Hear from our Chair, Huw Jones...
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I hope that all are keeping well - and that the precautions to combat the Coronavirus outbreak have kept you safe.
For its part, the Community Council has continued to operate the best it can - but with the lockdown in place, we have had to limit our activities. To this end, our clerks have continued to work (but from their homes); the Old Church Rooms remains closed - and council meetings were postponed temporarily. At the time of writing, however, we will in the very near future begin operating in accordance with new, emergency regulations, which will enable us to meet (via Zoom) and to restore accountability to the entire council. We look forward to doing so. We have remained in touch with Cardiff Council about a number of issues, including road safety. As with many other issues, the Coronavirus outbreak may lead to delays. The latest news with regard to the three new zebra crossings (near Heol Syr Lewis, Ty Mynydd Close and Rectory Close) is that the scheme is currently at the tender stage, with an extended tender period to allow for the lockdown and the impact this has had on the Contractors and their suppliers. We understand that the tenders will be evaluated at the end of June, following which Cardiff Council hopes to have a construction programme agreed with the successful tenderer by the end of July. At present, construction works are anticipated to start in the late summer. Our Road Safety Working Group (chaired by Cllr Webster) met on 20 May - and work will begin again in relation the group's agenda of road safety, active travel and place-making. This includes the need to improve the Station Road area - a matter explored in our recent consultation with residents who live there. In order to make progress with this issue, Cllr Rod McKerlich has asked Cardiff Council to undertake an appraisal of traffic flows and car parking in the area, which would encompass Station Road, Kings Road, Kings Avenue, Radyr Station, Windsor Crescent and De Clare Drive. He has emphasised to Cardiff that this is an important shopping area, as the current emergency makes clear - and that nothing should be done to undermine the businesses who operate there (and, in fact, that they should be supported by making Station Road safer and more attractive). He has also emphasised that there are other issues affecting the area, including access to Radyr Station, the access needs of nearly 800 properties at the Sidings, car parking and the increased numbers of cyclists, pedestrians and joggers. We await Cardiff's response. In the meantime, Cardiff Council is addressing the need to review the layout of the city's shopping areas, to make them safer during the coronavirus crisis (https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/cardiff-roads-busy-shopping-areas-18219254). Again, Cllr Mckerlich has been in touch with Cardiff Council about this - and would like to see them consider Station Road as part of that work. We continue to await news from Cardiff Council with regard to an innovative scheme to combat HGV traffic passing through Radyr and Morganstown - as well as news with regard to the proposed closure of Golf Club Lane - and the refurbishment of the Drovers Way playground. In addition, our proposed meeting with the owner of Bethel Chapel has been postponed - again, because of the Coronavirus outbreak. We continue to work to rebuild the wall between Pentwyn Park and the adjoining flats, following work to improve drainage of the footpath. We have a number of legal niceties to resolve. Readers will be delighted to know that Cllr Rod McKerlich will serve as Cardiff's next Lord Mayor. Cllr McKerlich is the Chair of our Finance Committee and a long-standing member of the Community Council, having served as Council Chair on several occasions. We are sure that residents will agree that this is an honour which Cllr McKerlich thoroughly deserves. Rod will be an excellent ambassador for Wales’ Capital City - and will win us many new friends at home and abroad. Congratulations, Cllr McKerlich! Cllr Huw Onllwyn Jones Chair Radyr and Morganstown Community Council May 2020
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I want to start by saying that I hope that Chain readers are keeping well - and that the precautions to combat the Coronavirus outbreak have kept you safe. The news about the virus has been a priority for the Community Council. We met with some local volunteers and, with them, we published and distributed over 3,000 postcards (available in English and Welsh) to help people look after any self-isolating neighbours. We hope that the postcard can help put people in touch - and provide people with the help they need. So we wish everyone the very best - and we offer our thanks to those who are volunteering. We're a great community! As ever, one of the main issues we have to deal with is managing the impact of road traffic flowing through our community. Work continues at the Heol Isaf / Llantrisant Road junction - and this, of course, will include replacing the roundabout with traffic lights. We are also expecting contractors to be on site in June to begin installing three new zebra crossings on our main road (near Heol Syr Lewis, Ty Mynydd Close and Rectory Close). Hopefully, this work can continue - although the Coronavirus issue may lead to delays. We await news from Cardiff Council with regard to an innovative scheme to combat HGV traffic passing through Radyr and Morganstown. A recent consultation proposing an amendment to the existing Weight Restriction Order caused some concern - since it included the entrance to the quarry in the exclusion zone (by mistake). This would have the unwanted effect of allowing quarry lorries to travel along our main road! Cardiff have assured us that this error will be rectified when the order is made. We also wait for news with regard to the proposed closure of Golf Club Lane. We have consulted residents who live on or near Station Road about possible changes to the area. You can read more about this elsewhere in this Chain. Also, with regard to Station Road, I'm afraid that we have heard nothing more about the old Spar site, which is becoming a bit of an eyesore. Unfortunately, this is not a good time to start a new business, so we may see the site empty for quite a while. We continue to manage many of the open spaces across Radyr and Morganstown, including Radyr Woods. If you want to help, you can join the Radyr Woods Wardens' working parties. They would be delighted to welcome you. The dates are usually posted on our web site, the community web site - and the Radyr, Pentyrch and Morganstown - and Friends of Radyr Woods Facebook pages. The project to refurbish the children's play area at Drover's Way has taken a step backwards. During the recent heavy rain, the manhole cover in the middle of the playground burst open, sending a small column of water skywards, which flowed across the playground for hours. It seems that the pipe entering the chamber under the manhole cover is much wider than the pipe which exits the chamber. This needs to be dealt with before the playground can be rebuilt. We were so close to finishing this work - but it's clearly important for the site to be safe. Following the floods, we gave a contribution to our neighbours in Taffs Well to help them with their clean-up operation. This enabled them to buy brushes and other cleaning materials. We want to be good neighbours! We welcomed our First Minister and local AM, Mark Drakeford, to our council meeting on 20 February. We questioned him about road safety, traffic, youth services and more. We visited Bethel Chapel on 11 March, with local residents. The building is in a poor state - and the site is looking particularly unkempt. We aim to meet with the owner in the near future. We are also considering possible uses for the site, were the owner to sell. More to follow on this! We held another meeting of our Youth Engagement Working Group in March. A number of exiting projects are being developed, in liaison with the church, local police and school, to benefit our 12 to 17 year olds. Our over 50’s lunch club - held at the golf club twice a month - has been postponed for the duration of the Coronavirus outbreak. We hope that our postcards (see above) will help keep lunch club members in touch with the community. Similarly, many events normally held at the Old Church Rooms are being cancelled - so please check with the event organiser before you attend anything. We continue to work to rebuild the wall between Pentwyn Park and the adjoining flats, following work to improve drainage of the footpath. We have a number of legal niceties to resolve. Readers may remember that a by-election took place on 6 February, to fill a vacancy in our Morganstown ward. The successful candidate was Allan Cook. Allan has been a resident of the Morganstown ward for more than thirty years. He has been very active in Radyr and Morganstown over that period, having been Chair of the local History Society for 25 years and a long-standing member of the Radyr and Morganstown Association. We are delighted to have Allan on the council - and we are sure that he will make an excellent contribution to our work! A Welsh language version of this report is available on our website (under 'Our work' / 'The Chair's Blog'). Cllr Huw Onllwyn Jones Chair Radyr and Morganstown Community Council 18 March 2020 So that's the festive season over and done with. Brexit is upon us - and as we enter the twenties the community council is ready to face another decade of hard work, aimed at benefitting all who live and work in Radyr and Morganstown.
