Community Council Meeting - August 2021
Everyone who lives in the Merchant City and Trongate areas of Glasgow is warmly invited to join us for our August meeting, to be held on 31 August 2021 at 7pm via Zoom.
AGENDA
1. Welcome by Chair (Duncan MacLaren, Chair)
2. Apologies
3. Minutes of the last meeting, approval and action points (Please read the Draft minutes before the meeting)
4. Matters arising not on the agenda
5. Report from the Treasurer (Gerald Hirst)
6. Report on those issues forwarded to the police (Tam Coyle and all)
7. MSP and Councillors’ Reports
8. Planning Applications, and a Plan for Pedestrianising part of the Merchant City (Peter Hayman)
9. Licensing Applications (Tam Coyle)
10. Report on the tour of the Waterfront on Clydeside (Scott Thornton)
11. Update on Merchant City Park (Eileen Mills and Peter Hayman)
12. Report from the social media manager (Niall McColl)
13. Local Issues: street cleaning in Trongate and the Merchant City (David Cowan); Ramsgate Graveyard (Duncan MacLaren); Drug Issues (Tam Coyle).
14. AOCB
Community Council Meeting - September 2021
Join us for our September meeting, when we will have a presentation from BIG Partnership about the St Enoch Masterplan
AGENDA
- Welcome by Chair (Duncan MacLaren)
- Apologies
- Presentation on St. Enochs Masterplan by Big Partnership https://st-enoch.com/masterplan/
- Minutes of the last meeting, approval and action points. Please review the draft minutes before the meeting here
- Matters arising not on the agenda
- Report from the Treasurer (Gerald)
- Report on those issues forwarded to the police (Tam)
- MPs, MSPs and Councillors’ Reports
- Planning Applications, and a plan for pedestrianising part of the Merchant City (Peter)
- Licensing Applications (Tam)
- Establishing a 'Friends of the Ramshorn' Group (Duncan)
- Merchant City Park update (Eileen and Peter)
- Report on social media platforms and related matters (Niall)
- Addressing local issues - street cleaning in Trongate and the Merchant City (David); letter to businesses (Scott)
- AOCB
AGM and Community Council Meeting - October 2021
Our AGM and normal meeting will take place on 26 October 2021.
Annual General Meeting
- Welcome by Chair (Duncan MacLaren, Chair)
- Apologies
- Minutes of AGM held on 25th October 2019 (there were no AGMs in 2020 because of the pandemic): to be voted on. Draft minutes: AGM 25 October 2019.
- Chairman’s Report (Duncan MacLaren)
- Financial Report (Gerald Hirst)
- Appointment of Auditor
(Please note that office-bearers will be elected at the AGM in 2023 according to Steven Dowling’s office. However, if anyone wants to become a community councillor or, indeed, an office bearer, he/she should declare him/herself).
MCTCC: Ordinary Meeting
- Minutes of the September 2021 meeting, approval and action points. Draft Minutes
- Report from the Treasurer (Gerald Hirst)
- Report on those issues forwarded to the police (Tam Coyle and all)
- MP’s, MSP’s and Councillors’ Reports
- Planning Applications (Peter Hayman)
- Licensing Applications (Tam Coyle)
- Establishing a ‘Friends of the Ramshorn Group’ (Duncan MacLaren)
- Update on Merchant City Park (Eileen Mills and Peter Hayman)
- Report from the social media manager (Niall McColl)
- COP26: discussion (introduction by Duncan MacLaren)
- Local Issues: Drug Issues (Tam Coyle), No Fibre Broadband in Glasgow City Centre (David Cowan).
- AOCB - Next meeting: 30th November 2021 at 7pm.
Community Council Meeting - November 2021
Everyone in the Merchant City & Trongate community is invited to join us for our last meeting of 2021, to be held via Zoom.
AGENDA
1. Welcome by Vice Chair (Tam Coyle)
2. Passing of MCTCC Treasurer Gerald Hirst
3. Minutes of the 26th October meeting, approval and action points
4. Report on those issues forwarded to the police (Tam Coyle)
5. MP’s, MSP’s and Councillors’ Reports
6. Planning Applications
7. Licensing Applications (Tam Coyle)
8. Report from the social media manager (Niall McColl)
including the printing of leaflets
9. Local Issues: Warner Bros. filming meeting,
Ramshorn Church, Distribution leaflets to businesses
10. AOCB
Ghosts - A National Theatre Production
I am Glasgow.
Built with my blood,
My sweat, my dying.
A young man in 18th Century Glasgow, leads us on atmospheric journey of 500+ years of resistance through the streets of the Merchant City down to the River Clyde.
Download the app, plug in your headphones, and lose yourself in this poetic storytelling experience, exploring the myth of Scotland's collective amnesia of slavery and racialised wealth, of empire and identity.
Surrounded by AR visuals, haunting voices and music, Ghosts will take you on a physical and emotional journey. A lament to lives lost and an impassioned call to action in the present day. Take a socially distanced walk through the heart of modern Glasgow and see an essential vision of the city.
Written and Directed by Adura Onashile.
