Community Conversations - Streetscene Ward 11 – Annandale Introduction The Community Conversations held in May and June 2018 across all 12 Council Wards were a new approach to engaging residents in discussion about Council services – what and where we currently focus on and how you could be involved. This first series of Conversations were around the “Streetscene” services - local parks, open spaces, burial grounds, streets, community and village halls, school crossing patrols and public toilets. We are very grateful to those of you who were able to come along and give us your views and we were inspired by the passion that people across our region have for the places they live. There were many examples of joint approaches between our Council, community groups and individuals – litter picks, fundraising for new play equipment, managing local buildings, planting etc. Our thanks go to all of the people already involved and we look forward to developing the additional ideas suggested. This document details the questions and suggestions made, along with our responses to them and you will see that your comments have already influenced what we do. The comments relating to other Council services or partner organisations have been forwarded on to them for consideration. You will also see that we had a really positive response to the format of the events and so we’re to have a further round in early spring in 2019. We look forward to seeing you there! For any further information the ‘Streetscene’ services, please get in touch with our officers whose details are below. Thanks for your participation. Community Asset Manager (Annandale & Eskdale) – Nicola Simpson Email - Nicola.Simpson@dumgal.gov.uk Telephone - 01576 205293 Community Asset Officer (Annandale & Eskdale) – Lynn Everett Email – Lynn.Everett@dumgal.gov.uk Telephone - 01576 205293 Ward Officer (Annandale North) – Steven Wylie Email - steven.wylie@dumgal.gov.uk Telephone - 07824 528410
Johnstonebridge , Ecclefechan, Lockerbie - Litter dropped by drivers at junctions. community group are busy lifting litter Junction 19 – totally destroyed mono block, Ecclefechan 2 roundabouts and Lockerbie (Junction 17) Lockerbie and District Community Council or Rotary? Interested in planting and adopting Moffat Community projects - Why do we have continuous time lag on decisions? Moffat - MUGA – community funded but Council lag is reported by holding things back- not built before schools return - Nicola Simpson has been very helpful. We very much appreciate how the community undertake the tasks that they do. We would welcome further discussion and how we can further support this We very much appreciate how the community undertake the tasks that they do. We would welcome further discussion and how we can further support this. There is an ongoing project by Lockerbie Steering Group (which is part of Lockerbie Community Council) looking into roundabout improvements. The group would very much welcome new members (you don’t need to be a Community Council Member to join the Group) Our Council tries very hard to listen and progress ideas and issues. We do however have certain processes to follow. We do understand that this can be frustrating at times. There were some delays in the procurement process and these have now been completed and we are now ready to appoint a contractor. We asked you about street cleaning You Said We are doing… or we can’t because…