| Tuesday
25th September 2007
The
meeting opened at 14:00hrs
Those Present:
Roy Pugh - Chairman
Tony Butler - Vice Chairman
Mary Cooper - Secretary/Treasurer
Rathnait Mullen - Press Secretary
Irache Merino - Member
Brian Tokely - Member
Barry Cooper - Member
Ken Richardson - Member
Max Minter - Member
Minutes of the 23rd Committee meeting:
The Chairman reviewed the minutes of the 23rd meeting:
Minutes were accepted as a true record with no amendments,
Proposed by Brian Tokely, seconded by Barry Cooper,
Carried unanimously.
Minutes of Masa meeting 13th September:
Minutes were reviewed and accepted as a true record.
Matters Arising:
Street Lighting:
Masa have stated that a new power station is being built by Iberdrola
to serve Camposol and surrounding areas.
25th September – Construction of the new power station is
currently underway.
Carried Forward.
The Mayor has requested a copy of the survey of Street Lighting
problem areas carried out by the CRA.
25th September - A New survey of the current situation is underway,
once completed this will be delivered to the Town Hall for the
attention of the Mayor.
ACTION: Mary Cooper co-ordination of the survey - Roy Pugh/Irache
Merino covering letter to the Mayor
Subsidence D7:
25th September - A meeting was held on Thursday 13th September
with José Ferrer, Masa Architect, who submitted a schedule
of work for the affected properties. All house owners who have
work scheduled have been informed.
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 was agreed that a survey of these properties
will be arranged as soon as possible, progress to be reported
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.
25th September:
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 the Murcia Regional
Government to ascertain where responsibility lies in order to
resolve this problem.
Carried forward.
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 change the law. In his opinion
this is a political decision, with the will to do so can be carried
out quite simply and due to the timing of the said law maintains
that the council is obliged to do so.
Roy Pugh presented his composition of a response to this newspaper
article, the content of which was reviewed by the committee. Max
Minter proposed that the article should be submitted to the Costa
Almeria News, Rathnait Mullen seconded the proposal was unanimously
supported by the remainder of the committee.
Action: Rathnait to send the article to the Costa Almeria News
and the Spanish Press.
Masa meeting Thursday 13th September:
Roy Pugh reported to the committee that during this meeting 81
requests for licences to be issued for work carried out by Abril
28 were handed over for the attention of Daniel Bascunana (see
minutes of Masa meeting 13th September)
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
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
Lawyers Report:
The Lawyers Report is expected to be completed by the end of August.
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.
25th September: Joaquin Ataz Ruiz reported that The Lawyers report
is now complete and has been submitted to Garrigues Head Office
in Madrid for verification, once this is complete the report will
be translated into English. It is expected that this will be available
within the next two weeks.
Fund
Raising:
The Garden Party took place on September 15th. Roy Pugh asked
that it be put on record his grateful thanks to all of those concerned
in making this a very enjoyable and successful day .
Bonus Ball: Money is now being taken for the month of October.
Fund raising events until planned between now and December are
as follows:
10th October Race Night
3rd November Guy Fawkes Dinner Dance
December, date to be confirmed Auction
A Stall at the following Car Boot Sales:
7th October
2nd December
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.
Touristico Meeting 4th September
Although this meeting was not called by the CRA, Committee members
attended as a matter of interest and were alarmed at some of the
things that were reported to a large audience all of which are
victims of this injustice. Roy Pugh has written an article in
answer to this to be published in the next edition of The New
Camposol Courier.
Miscellaneous Lists:
Barry Cooper reported that he has now reviewed this list and where
necessary justified problems will be put forward for consideration
at the next Masa meeting.
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
Brought Forward A.O.B from 22nd meeting
It has come to the attention of the committee that two people
registered with the CRA have criticised the activities of the
committee and accused them of bringing the CRA into debt.
25th September: Mary Cooper reported that a letter had been written
and delivered by hand to the two people involved. No reply has
been received to date.
Subject closed.
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.
Action: Roy Pugh to compose letter, Irache Merino to translate
to Spanish.
CRA
Accounts:
After some discussion it was agreed by the committee that a dedicated
meeting is required to discuss this subject. Copies of all accounts
were distributed to each committee member for perusal and a meeting
has been set for Wednesday 3rd October at 14:30pm.
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.
Action: Mary Cooper to email Joaquin Ataz Ruiz to ask for a meeting
to discuss this subject.
A.O.B
Brian Tokely asked who is responsible for the cleanliness and
maintenance of the two Commercial Centre’s on Sector A and
Sector B. It was agreed by the committee that this is becoming
a serious problem therefore it was proposed that this subject
should be added to the agenda for the next Masa meeting.
Action: Mary Cooper to add this to the Masa Meeting Agenda.
Date of Next Meeting:
Wednesday 10th October at 14:30pm, Venue Neptuno 2, B3 |
