Dumbarton East and Central Community Council
Minute of meeting held on 15 January 2019 at 7pm
in St Augustine's Church Hall
Present:
Apologies:
Previous Minutes/Matters Arising
Dumbarton East Railway Station
Questions to Councillors/Police Ingram Wilson,
Community Council Debrief
Date: 15/01/2019
Location & Beat: Dumbarton east and Central - Beat 5 and 6 (11/12/2018 – 13/01/2019)
Officer Attending: PC Lucy McNulty L509 No. of Incidents reported (Since last meeting) |
174 (All of Beat 5 and 6) |
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No. of Crime Reports generated (since last meeting) |
41 (2 beats ) |
Breakdown of Crime Reports ( i.e. 1 x Assault etc) |
1 x S. 15 Forgery and Counterfeiting (Counterfeit notes) – Male suspect from Coffee station within Dumbarton central station. Enquires on going. 1 x Fraud ( Obtaining money from making false allegations) – phone contracts - Enquires ongoing. 1 x Section 7 Civic Gov. Act 1982 (Breaching licence conditions) – Male reported for serving food after licence hours. 11 x Theft by shoplifting – 7 out of 11 detected – 1 x female and 3 x male reported to PF. 1 x Attempted Fraud – Debit Card – 1 x female reported to PF. 1 x Serious Assault – female reported to PF. 1 x section 87 RTA and 1 x Attempt pervert course of Justice ( Driving without licence and false details) – 1 x male reported. |
Levengrove Park has been subject to problem behaviour at weekends and the police are monitoring this. Tickets are still being served on drivers in the High Street but the problem still persists.
These issues were discussed in general.
Treasurer's Report
AOB
7. Date of Next Meeting
Dumbarton East and Central Community Council
Meeting to be held on Tuesday 12 February at 7pm
in St Augustine's Church Hall
Agenda
Dumbarton East and Central Community Council
Minute of Meeting held on Tuesday 12 February 2019 at 7pm
in St Augustine's Church Hall, Dumbarton
Present:
Apologies:
Previous Minute/Matters Arising
Dumbarton East Railway Station - Update
Denny's Yard
WDC Budget Consultation Dates
Questions to Police/Councillors
PC Griffiths submitted the monthly police report as follows:
Community Council Report for Dumbarton East & Central Community Council dated 12/02/2019 for the period 12/01/2019 - 11/02/2019
Submitting Officer: PC Christopher Griffiths
71 Crimes recorded as follows:
Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 1
Serious Assault 2
Common Assault 6
Possess Knife/Offensive Weapon 3
Theft x Shoplifting 29
Theft (Unclassified) 1
Theft (Motor Vehicle) 1
Possess Drugs 7
Breach of the Peace/Disorder 4
Vandalism 5
Vehicle/Traffic Crime 1
Taxi Fraud 1
Forgery and Uttering 2
The above excludes fixed penalty notices issued in respect of anti-social behaviour, non-endorsable and endorsable offences (Road Traffic).
Misuse of Drugs:
47 yr male swallowed drugs as Police approached at DSC.
18 yr male cannabis.
27 yr male cocaine.
37 yr old cannabis.
32 yr male cannabis.
64 yr male diazepam.
32 yr male cannabis.
S38/BoP/Disorder
17 yr male shout, swear, resist arrest.
13 yr old shout and swear KFC.
15 yr female shout, swear KFC.
12 yr male shout, swear and spit at employee McDonalds.
Theft SL/Unclassified
ASDA 9
Boots 7
B&M 5
Morrisons 2
M&S 1
McColls 4
Poundland 1
In excess of £3,500 stolen or attempted. 11 detected, 14 with named suspects.
Theft MV
Ford transit van white, stolen
Sexual Offences
1 Sexual Assault detected
Stalking male suspect
Fraud/Forgery and Uttering
Bank account compromised.
Landlord offence.
Licensing issue.
Offensive weapons
15 yr old female with knife.
29 yr old female with screwdriver.
