the present phase was advancing was good and the contractors were to congratulated on this achievement .
13.5 Further discussion took place on the subject of where did the F & K CC fit into the development of the MOD Property, whether we had a right to be kept in the picture as to how the proffered bidders would be selected , and whether we would be consulted on the development itself . Councillor G Hamilton was asked to keep us up to date , as far as he was able, with the Moray Council involvement with the deal. In the event of any planning applications being submitted , we would be involved, but concern was expressed that this would be too late to influence the eventual outcome. The meeting was of the opinion that if we could be involved as observers during the initial stages this would be useful.
Thursday 27th March 2008 at The James Milne Institute Findhorn 1930hrs.
There being no further business the meeting closed at 2115