WEST ARDNAMURCHAN COMMUNITY COUNCIL (WACC) DRAFT MINUTE OF THE MEETING HELD ON MONDAY 02 NOVEMBER 2020 AT 7PM (via MS Teams) ADDENDUM

Item 3 - Secretary’s Report List of correspondence received since last meeting (March 2020). Note, this does not include consideration of HC weekly Development ePlanning lists (all of which were noted), internal comms between WACC members, or comms between WACC and WACDC. 3.1 Correspondence (all email) – all were noted and shared with members, but not responded to unless stated: March i) HC Head of Policy re “Coronavirus COVID 19 advice and guidance“ – included statement “We would therefore recommend that you do not meet together as a Community Council” – thereafter WACC meetings suspended. Public advised on the WACC Blogspot (https://westardcc.blogspot.com/); ii) HC Head of Policy re ‘Car Park Conversation’ – public consultation suspended until further notice; iii) Sunart CC – Community Council contact sheets; iv) HC Senior Ward Manager – request for details of local CC resilience groups – WACC responded with copy of West Ardnamurchan Community Resilience Plan; v) Project Manager, Corran Ferry – Corran Ferry Project Community bulletin; vi) HC Senior Ward Manager – Community resilience Guidance; vii) WACDC – opportunity for sharing local news in west Ardnamurchan – proposals for community newsletter; viii) HC Car Park project team – pre-engagement for off-street parking project – confirmation that all engagement suspended until further notice; ix) Sunart CC – response to Covid shutdown & future planning; x) Scottish Forestry – Ben an Losgann restock/felling proposals; xi) Sunart CC – Lochaber Foodbank, West Highland branch – call for volunteers for distributions in WACC area – WACC responded offering Chair and GC as contacts; xii) Police Scotland – posters relating to non-essential travel; xiii) Project Manager, Corran Ferry – outline business case risks/issues update; xiv) HC Senior Ward Manager – volunteering guidance from SG; xv) ~do~ - funding for community resilience during covid-19 outbreak – WACC forwarded to WACDC and responded to HC confirming we are not seeking access to financial support at this time; xvi) Senior Development Manager HIE – Supporting Communities Fund – shared with WACDC; April xv) HC Senior Ward Manager – SSEN resilience fund to support community coronavirus response – shared with WACDC; xvi) WACDC – reminder from Pines Medical Centre re prescriptions – Kilchoan Centre closed and ‘scripts will be delivered by volunteers (as per Resilience Plan); xvii) HC Senior Ward Manager – new community resilience grant fund; xviii) ~do~ - CC change to year-end instructions; xix) WACC letter to Police Scotland, reinforcing WACC and local community support for our local PS officers, countering online criticisms which had been posted about them (email of thanks received from local Inspector, Lochaber); xx) HC Senior Ward Manager – Police Scotland Survey on public confidence during COVID-19 pandemic; xxi) Oral Health Improvement Coordinator, NHS Highland – Childsmile resources for foodbanks/support local families; xxii) HC Head of Policy – note on additional volunteers; xxiii) Channel 5 News – request for interviewees for item on how lockdown has affected Scotland’s more remote communities – passed to Chair – both Chair and DF subsequently interviewed; May xxiv) HC Senior Ward Manager - Council support to families in time of need; xxv) HC Environmental Health - Food Safety Advice for Community Groups; xxvi) HC Senior Ward Manager - Scottish Community Council Covid-19 update; xxvii) HC Policy support team - Covid-19: New resource to support community organisations; xxviii) Audit Scotland (AS) - Best Value Assurance Report: Argyll and Bute Council – Sec’y note – WACC had been subscribed to receive AS reports by the previous iteration of WACC – we are now unsubscribed; xxix) Sunart CC – AHS textbook collection and redistribution – handled by local Parents; June xxx) HC Senior Ward Manager - Community Council briefings - Household Waste Recycling Centres; xxxi) Acharacle CC - Covid19 Trees project – shared with WACDC; xxxii) Miller Harris - Beinn nan Losgann Forest Plan and Coire Mhuilinn Woodland Creation Consultation; xxxiii) Local resident queries re resumption of WACC meetings (2 received) – responses sent confirming no change; xxxiv) Project Manager, Corran Ferry - Corran Ferry Steering Group meeting / Agenda (18th June); xxxv) HC Policy Team - Supermarket provision for those shielding/self-isolating and Co-op Local Community Fund – shared with WACDC; xxxvi) Merchiston CC – Covid and tourism – WACC responded with signposting to West Highland Peninsulas Visitor Charter COVID-19 Response; xxxvii) HC Senior Ward Manager - Co-op Local Community Fund closing date; xxxvii) Chairman SMMAATA - Community Council support for Tourism Survey; xxxviii) Project Manager, Corran Ferry - Corran Ferry steering group ACTIONS; xxxix) HC Senior Ward Manager - Scottish Police Authority; July xl) West Highland Peninsulas - Proposed new Visitor Charter; xli) HC Roads & Transport - NC500 Signage; xlii) WACC submitted enquiry to HC re Kilchoan playpark closure – acknowledgement received but no further response from HC; xliii) HC Senior Ward Manager – Corran Ferry fares; xliv) ~do~ - FW: Rural Tourism Infrastructure Fund - Round Three – shared with WACDC; xlv) Mull & Iona ferry steering group – seeking WACC support for winter timetable changes on CalMac Kilchoan-Tobermory ferry route - xlvi) SNH - Project idea for Ardnamurchan Burns – no response to date by WACC but this will be picked up again with SNH (now NatureScot) – understood to be temporarily suspended due to pandemic constraints – also shared with WACDC; xlvii) HC Policy Team - Highland Council Media Release - COVID-19 crisis grants scam; xlviii) Galloway Estates Ltd - Consultation Airwave Solutions Ltd. – NOR059/EAS1045: Proposed Base Station Site Upgrade. Land near Beinn nan Losgann, Loch Mudle, Near Kilchoan, Argyll, PH36 4LG. NGR: 154075,765525; xlix) HC Head of Policy - Supporting change - Email to Community groups; l) Scottish Forestry - Forestry Grant Scheme Consultation - Allt Ockle FGS; li) Local resident query re resumption of WACC meetings - response sent confirming no change; lii) Local residents raised concerns about Kilmory road signage – WACC emailed HC Roads – no acknowledgement or response received; liii) HC Senior Ward Manager - FW: Student survey re. agency and power within your community, Community Empowerment Act; liv) Scottish Forestry - Forestry Grant Scheme Consultation - Creag an Aigrid FGS (20FGS50123); August lv) West Highland Peninsulas - Re: Community Council support for Tourism Survey; lvi) HC Senior Ward Manager - Wild Camping Posters; lvii) ~do~ - Face to Face Community Council meetings – reaffirming HC guidance that it is still contrary to SG guidance for CCs to meet face-to-face; lviii) ~do~ - Response, Recovery & Resilience Fund – OPEN – shared with WACDC; lix) ~do~ - Further guidance for Community Council meetings; lx) HC Chair of Communities & Place Committee - Community Conversation - Lochaber - Monday 31/08/2020; September lxi) HC Policy Team - Covid 19 funding – shared with WACDC; lxii) HC Senior Ward Manager - FW: Police Scotland: ‘Your Police 2020-2021’ survey - Highlands & Islands; lxiii) WACC email to CalMac re Kilchoan-Tobermory ferry service – reply indicating schedule problems related to coronavirus outbreak; lxiv) Marine Scotland - 00008866 - GreenSea Solutions Ltd - Marine Farm - Loch Sunart, Lochaber – Consultation; lxv) HC Senior Ward Manager - Funding - Community and Third Sector Recovery Programme – shared with WACDC; lxvi) Project Manager, Corran Ferry – Corran Ferry Steering Group; lxvii) HC Leader & HC Chair, Communities and Place Committee - Community Resilience Briefing - September 2020; lxviii) SG Local Government & Communities Committee - views on participation requests and asset transfers; lxix) HC Senior Ward Manager - FW: Highland Council: Second phase of Consultation on BT’s 2020 proposal to remove 107 public payphones from across Highland – WACC responded with objection to proposed removal of Kilchoan phone box; October lxx) Project Manager, Corran Ferry – virtual meeting Monday 6th October – GC/DF to attend; lxxi) HC Senior Ward Manager - FW: Guidance on Community Council Meetings – revised guidance encouraging CCs to establish virtual meetings in absence of face-to-face – in response WACC hosted an online meeting on 2nd November; lxxii) HC Policy Team - Challenge Poverty Week leaflet; lxxiii) WACC submitted letter of support to Ardnamurchan Lighthouse Trust for their RTIF application; lxxiv) Scotland’s Climate Assembly - Get involved in Scotland's Climate Assembly.