A National Theatre of Scotland Production.
(Y)our Merchant City Workshops
How would you improve the Merchant City? What projects do you think would make a difference? What would you support and like to see happen?
An Action Plan and Framework for the regeneration of the Merchant City is currently being prepared by a consultant team appointed by Glasgow City Council. We want your input to help shape and influence the priority projects to improve the Merchant City.
The Merchant City, alongside the Learning Quarter, Townhead and Cowcaddens, is the focus of the current phase of (Y)our City Centre District Regeneration Frameworks. And now is the time to have your say.
Work To Date has included talking to the community and stakeholders and finding out you think the priorities and opportunities are. From over 5,000 comments we have pulled together emerging priority projects listed below. You can check out what’s been said so far and contribute your thoughts online at https://yourcitycentre2020.commonplace.is/ and http://www.yourplacemap.org/
All events are free and will be held on Zoom. Please see below Programme Events and attend any of the sessions that peak your interest. We will be running a full programme of events (see programme below) throughout the day so feel free to sign-up to as many of the sessions as you like! The day will kick-off with a Co-Design Launch with a series of exciting workshops taking place throughout the day. We will wrap up the day event with a final evening session where we will report back on findings.
Check out (Y)OUR MERCHANT CITY for more information
REGISTER NOW - Glasgow Kelvin Constituency Hustings - Merchant City & Trongate (Ward 10)
REGISTER NOW - Glasgow Kelvin Constituency Hustings - Merchant City & Trongate (Ward 10) Thursday 29th April, from 7pm - 9pm, join us online for a hustings featuring the candidates standing for the Glasgow Kelvin constituency vote in Ward 10.
Community Council Meeting - April 2021
All residents of the Merchant City & Trongate area are invited to join our meeting via Microsoft Teams.
Agenda
- Welcome by Chair (Duncan MacLaren)
- Apologies
- Minutes of the last meeting, approval and action points
- Presentation by Denise Hamilton, City Centre Manager, GCC
- Report from the Treasurer (Gerald)
- Report on those issues forwarded to the police (Tam)
- Hustings on 29th April (Daniel)
- Merchant City Park update (Peter and Eileen)
- Councillors’ Reports
- Planning Applications (Peter)
- Licensing Applications (Tam)
- Report on survey of residents and using MS Teams and other relevant communication matters (Niall)
- Addressing local issues –Drug issues (Tam); proposed Jocelyn Square development (Duncan); Ramshorn Graveyard (Duncan)
- AOCB
Website maintenance - complete
We're back up and running, though our email is still not available - please message us on Facebook and Twitter
9 September 2020 - our website may be unavailable for a period of time from 11 September onwards, due to maintenance being carried out. You will always be able to find us on Facebook and Twitter, and we'll be back online here as soon as possible.
Thank you for your patience.
Play by the rules - keep everyone safe
8 September 2020 -
People in Glasgow and surrounding areas need to play by the rules – as Covid cases continue to rise in the area.
The warning comes from one of Scotland’s leading Public Health voices, Dr Linda de Caestecker of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
Dr de Caestecker said: “We are seeing increased number of cases in this area, often due to house parties but some also relate to visits to bars and restaurants. Nobody wants to see pubs and restaurants have to close down again.
“When we examine the rate per 100,000 population it is highest in West Dunbartonshire where many cases relate to family gatherings and parties. The next highest rate is in Glasgow City where more cases are associated with visits to bars and restaurants. Only the Inverclyde rate is remaining relatively low at present.
“I would like to thank members of the public who are abiding by the rules, and for those who aren’t, ask them to remember that they are putting themselves, their loved ones and their work colleagues at risk. As the First Minister keeps saying, things should not feel normal yet. So going out and about, visiting three or four pubs a night just doesn’t work.
“By all means go to the pub and see friends, but if you do, you must socially distance. If you go somewhere and it’s busy, you should leave and find somewhere quieter - and safer. If you are out, pick a bar and stay in that one place, as moving between venues just increases your chances of catching the virus.
“Nobody wants to back to into lockdown. Nobody wants to be forced into only seeing friends on a screen again. So if we want to continue to meet our friends and family to enjoy a night out then we all need to play by the rules.”
Linda is NHSGGC’s Director of Public Health. Her team has been at the forefront of the fight against Covid-19 since February and they have also developed the local Test and Protect system which contacts people who need to self-isolate.
She added: “There’s no doubt that our job is made much harder in tracing close contacts when a person has been in several different places over one night. However, more importantly, people are increasing their risk by going to multiple venues with large groups.
“Remember you are infectious for around two days before you get any symptoms, so everyone should be limiting their ‘contacts’ all the time. My advice is go around with the thought that you could be infectious and meet as few people as possible within two metres and remember FACTS.”
Facecoverings
Avoid crowded places
Clean your hands regularly
Two metre distance
Self-isolate and book a test if you have symptoms
Dr de Caestecker said: “It’s very simple. We all need to play by the rules or risk a return to even tighter restrictions, such as bars and restaurants being forced to shut. This is in our hands – so let’s take control and make this work.”