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Approved Minutes BBCC 20th November 2018
Approved Minutes BBCC 20th November 2018
Approved Minutes BBCC 20th November 2018
1
o Adrian
N.
raised
the
use/existence
of
“drug
safe-‐rooms”,
but
PC
Lapi
said
that
the
legalities
make
it
hard
to
implement.
o Cllr.
Millar
noted
that
the
UK
Govt.
have
refused
to
make
amendments
to
UK
drug
laws,
despite
unanimous
support
at
City-‐Council
level.
Allison
Thewlis
has
been
active
on
the
Westminster
front
in
this
regard.
o Needle
exchanges
are
not
operating
according
to
PC
Lapi,
and
probably
as
a
result,
there
is
more
paraphernalia
in
public
places.
o If
needles
are
found,
uplift
can
be
arranged
by
GCC
via
their
website.
Police
Scotland
can
also
help.
o PC
Lapi
also
responded
to
Steph
S.’s
worry
about
a
possible
rise
in
deaths;
in
fact
that
has
not
been
observed
but
people
often
do
call
in
concerned
for
the
safety
of
vulnerable
persons.
• PC
Lapi
explained
that
some
people
try
to
gain
an
income
whilst
sleeping,
and
for
many
of
that
category,
drug
addiction
is
a
key
problem.
• Background
services
e,g,
Simon
Community,
City
Mission,
Hamish
Allen,
are
coming
in
to
help,
but
many
of
the
affected/vulnerable
people
do
not
want
to
get
involved
typically
due
to
their
addiction.
o The
Simon
Community,
according
to
PC
Lapi,
try
to
check
on
every
homeless
person
in
the
City
Centre
on
a
daily
basis.
o Housing
First
is
a
charity
which
tries
to
house
people
initially,
then
try
to
solve
their
problems,
instead
of
placing
hoops
in
front
of
them
to
get
through
before
being
housed.
-‐ Graffiti
(Sectarian)
in
The
Merchant
Pub
upper
floors
–
Will
hopefully
be
dealt
with.
o ACTION:
revisit
at
next
meeting.
-‐ Boy
Racers
–
seems
to
be
fairly
quiet;
-‐ Litter
–
Steph
S.
reports
some
improvement
in
West
Regent
St.,
after
action
by
PC
Lapi.
o Community
Safety
Wardens
can
issue
fixed
penalties
for
littering,
and
it
is
enforced
according
to
Cllr.
Millar,
and
he
is
keen
to
be
informed
about
litter
hotspots.
o
Dumping
from
cars
–
please
note
the
Registration
Numbers,
and
pass
to
PC
Lapi.
5//
Matters
Arising
–
Nothing
to
report.
6//
GSoA
Fire
Aftermath
-‐ Gill
Hutchison
gave
an
impassioned
summary
of
the
plight
of
businesses
affected
by
the
GSoA
fire.
A
more
complete
summary
is
given
in
Appendix
A.
Basic
points
raised:
• The
businesses
are
struggling
desperately.
• Several
remain
unable
to
trade
for
various
reasons.
• No
certainty
for
the
future
of
the
Campus/O2/Jumping
jack
block
-‐
demolish/
rebuild/
what
purpose
will
these
new
or
repaired
buildings
have?;
A
number
of
businesses
rely
on
the
O2
being
a
venue
and
have
located
there
specifically
to
feed
off
the
O2
ABC.
• No
definitive
timelines
for
the
Avenues
project
to
complete
Douglas
St./Pitt
St.
block
• No
definitive
timelines
for
when
traffic
will
resume
a
“normal”
flow.
• Parking
issues
–
originally
it
was
promised
that
roughly
the
same
amount
of
on-‐street
parking
would
be
available
after
the
Avenues
Project
when
side-‐streets
were
considered,
but
a
change
to
the
plan
by
LES
without
consultation
means
that
all
parking
on
Sauchiehall
St.
will
be
lost
together
with
several
spaces
in
the
side
streets.
• Lanes
-‐
Council
likely
will
not
adopt
lanes
-‐
standard
of
resurfacing
work
not
good
enough
and
they
wish
the
businesses
to
pay
for
the
work
in
the
lanes
to
bring
them
up
to
the
required
standard
for
the
Council
to
take
over
maintenance.
Timing
of
addressing
this
issue
could
not
be
worse.
• Bin
arrangements
for
first
floor
businesses
continue
to
perplex
the
owners
looking
to
find
a
viable
permanent
solution.
