Minutes October 30th 2025

BUILDING A BETTER COMMUNITY

Meeting Minutes Thursday October 30th

1.Introduction

Nando welcomed attendees (30 residents attended). The Mayor was

unable to attend this meeting

2. Establishment of legally recognised Residents Association

Work is currently underway, through our legal representative, to register

the association. However, the process is taking longer than expected.

We anticipate that registration will be completed by the end of the year.

The anticipated cost per home is €15 per annum. Discussion was held

regarding how this fee should be collected, but no final decision has yet

been made.

3. Community Issues and Updates

a. Formalising Complaints and Requests

A decision has been made to discontinue informal methods of

communication (such as emails and phone calls) for submitting

complaints. All future requests and issues are now being formally

registered through official legal channels.

While this process has yielded some success, response times have been

longer than anticipated. We are currently facing two main challenges:

1. Non-compliance with legal response deadlines by the Town Hall.

2. Excessive delays in taking corrective action.

By law, authorities are required to respond within a maximum period of

three months. We will continue to apply pressure on the Town Hall and

relevant authorities to ensure timely compliance and follow-up.

An example of the effectiveness of this formal approach can be seen in

the recent case involving Acciona. Within four days of a formal

complaint—supported by photos certified by the local police—Acciona

repaired several potholes caused by their own work. While this

represents partial success, several potholes remain unrepaired.

Additionally, several new potholes have been created by construction

companies using heavy vehicles, leading to multiple formal complaints

(“denuncias”) being filed for the resulting damage.

b. Neighbourhood Security

We have been advised that an enhanced local police unit will be

established. This will include additional armed officers trained to provide

improved security for our community, with the goal of achieving 24/7

coverage. CCTV cameras will also be installed at key locations around the

town. The initial phase will include five cameras.

c. Street Lighting

We continue to press the Town Hall to repair the numerous non-

functioning streetlights throughout the urbanisation.

d. Fire Safety and Emergency Planning

We have received confirmation of a plan to maintain a firebreak around

the town and all urbanisations. However, an evacuation plan for L’Aspre

is still required and will be pursued further.

e. Social Activities

The Games Club has been successfully established and is open to all

residents. Meetings are held every Thursday from 17:30 to 19:30. Plans

for a street party remain under consideration, and Nando has identified

members for an organising committee to move this forward.

3. Other Business

a. Urbanisation Maintenance and Management

It was acknowledged that maintenance work across the urbanisations

has not been carried out frequently or consistently. The meeting

expressed concern about the lack of accountability and management

among Town Hall staff responsible for these tasks. The reduction in the

number of workmen employed has had a clear negative impact, and this

issue is being experienced by all urbanisations, not just ours.

One proposal was that Saoro Barber, the Town Hall’s appointed

manager for urbanisation maintenance, be required to attend meetings

of urbanisation leaders to report on planned activities. This would allow

greater accountability and coordination and strengthen collective

appeals to the Mayor for additional resources.

The possibility of the urbanisations having a direct representative on the

Town Council within the next two years was also raised. This option

should be explored in more detail.

b. Items Raised by Jim Lawler (via email)

i. Condition of streetlights (see item above).

ii. Overgrown hedges.

iii. General cutting back of roadside vegetation.

Items (ii) and (iii) were covered in the earlier discussion regarding the

lack of effective management within the Town Hall and the need to

formalise complaints.

4. Cash balance remains Euro 152.80 with no expenditure since the last

meeting.

5. Next meeting. Date to be arranged for January and it will be an outline

meeting, with translation capability. It is critical that we reach out to more

residents/owners. Every nationality needs to be able to participate and

have an equal voice in our community.