Issue - meetings

A representative of the Corporate Director for Place Management and Regeneration will attend the meeting and provide an update on issues affecting the management of Reddish Vale Country Park.

Wayne Bardsley (Greenspace) attended the meeting and provided an update on issues affecting the management of Reddish Vale Country Park.

The following comments were made/issues raised:-

·         Works on the rail tracks within Reddish Vale Country Park were due to commence on the 15^th of February and would last approximately 16 weeks;

·         Northern Divers were planning to commence river revetment work but there was no planned start date as the work was weather dependent;

·         Netting had been ordered to prevent stones being thrown into the ponds on the site;

·         The Youth Offending Team in conjunction with an artist had approached the Council for permission to do an art trail within Reddish Vale Country Park;

·         Officers from Greenspace were due to meet with colleagues from Youth Offending and Friends of The Vale to discuss the project;

·         There had been issues of bottle digging on numerous sites of old tips in the area and further investigation was required;

·         Concerns were raised regarding parking on Hollow End, Brinnington and a suggested solution was to improve the standard of the car park on the street and allow residents to use it.

RESOLVED – (1) That Wayne Bardsley be thanked for his attendance.

(2) That the Corporate Director for Place Management & Regeneration be requested to provide an update at a future meeting regarding bottle digging on sites in the area.

(3) That the Corporate Director for Place Management & Regeneration be requested to provide an update at a future meeting regarding parking concerns on Hollow End, Brinnington.

A representative of the Corporate Director for Place Management and Regeneration will attend the meeting and provide an update on issues affecting the management of Reddish Vale Country Park.

Jane Bardsley (Greenspace) attended the meeting and provided an update on issues affecting the management of Reddish Vale Country Park.

The following comments were made/issues raised:-

·         Reports of off-road bike incidents had fallen since June and it was hoped additional surveillance on The Clough would further deter off-road biking and fly tipping in the area;

·         Wayne Bardsley had been appointed as the new Greenspace Project Officer;

·         The work on the water leak at Brinnington Beach side had been completed and the contractors working on behalf of United Utilities would come back in the New Year once the weather had improved to top soil and level the area;

·         The revetment work on site had been completed, however it had been identified that there was another area of the river bank that would require an engineering solution. Officers in the Greenspace Team were working with Northern Divers to identify the most economical way forward that would give the longevity that is required;

·         There were a number of sites in the Brinnington & Reddish areas where horses were being tethered. Bailiffs had been instructed to visit those areas to display notices. It was hoped that these would not have an end date on them as was previously the case;

·         Simon Hornby, the SSK site based member of staff at Reddish Vale Country Park had sadly passed away. There was a permanent memorial to Simon in the community garden and his work colleagues from SSK were doing a cycle ride to raise funds for a memorial bench.

RESOLVED – That Jane Bardsley be thanked for her attendance.