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Recreation Committee Meeting

The Committee met in the last week in November and discussed a number of key issues affecting the Recreation Ground which included:

Safety cricket netting – the committee are going to ask the Parish Council at its January meeting to consider proceeding with the safety netting to increase protection for the play area and Bowls Green

New cricket nets– a meeting has been held with the appointed contractor and it was hoped that work would start in February

MUGA ( multi use games area ) – the committee agreed to discuss the replacement of the present surface and perimeter fencing in the first quarter of 2016.

Recreation Ground Play area- decision taken to proceed with remedial action for the mound and install new posts and bridge beams.

Tennis court project – the Committee received a detailed report on the potential project to replace the four grass courts with new floodlit artificial grass courts to provide all year round play. The Project had stalled because of an historic drainage anomaly which would require addressing if any project within the area proceeded. Minimum drainage work cost £77k if car park surface only undertaken and £123k if tennis project proceeded. A review of sporting facilities was likely to take place in 2016.

 

 

It has started!!

It was exciting to see our staff putting up the Christmas lights at the Recreation Ground this afternoon.

Tomorrow morning the lights on The Green should be going up, ready to be lit next week when the Christmas tree arrives – kindly donated by Flora Tec in the village working with the Feast Committee once again.

Once necessary electrical checks have been carried out we look forward to seeing them lit for all to enjoy.

Don’t forget Santa is coming to the Crossing Keepers Hut at The Copse from 5.45 p.m. on Saturday 5th December too!

 

 

November Full Council meeting

The Full Council meeting in November had a packed agenda, see draft minutes here

Items of note include:

  • Kirstin Donaldson of South Cambs. District Council came to explain her new role as Development Officer for our locality. Access to her help should make a big difference to the Parish Council in getting quicker responses from the District Council in future when problems arise. The members were impressed with her enthusiasm and keenness to help with issues raised
  • The Council was pleased to be able to grant a donation to The Methodist Church of £500 towards their planned refurbishment. Their fund raising co-ordinator addressed the meeting with exciting details about the proposed works to provide more flexible and suitable facilities for community activities into the future. They have been encouraged to make a further application to the 2016-17 budget year
  • Also to grant £1,000 Public Art funding to the Friends of Histon & Impington Rec towards an exciting Samba dance performance event to celebrate the Brazilian Olympics
  • A consultation on budgetary matters was agreed and will be available on the Council’s website and in the next edition of HISIMP News. It would be great if people could provide feedback to help steer the Council on the difficult decisions ahead
  • The Council has agreed to support funding for an assistant to the village Older Person’s Co-Ordinator, Jean Newman. It is hoped that Jean will attend a Parish Council meeting early in the New Year to talk about her valuable role
  • Members heard about the plans to once again provide Christmas lighting in Histon and Impington over the Festive period.   Histon Chop Shop are very kindly donating proceeds from their Christmas Order Raffle to fund improvements to the lights next year

There will be no Parish Council meeting in December, with the next one due Monday 18th January 2016. It would be great to see some residents attend to see the Council in action. Debate on budget setting for the year 2016-17 will be well underway by that time and is bound to prove an interesting challenge in these changing times at higher authority level

All residents are welcome

 

November Full Council

The monthly Parish Council meeting will be held 16th November at the Community Room at the recreation ground, see agenda here

Our guest speaker is Kirstin Donaldson from South Cambs District Council who will be telling us about her new role in locality working. As the Development Officer supporting the communities in our north locality, Kirstin can be seen as a first point of contact by parishes for community issues

As for the rest of the agenda some interesting issues will be reviewed, including:

  • A half yearly look at grant applications
  • Agreement to the format of a consultation on Parish Council budget issues
  • Up-date on opportunities to purchase PCSO hours in Histon and Impington
  • Older Persons Co-Ordinator role and support needs
  • Purchase of an electric vehicle for groundstaff use around the villages

As always, everyone is welcome to attend our meetings, and refreshments are available from 7 p.m. There is no Council meeting in December.

 

Remembrance Service

There will be a service at the village War Memorial at 9.30am 8th November 2015 and the Civic Remembrance Service, with Act of Remembrance, will be at the Salvation Army (Impington Lane) at 10.30am

 

Music in Histon & Impington

We have recently received an up date on the activities of Choir 2000. They say:

Do you know that Histon hosts one of the best amateur choirs in the region?

Choir 2000, now in its 16th year has a membership approaching 150. It regularly performs great choral works with orchestra under its Musical Director Peter Britton at the beautifully refurbished Baptist Church in Histon, as well as, once a year, at West Road Concert Hall in Cambridge.

Our annual Choral Days are open to non-members and attract singers from all around the county and beyond.

The basic principle on which Choir 2000 was founded remains the same. Registered as an educational and cultural Charity, we offer an opportunity to study and perform great choral music to anyone who would like to join (without auditions). We have, however, had to cap choir membership at 150 for reasons of space, and the demands of health and safety.

Each season, which runs from October to June, we accept applications for membership until we reach our maximum number for the year.

Rehearsals are held on Wednesdays from 7.30pm to 9.45pm at the Histon Baptist Church.

To find out more about Choir 2000 visit our web-site www.choir2000.org or contact us on info2000@choir2000.org, find us on Facebook, or Tel: 01223 561635.

 

Electrical Waste Collections

You may well know that we have organised kerbside electrical waste collections in partnership with WISER Recycling, part of the WISER Group, for a couple of years now.

Previously the Parish Council was paid a small amount in return to spend on environmental projects in the village. This money has been put aside until a suitable project can be identified.

This payment offer from WISER has unfortunately now ceased due to a downturn in scrap metal costs and so the Council will be unable to organise the collection until things change. Thanks are due to those residents that did take part in the arrangement and we will announce any plans to re-instate the service on our website.

 

Cawcutts Lake – Impington

We have received the following press release from Chivers Farms:

Chivers Farms is pleased to announce that Cawcutts Lake has been leased to Embryo Angling Habitats. Their aim is to provide exceptional venues run as affordable fisheries with local anglers in mind, offering safe, natural environments in which to fish.

Over the next couple of weeks Embryo Angling will be installing a perimeter fence around Cawcutts Lake to provide protection against predation of the fish, primarily from otters. At the same time Chivers Farms has decided to formalise the existing informal public access arrangements by creating a Permissive Right of Way around the lake which will be located between the new otter fence and the perimeter boundary. This right of way will be accessed off Bridge Road at the entrance to the Holiday Inn and will be well signed at this point with details of the permissive route.

We consider that the input of Embryo Angling will significantly enhance the overall appearance of the lake and the changes proposed will allow local residents to benefit from legitimate and safe access around the lake and at the same time provide well managed fishing for those interested.

Anyone interested in finding out more about fishing the lake, which is scheduled to open in Spring 2016 should contact Tim@embryoangling.org

 

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