In the meantime, thinking back to Christmas, our thanks go to all of those who helped us celebrate our Christmas lighting event, including Radyr Comprehensive, Brynderi, Radyr and Gwaelod-y-Garth Primary Schools, Radyr Methodist Church the RMA and our staff. As ever, one of the main issues we will have to deal with is managing the impact of road traffic flowing through our community. The Plasdŵr development continues to grow - and we need to do what we can to deal with the extra traffic that will flow from there. To this end, Cardiff Council is consulting about its proposals to introduce a 20mph speed limit across the whole of Radyr and Morganstown (apart from Clos Parc Radur). We have carried this story on our website (www.radyrandmorganstown.org) - where we have also published an online survey, to find out what residents think about the proposal. As I write this piece, we have 221 responses: 50.5% in favour of the speed limit, and 49.5% against. However, 61% want a 20mph limit on the road where they live - as opposed to 39% who do not. Cardiff's consultation continues until 31 January - as will our survey. Following the huge delays and disruption with the 24 hour traffic lights on Llantrisant Road before Christmas, we met with Cardiff Council - and pressed them to change their protocols, so that the County Councillors will be consulted before any temporary lights are installed, which could have a significant impact on the movement of traffic. Our County Councillor could, in turn, discuss the proposals with the community council. We know the area better than Cardiff Council does - so they should seek our advice. We await Cardiff's response to our proposal. Contractors should be on site in April / May to begin installing three new zebra crossings on our main road (near Heol Syr lewis, Ty Mynydd Close and Rectory Close). One problem Cardiff Council has is a shortage of contractors - with so many working on major projects such as Plasdwr. We will, of course, keep you posted. HGV traffic remains a problem. We are working with Cardiff Council on a solution to this. One or two interesting options have been discussed and, again, we will let you know when we have a firm proposal to hand. Cardiff's public consultation about the closure of Golf Club Lane should take place soon. Other news includes preliminary talks with Cardiff about changes to Station Road. Should it be one way? Can parking be better managed? Can it be enhanced as the centre of our community? We hope to consult residents about the possibilities before long. In October we broke the news that the new tenant set to occupy the old Spar site on Station Road will be the Coop. Some residents have spotted that the 'Under-offer' sign has been removed from the site - and that 'To Let' is back in view. We have spoken with the letting agent. This is what we were told: a lease was agreed with the Coop in December - but (according to the letting agent) the company is being slow to act with regard to completing the legal processes involved. If the Coop does not act quickly, the site will be re-marketed. Removing the 'Under-offer' sign is a first step in that process. We have agreed procedures with Natural Resources Wales with regard to reporting, and dealing with, pollution in the River Taff as it runs past Radyr and Morganstown (especially plastic bags hanging on overhanging trees). We will say more about this in the near future - on our website. We continue to manage many of the open spaces across Radyr and Morganstown, including Radyr Woods. We planted an oak tree in the woods in December, during National Tree Week. If you want to help, you can join the Radyr Woods Wardens' working parties. They would be delighted to welcome you. The dates are usually posted on our web site, the community web site - and the Radyr, Pentyrch and Morganstown - and Friends of Radyr Woods Facebook pages. We are close to agreeing a deal for refurbishment of the children's play area at Drover's Way. A total of £42,468.64 has been raised (from ourselves, Cardiff, Parc Radur residents, a crowdfunding campaign and the Welsh Government) - and Redrow is to fund essential drainage works which will prevent the flow of mud and water onto the site. This work needs to be done before the new equipment can be installed. We held the first meeting of our Youth Engagement Working Group on 6 January. The group brings together the community council, social workers, the church, local police and schools to discuss developing services and activities to benefit our 12 to 17 year olds. The next stage of this work will involve setting up a forum on which our young people can help us develop ideas. And don't forget our over 50s lunch club - held at the golf club twice a month. Good food, great speakers and the occasional quiz. Contact our clerk if you would like to attend. We continue to work to rebuild the wall between Pentwyn Park and the adjoining flats, following work to improve drainage of the footpath. We have a number of legal niceties to resolve. Towards the end of 2019 one of our councillors stepped down, leaving a vacancy on the community council (Morganstown Ward). When a vacancy arises on the Community Council, the process to fill the vacancy is as follows:
