D Rhimes (Chair), S Nicholson, S Mathison, K Macklin, J Harrison, Mrs P Ablett, Mrs J Gibson, Mrs D Hobson, Mrs F Cooper, D Heald Councillors. Cllr P Pollard (pt), E McGee, J Bird, Mrs J Stones, R Thompson, A Green, M Appleton (Scruton & Co), K Wilson, C Lamb, B Leek, Mr & Mrs Malone, B Scown Residents

D Thorne

DECLARATION OF INTEREST IN ANY MATTERS ARISING: 

None

MINUTES OF LAST MEETING: 

The Minutes of the Meeting held on 5^th June 2007 were approved, S Nicholson proposed, K Macklin seconded and all were in favour.

MATTERS ARISING:

Commuted Sums: The Clerk had received a telephone call from Heather Crosby, Youth Club Leader, advising that the Youth Club did not want to take on the proposed Skate Park funding. D Heald to ask the Playing Fields Association if they would like to apply for the funding.

Mr E McGee - 1^st Leven Scout Group Chairman: Mr McGee came to inform the Parish Council that there had been a change in the committee members and he had taken over from Mr Drennan as Chairman. He thanked the Parish Council for their financial support and invited the Parish Councillors to a “Family Fun Night” on 20^th July 2007.

Flooding: Councillor Pollard came to the Meeting with an update from Huw Roberts, East Riding of Yorkshire Council. An arrangement is going to be in place to pick up flood damaged carpets, furniture etc from houses. ERYC are organising for representatives from the Insurance Companies to be based in the East Riding so that it will make it easier for people to deal with them. Mrs Ablett advised Councillor Pollard that there had been a lack of communication from ERYC and other bodies and no telephone call from the Ward Councillors to see how we were coping with the flooding situation. It would appear that ERYC had no contingency plans in place. The Parish Council were grateful to Andrew Milner from ERYC for his assistance on the Friday. Councillor Pollard advised that a “floodline” was set up quickly and that the ground staff from ERYC delivered sandbags. However the Parish Council disputed this as a resident had advised that when they rang up they were told to bring their own pillow cases and to fill them themselves.

Residents:

The points raised were:

All facilities to help deal with the flooding went to Hull.

No assistance from East Riding of Yorkshire Council.

If it should happen again they would deal with it themselves as they had to this time.

Mick Appleton - Scruton the Builders:

Arrived at The Orchard 10.00 - 10.30am Tuesday morning. At that time he counted 53 properties affected by the flooding.

No support from ERYC, Environment Agency, YW or Beverley and North Holderness Drainage Board.

Should have been advised on Tuesday to pump into High Bowlams Dyke.

Equipment is on order to repair the pumps but do not know when it will be here.

ERYC are helping to get rid of the water now but this will cease at midnight 4^th July for the foul water and 8.00am 5^th July for the surface water. Need to convince ERYC to leave foul sewage tanker in place. Engineers are coming out to assess the pumping chambers on Wednesday afternoon. Hope to salvage equipment and make temporary arrangements to get pumping going. If it continues to rain they will be looking for support from YW.

Scruton’s are not “running” away from the site. They are pumping off the surface water from the fields and the remaining houses on The Orchard. YW are responsible from the drains.

John Bird - Rectory Farm:

Good knowledge of the local area and the dykes and drains. The drains and dykes have not been cleaned out properly for some years.

The Quarry at Catwick had taken in 500,000 cubic metres of water since Monday. If it had not there would have been more flood damage.

On Tuesday morning he offered 4 pumps to the Environment Agency but they were rejected.

John offered any services to the Parish Council that he can help with. The Chairman thanked him on behalf of the Parish Council.

Parish Council:

South Parade: This has been an on-going problem since the Britannia Development was built approx 20 yeas ago. The drainage infra-structure should have been in place before planning is allowed. As yet South Parade has not been adopted by YW. The Clerk is to write to YW and ERYC to request that action is taken to rectify the problems.

The Orchard: The Clerk is to write to - ERYC Planning to ask why the electricity supply for the pumping chambers has been allowed to be placed at the lowest point of The Orchard. The Clerk is also going to ask that all planning applications for new developments be refused until the flood and drainage situation is sorted. The Clerk will write to Huw Roberts ERYC to thank him for his assistance and to the Environment Agency and YW regarding the flooding and their lack of assistance and communication.

Contingency Plan: It would appear that ERYC did not have a contingency plan in place as the Clerk was not advised of any details. The Parish Council is therefore going to put in place its own contingency plan and the Clerk is to write to The Chairman of Leven Scouts, The Leven Playing Fields Association and the Trustees of the Recreation Hall to see if their premises could be used as a temporary shelter to provide warmth and refreshments if another incident occurred.

The Chair re-opened the Meeting at 8.50pm.

ERYC Matters:

Planning Applications: The Clerk had experienced problems when emailing planning decisions to ERYC. It would appear that other Councils have experienced the same problem but the Clerk has been advised that the problem has now been rectified.

Councillor Peacock left the Meeting at 7.30pm.

CORRESPONDENCE: 

PLANNING APPLICATIONS:

TREASURER'S REPORT:

Public Works Loan Board: The Clerk had obtained a settlement figure for the outstanding loan and K Macklin proposed, Mrs Gibson seconded and all were in favour of settling the outstanding balance.

Parish Plan: This is to be carried forward to the next Meeting.

Police: The Clerk is to write to the Police thanking them for all their assistance during the flooding.

Speeding Buses: The Clerk is to write again to EYMS with regards to the buses speeding through the village and not observing the speed limits.

ANY OTHER BUSINESS:

Streetscene: The Clerk is to go on a walk around the village with members of the Streetscene team from ERYC on 13^th July 2007. Work is to commence at the end of July.

Date of Next Meeting:  7^th August 2007 at 7.15pm in the Recreation Hall.

There being no further business the Meeting closed at 9.50pm.

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