Chair: Jim S
Minutes: Harriet J
Present: Jim S, Naseem H, Harriet J, Paul B, Jane K, Steve K, Neil W, Chris M, Tila R
MINUTES
| 1. Agenda item I Welcome and apologies Jim |
Jim welcomed everyone to the meeting.
| 2. Agenda item II a) Minutes of the last meeting, 05/05/26 b) Matters arising from the last meeting, 05/05/26 Jim |
No comments were received on the minutes of the last meeting.
No matters arising.
| 3. Agenda item III BCAG admin Jim |
Total hours spent on BCAG business and projects since the May meeting were recorded – thanks to everyone for putting in the time. Harriet to ask any core members not at the monthly meeting, for their hours.
| 4. Agenda item IV Treasurer’s report (Naseem) |
BCAG central funds remain at £2617.
| 5. Agenda item V Social media, Newsletter, publicity Jim |
BCAG Facebook 1414 followers; BSCG FB 1183; BATS FB 79 followers. BCAG mailing list subscribers email 352; voting members 212. BSCG email 226. BATS email 125. Dirty Water 77. Emergency Plannning 40. Banbury Litter Pickers have 210 followers on their public page.
Thank you, Joe for the latest newsletter.
| 6. Agenda item VI Bridge Street Community Garden BSCG (Tila) |
Tila presented a full and detailed report of the Garden’s activities over the past year, at the AGM. While there is no additional report for this month, the Garden continues to be busy with a range of popular events underpinned by the volunteer team that has kept the Garden growing.
| 7. Agenda item VII Browning Road Orchard BRO Harriet |
No update this month.
| 8. Agenda item VIII Banbury Active Travel Supporters group Paul / Neil |
No separate update this month.
| 10. Agenda item X Nature Harriet |
The reptile survey in Banbury Country Park is continuing and producing some interesting data.
The Nature sub-group has been involved with putting together a ‘Road Verge Nature Reserve’ training workshop run by the County Council in partnership with Wild Oxfordshire, to help increase awareness of this scheme. The first part of the training was online 18/05 with the following site visit to be held on 03/06. Participants are from local wildlife groups and other interested parties.
| 11. Agenda item XI Climate Action Jim, Lynda, Chris |
No separate update this month.
| 11. Agenda item XI Banbury Litter Pickers Jane |
The group held a photo-shoot to record the joining of Banbury Litter Pickers with BCAG. Jane thanked Tila for her photography skills. Thank you to Joe for writing the accompanying article.
96 bags of litter have been recorded as collected during May by those working as individuals and through the fortnightly group events. Jane thanked all those involved.
The Litter Pickers will be present at the BCAG stand at the Town Show. In particular, the group is looking for “street champions” to take on the monitoring of designated streets, eventually looking for coverage across the whole of the town.
ANY OTHER BUSINESS
OCC is running a pilot project to better understand how people are moving on roads and paths across the county. Volunteers place low-cost camera-based sensors in an upstairs window which overlooks a path or street, and these collect stats about the passing traffic – pedestrians, cyclists, cars and heavy vehicles, along with average speeds. Jim explained the ?? scheme being run by ??. This involves having a monitor in a second-floor window that faces a road, which monitors passing traffic. Jim is participating in the scheme.
Review of BCAG policies is due.
DATE OF NEXT MEETING
The July monthly meeting will be held online 7th July, 7.30pm