Putting in so much time on council work and other meetings means that I miss out filling in this blog as often as I should. I spend a lot of time to producing press releases on behalf of our PPC and Eastfield and writing letters on behalf of Eastfield voters.
During the early part of this year your councillors were very involved in getting together the required information in order to have the open space on Eastway declared a Village Green or Common. We are still waiting to hear back from North Yorkshire County Council.
It is dissapointing when so few write to this blog but if you do I shall be happy to answer you. If you send me an email you can be assured on at least a reply the same day and details of what I am doing about your query also because I look at my emails every day.
Why not try me?
Councillor Brian O'Flynn. Email cllr.brian.oflynn@scarborough.gov.uk
Thursday 3 July 2008
Monday 22 October 2007
Recycling and Eastfield
When you read this I will have been out and about with my fellow Councillor, Geoff Evans, and the Scarborough Borough Council recycling team.
We decided that it was time to get out onto the 'coalface' and see the team in action as well as some of the problems they face. We have a great team of refuse collectors and they do a wonderful job for all of us. They are the key people in making sure that Scarborough leads the way in recycling.
There are still some people who continue to put the rubbish into the wrong bins but we believe that with continual education we will soon get it right. If we are serious about saving energy and recycling to save 'the planet' and your money also we cant leave it to 'the council'. We all have to play our part.
To help with this we are looking for more sites in Eastfield to place bottle banks because bottles cannot be collected in the blue bins.
Do you have any suggestions?
I'll tell you how we got on after I have been around with the collectors.
Councillor Brian O'Flynn
We decided that it was time to get out onto the 'coalface' and see the team in action as well as some of the problems they face. We have a great team of refuse collectors and they do a wonderful job for all of us. They are the key people in making sure that Scarborough leads the way in recycling.
There are still some people who continue to put the rubbish into the wrong bins but we believe that with continual education we will soon get it right. If we are serious about saving energy and recycling to save 'the planet' and your money also we cant leave it to 'the council'. We all have to play our part.
To help with this we are looking for more sites in Eastfield to place bottle banks because bottles cannot be collected in the blue bins.
Do you have any suggestions?
I'll tell you how we got on after I have been around with the collectors.
Councillor Brian O'Flynn
Sunday 2 September 2007
Recycling..a must if we have any thought for the future.
I am publishing below the text of a letter I wrote to the Press in answer to what I considered to be a very irresponsible letter published by Councillor Popple.
He took no part in the investigations that led the working group to make it recommendations to the full council. He could have if he so wished. It's a bit like someone trying to pick a team when they have watched no training or ever watched the players playing and then criticising the coach when he picks a team.
I sent in the letter below on Tuesday last but by Saturday it still had not been published. Why?
"Where has Councillor Popple been since 13th July 2006 when a Task Group was set up to examine the options for recycling? A report, which showed that Scarborough had one of the lowest recycling rates in the country (18%), was a warning that something had to be done. If we were to do nothing we were certain to be given ever increasing fines by the Government.
It would have been totally irresponsible to do nothing.
Yes, Councillor Popple, have you forgotten that a Pilot scheme has been tried in Filey? That showed some of the pitfalls but resources limited its expansion. After many hours of work looking at the options a very dedicated working group made a recommendation to Cabinet in December 2006 and Full Council accepted this in January. Where were you then Cllr. Popple?
At the end of February the Full Council, again with Cllr. Popple present, voted a budget for the new scheme. Money was at last being committed to this most vital task.
When the scheme is about to be launched and when the necessary costs have been committed it is totally irresponsible for someone who was part of the Council that voted for the scheme to try to sabotage it. Who will suffer if we do not succeed? All of Scarborough’s council tax payers who will be penalised. The SPARSE report just published shows that 19 of the top 20 performing councils have fortnightly collections and the highest rate of recycling. That should convince anyone. At just below 20% we are a long way behind councils that recycle 40-50% but that is our target and it must be if we have any concern for our environment and the problem of waste disposal. The vast majority of the public are ready and want to begin sooner rather than later".
Councillor Brian O’Flynn
Leader Liberal Democrat Group and Chair of the Recycling Task Group.