In this case, ten electors did call for a by-election - and the process was set in motion to hold a by-election. On 10 January, the Electoral Services Office confirmed that the election to fill the vacancy will be contested and that a poll will take place on 6 February. The cost of the by-election will be borne by the community council. You can see on our website the official statement of persons nominated. Poll cards will be sent by post to all relevant electors in the near future. It has been quite some time since an election was held for Radyr and Morganstown Community Council - and we encourage all registered electors to vote on 6 February. Cllr Huw Onllwyn Jones Chair Radyr and Morganstown Community Council 15 January 2020 Newyddion y Cyngor Cymuned
Nid oes fawr o amheuaeth bod problemau traffig wedi cyrraedd y penawdau dros yr wythnosau diwethaf. Mae'r cyfryngau cymdeithasol lleol wedi bod yn brysur gyda chwynion am oedi i fodurwyr, yn enwedig yn ystod yr amseroedd teithio brig. Mae hwn, wrth gwrs, yn fater yn bennaf i Blasdwr a Chyngor Caerdydd. Fodd bynnag, rydym wedi cael trafodaethau aml am y mater hwn gyda'r datblygwyr - a buom yn cyhoeddi unrhyw wybodaeth newydd ar ein gwefan. Mae'r sefyllfa rhywfaint yn anochel, wrth gwrs, wrth i 6,000 o gartrefi gael eu hadeiladu ar garreg ein drws - ond mae'r methiant i ddefnyddio goleuadau traffig digonol, synhwyrol, wedi'u hamseru'n optimaidd ar hyd y gwaith ffordd ar Llantrisant Road yn bwynt isel sylweddol ar gyfer Plasdwr a'i gontractwyr. Fel y gwnaethom adrodd ar ein gwefan (ym mis Mehefin) bydd y gwaith ffordd hwn gyda ni tan haf 2020 o leiaf. Byddwn yn pwyso ar Plasdwr am adroddiad 'gwersi a ddysgwyd', yn deillio o'r anghyfleustra difrifol a achoswyd i breswylwyr yn ystod yr wythnosau diwethaf - gyda cynlluniau ar gyfer sut y byddant yn ceisio lleihau aflonyddwch yn y dyfodol. Yn y cyfamser, rydym yn parhau i gysylltu â Chyngor Caerdydd ynghylch gwella ffyrdd yn Radyr a Threforgan - gyda'r bwriad o wneud ein ffyrdd yn fwy diogel - a gwneud y mannau cyhoeddus y mae ein prif ffyrdd yn mynd drwyddynt mor ddymunol â phosibl. I'r perwyl hwn, rydym wedi datblygu syniadau mewn perthynas ag ardal Ffordd yr Orsaf - yr ydym yn gobeithio ei rhannu gyda'r gymuned yn y dyfodol agos. Bydd llawer o ddarllenwyr wedi gweld yr orsaf Nextbikes newydd y tu allan i McColls ar Ffordd yr Orsaf. Nod hyn yw annog mwy ohonom i ddewis opsiwn 'teithio egnïol' wrth inni symud o amgylch ein cymuned a'r ddinas. Ydych chi wedi defnyddio'r Nextbikes? Gadewch inni wybod eich barn amdanynt, trwy gysylltu â ni trwy ein gwefan. Mae ein gwaith i wella maes chwarae'r plant ger Ffordd Drovers yn parhau. Yn ddiweddar cynhaliom gyfarfod safle gyda swyddogion draenio Caerdydd, ac ar ôl hynny datblygwyd datrysiad i'r broblem o fwd a dŵr yn llifo ar draws y maes chwarae. Dylid gwneud y gwaith hwn cyn diwedd mis Ionawr - ac yna, o'r diwedd, bydd yr offer chwarae newydd yn cael ei osod. Ar yr un pryd, mae Cyngor Caerdydd wedi cytuno i gynnal astudiaeth ddichonoldeb, i ystyried newid yr ardal chwarae tarmac (ger maes chwarae Ffordd Drovers) yn Arena Gemau Aml-ddefnydd 3G. Byddai hyn yn newyddion gwych i blant a phobl ifanc ledled Radyr a Morganstown. Rydym hefyd wedi cyhoeddi gwahoddiadau i sefydliadau ac arbenigwyr lleol i weithio gyda ni i ddatblygu syniadau o ran darparu cyfleusterau a chyfleoedd i'n pobl ifanc. Rhan bwysig o'r gwaith hwn fydd ymgysylltu â phobl ifanc ledled y gymuned - i ddarganfod beth yw eu barn am Radyr a Threforgan - a'r hyn y dylid ei wneud yn eu barn hwy i wella bywyd iddynt. Rydym wedi cyfarfod â sawl swyddog ar draws Cyngor Caerdydd i drafod y syniadau a gyflwynwyd gennym ar gyfer eu rhestr syniadau seilwaith. Roedd y rhain yn amrywio o osod llochesi bysiau iawn i neuadd gymunedol newydd ar Gae'r Twmpath. Mae'n amser anodd iawn yn ariannol, wrth gwrs, ond byddwn yn eich diweddaru am unrhyw ddatblygiadau. A byddwn yn parhau i gysylltu â Chyngor Caerdydd i sicrhau bod ein cynigion yn cael eu cofio wrth i arian ddod ar gael. Gallwch weld ein cynigion seilwaith ar ein gwefan (chwiliwch am 'infrastructure' ar ein gwefan). Mae gennym ni biano newydd yn yr OCR! Roedd gan yr hen un bedal cynnal wedi torri - ac roedd yn dechrau swnio'n muffled iawn! Gobeithio y bydd grwpiau sy'n defnyddio'r OCR yn mwynhau'r offeryn newydd! Mae ein clwb cinio yn parhau i gwrdd yng Nghlwb Golff Radyr - lle rydyn ni bob amser yn cael croeso cynnes iawn a phrydau blasus iawn. Mae hyn yn cwrdd amser cinio dydd Mercher, ddwywaith y mis. Dilynir cinio gyda sgwrs (rydym wedi clywed am waith GCHQ, hanes mapiau a llawer mwy). Cysylltwch â'n swyddfa os hoffech chi fynychu. Bydd croeso mawr i chi! Rydym yn parhau â'n gwaith ym Mharc Pentwyn, lle cymerwyd camau i glirio'r pyllau mawr a gasglodd ar hyd y llwybr troed yno yn dilyn glaw. Rydym hefyd yn gweithio i ailadeiladu'r wal rhwng y parc a'r maes parcio y tu ôl i'r fflatiau cyfagos. Mae'r gwaith yn Radyr Woods yn parhau, hefyd. Mae hwn yn adnodd hynod werthfawr - ond rydym yn brin o wirfoddolwyr i helpu i ddatblygu a chynnal y goedwig. Cysylltwch â ni os hoffech chi helpu. Gwrthwynebasom yn ddiweddar y datblygiad arfaethedig o 45 cartref mewn coetiroedd y tu ôl i Danescourt. Mae'r coetir hwn yn rhan o'r llwybr coediog gogoneddus sy'n arwain o Radyr i Llandaf. Gallwch ddarllen ein gwrthwynebiad ar ein gwefan (chwiliwch am Taff Housing). Y Cynghorydd Huw Onllwyn Jones Cadeirydd Cyngor Cymuned Radyr a Threforgan Tachwedd 2019 Community Council News