2
• Businesses
have
been
sent
a
backdated
NDR
bill
for
full
rates
to
the
time
of
re-‐
accessing
their
businesses
after
the
fire.
Application
for
hardship
fund
rates
relief
can
be
made
but
this
is
not
a
straightforward
process
and
is
subject
to
assessment.
• You
may
well
be
aware
of
the
aggressive
attack
by
the
City
Council
a
few
weeks
back
which
now
forms
the
basis
for,
amongst
other
things,
a
complaint
to
the
Standards
Committee
-‐
these
actions
have
been
very
destructive
to
relations
between
the
business
community
and
the
Council
• Council
comms
continue
to
be
sporadic.
The
last
official
Fire
Recovery
update
was
on
19th
Oct.
Since
then
a
number
of
significant
milestones
have
passed
without
any
information
being
officially
communicated
including
the
commencement
of
the
investigation
process.
• We
have
heard
that
a
number
of
key
issues
for
the
whole
community
are
imminently
being
considered
all
without
meaningful
information
being
disseminated
to
the
business
community.
• Reps
of
SSICB
met
with
Derek
Mackay
Finance
Minister
of
the
Scottish
Government
last
month
and
this
raised
a
number
of
matters.
o He
was
most
amenable
to
rates
relief
for
the
inner
cordon
businesses
as
he
was
prepared
to
fund
it.
o He
appeared
to
appreciate
the
significance
of
the
O2
ABC
as
a
venue
to
other
local
businesses
and
was
prepared
to
consider
using
government
levers
to
ensure
this.
• It
is
absolutely
not
business
as
usual
and
there
is
a
great
deal
of
work
to
be
done.
Our
local
MSPs
have
been
invaluable
in
their
support
• The
businesses
would
be
most
if
you
could
continue
to
consider
these
matters
as
a
priority
for
the
recovery
process
of
the
area.
-‐ Adrian
Nairn
representing
the
fire-‐displaced
residents
group.
He
explained
that:-‐
• Residents
want
to
understand
the
cause
of
the
fire
to
get
closure.
• He
has
raised
the
status
of
the
Fire
Investigation
consistently,
recently
writing
letters
to
SFRS
and
Parliament;
he
is
yet
to
receive
even
an
acknowledgement
of
receipt
from
SFRS.
• Four
months
on,
there
are
still
no
answers.
• Dalhousie
St.
is
currently
being
used
as
a
car-‐parking
space
for
a
security
guard,
whilst
there
is
no
vehicular
access
for
rubbish
collection,
disabled
persons
etc.
• Has
visited
Parliamentary
Culture
Committee
and
wishes
to
thank
MSP’s
Pauline
McNeill
and
Sandra
White
for
their
support.
7//
Treasurer’s
Report:
-‐ Bank
account
Balance
£404.52
-‐ Deductions
to
come
(cheques
written):
£0.
-‐ Expected
balance:
£404.52
-‐ B&B
CC
looks
forward
to
receiving
next
year’s
administrative
allowance.
8//
Secretary’s
report:
1. Next Area Partnerships meeting on 22nd November, 2pm, City Chambers.
-‐ There are 23 APs, with elected members, and a budget for local grants.
-‐ see: https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=18748
-‐ Our AP is Anderston, City & Yorkhill, chaired by Cllr. Millar.
-‐ It has 6 “residents” places, all currently filled.
-‐ Cllr. Millar will hopefully get an extra seat for a member from this CC.
-‐ Adrian and I went to Augustʼs meeting; Irene and I tried to go to October mtg.
-‐ Public meeting, so feel free to get in touch or simply attend.
2. Sauchiehall St. Task Force.
3
-‐ September was cancelled due to weather, long delay until October 31.
-‐ Feeling of inaction, proposed format change to operational subgroups.
-‐ Myself, Adrian and Gill attended along with Cllr. Millar on October 31st.
-‐ Not public meetings & no date for next meeting yet.
3. Community Council Development Session.
-‐ Next CCDS 1st December, aiming at 5-6 meetings per year.
-‐ Last CCDS was held on 10th Nov. (Saturday morning); was quite useful.
i. Opt-in list exists for parades & marches notification. There are Licensing debrief
meetings after regular/annual processions.
ii. Boundaries – Sauchiehall St. / Dundasvale – Dem. Svcs recommended no
change. Also Anderston ʻnotchʼ to B&BCC. Formal decision 13th Dec.
iii. There will be a trial to allow Nightclubs to open until 4am! (history of established
complaints used to decide if a venue can open).