He took no part in the investigations that led the working group to make it recommendations to the full council. He could have if he so wished. It's a bit like someone trying to pick a team when they have watched no training or ever watched the players playing and then criticising the coach when he picks a team.
I sent in the letter below on Tuesday last but by Saturday it still had not been published. Why?
"Where has Councillor Popple been since 13th July 2006 when a Task Group was set up to examine the options for recycling? A report, which showed that Scarborough had one of the lowest recycling rates in the country (18%), was a warning that something had to be done. If we were to do nothing we were certain to be given ever increasing fines by the Government.
It would have been totally irresponsible to do nothing.
Yes, Councillor Popple, have you forgotten that a Pilot scheme has been tried in Filey? That showed some of the pitfalls but resources limited its expansion. After many hours of work looking at the options a very dedicated working group made a recommendation to Cabinet in December 2006 and Full Council accepted this in January. Where were you then Cllr. Popple?
At the end of February the Full Council, again with Cllr. Popple present, voted a budget for the new scheme. Money was at last being committed to this most vital task.
When the scheme is about to be launched and when the necessary costs have been committed it is totally irresponsible for someone who was part of the Council that voted for the scheme to try to sabotage it. Who will suffer if we do not succeed? All of Scarborough’s council tax payers who will be penalised. The SPARSE report just published shows that 19 of the top 20 performing councils have fortnightly collections and the highest rate of recycling. That should convince anyone. At just below 20% we are a long way behind councils that recycle 40-50% but that is our target and it must be if we have any concern for our environment and the problem of waste disposal. The vast majority of the public are ready and want to begin sooner rather than later".
Councillor Brian O’Flynn
Leader Liberal Democrat Group and Chair of the Recycling Task Group.
Saturday 18 August 2007
Land for building new houses.
For the next few months there is the opportunity for anyone to comment on the proposals being put forward for new building sites.
These are just proposal for land that could be set aside for building in the next 10 years.The next Eastfield First leaflet will show where there are.
There are three sites that affect Eastfield, one at Priory Place, one at Manham Hill and Braeburn House.
Of course the land at Deepdale was set aside many years ago and talks are still ongoing as to what sort of houses will go there, how many and how they are to be set out.
You will have the chance to comment on the layout in the coming months when the first suggestions are brought forward.
Do let us know what you think so that your councillors can represent your viewss.
These are just proposal for land that could be set aside for building in the next 10 years.The next Eastfield First leaflet will show where there are.
There are three sites that affect Eastfield, one at Priory Place, one at Manham Hill and Braeburn House.
Of course the land at Deepdale was set aside many years ago and talks are still ongoing as to what sort of houses will go there, how many and how they are to be set out.
You will have the chance to comment on the layout in the coming months when the first suggestions are brought forward.
Do let us know what you think so that your councillors can represent your viewss.
Thursday 26 July 2007
When the rain was welcome
Your councillors working with many others did all they could, first to prevent the imposition of the Seamer Horse Fair travellers on Eastfield and then to control the use of Musham Bank Field.
We objected strongly to the cavalier action of Seamer Council and still more to the invitation of Mr. Simpson when he OFFERED the field to the travellers.
But the rain made the field so unusable as we predicted that most stayed away until the final day.
The closure of Musham Bank road was seen as the best way out and it proved to be so.
By evening the field was cleared thanks to the cooperation of the travellers representatives who removed all the rubbish.
The police reported that there were no reported incidents. Councillors did receive reports of some horses loose on the road but they were soon removed.
We will soon meet with council officials and others to make sure that Seamer Fair stays in Seamer next year.
We objected strongly to the cavalier action of Seamer Council and still more to the invitation of Mr. Simpson when he OFFERED the field to the travellers.
But the rain made the field so unusable as we predicted that most stayed away until the final day.
The closure of Musham Bank road was seen as the best way out and it proved to be so.
By evening the field was cleared thanks to the cooperation of the travellers representatives who removed all the rubbish.
The police reported that there were no reported incidents. Councillors did receive reports of some horses loose on the road but they were soon removed.
