Call to make speed hump into crossing

“I too was at the meeting and was unimpressed by the new Committee. The Chair appears to not have a clue about either the local area and what people want, or how to run a meeting. " members of the Committee had obviously got their own issues with regard to school catchment areas and had already decided in their own minds what should happen. Another committee member stayed silent for the entire meeting. Of the whole Committee, I can only see one member gareth Ekin who had anything constructive to say. In fact he would make a better Chair.

A crossing is required, but not in the present unofficial location. When pulling out of the side roads onto New Inn Lane, the natural thing to do is to accelerate and I can see accidents happening on the crossing.

The open air concert, whilst being a good idea, would be better held somewhere where there is the opportunity to drop into a local pub or pubs, or to shops. That's one of the reasons that the Penkhull festival is so popular.

I too was disappointed that votes were not taken to gain opinion of residents views.

Perhaps someone from the committee will come on here and respond to the comments that residents are making.”

“I agree with Britpark and with camband. The committee gave a poor impression of themselves. Their were several comments from the Chair that showed that he does not know his local area. Perhaps he's in it to advertise his businesses, which are advertised on the Residents' Association website. I thought it wasn't supposed to be for personal gain. It was obvious that the wishes of the committee went against the views of the representatives of Ash green school and the committee were shown to have not got their facts right on catchment areas abnd numbers. i have attended previous meetings and thought that they were much more informative (some of the talks were very interesting.)

i agree with Britpark, that a register of attendees should have been taken. Votes could then have been taken to ascertain the interest in the topics raised. There were mixed comments on the crossing topic and a vote should have been taken (1) to see if a crossing was needed and (2) the best location. The same applied to the 'Pop concert'. 2 locations were discussed, but no vote was taken on which of the 2 was considered best.

As for the issuing of minutes, I am sure that this is a requirement by the City Council. The website was said to be where they would be put, ( and they have been) but some residents will not have access to computers or the internet. The local noticeboards are too small to display full minutes, so Trentham Library seems to be a good idea from Britpark. The folder was there the last time I visited, but it had not been updated. hopefully is still there now and can be used again. Indeed the minutes do not seem to be totally accurate...they state that there is a preference for a crossing without lights, but this was not voted on or discussed. Perhaps this is another example of what the committee wants!

As for the website, it states

Our Vision and strategy:

To promote and develop Trentham and Hanford and to boost the prosperity, wealth and happiness of its residents, by bringing local talent to life and unleashing the power of goals.

It appears that someone has attended a few too many Team building courses!”

“Quote: -"But families say motorists still travel at high speeds and agree that improved safety measures would be welcomed". -Trentham Families.

''travel at high speeds' -You can say that again.

In response to 'britpark's' comments... It does appear that this is a very dysfunctional committee. I have little hope that as such, New Inn Lane will become any safer for pedestrians in the near future.”

“To be fair and to give a balanced report, a number of residents said that they thought that the any crossing needed to be in a different location, nearer the bridge over the Longton Brook, as this would be a far safer place to cross when the crossing attendant was not on duty. I personally found it surprising that some residents thought it was a pedestrian crossing, as there are obviously no markings or lights to indicate it as being one.

Having attended the meeting I can only say that it appears that the Committee have their own agenda where local matters are concerned. I was not the only resident who came out of the meeting with the thought that the Committee members had already made their own minds up about what the community wanted. Although they made a show of asking for residents' opinions, no votes were taken on any of the issues discussed. No register of attendance was taken, so that if a vote had been taken, there was no way of knowing who of those attending were actually entitled to vote.

I would applaud the lady who was on the Governors at a Blurton school when she commented on the derogatory comments about Blurton schools, that were being implied by certain residents and committee members.

I was astounded by the comments from the Chair, in resonse to one resident asking if they would be making minutes available, both of the Open Meeting and of the Committee meetings. 'My intention is to make them available, and I will do it when I get time, I have 2 businesses to run.' Surely, this should be done by the secretary. If he is issuing the minutes to his committee and to the council as is required then it is simple to make an extra copy available. He stated that the minutes would be on the website and the noticeboards. They should also be in the folder which resides in Trentham Library, which has not been updated since the previous committee stood down."

I noted that members of the previous committee were in attendance at the meeting and I am surprised at how restrained they were in not commenting on how the meeting was run, especially in light of the unfair criticism that was aimed at them by John Owen at the last meeting.”