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Huw Onllwyn Jones: April report

15/4/2019

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H O Jones: Councillor report for full Council meeting

I continue to work to develop the Lunch Club. Our lunch organiser, Hashumati Patel, is doing an excellent job - bringing great enthusiasm to the task. The challenge for 2019 will be to attract between 10 and 20 extra attendees to each lunch. We have agreed our contract with Hash.
I chaired a meeting of the OCR Hall Management Committee on 20 March. I have also been working with OCR HMC members to bring forward projects relating to the leaking roof, the Garth Room floor and a retaining wall at the rear of the building. The roof contract has been awarded - and a contractor chosen to replace the Garth Room carpet. The tender for the retaining wall is ready to issue. We arranged for a RWCMD student to test the OCR piano - and it was agreed that the sustain pedal was malfunctioning - and that the piano sounded muffled. A replacement piano will need to be purchased. The Hallmaster hall-booking system is now ready to be used - and bookings for using the hall from September onwards will be logged on the Hallmaster system.
I continue to work with Cardiff Council, Redrow, the Clos Parc Radur Management Committee and R&MCC to secure a funding package to improve and restore the children's playground at Drover's Way. £30k has been secured (£5k R&MCC, £15k from Cardiff Council, £5k from the Committee and £5k from a WG fund). Jamie Grundie, a local resident, also intends to set up a crowdfunding campaign. Redrow are currently developing proposals to deal with mud and water flooding onto the playground. A meeting is expected soon to discuss progress.
I have continued work developing our new website, which is available to view at www.radyrandmorganstown.org. We met with RMA representatives on 3 April to discuss the future of the community website. I prepared a paper about these issues for the council to consider.
I attended Mark Drakeford's first surgery in Radyr on 5 April - and arranged for. Mr Drakeford to launch our new website: https://www.radyrandmorganstown.org/our-news
I wrote to Natural Resources Wales about the plastic bag pollution affecting the River Taff as it passes through Radyr and Morganstown. A site meeting will be held with NRW staff during a litter pick arranged by them for 3 May.
I met our new vicar on 25 March. We discussed working with the elderly and with young people. We also discussed website issues - and celebrating diversity in R&M.
I made contact with staff at Cardiff Council dealing with cycling issues - with a view to meeting them to discuss making cycling safer and more enjoyable in R&M.

H O Jones

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Rod McKerlich: April report

15/4/2019

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New School to serve Plasdwr: Consultation will begin in June 2019 to be completed in time for the school to open in September 2021.It is envisaged that this will be a 2-form of entry with an English medium plus a Welsh medium stream. I have the lengthy details but the details will be published as part of the consultation. I will urge concerned residents to read the papers, attend any consultation meetings and submit responses.
Caer Graig; The Pavement outside Bryn Deri will be resurfaced and this should be complete before school re-opens.
Cardiff Rivers Group: this group does fine work in cleaning riverbanks and beds; it will be working in Radyr area on 16th April; I have gone out with them and I encourage interested residents to sign up, Safety gear is provided and a safe working environment is created. This complements the great work done by local litter pickers.
Brexit Emergency Planning: Councillors and Council officers have met to produce contingency plans and this work is continuing.
Orange stickers on refuse bins: these stickers are still necessary despite IT available in the cab to avoid missed collections; there has been a number of missed collections, which I have reported for remedial action. These are not confined to orange sticker users.
Clean Air Public Meetings : bulletins and public meetings on this important topic are available; I will send the recent bulletin on request.
Boundary Review; Radyr and Morganstown has a very large number of electors for a single member ward; indeed only one single member ward in Wales has more electors. Consultation will probably mean that R+M will have unchanged boundaries and two County Councillors. I will be supporting this proposal even though I may appear to discharge my many functions with effortless ease.
Abandoned White Van: I receive many requests to have this moved but it is taxed and insured.
Fisher Hill Play Area; this will be partially renovated soon using Council resources but further work will be done using S106 cash when it is paid. This s106 money is not coming from the Drysgol Heights redevelopment; inexplicably it was accepted that this large development would not ne “viable” if it made the assessed contribution.
Parc Radur Play area: this awaits work to redirect surface floodwater. We will meet soon to advance this.
Bethel Chapel: At the request of R+MCC and me, planning enforcement have contacted the owner about the building project and leaning gravestones.
Dog fouling and misbehaviour: The introduction of a Public Space Protection Order for Dog Controls under Section 59 of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 be approved to include: various controls is under consultation.
Ultimate Delivery; the match ball for the Cricket match between NZ and Sri Lanka will be passed through many hands on 31st May in an attempt on the world record; schools and clubs are urged to participate.

County Councillor Rod McKerlich, 15th April 2019

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