-‐ Next meeting, representatives asked for GDPR training, a City Planner to be present,
& maybe set up a mock Licensing Board hearing, as a tuition exercise.
-‐ Open to CCʼers; contact Steven Dowling steven.dowling@glasgow.gov.uk.
-‐ Notify Steven by 27th Nov. if attending.
4. Avenues Project – Irene, myself & Alistair went to a presentation on the future of
Cambridge/Sauchiehall St. www.glasgow.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=43406
-‐ We will have a presentation in Decemberʼs meeting for Argyle St.
5. Email received from GoBike – regarding cycle access/route in CharingX area.
-‐ Not had time to assimilate, but sent acknowledgement.
6. Boundaries: City Admin. Ctte. No change to Dundasvale/Sauchiehall. Anderston okʼd.
Planning & Licensing Lists:
18/03300/CON (was: 18/01806/PAN) 109 West Nile St. (Blue Lagoon, Iron Horse PH etc.).
• Complete demolition of historic building in a conservation area.
• Consent to Demolish is now in; looks like proposal would be ~15 storeys.
• Pub on site of “The Iron Horse” since 1872 – it hosts clubs & societies, incl. a Fishing Club.
• I can see no input from Historic Environment Scotland on the planning application.
• Closing date for comments: 29th November..
• Not technically inside B&B CC, but close to our boundary with no active CC.
4
There
was
a
short
discussion
involving
the
principal
tenant
of
the
building,
who
explained
that
the
owners
of
the
site
were
effectively
forcing
viable
businesses
out,
and
the
group
of
businesses
involved
wished
to
object.
• The
support
of
B&B
CC
members
and
guests
would
be
welcomed
by
the
businesses
involved.
• A
petition
is
running
at
change.org
to
“save
the
Iron
Horse
Bar”,
and
has
almost
1000
signatures
in
just
two
days.
Please
consider
signing
it.
• The
building
is
in
good
condition,
contrary
to
other
reports.
Cllrs.
Mearns
and
Millar
were
able
to
assist
with
knowledge
of
the
City
Development
Plan
as
grounds
for
objection.
• CDP1
(Placemaking)
and
CDP9
(Historic
Environment)
were
primary
arguments
for
objection.
• Listing
status
of
the
building
was
discussed.
• The
building
is
inside
a
Conservation
Area.
• Closing
date
for
comments
is
29th
Nov.
(only
~one
week
away!).
6
Appendix A:
Detailed submission by Gill Hutchison re the plight of businesses on Sauchiehall St.
I
am
delighted
to
have
been
allowed
the
privilege
of
becoming
an
associate
member
-‐this
presents
a
very
unique
opportunity
for
all
parties,
each
with
a
very
personal
interest
in
the
community
to
come
together
and
work
for
its
benefit
.
I
have
owned
the
building
at
273
Sauchiehall
Street
for
well
over
30
years
but
recent
events
have
seen
the
community
make
a
positive
choice
to
pull
together
to
get
through
some
of
the
most
turbulent
times
the
area
has
ever
seen.
On
behalf
of
the
fire
affected
businesses
I
want
to
thank
the
Blythswood
and
Broomielaw
Community
for
your
support
and
friendship
which
have
been
invaluable.
Secretary
Chris
Collins
has
been
quite
outstanding
in
his
service
to
the
community
as
has
your
Chair
Irene
Loudon.
I
am
highly
delighted
to
see
that
Adrian
Nairn
has
also
associated
with
the
Council
and
together
these
3
individuals
are
owed
a
huge
debt
of
gratitude
by
those
affected
by
the
fire.
The
businesses
are
struggling
desperately
to
salvage
some
form
of
livelihood.
Several
remain
unable
to
trade
for
various
reasons.
A
number
of
problems
still
present
:
The
north
and
south
sides
of
the
street
most
affected
by
the
Mack
Fire
are
in
limbo
No
certainty
for
the
future
of
the
Campus/O2/Jumping
jack
block
-‐
demolish/
rebuild/
what
purpose
will
these
new
or
repaired
buildings
have.
Muriel
Gray
Culture
Committee
hearing
mentioned
a
“window
on
SS”
-‐
they
do
have
a
window
at
present
-‐
in
the
McLellan
Galleries
building
but
does
the
O2
ABC
building
present
a
more
attractive
proposition
to
them
?
