1

Apologies:

Anita Stepnitz and Phil Hanley.

2

Minutes of previous meeting:

The Minutes of the meeting held on Wednesday 9^th June 2010 were accepted as a true and accurate record of the meeting.

3

Matters arising from previous Minutes:

1. Noise from Ken Browns’ boatyard. It was understood that the boat yard was complying with all conditions regarding noise.
2. ‘Waste land’ adjacent to Capstan House. An attempt was being made to have this area tidied up.

4

Correspondence:

1. Councillor Wood reported that he had been approached by a local resident for help in ideas for a ‘ghost hunt’ within Old Portsmouth. He said that he would circulate the idea to the committee by e-mail.
2. He also reported that he would also circulate an e-mail regarding ‘rubbish’ within Old Portsmouth.

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Treasurer’s report:

The Treasurer gave his financial report to 30^th June 2010 as follows:

Lloyds current account £ 272.43

Lloyds deposit account £1,708.51

Standard Life deposit account £7,190.67

Total £9,171.61

He reported that the totals were over £600 down on the previous month because of payments of £380 to Prontaprint for the printing of the FOOPA Review and pre-payment deposits of £300 for the Autumn Social Programme.

There was one outstanding payment for advertising in the Review, namely Lemon Sole. However, the outstanding amount may not be recovered as it was believed that the restaurant was going out of business.

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Membership report:

Geoff Smith gave the membership figures to date as follows:

Households renewing/joining this year 345

New members this year 40

New members since last meeting 2

Renewals since last meeting 17

Deletions this year 26

Deletions since last meeting 17

Life members 4

Paying by standing order 134

Total Membership to date 366

He said that an attempt to contact the 17 members who had been deleted had been to no avail. It was expected that a further 6 current members may be deleted this coming month. The committee members were asked to contact any names on the deletion list who were known to them.

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Planning report:

Terry Halloran’s report is attached as Annexe 1 to these Minutes. The following aspects, however, were discussed by the committee in some detail:

1. The Portsmouth Plan. The committee had been asked to comment on this detailed plan which covered all of Portsmouth and not just the area within Old Portsmouth. Terry advised that it would be difficult to comment on the plan as received as it consisted of a number of individual documents without the presentation of an overall summary. He said that he would contact the appropriate council department regarding the way forward. Councillor Wood, however, said that he would ‘take up’ the problem on behalf of the committee.
2. Cycling and Parking within Old Portsmouth. Communication had been held with PC Dan Stork-Banks regarding cycling on footpaths (particularly along Feltham Row) and parking in St Nicholas Street in particular during school ‘drop-off’ and ‘pick-up’ times. This problem had not yet been resolved. Member’s views on the problems were welcomed and any communication would be fed back to PC Stork-Banks. Geoff Terry said that he would take up the matter on behalf of the committee.
3. Cycling Track on Southsea Sea Front. In the opinion of the committee the new cycle track arrangement at the Eastney end of the sea front was unacceptable as it was dangerous to both cyclists and pedestrians – particularly during busy periods. Geoff Terry would be discussing this problem further with the appropriate council officers.

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Social Secretary’s report:

The committee congratulated Vikki Mathews on her first News Letter containing her proposed social programme at the start of her ‘reign’ as Social Secretary.

Vikki advised, however:

1. She would appreciate more assistance in the dispersal of the News Sheets in the future. Hilary Tyler stated that this would most certainly be provided for future issues.
2. She was proposing ‘Honorary Membership’ for Mr Nesbit to FOOPA in view of his assistance to the supply and printing of the Review documentation. This was agreed by the committee.
3. She was hoping to produce a book on Old Portsmouth and would be requesting assistance from committee members and members of the community in this task.

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Website:

Webmaster Rob Wood said that he had little to report about the web site this month other than it had been updated and tidied up. He was happy to announce that the usage figures for the previous month had been sustained for the current period.

His graph of web site use from 13^th June to 13^th July 2010 is attached as Annexe 2 to these Minutes.

10

Traffic:

Cycling and traffic aspects had already been discussed and reported under ‘Planning’ above.

Geoff Terry advised that he had as yet had no reply to his queries on the Wightlink Walkway and the damage to the IOW Ferry loading ramp appeared to be causing more delays to crossing times than ever! He also noted that there was traffic monitoring data equipment on 3 sites in Gunwharf Road but had not been able to determine whether PCC or Wightlink had installed them.

Geoff had arranged a meeting with PCC on 28^th July to clarify the situation.

11

Policing:

Nothing to report. There was no police representative present at the meeting.

12

Ward Councillor’s report:

1. Councillor Wood updated the committee on the ‘aftermath’ of the recent Electricity Supply outage within Old Portsmouth and parts of Southsea. He outlined the cause and reason for the break (lasting in some area for up to 20 hours) and said that he believed ‘lessons had been learnt’ which should (hopefully) limit this type of problem in the future.
2. The light standards on the footpath alongside the Garrison Church had been reduced in height – which suited the area far better than the original intention.
3. The proposed project for the ‘Arches’ on Broad Street was ‘at the consultation stage’.

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Committee administration:

Nothing to report.

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Any other business:

1. Terry Halloran updated the committee on his plans for the ‘101 High Street Fund’ proposal. He said that fund-raising had begun and progress was being made. He also announced that he hoped that FOOPA could donate more than the amount possible without full membership approval. He realised, however, that this could only be decided by the membership at the AGM due to be held in March 2011.
2. Peter Richmond announced his intention to step down from the position of FOOPA Secretary but was prepared to remain in post until the AGM next March. Applicants would be invited from the membership to take over the position.
3. The proposed change in control of the FOOPA Notice Board in Pembroke Road was outstanding as the previous Social Secretary (David Baynes) was still updating the board. Hilary was in contact with him to arrange transfer of the task to Phil Hanley as previously agreed.

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Date of next meetings:

7.30pm Wednesday 8^th September and Wednesday 13^th October 2010 both at the Royal Naval Club, Pembroke Road.

(Note that there is no August meeting).

10/00575/HOU

6 Blount Road

Alterations to part of roof and removal of garage door to create additional accommodation to ground floor

10 August

10/00564/LBC

Neptune Cottage 41 Broad Street

Installation of replacement timber casement windows and door to front elevation

19 August

10/00588/HOU

34 High Street

Construction of 1st and 2nd floor rear extension and additional floor at roof level

26 August

10/00640/FUL

SpitBank Fort, The Solent

(No case file)

Use for hospitality and related functions including ancillary sleeping accommodation

2 September

10/00525/VOC

Manna 39 High Street

Application to vary condition 3 of planning permission A*16251/AA to allow the sale of alcohol with food until 19.00 hours

31 August

10/00425/FUL

First Floor Flat 16a High Street Retention of firewall on flat roof to separate 16 and 16a

Conditional permission

5 July

10/00453/FUL

Construction of two storey rear extension after demolition of existing conservatory

Conditional permission

30 June