We will soon meet with council officials and others to make sure that Seamer Fair stays in Seamer next year.
Sunday 24 June 2007
Boiling Anger in Eastfield
The residents of Eastfield have good reason to believe that the problems associated with the Horse Fair at Seamer have been shifted over to them. They find it hard to believe that those responsible for finding a suitable place for the travellers did all that they could to keep it in Seamer. At the last moment and too late to do anything legally about it this year the leaseholder of some council owned land OFFERED it to the travellers!
We have already had one very stormy meeting about this and Monday's Parish Council meeting promises to be just as hot when a council official is coming to explain the situation.
What everyone wants to know is "if it is too late to do anything legally this year what and when will 'the powers that be' set about doing something for next year?
We have already had one very stormy meeting about this and Monday's Parish Council meeting promises to be just as hot when a council official is coming to explain the situation.
What everyone wants to know is "if it is too late to do anything legally this year what and when will 'the powers that be' set about doing something for next year?
Wednesday 6 June 2007
The Dawn of a Great New Venture for Eastfield.
To day, Wednesday 6th May, saw the official start on the expansion of the industrial estate . The Mayor cut the first sod, at least officially, even though a start had been made last week. The first stage ie. putting in roads, sewers, water and services together with changes to the surrounding roads will cost in the region of £10million.
It is hoped that the buildings will receive heat and electricity from the experimental pyrolisis plant at the nearby Seamer Carr tip and with the fastest internet connections in Britain, 100 Mb's, it should attract state of the art 21st century high tech industries.It aims to be the 'greenest' industrial estate in Britain. It will also have training facilities for some of the new jobs that will be created there. The whole project will bring in at least £100million of investment and being on the doorstep of Eastfield will give all our residents a big boost in the employment market.
It is hoped that the buildings will receive heat and electricity from the experimental pyrolisis plant at the nearby Seamer Carr tip and with the fastest internet connections in Britain, 100 Mb's, it should attract state of the art 21st century high tech industries.It aims to be the 'greenest' industrial estate in Britain. It will also have training facilities for some of the new jobs that will be created there. The whole project will bring in at least £100million of investment and being on the doorstep of Eastfield will give all our residents a big boost in the employment market.
Tuesday 22 May 2007
getting money for eastfield
I went to the Area committee meeting to night and there was only one application from a group in Eastfield.
Despite telling so many groups about this fund why is it that so few make the effort to put pen to paper and submit a bid?
Eastfield junior football club were fortunate to get £1000.00 but they were the only applicants from Eastfield. Meanwhile many organisations especially those from Filey were granted thousands of pounds.
Wake up Eastfield and get asking. You wont get the cash if you don't ask
Despite telling so many groups about this fund why is it that so few make the effort to put pen to paper and submit a bid?
Eastfield junior football club were fortunate to get £1000.00 but they were the only applicants from Eastfield. Meanwhile many organisations especially those from Filey were granted thousands of pounds.
Wake up Eastfield and get asking. You wont get the cash if you don't ask
Saturday 5 May 2007
A whole week end off!!!
It's Saturday morning and I feel almost guilty because I do not have a plan for canvassing during the weekend.
After all the walking and talking and door knocking and delivering it's heaven to have a weekend off.After I have finished writing to some of the authorities to clear up housing or other matters I can even clear some of the paper that has been accumulating in my living room and catch up on the jobs at home that have been put on hold.
Thanks to all those who helped us by delivering leaflets. Without them Brian, Geoff and I could never have found time to call on so many people. Now we must set about doing those things that we promised whilst continuing to consult and report back to those who elected us. We are only at the start of our real work now.
After all the walking and talking and door knocking and delivering it's heaven to have a weekend off.After I have finished writing to some of the authorities to clear up housing or other matters I can even clear some of the paper that has been accumulating in my living room and catch up on the jobs at home that have been put on hold.
Thanks to all those who helped us by delivering leaflets. Without them Brian, Geoff and I could never have found time to call on so many people. Now we must set about doing those things that we promised whilst continuing to consult and report back to those who elected us. We are only at the start of our real work now.
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