27th April 2017 Minutes SCFC

Held at The Bodham and Beckham Village Hall
Present: Julia Dovey (Chair) Kathryn Lord (Secretary) David McNeight, Simon Wakeford, Lorraine Marks, John Stibbons, and Anne McCombie (Resident of The Loke East Beckham)
The Meeting opened at 7:10pm
1. Apologies
  • Rosabelle Batt
2. Review Minutes of last meeting
It was agreed the previous minutes were a fair reflection of the meeting.
3. Parish Map Noticeboard Project 
A final design had been settled on with East and West Beckham Parish lightly coloured in green on the OS Land Ranger Map base. There are 3 options with ‘YOU ARE HERE’ arrows and both defibrillator sites. The frames will be aluminium and powder coated in bottle green colour. The maps will need to be installed on wooden posts at the locations or directly onto the Bus Stop in West Beckham.
 
4. Village Gates
JS advised 50% will be paid for by Norfolk County Council. They will be coming out of the 2017/2018 budget.  The final details will be discussed with the Parish Council for the exact design/scheme and the Parish Council will own and maintain the gates in future. We hope they will be installed this summer.
 
5. WB Playing Area
KL advised Playdale had quoted for:
1. Basket Swing at £2505 (plus grass lock matting at £1,035 or bonded rubber mulch at £1,170)
2. Pole Swing  – City Swinger – £1,647 (plus £180  glass lock wear mat)
3. Toddler Multi Slide Combo – option 1: £3,325 (plus Grasslock £1,170 or Rubber mulch £1,105)
option 2: £4,054 (plus Grasslock £1,125 or Rubber mulch £1,170)
option 3: £3,650 (plus Grasslock £1080 or rubber mulch £1,300)
All prices are excluding VAT
KL suggested counter costing the Basket swing elsewhere to see if there are better or more competitive options but pieces of equipment could be purchased/installed to update the existing equipment. Fenland Leisure Products had been contacted previously so would contact them again for an update.
The current equipment should be refurbished (painted?), in particular the ball wall unit with the net, which has broken.  This could be turned into a climbing wall easily and the ‘ball games’ aspect removed from the play area might be sensible due to the limited space.
6. Bench installation & Noticeboard
It was felt that despite volunteers promises of installation and this has not happened some local tradesmen should be contacted to ask for quotes for installation. Billy Borrett (Sheringham) or others could be investigated. (Post meeting note: The Village Green in West Beckham has had a bench installed !)
 
7. Green Spaces
A visit from Head Office TCV representative would be made on 22nd May to write a 5 Year Management Plan to increase the biodiversity and improved the environment in the Green Spaces in the Parish (in particular The Common and Village Green). 
 
TCV had advised 2 further days work at East Beckham Common were needed but this would not take place until the end of the summer due to nesting birds etc. Anne McCombie advised they had done a fantastic job so far and the blue bells had already started to arrive where clearance of bracken/bramble had taken place. She also reported that TCV had been very responsible and put out the fire to burn the debris when she had asked them to; due to risk of wind direction changes etc with an unattended fire.
 
LM advised she had been working with NWT in the Churchyard and Graveyard on surveying the areas. So far an amazing 49 species of wildflowers had been identified in the Churchyard and there will be monthly visits throughout the summer to see what else emerges.
 
8. Bat and Bird Boxes
JD to order 60 wildlife boxes from NestBox.com on behalf of the Parish Council. Ron Cornell to be enlisted to co-ordinate the building of the wildlife boxes and advise best installation locations.
9. Picnic Benches 
JS advised the picnic table for East Beckham could not be installed until after the end of the cropping season if access was by the fields. As a result JS had investigated a self assembly bench (a limited supply for recycled plastic options) could be built on site. Sizes – 1500mm:4 seater or 2000mm:6 seater approx, 75-90 kilos in weight. The flat packed option was not universally liked due to the likelihood of them coming apart/loose. Possibly leaving the site clear until after the summer might make sense; allowing the wildflowers to emerge. JS to see if Glasdon picnic benches could also be installed by them as well as supplied before ordering.
10. Defibrillators 
JS advised no grant had been awarded. Purchase from Primary Care Supplies would be the preferred option – proposal will be made at the next Parish Council. A question whether a mobile phone would get a signal in East Beckham? Anne McCombie said she would check her providers signal at Manor Farm location.
11. Photos of East and West Beckham Village Signs
SW and LM volunteered to clean the village sign in West Beckham before photos are taken.
12.  Bulletin Spring Issue 
A draft was shown, including the survey flyer for the Community Bus and the Garden Bird Tick Sheet. KL to take to Printers for distribution asap.
13. Churchyard & Graveyard 
The quotation for the Graveyard entrance had been discussed. It was felt a brick and flint design would be more in keeping with the Church building. KL to explore with Neil Thompson.
14. AOB
None
 
15. Date of Next meeting at B&B Village Hall, 7PM – 8:30PM
 
  • 25th May
  • 22nd June
  • 27th July
  • August would be a holiday
  • resuming September Date TBA

Meeting closed at 8.40pm

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