There can be little doubt that traffic problems have hit the headlines over the past few weeks. Local social media sites have been busy with complaints about delays for motorists, especially during peak travel times. This is, of course, primarily a matter for Plasdwr and Cardiff Council. We have, however, had frequent discussions about this issue with the developers - whilst posting any fresh information on our website. There is, of course, a degree of inevitability about this situation - as 6,000 homes are built on our doorstep - but the failure to deploy adequate, sensible, optimally timed traffic lights at the road works on Llantrisant Road constitutes a significant low-point for Plasdwr and its contractors. As we reported on our website (in June) these road works will be with us until at least the summer of 2020. We will press Plasdwr for a 'lessons learned' report, arising from the serious inconvenience caused to residents in recent weeks - along with plans for how they will seek to minimise disruption in future. In the meantime, we continue to liaise with Cardiff Council about road improvements within Radyr and Morganstown - with a view to making our roads safer - and making as pleasant as possible the public spaces through which our main roads pass. To this end, we have developed ideas with regard to the Station Road area - which we hope to share with the community in the near future. Many readers will have seen the new Nextbikes station outside McColls on Station Road. This is aimed at encouraging more of us to chose an active travel option as we move around our community and the city. Have you used Nextbikes? Let us know way you think, by contacting us through our website. Our work to improve the children's' playground near Drovers' Way continues. We recently held a site meeting with Cardiff's drainage officials, following which a solution to the problem of mud and water flowing across the playground was developed. This work should be undertaken before the end of January - and then, at last, the new play equipment will be installed. At the same time, Cardiff Council has agreed to undertake a feasibility study, to consider altering the tarmac play-area (near the Drovers' Way playground) into a 3G Multi-use Games Arena. This would be fantastic news for children and youngsters across Radyr and Morganstown. We have also issued invitations to local organisations and experts to work with us to develop ideas with regard to providing facilities and opportunities for our young people. An important part of this work will be engaging with youngsters across the community - to find out what they think of Radyr and Morganstown - and what they think should be done to improve life for them. We have met with several officials across Cardiff Council to discuss the ideas we submitted for their infrastructure ideas list. These ranged from installing proper bus shelters to a new community hall on the Mound Field. Times are very hard, financially, of course, but we will keep you posted about any developments. And we will continue to liaise with Cardiff Council to ensure that our proposals are borne in mind as and when money becomes available. You can see our infrastructure proposals on our website (just search for 'infrastructure' on our site). We have a new piano at the OCR! The old one had a broken sustain pedal - and was beginning to sound very muffled! We hope that groups using the OCR will enjoy the new instrument! Our lunch club continues to meet at Radyr Golf Club - where we always receive a very warm welcome and some very tasty meals. This meets on Wednesday lunchtimes, twice a month. Lunches are followed by a talk (we've heard about the work of GCHQ, the history of maps and much more). Please contact our office if you would like to attend. You will be very welcome! We continue our work at Pentwyn Park, where steps have been taken to clear the footpath of the large puddles that collected there following rain. We are also working to rebuild the wall between the park and the car park situated behind the adjacent flats. Work at Radyr Woods continues, also. This is a hugely valuable resource - but we are short of volunteers to help develop and maintain the site. Please contact us if you would like to help. We objected recently to the proposed development of 45 homes in woodlands behind Danescourt. This woodland is part of the glorious wooded footpath that leads from Radyr to Llandaf. You can see our objection on our website (search for Taff Housing). Cllr Huw Onllwyn Jones Chair Radyr and Morganstown Community Council November 2019 Newyddion y Cyngor Cymuned (English version below)
Yn gyntaf oll, gobeithio eich bod chi i gyd wedi cael haf da a gwyliau braf - yn rhywle poeth yn ddelfrydol - ac ymhell i ffwrdd o wae Brexit, gwaith - a goleuadau traffig Llantrisant Road. Rydyn ni wedi bod yn gweithio'n galed dros yr haf, gan ddatblygu nifer o brosiectau ar draws Radur a Threforgan. Mae'r rhain yn cynnwys: Mae Cyngor Caerdydd wedi ein gwahodd i gyflwyno syniadau ar gyfer ei restr syniadau seilwaith newydd. Bydd y rhain yn brosiectau y gall Caerdydd eu hariannu trwy arian Adran 106 (a ddarperir gan ddatblygwyr tai, fel rhan o'u cytundebau o ran caniatâd cynllunio). Rydym wedi casglu syniadau preswylwyr trwy arolwg ar-lein - a thrwy'r RMA. Mae gennym ni ein syniadau ein hunain hefyd! Mae hwn yn gyfle cyffrous iawn i Radur a Threforgan - a byddwn yn cyhoeddi ein cyfraniad at y rhestr yn y dyfodol agos. Gellir cyflwyno syniadau newydd ar unrhyw adeg, gan y bydd Caerdydd yn cadw eu rhestr fel dogfen 'fyw'. Mae angen 'health warning' ar gyfer