Male with brick.
Road Traffic
3 - Careless driving, accident no insurance
3 - Careless driving, accident no insurance, no licence
5 - 41 yr female drunk driver
3 - 22 yr old female driver causing accident injuring young girl. No licence or insurance and without permission.
Assault
Domestic, male suspect
Punch, male suspect
Domestic, male suspect
Male suspect
Spitting McDonalds, 12 yr old det.
Kicking Argos 29 yr male det.
Serious - slashing, uncooperative complainer
Serious - punch with bottle ASDA, 16 yr old suspect
Vandalism
Glue in locks, Risk Street
Smashed window, Indian Restaurant, Glasgow Road
Window smashed, High Street pub.
Police MV, Station Road
Damage to door, Glasgow Road
Other issues raised by Police: Street parking Glasgow Road DYR lines have been renewed.
Increase in vandalism by known culprit 400 separate examples. Police will be working with partners to help and deal with issue and culprit.
Incidents of note or crime trends: Increase in shoplifting. Youth disorder in and around St |James Retail Park, especially McDonalds, KFC, ASDA and B&M.
Forthcoming events/initiatives: Traffic initiative next week. Seat-belts, mobile phones, red lights.
The community is urged to continue to use Crimestoppers if wishing to leave anonymous information regarding incidents which are happening within the community. The telephone phone number is 0800 555 111 and is operated 24 hrs a day.
If you wish to contact direct with any specific complaints or concerns, please contact the following based at Dumbarton Police Office:
Communities Sergeant - Brian Simpson
Communities Officer - Matt Hooper
Tel: 101
LomondCPT@scotland.pnn.police.uk
LevenCPT@scotland.pnn.police.uk
DumbartonCPT@scotland.pnn.police.uk
or the following based at Dumbarton Police Office:
Communities Inspector
Mo Boyle
Tel: 01389 822028
Treasurer's Report
Date of next meeting
Dumbarton East and Central Community Council
Meeting to be held on Tuesday 12 March at 7pm
in St Augustine's Church Hall
Agenda
Minute of meeting held on Tuesday 12 March 2019 at 7pm
in St Augustine's Church Hall
Present:
Apologies:
Previous Minutes/Matters Arising
Dumbarton East Railway Station
Questions to Police/Councillors
Treasurer's Report
AOB
Date of next meeting
Dumbarton East and Central Community Council
Meeting to be held on Tuesday 9 April at 7pm
in St Augustine's Church Hall
Agenda
Minute of Meeting held on 14 May April 2019
in St Augustine's Church Hall, Dumbarton at 7pm
Attendance:
Apologies:
Previous Minute/Matters Arising
Dumbarton East Railway Station
Questions to Police/Councillors
PC McFarlane gave a police report as follows:
Community Council Report
Name of Community Council:- Dumbarton East and Central
Date of Report:- 08/05/2018
Submitting / Attending officer:- PC Gemma Sloan, L284 Crimes/Offences that have occurred in community area since last meeting |
Dumbarton and Central Community Council - Police report covering – 13/04/2018 – 08/05/2018 Note offences covered are within the designated community council area. In total ** offences have been identified within this area. Crims summarised as follows, Murder/Attempt 0 Serious Assault 0 Robbery 0 Assault with Intent to Rob 0 Wilful fire-raising 0 Common Assault 3 Possess Knife/Offensive weapon 1 Theft/Att Housebreaking – Domestic 0 Theft by Housebreaking – Commercial 0 Theft by Shoplifting 15 |
Contact Us
I would urge the community to continue to use Crimestoppers if wishing to leave anonymous information regarding incidents which are happening within the community. The telephone phone number is 0800 555 111 and is operated 24hrs a day.
