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Tuesday 10th October 2007
The
meeting opened at 15:00hrs
Those Present:
Roy Pugh - Chairman
Tony Butler - Vice Chairman
Mary Cooper - Secretary/Treasurer
Rathnait Mullen - Press Secretary
Irache Merino - Member
Barry Cooper - Member
Max Minter - Member
Apologies:
Brian Tokely - Member
Ken Richardson - Member
Minutes
of the 24th Committee meeting:
The Chairman reviewed the minutes of the 24th meeting:
Minutes were accepted as a true record with no amendments,
Proposed by Max Minter, seconded by Barry Cooper,
Carried unanimously.
Masa meeting 16th October: Agenda
The Agenda for the next Masa meeting due to be held on Tuesday
16th October was agreed by the committee as follows:
1. Update on inspection of the 8 properties left out of the work
schedule for repairs to properties on D7 and the inspection of
1 property on C14
2. Update on progress of the issuing of Abril 28 Licences
3. File of Miscellaneous problems from other areas of Camposol
to be submitted to Daniel Bascunana for consideration
4. Cleaning and Maintenance of Commercial Centres Sectors A &
B
5. Alternative Access to Sectors B, C & D
6. Escrituras B4 and B5
Action: Mary Cooper to send agenda to Joaquin for interpretation
and forwarding to Masa. Brian Tokely is next committee member
on the rota to attend this meeting
Matters Arising:
Chairman’s Statement: The chairman expressed concern that
committee workloads all seem to be falling on the same shoulders,
this includes duties at the post room and supporting events etc.
Roy asked that all committee members do there bit otherwise we
will not achieve our goals.
Street Lighting:
Masa have stated that a new power station is being built by Iberdrola
to serve Camposol and surrounding areas.
10th October:
This situation has slightly improved in that some Callés
that have been without lights for the past eighteen months now
have lights. A Survey of the current situation is now complete.
This will be posted at the Town Hall with a covering letter for
the attention of the Mayor.
Roy Pugh extended his thanks to those volunteers who kindly gave
up their time to carry out this survey on behalf of the C.R.A
ACTION: Roy Pugh to deliver the completed survey along with the
covering letter to the Town Hall. Carried Forward
Subsidence D7:
10th October:
Work has started as per the schedule submitted to the committee
at the last Masa meeting. Each house owner has been visited by
representatives from Masa where the intended work has been discussed.
It is expected that weather permitting this work should be completed
by the end of March.
Some eight houses have not been included in the schedule as the
Architect could not gain access to the properties to carry out
a full inspection. It has been agreed that a survey of these properties
will be arranged as soon as possible, progress to be sought at
the next meeting with Masa.
A survey of one property on C 14 was also agreed however to date
this survey has not taken place again this will be raised at the
next meeting with Masa.
The CRA Lawyer Joaquin Ataz Ruiz is to contact the Sociadad de
Agua to request an independent survey of the area.
Carried Forward
Alternative
Access to Camposol:
Access into Camposol and exit to the new motorway were discussed,
concerns have been raised that the road shown on published motorway
plans to take traffic ‘off’ Camposol has been omitted.
Currently ‘off’ traffic is being routed in front of
B Sector Commercial Centre, no explanation of why this has happened
has been forthcoming and nothing has been published of any future
alternative plans.
The road leading from the motorway at the back of the commercial
centre is ‘One Way’ routing incoming traffic to the
dual Carriageway, however many motorists are ignoring ‘No
Entry’ signs at this point therefore increasing the already
dangerous situation for traffic leaving Camposol and pedestrians
using the B Sector Commercial Centre.
Illegal parking on the road in front of the B Sector Commercial
Centre is also a cause for concern.
A letter asking for advice has been delivered to the Town Hall
for the attention of the Mayor.
Joaquin Ataz Ruiz, CRA Lawyer has agreed to contact, the Mazarron
Town Hall, the Motorway Construction Company and Masa to ascertain
where responsibility lies in order to try and resolve this problem.
10th October:
Do date the Mayor has not replied to our letter. This subject
is carried forward to both the next meeting with Masa and the
next meeting with the Mayor.
Ambulance Station:
No further progress. Carried forward to next meeting with the
Mayor
Landscaping
of open areas – What is Planned for Camposol?
No further progress. Carried forward to next meeting with the
Mayor
Touristico Properties:
An article was placed in the Costa Almeria News on Friday 14th
September which included a statement from the Mayor of Mazarron,
as follows.
When asked about the possibility of reclassifying the affected
properties. Sr. Blaya said it would be practically impossible
to do. Sr Blaya said: “Spanish law stipulates that in any
urbanisation certain percentages of constructions have to be given
over to specific uses. I can’t change the law.” A
lawyer contacted by the newspaper confirmed Sr. Blaya’s
comments saying, that the reclassification of the houses would
be “extremely difficult to do” and the council was
under no obligation to do so.
The CRA Lawyer Joaquin Ataz Ruiz, (who specialises in Spanish
Planning Laws) has been tasked, by the CRA, with conducting the
necessary research required to prove that this is merely down
to a change in the law. In his opinion this is simply a political
decision that can be taken by the Mayor and the Mazarron Town
Council who only have to have the will to do so. Additionally
due to the timing of the said law and it’s implementation
within Camposol the council is obliged to do so.
10th October
Irache reported to the committee that the Plan Partial for the
next 10 years is in the first stages of reading she added that
any citizen has a right to object to the plans set down if they
so wish.
