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Annual General Meeting 2007Minutes of the Cottenham Village Design Group Meeting held on Thursday 22nd February, 8:00pm at Cottenham Village CollegeEyes of Cottenham Through The AgesThe Cottenham Village Design Group held their AGM on 22nd February at the Cottenham Village College. The AGM was preceded by an interesting and topical talk lead by Alan Leeks. The talk incorporated the memories of Hugh Gautrey, Robert Smith and Robert Did-Dell on the topics of education, employment, farming, the war, drainage and traffic. The talk was expertly guided by Alan Leeks. The talk was well received with compliments and questions from the audience. AGM:Attendees: Nigel Bolitho, Alex Darby, Ann Doubleday, Hugh Gautrey, Kate Heydon, Robin Heydon, Alan Leeks, Bill Miller, David Norman, Steve Poole, Mike Smith, Robert Smith, Alex Thoukydides, John Williams, Rick Bristow, Robert Did-Dell. The Fen Edge Family Festivalwas raised by Mike Smith and briefly discussed: Parish Council Commissioned Traffic SurveyDavid Norman from Cottenham Parish Council presented a brief talk outlining traffic complaints and traffic measurements taken within the village. Drains Ancient and ModernA Talk by Nigel Bolitho Nigel Bolitho discussed drains ancient and modern. Nigel drew attention to the absence of an up to date map of Cottenham drains and problems experienced with local drain related flooding. 2006 AGM MinutesUnaminously approved. Review of the year's activitiesby Alexander Thoukydides Alexander Thoukydides reviewed last years minutes and activities held over 2006. Submitted Comments Competition Visits Talks Meals Other Publicity Review of the Design Statement Updateby Alexander Thoukydides Alexander Thoukydides outlined the reason for the Design Statement Update, the work completed to date and the work remaining. Reason for Update Work Completed In Progress To Do Funding Public Consultation Deadline for Completion of the Cottenham Village Design Update Requests for assistance Change to the Constitution:Planning Comments Co-ordinator Planning Summaryby Steven Poole Steven Poole noted a downward trend throughout 2006 of numbers of planning applications submitted within Cottenham. Steve detailed the numbers and percentages for each type of application. Refusals were due to excessive scale, intrusive land scape/employee or facility retention/poor quality/impact on street scene/highway access/traveller. Steve discussed a correlation between the CVDG planning comments and the outcomes with the South Cambs District Council. A reasonably consistent positive correlation was noted. Steve discussed individual examples of correlation to illustrate the information presented. Treasurer’s Reportby Steven Poole Steve presented the 2006 budget. Due to fund raising grants and the lack of expenditure the budget for 2006 looks healthy. However grant funds are earmarked specifically to the Cottenham Village Design Statment Update and any grant funds from Awards for All remaining unspent at the end of November 2007 must be returned to Awards for All. For this reason it is critical that all printing work is completed by the end of November 2007. Election of Committee and OfficersThe committee has five nominee places and up to ten elected members. Members serve for two years after which they may offer themselves for re-election. Officers hold their positions for a maximum of four years consecutively. 2007 membership of the committee is: Nominees Officers Non-officers Any Other BusinessMike Smith thanked Alexander Thoukydides, Steven Poole, Katherine Heydon and Ann Doubleday for contributions to the Cottenham Village Design Statement Update. Alexander Thoukydides requested a 'Call to action': Next MeetingFocus Group CVDG |
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