Minutes of meeting
Renfrewshire Council · 7 November 2022
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Minute of Meeting Petitions Board Date Time Venue Monday, 07 November 2022 14:00 Remotely by MS Teams, Present: Councillor Jennifer Adam, Councillor Stephen Burns, Councillor Michelle Campbell, Councillor Edward Grady, Councillor Neill Graham, Councillor Lisa-Marie Hughes, Councillor David McGonigle, Councillor Jim Paterson, Councillor Ben Smith Chair Councillor Burns, Convener, presided. In Attendance K Anderson, Sustainability & Place (Assets) Manager (Environment & Infrastructure); C Hunter, Environmental Health Public Health Manager (Communities & Housing); and D Low, Democratic Services Manager, E Gray, Senior Committee Services Officer and J Barron, Assistant Committee Services Officer (all Finance & Resources). Also in Attendance Mrs J Kane, Petitioner. Webcasting of Meeting Prior to the commencement of the meeting the Convener intimated that this meeting of the Board would be filmed for live or subsequent broadcast via the Council's internet site.
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Declarations of Interest There were no declarations of interest intimated prior to the commencement of the meeting. 1 Funfairs – Robertson Park, Renfrew There was submitted a report by the Director of Finance & Resources relative to a petition received from Mrs J Kane in the following terms: “We, the residents of the surrounding area of Robertson Park in Renfrew, object to the disruption to our daily lives and noise levels caused by the Thompson Events Group’s funfair held in the park from 1st September to 10th September 2022. We respectfully request that any future funfair events be held in a nonresidential area of Renfrew. Also any future events in Robertson Park has a full consultation process held with the involvement of residents from the local area.” The Board heard from the petitioner in support of her petition. The Board then heard from the Sustainability & Place (Assets) Manager who agreed that the noise produced by the event in Robertson Park was unreasonable and that a number of measures had already been put in place to ensure the disruption to local residents was minimal during future events. These measures included reducing the maximum period that fairs would be permitted to operate from two weeks to one week; ensuring that fairs are set up in the middle of the park, not around the edges and reducing the maximum permittable noise level by 10 decibels. There was also a commitment to investigate how communication around future events could be improved. Councillor Hughes moved that the petition be referred to the Director of Environment & Infrastructure for further consideration. This was agreed unanimously. DECIDED: That the petition be referred to the Director of Environment & Infrastructure for further consideration.