If you wish to contact us direct with any specific complaints or concerns, please contact the following based at Dumbarton Police Office;
Communities Sergeant – PS Brian Simpson
Communities Officers – PC Gemma Sloan and PC Raymond Borland
Tel: 101
DumbartonCPT@scotland.pnn.police.uk
Or the following based at Dumbarton Police Office;
Communities Inspector Roderick MacNeil
Tel: 01389 822028
Treasurer's Report
AOB
Date of next meeting: Tuesday 11 June 2019 at 7pm
Dumbarton East and Central Community Council
Meeting to be held on Tuesday 14 May at 7pm
in St Augustine's Church Hall
Agenda
Dumbarton East and Central Community Council
Meeting to be held on Tuesday 11 June at 7pm
in St Augustine's Church Hall
Agenda
Dumbarton East & Central Community Council
Minute of Meeting held on Tuesday 11 June 2019 at 7pm
in St Augustine's Church Hall, Dumbarton
Present
Apologies:
Minute of Previous Meeting/Matters Arising
Dumbarton East Railway Station
Questions to Councillors/Police
Treasurers Report
AOB
Date of next meeting
Dumbarton East and Central Community Council
Meeting to be held on Tuesday 10 September 2019 at 7pm
in St Augustine's Church Hall
Dumbarton East & Central Community Council
Minute of Meeting held on Tuesday 10 September 2019 at 7pm
in St Augustine's Church Hall, Dumbarton
Present
Apologies:
Minute of Previous Meeting/Matters Arising
Dumbarton East Railway Station
Sandpoint Marina Building Development
Questions to Police/Councillors
Name of Community Council:- Dumbarton central and Dumbarton East
Date of Report:- 10/09/2019 1915 hours
Submitting / Attending officer:- PC Gemma Sloan L0284, PC David Watson L518
Note offences covered are within the designated community council area. In total ** offences have been identified within this area.
Crimes summarised as follows,
I would urge the community to continue to use Crimestoppers if wishing to leave anonymous information regarding incidents which are happening within the community. The telephone phone number is 0800 555 111 and is operated 24hrs a day.
If you wish to contact us direct with any specific complaints or concerns, please contact the following based at Dumbarton Police Office;
Communities Sergeant – PS Brian Simpson
Communities Officers – PC Gemma Sloan & PC David Watson
Tel: 101
DumbartonCPT@scotland.pnn.police.uk
Or the following based at Dumbarton Police Office;
Communities Inspector Roderick MacNeil
Tel: 01389 822028
Cllr Conaghan reported that a new shelter will be put in place in Quay Street at the back of Gregg's and asked if there are any areas where a bus stop would require a step to make easier entrance onto buses for the less abled passengers.
Dumbarton East at the shops in Glasgow Road would appear to have less litter bins than usual. Cllr Conaghan will make enquiries about this.
On the cycle path between Geils Avenue and Dumbuck Crescent, some of the trees require to be pruned back as they cover the lights. Cllr Dickson will make enquiries.
Sink holes have appeared at the corner of Third Avenue and at the corner of Greenhead Road and the A82. This has been the case for some time now and it was hoped this could be looked at and repaired in the near future.
Bio-diversity: Iain Ellis asked about the bio-diversity policy and was told the idea is to save the planet but Iain said the areas involved should be cut at least once a year and stressed that the grass has not been cut at the appropriate times. Cllr Dickson said this should be looked at to verify what should have been done.
The sharing of services with Inverclyde was raised. Inverclyde charge residents for the collection of brown bins. Cllr Dickson said there is no suggestion that WDC would do that.
James Cormack asked if now that the legal challenge to stop Mr Nazir was found in his favour would he now be free to continue with his building plans. Cllr Conaghan said drawings have been submitted and permission should be given soon. It is in the process of being granted.
