Attended a meeting of residents at Menzieshill Parish Church on Wednesday night. It had been arranged between the Chair of West End Community Council and the developer (and their architects) in relation to the Wimberley Houses site, prior to a planning application being submitted.
The architect had invited me as ward councillor and, having sought advice from the City Council, I was allowed to attend only in an "observer" capacity as a planning application may soon come forward and elected members of the City Council are subject to a Code of Conduct in relation to planning applications. Over 70 residents attended the meeting.
Yesterday was busy with a photocall in the morning to mark the installation of several new helpful information boards along the southern section of the Green Circular Route across Dundee - an initiative by the City Council but funded through TACTRAN. (See photo right).
In the afternoon, was delighted to welcome LibDem Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland, Alistair Carmichael MP, to Dundee. Alistair was primarily here to help our Lochee Ward by-election candidate Chris Hall and he toured the ward and met local residents in Lochee High Street (see below).
After three busy surgeries, attended an administration group meeting at the City Chambers in the evening, with much of today spent on constituent issues (in part arising out of yesterday's surgeries) - mainly housing, environmental and roads issues.