A
number
of
businesses
rely
on
it
being
a
venue
and
have
located
there
specifically
to
feed
off
the
ABC
.
No
definitive
timelines
for
the
Avenues
project
to
complete
Douglas
Street/Pitt
Street
block
No
definitive
timelines
for
when
traffic
will
resume
a
“normal”
flow
Parking
issues
will
in
due
course
become
pressing
-‐
the
original
intent
after
the
consultations
was
that
diagonal
parking
in
Douglas,
Pitt,
Holland
and
Elmbank
streets
would
compensate
roughly
for
the
loss
of
parking
on
SS.
A
change
to
the
plan
by
LES
without
consultation
means
that
the
parking
in
these
side
streets
is
now
parallel
parking.
Not
only
does
that
mean
the
loss
of
all
the
spaces
SS
provided
but
also
several
spaces
less
per
side
street
to
accommodate
bin
lorry
turning
circles.
Presents
a
big
concern
for
businesses
and
those
considering
locating
in
the
street.
An
estimate
of
the
number
of
spaces
lost
is
roughly
50
spaces.
Lanes
-‐
recent
visits
to
businesses
by
Ian
Elder
etc
indicate
Council
will
not
adopt
lanes
-‐
standard
of
resurfacing
work
not
good
enough
and
they
wish
the
businesses
to
pay
for
the
work
in
the
lanes
to
bring
them
up
to
the
required
standard
for
the
Council
to
take
over
maintenance.
Timing
of
addressing
this
issue
could
not
be
worse.
Bin
arrangements
for
first
floor
businesses
continue
to
perplex
the
owners
looking
to
find
a
viable
permanent
solution.
7
Businesses
have
in
the
last
week
been
sent
a
backdated
NDR
bill
for
full
rates
to
the
time
of
re-‐accessing
their
businesses
after
the
fire.
Application
for
hardship
fund
rates
relief
can
be
made
but
this
is
not
a
straight
forward
process
and
is
subject
to
assessmenat.
Looking
at
the
street
as
a
whole
but
at
the
Douglas
Street/
Pitt
Street
block
it’s
hard
to
believe
that
anyone
would
feel
that
they
have
amenities
to
justify
a
full
rates
payment.
You
may
well
be
aware
of
the
aggressive
attack
by
the
Council
a
few
weeks
back
which
now
forms
the
basis
for,
amongst
other
things,
a
complaint
to
the
Standards
Committee
-‐
these
actions
have
been
very
destructive
to
relations
between
the
business
community
and
the
Council
and
has
put
many
businesses
on
the
back
foot
and
made
them
unwilling
to
engage
with
the
Council
on
this
matter
directly
which
is
very
concerning
as
businesses
and
jobs
rest
on
a
properly
managed
recovery.
Council
comms
continue
to
be
sporadic.
Far
more
is
heard
by
rumour
and
word
of
mouth
than
is
ever
directly
communicated.
The
last
official
Fire
Recovery
update
was
19/10.
Since
then
a
number
of
significant
milestones
have
passed
without
any
information
being
officially
communicated
including
the
commencement
of
the
investigation
process,
assessment
of
the
O2
ABC
by
their
engineers
and
the
start
of
the
tree
planting
process
on
the
Street.
We
have
heard
that
a
number
of
key
issues
for
the
whole
community
are
imminently
being
considered
all
without
meaningful
information
being
disseminated
to
the
business
community.
All
of
us
are
greatly
concerned
by
this
but
particularly
those
businesses
immediately
neighbouring
the
O2
ABC
whose
future
rests
on
the
fate
of
this
block.
Reps
of
SSICB
met
with
Derek
Mackay
Finance
Minister
of
the
Scottish
Government
last
month
and
this
raised
a
number
of
matters.
1. He
was
most
amenable
to
rates
relief
for
the
inner
cordon
businesses
as
he
was
prepared
to
fund
it.
2. He
appeared
to
appreciate
the
significance
pf
the
O2
ABC
as
a
venue
to
other
local
businesses
and
was
prepared
to
consider
using
government
levers
to
ensure
this.
As
you
can
see
it
is
absolutely
not
business
as
usual
and
there
is
a
great
deal
of
work
to
be
done.
Our
local
MSPs
have
been
invaluable
in
their
support
and
the
businesses
would
be
most
grateful,
in
particular
those
in
the
fire
affected
section
within
our
Community
Council’s
boundary
if
you
could
continue
to
consider
these
matters
as
a
priority
for
the
recovery
process
of
the
area.
8