Treasurer's Report
AOB
Date of Next Meeting
Dumbarton East & Central Community Council
Meeting to be held on Tuesday 15 October 2019 at 5pm
in Burgh Room, 16 Church Street Offices
Agenda
Dumbarton East & Central Community Council Meeting
held in St Augustine's Hall on
15 October 2019 @ 7pm
Present
Apologies:
Minute of Previous Meeting/Matters Arising
Dumbarton East Railway Station
Questions to Police/Councillors
Sandpoint Marina
Treasurer's Report
Date of next meeting:
Dumbarton East and Central Community Council
Agenda - AGM -Tuesday 12 November 2019 at 7pm in St Augustine's Church Halls
1. Welcome
2. The Events for the Year 2018-19
3. Election of Office Bearers
4. The Year Ahead
5. AOCB
6. Date of next meeting: Tuesday 10 December 2019
at 7pm in St Augustine's Hall
This AGM meeting will be followed by our usual monthly meeting.
Dumbarton East & Central Community Council
Meeting held in St Augustine's Hall on
12 November 2019 @ 7.30pm
Present:
Apologies:
Previous Minute/Matters Arising
Questions to Councillors and Police
Treasurer's Report
AOB
Date of Next Meeting
Dumbarton East & Central Community Council AGM
held in St Augustine's Hall on 12 November 2019 @ 7pm
During 2018-19 the area within this Community Council for Dumbarton East & Central continues to expand by population with an ever increasing number of new builds in the area. Castle road continues to grow with the new housing estate and the quay development is nearing completion with the first tenants taking up residency by spring of 2020.
Parking issues in the town continue to be problematic and we will have to wait and see if the parking in castle street improves when the house building is complete as it is difficult to see at the moment just where the cars come from. We did think the car parking in the council offices was insufficient at the time and we still think this is the case but the clock can't be turned back.
The Lidl building is now taking shape and hopefully will be in operation in February barring any unforeseen problems.
The walkway along the quay is progressing and when complete, lights will be installed to light up Dumbarton castle which is a welcome addition along with the lighting up of the bridge at Artizan which is now in operation.
Despite correspondence to Network Rail re Dumbarton East Station and the mess constantly made by roosting pigeons on the pavements on Glasgow Road, no solution has been found for this problem. WDC do clean the area regularly but a long term solution would be preferable for all. This will be an ongoing issue for us to tackle.
Glencairn house will be the venue for Dumbarton Library and also a hub centre for the town and work is progressing on this.
Dumbarton rotary club have continued to enhance the platforms at Dumbarton east station with colourful flower displays over the summer months and even now the displays are in bloom. This is much appreciated and many comments have been received admiring the appearance of the station.
We have again contributed to the Dumbarton & Vale of Leven reporter by doing a community council column every six weeks. Community councillors take turns at doing the column to give a different slant to views of the area.
As in past years, we acknowledge and appreciate the attendance at meetings of West Dunbartonshire Councillors for our area who have been very supportive in advising on any issues we raise with them, and thanks also go to police Scotland representatives who submit a monthly report on issues arising in the area which is very informative. The cooperation of both groups helps immensely in making this community council aware of topics which may be raised by the public.
This area did have major traffic problems during the summer months with the works being carried out in Glasgow road which caused considerable traffic congestion any many irate drivers and residents. Confusing signage did not help but in the end, the work was completed, the road was resurfaced and other utility works were carried out at the same time.
Chair: Iain Ellis, Proposed by Mary Hudson; seconded by Dorothy Heron
Vice Chair:
Treasurer: Mary Hudson, Proposed by Dorothy Heron; seconded by Iain Ellis
Secretary: Dorothy Heron, Proposed by Iain Ellis; seconded by Mary Hudson
Comm Council Members
Due to low turnout for the AGM, the December 10 meeting has been cancelled and an EGM will be held on Tuesday 14 January 2020 at 7pm
The year ahead
Next year will perhaps bring planning objections in connection with a housing development planned for Sandpoint Marina. As 100+ houses are planned, there are concerns about the access issues for the amount of traffic on Woodyard road and this matter is being monitored.
The high street still suffers from a high number of empty premises and the town centre forum discuss this. It is difficult to see how this can be improved but the save the high street group do highlight all relevant high street issues in this respect.
Following a short meeting after the AGM, the next meeting will be held on Tuesday 14 January 2020 at 7pm. This will be an EGM followed by a meeting.