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LORD MAYORALTY

You may have noticed press reports announcing me as Lord Mayor elect for Cardiff for

2015 /16.This decision was made at the March County Council meeting.

It goes without saying that I will be delighted and honoured to fulfil the Mayoral role from

21 May for a year. I am particularly pleased that my wife Jan will be well enough to

accompany me as Lady Mayoress. We appreciated the many good wishes we received

following her recent ill health from which she is now recovered. The timing could not be

better from that point of view.

In future Link reports I will refer to some of the engagements we will enjoy. I understand

that a Royal visit will take place in the near future.

I will continue to fulfil my local role as councillor in exactly the same way as I do presently.

It will not be possible to publish my surgery details until my mayoral programme is set up

but I can always be contacted by email or phone.

I will cease to lead my political group and will not attend my usual committees. However I

will be chairing the Council meetings and those of you who watch them via the webcam

will know I do not underestimate that challenge. I am only too well aware that Council

Meetings need to be more focused and finish within reasonable timescales. A near

midnight meeting finish in February was not the first such example of an overextended

session. Such long and laboured meetings are not good for the quality of decision making.

I am in the process of selecting a Lord Mayor’s charity and will enjoy many charity

fundraising activities throughout the year. Our local school has already booked me for a

visit and the Mayoral diary fills fast with evenings and all seven days a week being

available for events.

I look forward with great anticipation and appreciation to my mayoral year.

LORD LISVANE VISITS CARDIFF COUNCIL

Robert Rogers, who recently became Lord Lisvane, conducted a session for councillors and

others on chairing meetings. Lord Lisvane impressed his audience with the depth of his

knowledge and talked with the benefit of long and successful experience both as a

chairman and as a participant in meetings. We were also able to quiz him on his life in the

House of Commons as its Clerk.


Lord Lisvane does not lack interesting and amusing anecdotes about our parliamentary

democracy. You may have seen that in the BBC2 documentary about life in the House of

Commons which ran recently.

LISVANE ISSUES IN PROGRESS

I recently reported a meeting I had held with officers about the condition of the pavement

on Llwynypia Rd and also the road surface. There have been reports of people falling and I

raised the tempo in requesting some urgency. I was both surprised and grateful for a swift

Council response.

When you read this, major repairs of the Llwynypia Rd footway should have been

completed. The road surface repair is in the system and will take longer to be planned.

LOCAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN

A planning inspector appointed by Welsh Assembly recently examined the Council’s

Development Plan. My only reaction is some relief that the examiner raised 150 questions

about matters which concerned her or needed clarification. That included the 50/50 split on

car/public transport use which I have repeatedly challenged. I am in regular contact with the

officers working on this project and will continue to monitor and express my views on behalf

of Lisvane.

I also continue to raise the question of potential planning gain for the village in terms of

financial investment from development and have held a number of meetings at Chief

Executive level. I will continue to update readers as this process progresses.

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Youth Groups

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Scouts and Cubs 20759528

Youth Club 20750932

Groups

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Rotary Clubs 20624481

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Religious Organisations

Lisvane Baptist Church

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St Denys Parish Church

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Christ the king RC Church

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