A HRRA meeting was held on Monday June 13 at St Mary’s School.
Present: Nick Lowry; Nigel Hackett; Susan Pape; Cynthia Wood; Cedric Sander, Jeanne Claire Stanley; Andrew Armitage; Wendy Cousans; Catherine Burton; Christine Gaughran
The primary reason for the meeting was to gauge which residents would be willing to undertake more formal roles in the structure of the existing HRRA.
In the previous AGM (28/04/22) only one formally elected role was filled: Nick Lowry being re-elected as Treasurer.
Neighbourhood Watch
One of the functions for which residents had shown a willingness to participate was the Neighbourhood Watch Scheme. Both Jeanne Claire and Wendy Cousans said they would participate in overseeing this role and liaise with the relevant NW contacts in the local police.
NH suggested that the first step would be to organise a meeting (or some form of contact) between JCS/WC and the police representatives which at the time were believed to be Megan Woods and Alexander Bennett.
CW advised the meeting that she had been a representative for Burnstall Crescent (High Royds) at NW meetings between Guiseley, Yeadon and Menston. She said these meetings were attended by both PCSOs and LCC Councillors and were held every six weeks. This information was news to both NH and NL, neither of whom were ever made aware of these meetings. The previous NW co-ordinator for High Royds, Isobel Hainsworth Brear, had recently moved from the development.
Best way forward
It was agreed that probably the best way forward in terms of maintaining a functioning Residents’ Association was for as many residents as possible to share the official roles and alternate participation at future meetings. To this end the following was agreed:
Co-Chairs for future HRRA meetings would be rotated between Andrew Armitage, Cedric Sander and Nick Lowry
Secretarial duties would be shared between Nigel Hackett, Susan Pape and Nick Lowry
HRLG (Liaison Group) representation would be provided by Nick Lowry and Andy Armitage
Any issues surrounding Estate matters would be dealt with by Nick Lowry and Christine Gaughran.
Technical and operational matters relating to the Website, Facebook etc would be handled between Susan Pape and Catherine Burton.
It was made very clear by NH and NL that without future participation and involvement from a number of residents the likelihood was that HRRA would cease to function. This would mean that residents would no longer have an “official” voice regarding how the estate was managed.
It remains clear that more residents are needed to cover the various roles in a more formal manner.
Other matters:
Social Club
Up-to-date plans have been sent by Avant to the group of residents overseeing this project. The group has reviewed these plans and after some amendments have agreed to them.
This matter will be followed up at the next HRLG meeting.
Drainage
Works continue to be undertaken by Avant contractors on the estate drainage system in preparation for the ongoing process of road/path/lighting adoption. Again this will be followed up at the next HRLG meeting.
Ecology Surveys
HRRA are still waiting a response from LCC on the requirement for future Ecological Surveys with regard the wider estate. HRRA is of the opinion that under the s106 planning agreement these were only stipulated to be carried out during the construction/refurbishment period. They were the responsibility of the developer.
Maintenance
There was a discussion regarding various maintenance regimes across the estate and what Trinity Estates had in place to maintain the infrastructure. NL said he would follow this up with Joanne Palmer.
Sectors
CS again made the suggestion of breaking the Estate down into manageable “sectors” and volunteers taking responsibility for acting as a conduit between these various areas and HRRA/Trinity in terms of reporting/communication. Whilst some agreed that this was a reasonable idea, it was also clear that finding enough volunteers for any such role may be more challenging.
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