Apologies:  C Caine, H Pollock, B Rowlands, Cllr L Collin, Cllr A Rudge
MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING
The Minutes of the meeting held on Monday, 26^th September were agreed as a correct record.  Proposed V.
Keight, seconded J Cloves.
MATTERS ARISING
Boundary Changes:  Members asked for any further information on the proposed boundary changes; the Chairman suggested that people interested should 'Google' 'Boundary Commission' where they could read the proposals in full, and said he hoped that residents had made written objections to the Commission.  The Chairman asked the Councillor present if there was further news.  The Councillor replied that the situation remained the same, the consultation period ending on 5th Dec 2011.  Constituency Councillors had issued an official statement expressing their views and this had been published in the local newspapers but could be read on the relevant Constituencies websites.  For the proposals to be accepted they had to be passed by Parliament; the idea was to provide 67,500 voters in each constituency but population figures do not help as there are categories of people who cannot vote.  The Chairman said that on this issue it was clear that residents and their elected representatives were of one accord and wished

New Hall to remain in Sutton Coldfield, and Kingstanding in Erdington.
CORRESPONDENCE
1. Email and attachment from Birmingham North PCT 'Improving Trauma Care in the West Midlands' distributed to those present, and would be available on the 'Gatepost' website for residents wishing to read it.
2. Notice that a resident of The Greenway, aged 56, had raised a total of £600 for the Alzheimer's Charity after overcoming serious personal illness.
STANDING ITEMS
BANF & Gatepost:  The Chairman was pleased to announce a new printing firm had been able to supply the quantity and quality of printing required for 'Gatepost'.  The firm has a brand new machine which does the work so quickly that the owner is only charging £190 which is almost within budget.  'Gatepost' being emailed to the printer may also be emailed to those members for whom the Chairman has an email address, it is in .pdf format viewed via Adobe, a free download, and available to anyone who is happy to accept it in this form.
Boldmere Tasking Group & Neighbourhood Watch:  Residents should be made aware of a new scam where a man is going around knocking on doors asking for money or for odd jobs, and mentioning the YMCA but checks have shown he is not a resident of the YMCA.  The man is believed to be

Michael Stevens, aged about 25, should he call on you please contact the police right away.
Resurfacing has been done in Westwood Road, and Coppice View Road is being assessed as a 'hazard'
School Parking is a big problem with vehicles being parked over driveways and car occupants being 'unhappy' at being asked to move.  In the discussion following everyone  agreed it was a serious problem, parking tickets achieved little and only worked in the short term, it was agreed something more radical needed to be done; there was always going to be parking difficulties around schools but the concerns expressed regarded speeding and the positioning of parked vehicles.  A proposal for cars to enter the school grounds and circle out again was not feasible as barriers had been installed to stop parents driving onto the school site at speed.
There had been a spate of vandalism in the area, 29 Coppice View Rd had plants pulled out of the front garden.
PCSOs had emailed Tracey to let her know that a lady on Bakers Lane intended setting up a Neighbourhood Watch scheme as she is "fed up with no-one doing anything in the area".  Tracey was appalled that the PCSOs had not corrected the woman and told her who to contact and said that if Neighbourhood Watch is not informed action cannot follow.  It was believed there had been burglaries in the area, probably with access gained from the walkway through to Westwood Rd. It was suggested that if a new Neighbourhood Watch was form it could be a sub-group or perhaps the person could act as an agent for Tracey.

Banners Gate Primary School:   The Chairman was pleased to report that funding was likely to be available but could not give details at this stage, which would allow work to speed up the computers to load programmes to the screen without the present long delay; provide a walkway joining the two sets of buildings and a second walkway to the Junior School.  Security locks for the doors would be purchased and electrically locked gates installed throughout the School; in the event of fire the children are able to get out and well away from the buildings but not off the site.
The Interim Governing Body's has a final meeting this week and during the first week of January 2012 the three sections ie LEA Governors, Staff Governors, and Parent Governors now elected, will meet to chose  Community Governors and elect a Chairperson.  In January 2012 it would be 60 years since the school was opened, the plans showed a heated outdoor swimming-pool - nowadays Health & Safety would not allow it.
NEW ITEMS
Criminal Activities:   
1. The computer scam outlined in the previous Minutes is still catching people unawares; do not open anything unless you are sure you know who has sent it; if you do open it inadvertently click onto SYSTEM RESTORE immediately and select a previous date, the scam program will hopefully be destroyed.
2. Lloyds Bank, and others, phoning and asking for personal details:  banks do not phone clients or email, they will always write a letter.  Do not give personal details to anyone.

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