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Minutes of Steering Group Meeting
Present: Martin Calvert, Adrian Coltman, Steve Jones-Blackett, David Lumb.
Joan & Mervyn Clayton, Adam & Carol Bull, Trevor & Diane Kitto, David Miles, Theresa Williams. 2. Minutes of the Meeting Held 9th February 2023 Agreed as a true record.
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Future Action Mornings (provisional):
7. Heritage Lottery Fund Project Update David provided an update for the Group via e-mail. Funding The National Lottery Community Fund have awarded us 10K. The Leeds City Council Community Committee application for 5K has been completed and David is planning to submit it once he has met with local councillors and the local elections are over in May. Anyone interested in coming along with would be welcome. David and Carl Bull are working on an application for funding from Aviva. This is a crowd funding application with Aviva match funding anything we raise. We can submit at any time. David is planning to submit our application for 25K from the Post Code Local Trust on 3rd April 2023. We should hear the outcome from our Veolia 75k application by first week in April. Leeds Coppice Workers Leeds Coppice Workers are installing more fascines on 22nd March. It would be really appreciated if we could have some volunteers to help with this. Rowan has been planted on the valley sides. Flood Risk Management Flood Risk Management (FRM) have asked Duffys to clear the build up of waste at the lake outflow. Unfortunately the arm of the crane Duffys hired to do this wasn't long enough! They are due to return with a longer armed crane. David has written to FRM to ask again about progress with completing the ecology survey, which is now needed before the silt trap can be cleared. Beck Pollution/Crayfish Steve and David met with the Environment Agency and Yorkshire Wildlife Trust who confirmed they plan to establish an "Ark site" for 700 native crayfish in the beck. After correspondence with Yorkshire Water David is writing to the Environment Agency to request funding to resolve the issue of the Gledhow Valley CSOs. The introduction of crayfish into the beck considerably strengthens our case for action to be taken. David has submitted an Environmental Information Request to YW asking for 2022 data on CSOs in Gledhow valley and full data on the Allerton Grange and Allerton Park CSOs which has never been previously available. David has been told this will appear later this month on the YW website. This will be useful in making the case to the EA for improving the CSOs. ACTs (Academic Collaboration with the Third Sector) Funding After discussion at the last meeting David approached Leeds University Water
They have agreed to partner with us on a citizen science project training people to undertake beck pollution monitoring, supplying the kit to do this, seeking solutions and linking us with other community groups working on similar issues so that we can learn from others experiences. We should hear about the outcome of our funding application later this month. The University has said that they will look for other opportunities for collaboration if the ACTs bid is not successful. Leeds Year of Culture 2023 David has submitted an expression of interest in funding for a sculpture for the woods. Community Right to Bid - Assets of Community Value David has not yet had time to submit a request, concerning the ownership of beck and beckside land in the Catholic church field. Balbir Singh Dance Company Balbir has suggested a series of dance sessions in the woods with the theme of "Spring Picnics". David is meeting up with him to discuss if anyone is interested in coming along. Other Matters Steve Jones-Blackett mentioned the riverstrust.org interactive CSO map and demonstrated it. One local CSO discharged 55 times for 97 hours last year! Adrian Coltman said there is no plan for sewage in the area. David Lumb used the example of Munich, which is the complete opposite to Leeds and which has a forward thinking plan aimed at making their sewage handling carbon neutral e.g. by using it to generate energy. On the subject of the DMS report, regarding the Land Registry, David Lumb agreed to start the process of applying for ownership of the land adjoining the beck between field 2 and Beck Pasture. Adrian Coltman to send a digital map to David. The lake level has dropped after Duffys cleared the debris at the end of the lake. This is the same outcome as in 2018 before the HLF project. It was suggested that we need advice from experts to determine the best course of action and create a corporate vision based on the science from e.g. Ebsford and FRM. With amazing timing, we noted an e-mail from David with the news that the75k Veolia bid has been successful. Congratulations to David for his hard work. Adrian Coltman received a reply to his second e-mail to Yorkshire Water (which he wrote with advice from Patrick his YW neighbour). YW replied apologising for misunderstanding the first e-mail and offered to meet with FGVW. Adrian to organise a meeting to discuss CSOs and cross connections. 9. Action Morning projects and Event/Survey to Harness Opinions Postponed until next meeting.
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