Short Life Working Group
The Meadows Short Life Working Group was a subcommittee of the South Central Neighbourhood Partnership, and had representatives on it from FoMBL and the Community Councils. It met irregularly to review issues affecting the Meadows. This page gives access to some of the papers associated with the SLWG.
The final meeting of the SLWG was held on Friday.10th July 2009. It is to be replaced by a "Meadows Management Group", on which we hope FoMBL will be represented.
At the meeting of the SLWG on Friday, 12th June, there was some evidence that our campaign is having some effect. A number of options for restoring the Meadows were described, and even the cheapest of the options was about ten times more than has been spent on repairs in past years. We think there must be some money available for some proper repairs.
Two other items came up that particularly interested us:
One was the Events Policy document - the "Meadows Manifesto" - (see home page). We made a very detailed comment on this in the short consultation period, but it was not mentioned at the meeting on 10/7/09. It is due to go to the Council's Policy & Strategy Committee on Tuesday, 4th August.
The other was the issue of Barbeques. With some nice weather a few weeks ago, lots of people took their BBQs onto the Meadows. Unfortunately some were put straight onto the grass and left burnt patches that will take a long time to recover. The bylaws of the park say fires are forbidden, but there are no staff to enforce this. There was discussion about providing some suitable facilities for BBQs. What do you think about BBQs? Do let us know your opinion, and tell your councillor as well.
(See also the Evening News article about barbeques on 12/6/09
here )
Briefing paper for 28/4/09
Notes on the 6th March meeting
Briefing paper for 6/3/09
