See below next batch of dates for Community Testing.

Friday 4th February, Morrisons car park will also be a vaccination clinic alongside the collection point for anyone aged 18 or over for 1st, 2nd or booster vaccination and those aged 12-17 (first or second dose) including young people who have recently turned 12.

Drop in – no appointment needed.

MUCKHART COMMUNITY COUNCIL

Meeting of Muckhart Community Council on

Wednesday 26^th January 2022, Coronation Hall at 7:30pm

AGENDA

1.   Apologies for Absence
2.   Declarations of Interest
3.   Minutes of Meeting on 8 December 2021
4.   Matters Arising
5.  Police Report
6.  Queen’s Platinum Jubilee – Green Canopy Initiative update
7.  Sub – Groups:

– Traffic Management – consider remit and membership

– Meadowside Crescent Development – Springfield/MCC meetings update

– Infrastructure – update

– Flood management – update

– Website/Facebook – update

– Planning – New planning legislation, local place plans

–  Planning applications

8. Muckhart Community Plan 2021/22 update
9. School Path Project – update
10. X53 withdrawal – update
11. Community Involvement – Village image etc
12. Muckhart Primary School Report
13. Treasurer’s Report
14. AOCB
15. Date of Next Meeting: Wednesday 23 March 2022, Coronation Hall, unless otherwise notified.

Forth Valley Health Board have organised the following Covid Vaccination arrangements for this week

Tuesday 18 January, Wednesday 19 January & Thursday 20 January 2022

8-30am – 7.00pm – Stirling University (Pathfoot Building)

The Covid Vaccination bus will be in the following locations this week for anyone aged 18 or over for 1st, 2nd or booster vaccination and those aged 12-17 (first or second dose) including young people who have recently turned 12.

Drop in – no appointment needed.

Tuesday 18th January 2022 – Cochrane Hall, Alva, located in the carpark – 8.30am-3.30pm

Thursday 20th January 2022 – Candleriggs Carpark, Alloa (across from Tesco) – 8.30am-3.30pm

See below details of dates and locations for the Lateral Flow Collection Points in Clackmannanshire for the next three weeks.

In response to a number complaints about the persistent noise from the generator on site over the Christmas period Chris Hardy (MCC) spoke to Jim Ravey, Land and Planning Manage, Springfield. Below is the response from Mr Ravey.

‘We had an issue over the holiday  period where the security company had come out to recharge the battery operated camera system. Unfortunately they left the generator running! However the 1^st we were aware of it was when we received a message from a neighbour asking if it could be turned off……

Unfortunately the security company by that this time had left the site and it was my colleague Paul who went out and turned it off at 9pm on the 29^th Dec.

We contacted the security company and told them if they were going out to charge the cameras, the generator would need to be turned back off when the battery charge was complete and they cannot leave site with the generator still running (ie they must wait until the charging is complete).  This is the contract they signed up for and is what should have happened.

Hope this helps and if you have a chance please apologise to our neighbours for any disturbance caused.’

As always MCC is happy to hear of concerns about the development activity and where we can effect a solution.

220110 202 Timetable

Good news about a replacement bus service for Muckhart and other villages affected by the suspension of the x53. Muckhart Community Council is very grateful to all those who worked hard to achieve this positive outcome. True the service is a trial (see below) but hopefully the number of people using the service will increase with the introduction of the young person concession from end January and perhaps an uplift in people using the bus in order to secure a service future. The link to the timetable is attached.

Service 202

Bay Travel will commence operation of Service 202 between Kinross and Tillicoultry (via Crook of Devon, Rumbling Bridge and Pool of Muckhart) under contract to Perth & Kinross Council, as from Monday, 10 January 2022.  Service 202 will operate off peak, during the day between 0840 and 1438 hrs, Monday – Saturday, providing five return between Kinross and Tillicoultry, allowing for connections at Tillicoultry for onward travel to Stirling.

This is a trial timetable which will initially operate until 31 March 2022 during which time passenger usage and feedback will be reviewed as a means of assessing demand for public transport on this corridor, and inform future planning.

Chris Carberry,  Public Transport Service Delivery Officer

Infrastructure | Stirling Council | Stirling Bus Station | Stirling FK8 1PF

T: 01786 237505 E:[email protected] | W: stirling.gov.uk

In response to the planned suspension of the x53 and other bus services in rural areas there will be a Member’s debate in the Scottish Parliament tomorrow evening around 17.15. Mark Ruskell, MSP for  Mid Scotland and Fife, has secured the debate .

Motion ref: S6M-02426

That the Parliament recognises the importance of local bus services, which are often a lifeline that enables communities to access essential services; acknowledges that rural communities are especially vulnerable to the loss of routes, such as the X53 service that connects Clackmannanshire villages to Kinross and Stirling; recognises the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on patronage levels, and the impact of driver shortages on service provision but also notes that the rollout of the Concessionary Bus Travel Scheme for under-22s in January 2022 is likely to increase bus patronage, and further notes calls on bus operators to meet the needs of all communities they serve by withdrawing planned service cuts.

Asked by: Mark Ruskell