hyn, fodd bynnag, gan ei bod yn annhebygol y bydd Caerdydd yn derbyn pob syniad am gyllid. Ond os na chyflwynwn unrhyw syniadau - ni chawn unrhyw arian! Byddwn hefyd yn cwrdd â thîm Adran 106 Caerdydd yn y dyfodol agos, i drafod ein syniadau. Diogelwch ar y ffyrdd: cawsom gyfarfod rhagorol gyda thîm Trafnidiaeth Cyngor Caerdydd ar 10 Medi. Gwnaethom drafod sawl eitem, gan gynnwys gosod safle Nextbikes y tu allan i McColl's ar Ffordd yr Orsaf (gyda mwy o safleoedd yn cael eu hystyried, gan gynnwys beiciau trydan yng Ngorsaf Radyr). Mae dechrau'r gwaith wedi'i gynllunio ar gyfer Ionawr / Chwefror 2020 ar gyfer ein tair croesfan sebra newydd, ger Heol Syr Lewis, Ty Mynydd Close a Rectory Close. Mae'r paratoadau cyfreithiol ar y gweill i gyflwyno parth 20mya ar draws Radur a Threforgan (ar wahân i Barc Radur). Dylai'r cynllun gael ei gyflwyno yng ngwanwyn / haf 2020. Mae Golf Club Lane i fod i gau - gyda'r gwaith yn cael ei wneud yn haf 2020. Ac mae'r Cyngor wedi gofyn i ni gynnig gwelliannau i ardal Ffordd yr Orsaf, er mwyn gwella ei rôl fel lle ar gyfer y gymuned i gwrdd, siopa a chymdeithasu. Byddwn yn cynnal arolwg ar-lein am hyn, yn fuan, i ofyn am farn a syniadau gan breswylwyr. Ac rydym, wrth gwrs, wedi mynegi ein pryderon ynghylch goleuadau traffig Llantrisant Road. Gallwch ymweld ag adran Newyddion ein gwefan i ddarllen mwy am y cyfarfod. Mae Caerdydd yn ymgynghori ar ysgol gynradd newydd i'w hadeiladu ar safle Plasdwr. Ysgol ddwyieithog fydd hon, gyda ffrydiau Saesneg a Chymraeg. Unwaith eto, gallwch ddarllen mwy am hyn ar ein gwefan. Mae Hen Ysgoldy'r Eglwys wedi cael mân wellliannau dros yr haf, gan gynnwys gosod teils 'oak-effect' yn y brif neuadd. Rydyn ni'n credu ei fod yn gwneud i'r ystafell edrych yn fwy, yn well ac yn oleuach. Bydd hefyd yn llawer haws i ddefnyddwyr y neuadd lanhau ar ôl eu digwyddiadau. Dim mwy o olchi Camembert o deils carped ar ôl parti caws a gwin. Dim mwy o ymosod ar staen win coch gyda lliain gwlyb. Dim ond mopio ac ysgubo! Rydym hefyd wedi bod yn trafod prynu piano newydd ar gyfer y neuadd - a fyddai’n plesio’r grwpiau hynny sy’n defnyddio’r Ysgoldy ar gyfer ymarferion côr a chyngherddau. Yn y dyfodol agos byddwn yn ystyried darparu cyfleusterau, gweithgareddau a chefnogaeth i'n pobl ifanc. Gwneir y gwaith hwn ar y cyd â nifer o asiantaethau a sefydliadau - yn ogystal â phobl ifanc o bob rhan o Radur a Threforgan. Rydyn ni am iddyn nhw fwynhau ystod o weithgareddau - a chael lleoedd da i gymdeithasu - tra'n rannu'r gwerthoedd sy'n helpu i wneud Radur a Threforgan yn lle gwych i fyw ynddo. Rydym wedi ymateb ar ein gwefan i'r ymosodiad llosgi bwriadol ar guddfan adar wedi'i leoli yn Forest Farm. Er nad yw hyn yn Radyr a Threforgan, mae'n ardal y mae aelodau ein cymuned yn ei mwynhau. Mae'n drueni mawr bod rhai pobl o'r farn bod rhoi adnodd cymunedol ar dân yn rhywbeth sy'n werth ei wneud - ac mae'n anodd credu bod ganddyn nhw unrhyw barch at eu cymuned a'u cymdogion. Efallai nad ydyn nhw'n ymwybodol o'r cosbau y gallen nhw eu hwynebu, pe bydden nhw'n cael eu dal. Nodir y rhain yng Nghanllawiau Dedfrydu'r Cyngor Dedfrydu. Gall tân fel yr un hwn, sy'n achosi difrod cymedrol i safle cyhoeddus, arwain at ddedfryd o garchar yn amrywio rhwng 6 a 26 wythnos. Mae cosbau tebyg yn bodoli am ddifrod troseddol. Dylai unrhyw un sydd ag unrhyw wybodaeth am yr ymosodiad gysylltu â'r heddlu. Yn olaf, rwy'n falch iawn o gyhoeddi penodiad dau aelod newydd i'n tîm. Yn ymuno â ni fel cynghorydd ar gyfer ward Treforgan mae Vina Patel. Mae Vina eisoes yn aelod gweithgar o'n cymuned - ac edrychwn ymlaen at elwa o'i phrofiad wrth inni ddatblygu ein gwaith. Rydym hefyd yn croesawu Michelle Lenton-Johnson i'n tîm. Er nad yw'n gynghorydd, bydd yn ymuno â ni yn ein cyfarfodydd cyngor - gan ddod â gwybodaeth leol werthfawr a'i brwdfrydedd aruthrol i'n gwaith. Croeso i'r ddau! Y Cynghorydd Huw Onllwyn Jones Cadeirydd Cyngor Cymuned Radyr a Threforgan Medi 2019 Community Council News
First of all, I hope you all had a good summer and a nice holiday - preferably somewhere hot - and far away from the woes of Brexit, work and the Llantrisant Road traffic lights. We've been working hard over the summer, developing a number of projects across Radyr and Morganstown. These include: Cardiff Council has invited us to submit ideas for its new infrastructure ideas list. These will be projects that Cardiff can fund via Section 106 Money (which is provided by housing developers, as part of their planning consent deals). We have gathered residents ideas via an online survey - and via the RMA. We also have our own ideas! This is a very exciting opportunity for R&M - and we will publish our contribution to the list in the near future. New ideas can be submitted at any time, since Cardiff will be keeping their list as a 'live' document. This needs a health warning, however, since it is unlikely that every idea will be accepted by Cardiff for funding. But if we don't submit any ideas - we won't get any money! We will also be meeting Cardiff's Section 106 team in the near future, to press our case. Road safety: we had an excellent meeting with Cardiff Council's Transportation team on 10 September. We discussed several items, including the imminent installation of a Nextbike stand outside McColl's on Station Road (with more stands being considered, including electric bikes at Radyr Station). Start of works is planned for Jan / Feb 2020 for our three new zebra crossings, near Heol Syr