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Minutes of Steering Group Meeting
Present: Adrian Coltman (Chair), Adam & Carol Bull, Mervyn Clayton, Trevor & Diane Kitto, Naomi Watts-Kitto, Geoff Holden, Jenny Page, Mike Betteridge, Steve Tyndale-Biscoe, David Miles.
Adrian Coltman, Adam & Carol Bull. 2. Minutes of the Meeting Held 31st July 2017 Agreed as a true record. None. None.
Future Action Mornings Proposed dates and tasks (subject to change):
BUPA came on Thursday 5th October for a Team Building morning. They only came for the morning and there were about 10 of them, but they enjoyed themselves scything "Audrey's Meadow" and clearing a path. They cut about one third to half of the meadow. Pete Foulston did a scything demonstration, Kay McDowell helped clear away the cuttings and Martin Calvert arranged it all and showed the BUPA people how to clear the path. We now have 5 scythes. Steve Jones-Blackett said there was a broken banister rail at one of the steps. Kay McDowell and Bhupinder Dev introduced the group to "Leeds Urban Buzz", a Buglife project which is funded by Biffa Award, Heritage Lottery Fund and Leeds City Council. Bhupinder said the project would support the "North Leeds Greenway", a cycle superhighway linking Gledhow Valley, Roundhay, Allerton Grange Fields and Allerton Grange Avenue, which has lots of funding from West Yorkshire Combined Authority. A suggestion was made about having a wetland area opposite "Martin's Meadow" in the damp area on the site of the old beck. Also, fruit trees could be planted near Allerton Grange Way. Diane said we could have fruit trees planted in the new field. Bhupinder mentioned a new park near Street Lane called "Moortown Park" which will have a wet area. Pete Foulston said we need a map to plan these areas. Pete Foulston also mentioned the "Rivers of Flowers" project. Kay McDowell asked about "Chapel Allerton in Bloom". Jenny Page said she had a contact called Sarah Turner. We need to tweet what's going on and to spread the Urban Buzz idea. Martin suggested Kay could start a couple of projects with Urban Buzz and then get Andrew Cutts (Leeds Urban Buzz co-ordinator) to talk about these projects at a Steering Group Meeting. Members of LAG went to a workshop in May about lottery funding in Yorkshire and Humberside to help us to put in successful applications. LAG has been in contact with Yorkshire Water regarding the water quality of the lake. They have produced a survey and there is only pollutant species in there at present. They also identified some rare species in the meadow. LAG is still working with the Groundwork Trust Leeds to get information which will support future funding applications. The group has also had some conversations with Christine Osborne of the Gledhow Valley Conservation Area Group and is going to go to Leeds University library to do some research. Part of the Postcode Lottery money will be used on a display showing the history of the lake. The information currently missing, and which is holding things up, is how much silt is in the lake and what pollutants are in the silt? The group has had a conversation with Leeds City Council about how to determine this. Phil Meadley said LAG is still waiting for a silt survey to be carried out by Duffy's. We may need to get it done by Geotech Services (Leeds City Council) as we've been waiting a long time and the information is crucial to our plans. He said we're working towards a plan, which we'll have by the New Year. Martin said we need permissions from Leeds City Council/Wade's Charity to say that we can go ahead with this project. 9. FGVW at Chapel Allerton Arts Festival FGVW had a stall on Saturday and Sunday 2nd/3rd September 2017. The stall was in a good position near the hairdresser's and included Jenny's War Memorial stand. We made a good amount of money - around £450.00. About 140 people attended this event on 10th September 2017. Steve Jones-Blackett has amended the hedge species list to include Kay's requests, including hornbeam and buckthorn. Kay said the meadow really needs cutting. A suggestion about using the Allen Scythe was mentioned. Martin said yellow rattle seed had been ordered for the meadow. The new Ranger was to be Clare Pager, but she has now replaced Joe the Ranger as he's now at Natural England. Another Ranger will be put in place. Clare will be running a Bat Walk next June. There are 31 paid members now. We need to keep a tag on what grants are being bid for.
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