MINUTES FOR MEETING OF LINWOOD COMMUNITY COUNCIL
TUESDAY 19 APRIL 2016
(closed meeting)
Present:
Mary McElhinney, Terry Feeney, Karen Irvine, Tillie Toland, Jim
Jackson, Stuart Lowson, Elaine MacLean, Chris Connor, Anne
Ironside, Mary Bowman, Annette Campbell
In Attendance:
Sgt Frank Williams & PC Ross
CLOSED MEETING:
It was agreed by all members of the Community Council that the
biggest issue at present was Traffic Management. It was discussed
at lengths with many highlighting areas of concern. Clippens Road,
increased traffic attending the On-x, ease of accessibility and
safety issues were areas of interest. Also with the increase in
housing being built at the old Merchiston and ID Hospital sites
with a future impact on Linwood roads.
It was suggested that everyone in attendance outline their own
plans and areas of concern from Brediland Road to the Traffic
lights at Tesco, this was to be emailed to Mary who would collect
all information and collate into a readable format.
It was also suggested that an open public meeting with local
Councillors and Shona MacDougall, Head of Roads & Transport in
attendance be arranged at a future date to involve the wider
community regarding Traffic Management.
Another LLC meeting will be held on 5 May 2016 to discuss issues
highlighted before any future open public meeting be arranged.
Police Report:
Sgt Williams gave a full description of what has been happening
in Linwood regarding the issue of youth disorder and general
anti-social behaviour. He advised that a fourteen year old boy had
been taken home to his parent in connection to low level public
nuisance behaviour at Clippens shops and surrounding areas. Cases
of egg throwing at windows have been on the increase and shop
owners have been asked to avoid selling eggs to these
youngsters
Linwood is a priority location at the moment and 12 people were
caught with drugs - mainly cannabis by plain clothes/police
officers who are monitoring the area. A 25 year old male was
arrested after a Tesco break-in.
Sgt Williams also asked that if anyone has any relevant
information regarding disorder and the whereabouts of these youth
to call 101. Social media is being used by the youngsters to inform
each other of the whereabouts of the police, therefore any relevant
information will be logged to give the police advanced knowledge of
any location where youths may be, in order to stamp out any
anti-social behaviour.
A new system called "Innkeeper" is being rolled out at the
moment, which allows all information from different agencies to be
monitored.