Following the vandalism on Magdalen Green overnight Sunday/Monday, in which heritage-style lamp posts were vandalised, I was in touch yesterday with Tayside Police regarding increased patrolling and with the City Council's Leisure & Communities regarding repairs. An article appeared in today's "Courier" - see http://tinyurl.com/courier080909 - but it was infuriating to see further vandalism last night (see above right, with thanks to Liz Broumley of Friends of Magdalen Green). There's a clear need for further police attention overnight on the Green, something I have raised with our local Inspector.This morning, I attended an informative briefing for councillors by Tayside Police and the Council's Social Work Department on the Tayside Pilot Offender Disclosure Scheme, soon to be launched.
Thereafter, along with other members of the Kingspark Project Board, I had the pleasure of going on a site visit around the new Kingspark School building project in Clepington Road. As you can see from the photos, there's a fair bit of work to be done yet but the project is taking great shape and is currently ahead of target for completion next year. The new school will be a superb resource for the city's children with learning difficulties and will
give 21st century facilities to add to the existing excellent reputation of Kingspark School.This evening, I attended the first meeting of West End Community Council's new session and had the pleasure of chairing the AGM part of the meeting. If you click on the headline above, you can read my update to the Community Council for September.