Lewis, Ty Mynydd Close and Rectory Close. The legal preparations are underway to introduce a 20mph zone across all of R&M (apart from Parc Radur). The scheme should be introduced in spring / summer 2020. Golf Club Lane is to be closed - with work carried out in summer 2020. And the Council has asked us to propose improvements to the Station Road area, to improve its role as a place for the community to meet, shop and socialise. We will be conducting an online survey about this, soon, to seek views and ideas from residents. And we have, of course, expressed our concerns about the Llantrisant Road traffic lights. You can visit the News section of our website to read more about the meeting. Cardiff is consulting on a new primary school to be built on the Plasdwr site. This will be a bilingual school, with English and Welsh language streams. Again, you can read more about this on our website. The Old Church Rooms has had a minor upgrade over the summer, with the installation of oak-effect floor tiles in the main hall. We think it makes the room look bigger, better and lighter. It will also be much easier for hall users to clean after their events. No more gouging Camembert from carpet tiles after cheese and wine parties. No more dabbing at red wine stains with a wet cloth. Simply mop and sweep! We have also been discussing buying a new piano for the hall - which would please those groups who use the OCR for choir practice and concerts. In the near future we will be considering the provision of facilities, activities and support for our young people. This work will be undertaken in liaison with a number of agencies and organisations - as well as young people from across R&M. We want them to enjoy a range of activities - and to have good places to socialise - whilst sharing the values that help make R&M a great place to live. We have responded on our website to the arson attack on a bird hide located in Forest Farm. Although this is not in Radyr and Morganstown, it is an area enjoyed by members of our community. It is a great pity that some people think that setting fire to a community resource is something worth doing - and it is difficult to believe that they have any respect for their community and neighbours. They may also be unaware of the penalties they could face, if caught. These are set out in the Sentencing Council's Sentencing Guidelines. A fire such as this one, causing moderate damage to a public amenity, can result in a prison sentence ranging from 6 to 26 weeks. Similar penalties exist for criminal damage. Anyone with any information about the attack should contact the police. Finally, I am very pleased to announce the appointment to our team of two new members. Joining us as a councillor for the Morganstown ward is Vina Patel. Vina is already an active member of our community - and we look forward to benefiting from her experience as we develop our work. We also welcome Michelle Lenton-Johnson to our team. Although not a councillor, she will join us in our council meetings - bringing her valuable local knowledge and her tremendous enthusiasm to our work. Welcome both! A Welsh language version of this report is available above. Cllr Huw Onllwyn Jones Chair Radyr and Morganstown Community Council September 2019 Newyddion y Cyngor Cymuned: (English version below)
Unwaith eto, mae wedi bod yn gyfnod prysur i'r cyngor cymuned. Ym mis Mai fe'm mhenodwyd yn Gadeirydd. Rwyf wedi byw yn Radur ers 2002, gyda fy ngwraig a'n mab, sydd yn ei arddegau. Rwy'n gyn was sifil (wedi gweithio i Lywodraeth Cymru) a deiliad tocyn tymor gyda Cardiff City. Rhaid diolch yn fawr iawn i'n Cadeirydd sy'n ymddeol, y Cynghorydd Ralph Vaughan. Bu yn y swydd am ddwy flynedd - gan arwain y cyngor yn wych iawn. Mae cynghorwyr - a staff y cyngor - wedi bod yn delio â'r materion canlynol: Cyfarfuom â swyddogion cynllunio Cyngor Caerdydd i drafod ein pryderon bod barn trigolion Radur a Threforgan weithiau'n cael eu hanwybyddu wrth i geisiadau cynllunio gael eu hystyried. Fe'n sicrhawyd nad yw hyn yn wir; addawyd arweiniad syml i ni ar y materion hynny sy'n ystyriaethau perthnasol o ran ceisiadau cynllunio - a chytunwyd i gyfarfod yn rheolaidd i drafod cynllunio o safbwynt cyffredinol - yn ogystal ag effaith datblygiad Plasdwr ar ein cymdogaeth. Yn y cyfamser, gwnaethom ysgrifennu at Gaerdydd i gefnogi gwrthwynebiad trigolion lleol i gais i adeiladu saith o dai yn Springfield Gardens, yn Nhreforgan. Mae ein gwaith ar ddiogelwch ffyrdd yn parhau. Mae'r Cynghorydd Rod McKerlick wedi arwain ar y mater hwn ers blynyddoedd lawer - ac erbyn hyn mae ei waith rhagorol yn cael ei ategu gan ein Gweithgor Diogelwch ar y Ffyrdd, dan arweiniad y Cyng. Kieran Webster. Rydym wedi cael sawl cyfarfod gyda swyddogion trafnidiaeth Cyngor Caerdydd (a drefnwyd i ni gan y Cyng. McKerlich). Arweiniodd y rhain at nifer o gynigion, fel tair zebra crossing ychwanegol ar Heol Isaf a Ffordd Tŷ Nant - a'r cyfyngiad arfaethedig o 20mya ar gyfer Radur a Threforgan. Rydym yn parhau i bwyso am welliannau ffyrdd. Mae'r gweithgor hefyd yn trafod beicio diogel gyda Sustrans - ac yn datblygu syniadau i roi mwy o deimlad 'pentrefol' trwy Radur a Threforgan, er mwyn atgoffa gyrwyr eu bod yn gyrru drwy ardal poblog - nid ar hyd ffordd wledig. Buom yn gweithio'n agos gyda Chyngor Caerdydd i liniaru effaith cau Ffordd Llantrisant (am dair wythnos, o 22 Gorffennaf). Yn dilyn hyn, fe welsom y Cyngor yn gwrthdroi ei benderfyniad i godi'r