Agenda and minutes
Venue: Virtual Teams Meeting
Contact: Alice Williams
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Apologies Minutes: Apologies were received from Mr M Titterington, Buckinghamshire Council and Ms A Hewitt, Great Missenden Parish Council. |
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Declarations of Interest Minutes: There were none. |
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Welcome and Introductions Minutes: The Chairman welcomed all attendees to the first meeting of the Missendens Community Board. It was highlighted that Community Boards were an exciting new project for the new council and would operate differently to Local Area Forums (LAFs).
Mr J Gladwin had been appointed as the board’s vice-chairman. The Chairman introduced Mr G Williams, Cabinet Member for Communities and Public Health who attended the meeting as the portfolio holder to present a vision for the boards going forward. Introductions were made by the board. |
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Overview and Vision for the Board Minutes: Mr Williams, Cabinet Member for Communities and Public Health led a verbal discussion and highlighted the following:
The following points were highlighted during questions and from the board:
The Chairman thanked Mr Williams for his attendance. |
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Reflections on Covid-19 Minutes: The Chairman led a verbal discussion and highlighted the following:
The following points were highlighted during questions and comments from the board:
It was highlighted that it was critical to ensure representatives of each area were present at meetings. |
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Minutes: Mr R Patel, Public Health gave an overview of the presentation (appended to the minutes) and highlighted the following:
The following health priorities were suggested:
The following points were highlighted during questions and comments from the board:
ACTION: Mr Patel
Public Health were interlinking with Buckinghamshire Council’s social care functions. Many factors contributed to the wellbeing of communities as a whole, not just in relation to recovery. There would be further collaborations with colleagues across the council to gather data from a wide variety of sources. Public Health were represented within various working groups in order to share intelligence to aid recovery. |
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Business Intelligence Information PDF 1 MB Minutes: Ms L Charleston, Community Board Coordinator presented the update and highlighted the following:
The area had a low job density. A majority of the population lived in the area but worked outside the area with a high percentage of commuters. |
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HS2 Update Minutes: Mr M Johnsone, Great Missenden Parish Council provided an overview of the presentation (appended to the minutes) and highlighted the following:
ACTION: Ms Charleston
Forthcoming Work:
The Chairman highlighted that there may be some protest against the work if this resulted in a delay that would not be in the best interests of the Community. The work on the Link Road was of significant benefit and would go some way to mitigate the severe impact of HS2 construction traffic on residents as the Parliamentary Select Committee stated. Regrettably local Parish councils would have the extra burden of keeping residents informed about the works because HS2 Ltd had decided to step back from their role in community engagement. |
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Priority Setting Minutes: The Chairman led a verbal discussion in which the following suggestions for priorities were made:
· Economic regeneration and recovery · Communication and engagement · HS2 · Environment · Transport and Highways · Community Safety · Health and Wellbeing · Supporting young people · Supporting elderly and vulnerable · Covid Recovery
It was highlighted by the board that some of the priorities could overlap and interlink together.
Ms K Wager, Localism Manager highlighted that plans were underway for a workshop with Community Board Chairmen, the Police Inspector and Youth Coordinators in early August 2020 to establish links and integrations with the board and innovative ways of working.
A priority needed to be placed on communications to ensure the effectiveness of the board by the communities being made aware of key activities.
Members were all in agreement that due to the overlap in priorities it would be beneficial to review the presentations and set up smaller sub groups to establish interim priorities to be reviewed in September 2020. |