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Harlech Council received a letter from Gwynedd Council’s Highways Department with a contract for going into partnership to keep the toilets in Lower Bron y Graig toilets open all year and toilet near the Queens and Min y Don open for six months for the sum of £8,000. It was agreed that the chairman would sign this contract on behalf of the council.

Jonathan Cawley, Snowdonia National Park planning director has written to Harlech Council regarding the state of the former St David’s Hotel.

He stated that because of the condition of the building, the authority had decided to place a Section 215 Notice on the building which was asking for the owner to demolish the building and this notice came to an end in April 2017.

As failure had been done to comply with this notice the authority was successful in prosecuting the owner in September 2017 for the full £1,000.

Up to now the owner has still not complied with the notice so therefore the authority is in the process of doing another prosecution with the hope of getting a hearing in the courts in April this year and the fine will be much higher than £1,000 this time if the hearing is successful. Another option is for the authority to demolish the building themselves but the cost is far too much.

It was made known that some of the street lights on the Morfa Road are not working and Cllr Freya Bentham agreed to deal with this matter.

It was agreed to contact Liz Haynes to inform her that a tree had fallen on the Penygraig path.

Concern was voiced that there were no Welsh signs around the tennis court and it was agreed that this would be brought to the attention of the Board of Harlech and Ardudwy Leisure.

Great concern was voiced to the state of the dog poo bin in Bron y Graig Park and also the fact that poo bags were been thrown on the floor and all over the park. It was agreed to contact Gwynedd Council regarding this.

It was agreed to ask if the Old School car park could be turned into a long stay rather that a short-stay one.

Great concern was voiced that the path leading from the coleg towards the beach was littered with dog poo and it was agreed to ask Gwynedd Council to patrol this area.

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