Attendance: Rob Dyer (RD) (Chair), Steve Walmsley (SW) (Vice Chair), Roger Button (RB), Anne Morse Jones (AMJ), Christopher Beynon (CB), Nicola Rees (NR), Selina Taylor (ST) Clerk, 18 residents & Sarah Stevens (SS) of the National Trust.

1.        Apologies: Sally Beynon, Steve Campbell Kelly, Margaret Dixon, Gill Beynon, Sarah Walmsley, Steven Fisher, June and Dudley Thomas, Maureen Symberlist.

2.        Minutes of the last meeting: Approved.

3.        Matters arising.  Marquee behind Ash Tree has not materialised into a regular fixture.

4.        Chairman’s report.  Chair said better, quieter year.  Planning matters have decreased.  Councillors have attended most meetings. 
Footpaths department report back regularly and repairs are done quickly.  NR entered the meeting.  RD indicated that there would be more problems arising in the future as most stiles were placed about 15 years ago and are coming to end of their useful lives.  Chair asked residents to raise issues with overgrown footpaths or dangerous stiles with RCC.   There have been some re-routing of footpaths, from Mewslade to Knave.  Steps have been cut out in rock face above Ramsgrove.  Footpaths Maps are being sold.
Highways.  Bus turning circle at Rhossili was filled outside Church Park.  Still problems with floods at Margam Corner, maybe problem with drains running towards Margam Corner.  Chair cleaned them out himself in February but are now in need of clearing again.  Litter bins in Summer months have not been emptied regularly.  Dog waste has also been put into the bins and if they are left unemptied, smell awful.  Trying to get chevron at top of Pitton Hill for traffic leaving Rhossili.  Highways Dept. came down last week to look at corner on The Green.  RCC asked Council for better hedge cutting in certain areas, e.g. top of Pitton Hill, where pedestrians are walking into highway, to avoid being poked in the eye because of the overhanging hedge, where one cut is insufficient.   RCC proposed to site a hardwood seat on Village Green.  Penrice vetoed that idea saying that we would be urbanising the Countryside.  Speeding still a problem.  RD went to Community Forum with Police in March, raised speeding and petty theft.  Asked MW for speed camera visit.  Rhossili is on the waiting list. 
Car broken into at Pitton Cross and in Church Car Park and heating oil was taken from house in Rhossili.  A transit van has been seen.
Village Hall and Car Park is being used often and is asset to village.  Small piece of land that Broad Hay rented is now being sold and will go through soon, providing £250 to RCC and legal costs will be covered by the Swinnerton’s.
Planning, nothing really controversial this year.  Also haven’t had the piece-meal applications of previous years, where first application submitted and then extra additions at a later date.
Newsletter.  Christmas newsletter came out.  Donations made to WAA, Church , Pantomine and new noticeboard in Rhossili.  Skips provided.  Thomases will not let skip in car park in future as service has been abused.  Skip at the hall has been squashed down as the skip was piled twice as high.
Election will take place within 35 days of 1^st May, present Council will continue until the RCC elections take place.  RD announced that he is standing down as Chair and offered thanks to other RCC Councillors, also thanked CB who is also standing down.

5.        AOB from floor.  PV thanked people who are standing down.  CB said some new young Councillors were on RCC and said nice to see mix of all ages.

6.        Chair closed APM at 8:20pm.