gwaharddiad ar deithio HGV drwy Radur a Threforgan yn ystod y cyfnod. Gwnaethom hefyd yn siŵr y byddai trigolion Clos Parc Radur yn gallu ymuno'n rhywdd a'r rhwydwaith ffyrdd yn ystod y cyfnod. Rydym wedi lansio system newydd i archebu ystafelloedd yn yr Hen Ysgoldy'r Eglwys. Bydd y broses yn gwbl ar-lein - ac yn hawdd i'w defnyddio. Gellir dod o hyd i'r system newydd ar ein gwefan - a rhaid ei defnyddio i archebu digwyddiadau i'w cynnal o fis Medi ymlaen. Ar ddiwedd mis Gorffennaf, bydd contractwyr yn gosod llawr newydd yn Ystafell y Garth. Bydd hwn yn edrych fel pren - gan roi golwg ysgafnach a mwy cyfoes i'r ystafell. Rydym hefyd yn prynu piano newydd ar gyfer y neuadd - gan fod y model pymtheg oed yn dirywio'n araf. Mae ein gwefan newydd yn gyfredol ac yn mynd o nerth i nerth. Ewch i www.radyrandmorganstown.org. i gael gwybod am ein gwaith, newyddion lleol a mwy. Mae'n cynnwys ein harolwg ar-lein cyntaf, sy'n ceisio barn am ddigonolrwydd cryfder signal ffonau symudol yn ac o gwmpas Radur a Threforgan. Hyd yn hyn, mae'r ymatebion yn awgrymu nad ydym yn cael ein gwasanaethu'n dda. A fyddech cystal â chymryd rhan yn yr arolwg - fel y gallwn gael darlun mor dda â phosibl o'r gwasanaeth? Yna gallwn gyflwyno'r canfyddiadau i Ofcom Cymru - a gofyn iddynt sicrhau ein bod yn cael gwell gwasanaeth. Mae gennym hefyd ffrwd Twitter brysur, yma: @RandMCCouncil. Mae baw cŵn yn parhau i fod yn broblem! Nid yw'n ymddangos bod rhai perchnogion cŵn yn deall y drefn! Mae baw ci yn ffiaidd! Mae Radyr Beavers wedi gosod dispensers bagiau baw cŵn mewn llawer o'n parciau - felly mae yna hyd yn oed lai o esgus i adael baw eich ci lle gall pobl sathru ynddo. Felly os ydych chi'n un o'r lleiafrif o berchnogion cŵn nad ydynt yn glanhau ar ôl eich ci annwyl, dechreuwch wneud hynny! Gadawodd rhywun goeden wedi'i thorri yn ein parc ym Mhentwyn! Mae hyn yn eithaf peryglus. Gallai unrhyw blant sy'n chwarae yn y gornel honno o'r parc ddioddef anaf. Gallai brigau miniog ar y canghennau dyllu llygad. Bydd yn rhaid i'r cyngor cymuned dalu i ddelio â'r goeden (gan ddefnyddio'ch arian!) I wneud yr ardal yn ddiogel. Mae gwaith yn parhau ym Mharc Pentwyn. Rydym wedi gosod rhigol ddraenio a soak-away i leihau llifogydd ar y llwybr. Rydym hefyd yn datblygu cynlluniau i osod wal gynnal rhwng y parc a'r maes parcio y tu ôl i'r fflatiau ar Gae'r Graig. Rhaid diolch yn fawr i'r Cynghorydd Helen Jones am ei gwaith caled dros nifer o flynyddoedd, gan arwain ar hyn a phrosiectau amgylcheddol di-ri. Mae gwaith yn parhau i ailddatblygu'r maes chwarae i blant yn Clos Parc Radur (lle mae llawer o'r offer wedi cael ei symud, ar ôl i'r sylfeini gael eu rhydu i ffwrdd gan fwd a dŵr yn llifo dros yr iard chwarae). Rydym eisiau atal llif mwd a dŵr cyn gosod offer newydd. Mae arolwg draenio wedi ei gwblhau - a bydd y gost o ddelio â'r broblem oddeutu £15,000. Rhaid dod o hyd i'r arian hwnnw cyn y gallwn osod yr offer newydd (y mae Cyngor Caerdydd eisioes yn ei storio). Mae croeso i ddarllenwyr annog Cyngor Caerdydd i ddod o hyd i'r arian i wneud y gwaith draenio. Mae angen diolch yn fawr iawn i Jamie Grundy, preswylydd lleol, am ei waith yn sefydlu ymgyrch ariannu torfol i 'lenwi chwarter olaf' yr iard chwarae. Cododd y cyngor cymuned, Cyngor Caerdydd a Chwmni Rheoli Parc Radyr ddigon o arian (£30,000) i lenwi tri chwarter y cylch - felly bydd gwaith Jamie yn sicrhau, am y tro cyntaf erioed, y bydd y parc yn llawn offer chwarae. Diolch hefyd i bawb a gyfrannodd at yr ymgyrch ariannu torf - a lwyddodd i fynd heibio'r targed o £2,500 yn ddiweddar. Mae ein clwb cinio yng Nghlwb Golff Radur yn parhau i ddarparu cyfleoedd i breswylwyr gyfarfod dros blât o fwyd cynnes - ac i fwynhau siaradwyr gwadd ac ambell gwis. Mae croeso i bawb! Gweler ein gwefan, neu cysylltwch â'n clerc am ragor o wybodaeth. Mae gennym swydd wag ar gyfer cynghorydd newydd. Y dyddiad cau ar gyfer ceisiadau oedd 8 Awst - a byddwn yn rhoi gwybod i chi pan fyddwn yn penodi cynghorydd newydd. Llongyfarchiadau hefyd i Gymdeithas Radur a Threforgan am eu gwaith anhygoel wrth godi £12,000 i Gweithredu dros Blant. Maent yn gwneud hyn trwy drefnu'r ŵyl ym mis Mai - felly sicrhewch eich bod yn cefnogi digwyddiadau y flwyddyn nesaf. Ac, os ydych chi am helpu'r RMA gyda'i waith, gallwch gysylltu â nhw drwy eu gwefan. Y Cyng. Huw Onllwyn Jones Cadeirydd Cyngor Cymuned Radur a Threforgan Gorffennaf 2019 Community Council News
Once again, it's been a busy period for the community council. In May I was appointed as Chair. I've lived in Radyr since 2002, with my wife and our teenage son. I am a retired civil servant (having worked for the Welsh Government) and a season ticket holder with Cardiff City. A huge thank you must go to our retiring Chair, Cllr Ralph Vaughan - who held the position for two years and led the council very well indeed. Councillors - and the council's staff - have been dealing with the following issues: We met with Cardiff Council planning officials to discuss our concerns that views sent to them by Radyr and Morganstown residents sometimes seem to be ignored as planning applications are considered. We were assured that this is not the case; promised straightforward guidance on those issues which are material considerations with regard to planning applications - and agreed to meet on a regular basis to discuss planning from a general perspective - as well as the impact of the Plasdwr development on our neighbourhood. In the meantime, we wrote to