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Community council

ON behalf of the council, the chairman congratulated Cllr Freya Bentham on winning the Young Entrepreneur of the Year prize during the Gwynedd Buisness Week.

The chairman also congratulated Cllr Elfyn Anwyl and his co-riders on completing a bike ride from Harlech to Ireland during half-term week to raise money for the Awyr Las charity.

Cllr Anwyl thanked the council for their generous donation towards this charity.

The chairman welcomed Michelle Kerswell from Adult Learning Wales to discuss what was going to happen to the college and theatre site now that the two places have shut.

She stated that there was an interest in the Wern Fawr site from a buyer and that ALW is currently working with the agent and have also had made the site secure.

She also stated that the National Library was co-working to register the books that were in the college library.

A question was asked what was happening with the buildings now that they were empty and she stated that there was a safety officer visiting the site on a regular basis and carrying out the necessary measures.

The clerk reported that she had received a reply from Mark Baines regarding ALW donating the public seats that were on the college site to the town and that he had agreed to do this and would be in touch shortly to make arrangements.

The council also asked Mrs Kerswell if it would be possible for the community council to take over Penygraig completely, including the Goat Track, and she stated that she would make enquiries regarding this matter.

The chairman thanked her for att­ending the meeting.

The clerk reported that she had received an email from the Harlech Community Parks Group asking if it would be possible to erect a pavilion on King George V Playing Field so there would be somewhere for children and young people to congregate.

They proposed using the £5,000 that the community council has earmarked for them and if the council would not be agreeable to this, then they would be spending the money to prepare a path for the disabled to the play area and to fix the fence around the playing field.

After a discussion, it was agreed unanimously that the council members would rather see the £5,000 being spent on providing a path for the disabled and fixing the fence as they had concerns with erecting a pavilion.

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