After some discussion it was agreed by the committee that it would
be prudent to compose a letter to the Town Council to urge them
to re submit the plans for Camposol as Residential only instead
of what came to light in January of this year being a mixture
of both Residential and Touristico.
Especially as every house owner who purchased from Masa bought
Residential homes NOT Touristico.
Additional to the above a second letter will also be composed
the purpose of which will be to enable all home owners on Camposol
to make their own personal objection on this subject to the Town
Hall.
Proposed by Mary Cooper and seconded by Tony Butler, carried unanimously
be the remainder of the committee.
Action: Irache to compose the two letters in both Spanish and
English. Once these are to hand the committee will ensure that
wherever possible everyone who wishes to exercise their rights
on this subject has the opportunity to do so.
Lawyers Report:
The Lawyers Report is completed and will be interpreted into English
by the end of October. It was agreed that once the committee have
possession of this a dedicated committee meeting would be held
to discuss the contents. A copy of the report will then be registered
at the Town Hall for the attention of the Mayor and a copy will
be sent to Masa for the attention of Daniel Bascunana, Power of
Attorney for Masa.
Fund Raising:
The Bonus Ball for October is now complete and profits of €192
Car Boot Sale October 7th €305 to Funds
Fund raising events planned between now and December are as follows:
24th October Race Night
3rd November Guy Fawkes Dinner Dance
December 5th s.t.c Auction
2nd December Camposol Car Boot Sale
All donations of saleable items are required, for the car boots
and the auction, and will be gratefully received. If you have
any items you would like to contribute please get in touch with
Max Minter on 968.199.007 or any of the CRA committee members.
10th October:
Max Minter submitted a proposed programme of events for the first
4 months of 2008 these were approved by the committee, proposed
by Tony Butler and seconded by Barry Cooper, unanimously carried
by the remainder of the committee.
Events
as follows - dates to be agreed.
February Games night
March Race Night
April A night of Dance
May Barbeque
Action: Max Minter to advertise future events on the Telmicro
Information Channel
The New Camposol Courier: Have sponsored a Quiz Night to be held
at El Tardio on 30th October, Rathnait asked if the committee
would enter a team for this event. Money raised at this event
will be split between the C.R.A Lawyers Fund and the Pals Ambulance
Appeal.
Mazarron Town Hall Web Site:
The CRA have been invited to post news items on the Mazarron Town
Hall Web Site. The Chair stated that he was not sure what ‘news’
items were expected, the committee agreed it was necessary to
discuss this subject further in the next meeting with the Mayor’
Carried Forward to next meeting with the Mayor
Land Registry:
Roy Pugh reported that a house owner had visited the Land Registry
Office to enquire if his property was recorded on the Land Register
and was told that according to their records he did not own the
land his villa has been built on. Irache commented that in theory
this is also the case for the majority of house owners on Camposol.
This registration cannot take place until a property is fully
completed and the Certificate of Habitacion has been issued. At
the present time all houses on Camposol are classed as being ‘Under
Construction’.
The Committee expressed concern over this as there could be further
tax implications involved. Roy asked if a letter could be sent
to the CRA Lawyers asking for guidance and advice on what the
implications to the house owner are.
10th October
Comments from CRA Lawyers. To be registered on the Land Registry
it is necessary to have a ‘public deed’ (by notary).
A property cannot be registered if it is not documented as a public
deed. Having looked at most of the purchases in Camposol these
were done by what is called a ‘private contract’ foreseeing
the future signing of the deed. To secure this Masa should be
asked to grant the public deeds. If these were granted then the
new ‘ownership’ would be registered with the Land
Registry.
Having said this each case is unique and should be analysed on
it’s own merits.
Carried Forward
New Camposol Courier – Editorial Committee:
It was agreed that the editorial committee for the New Camposol
Courier should amount to four members and would be shared between
volunteers and committee members:
Proposed members so far are Mary Cooper (CRA) Judith Butler (Volunteer)
Two more members will be invited to join.
Brought Forward A.O.B from 23rd meeting
Brian Tokely reported that he had been requested by Jaqueline
Galvez to clarify the position regarding Post Boxes for Sectors
B, C & D.
It appears that confusion has arisen between Masa and the Town
Hall reference the requirements put forward to each party by the
CRA.
Brian said clarification is required as to whether the requirement
is for one building to house post boxes for ALL sectors or a separate
building for each one.
The Committee stated that the original request put forward to
both parties by the CRA asked for separate buildings to be provided,
one for each sector, similar to that which has been provided for
sector A .
It was also stressed, that Brian should make it clear to the Town
Hall, that ANY postal system that is supplied must be the responsibility
of and the service provided officially by the Correos from a purpose
built office situated on Camposol.
25th September : Brian Tokely reported that he has relayed this
information to Jaqueline Galvez who asked that the CRA submit
the above in writing to both Masa and the Town Hall to clear up
any misunderstandings. The committee agreed to do this.
10th October Roy Pugh has composed a letter to the Mayor this
has been translated into Spanish one copy will be delivered to
the Town Hall for the attention of the Mayor and another copy
will at the request of the Mayor be given to Daniel Bascunana
at the next Masa meeting Tuesday 16th October – Subject
now Closed.
A.O.B
There being no other business the meeting closed.
Date of Next Meeting:
Wednesday 31st October at 15.00hrs, Venue Neptuno 2
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