Cardiff to support local residents' objection to an application to build seven houses at Springfield Gardens, in Morganstown. Our work on road safety continues. Cllr Rod McKerlick has led on this issue for many years - and his excellent work is now supplemented by our Road Safety Working Group, led by Cllr Kieran Webster. We have had several meetings with Cardiff Council's transport officials (which were arranged for us by Cllr McKerlich). These resulted in a number of proposals, such as three extra zebra crossings on Heol Isaf and Ty Nant Road - and the proposed 20mph limit for Radyr and Morganstown. We continue to press for more road improvements. The working group is also discussing safer cycling with Sustrans - and developing ideas to give the road through Radyr and Morganstown more of a village-feel, to remind drivers that they are driving through a densely populated area - not along a rural road. We worked closely with Cardiff Council to mitigate the impact of the closure of Llantrisant Road (for three weeks, from 22 July). This saw the Council reversing its decision to lift the ban on HGV travel through Radyr and Morganstown during the road-work period. We also made sure that the residents of Clos Parc Radur would have easy access to the road network during this period. We have launched a new system to book rooms in the Old Church Rooms. The process will be entirely on-line - and easy to use. The new system can be found on our website - and must be used to book events to be held from September onwards. At the end of July, contractors will lay a new floor in the Garth Room. This will be a wood-effect finish - giving the room a lighter and more contemporary look. We are also buying a new piano for the hall - as the fifteen year old model slowly falls apart. Our new website is up-and-running - and going from strength to strength. Please visit it at www.radyrandmorganstown.org. to find out about our work, local news and more. It includes our first online survey, which is seeking views about the adequacy of mobile phone signal strength in and around Radyr and Morganstown. To date, the responses suggest that we are poorly served. Please take part in the survey - so that we can get as good a picture of the service as possible. We can then present the findings to Ofcom Wales - and ask them to ensure that we get a better service. We also have a busy Twitter feed, here: @RandMCCouncil. Dog poo remains a problem! Some dog owners don't seem to get it! Dog poo is disgusting! Radyr Beavers have installed dog poo bag dispensers in many of our parks - so now there is even less of an excuse to leave your dog's poo where people can tread in it. So if you're one of the minority of dog owners who don't clean up after your beloved pooch, please start doing so! Someone dumped a felled tree in our park in Pentwyn! This is quite dangerous. Any children exploring that corner of the park could suffer an injury. Sharp twigs on the branches could pierce an eye. The community council will now have to pay to deal with the tree (using your money!) to make the area safe. Work continues in Pentwyn Park. We have installed a drainage gully and a soak-away to reduce flooding on the path. We are also developing plans to install a retaining wall between the park and the car park behind the flats on Cae'r Graig. A huge thanks must go to Cllr Helen Jones for her hard work over many years, leading on this and countless other environment projects. Work continues to redevelop the children's playground at Clos Parc Radur (where much of the equipment has been removed, after the footings were rusted away by mud and water flowing over the playground). We want to prevent the flow of mud and water before installing new equipment. A drainage survey has beeen completed - and the cost of dealing with the problem will be around £15,000. That money has to be found before we can install the new equipment (which Cardiff Council has in storage). Readers are welcome to encourage Cardiff Council to find the money to undertake the drainage works. A huge thank you needs to go to local resident Jamie Grundy for his work in setting up a crowd-funding campaign to 'fill the final quarter' of the playground. The community council, Cardiff Council and the Parc Radyr Managemnrnt Company raised enough money (£30,000) to fill three-quarters of the circle - so Jamie's work will ensure that, for the first time ever, the park will be full of play equipment. Thanks, also, to all those who contributed to the crowd-funding campaign - which recently passed its target of £2,500. Our lunch club at Radyr Golf Club continues to provide opportunities for residents to meet over a plate of warming food - and to enjoy guest speakers and the occasional quiz. All are welcome! See our website, or contact our clerk, for more information. We have a vacancy for a new councillor. The deadline for applications was 8 August - and we'll let you know when we appoint a new councillor. Congratulations, also, to the Radyr and Morganstown Association for their amazing work in raising £12,000 for Action for Children. They do this by arranging the R&M festival - so be sure to support next year's events. And, if you want to help the RMA with its work, you can get in touch with them via their website. A Welsh language version of this report is available on our website (under 'Our work' / 'The Chair's Blog'). 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