Agenda and minutes

Venue: MS Teams

Contact: Clerk - Anne-Marie Kenward  Community Board Co-ordinator - Liz Charleston

Media

Items
No. Item

1.

Welcome and apologies

Minutes:

Present

C Black, J Cadman, R Gibson, P Healy, M Johnson, Vanessa Martin, B Rowell and J Veysey,

 

Apologies

S Baker, S Burke, Cllr M Dormer, C Eaden, M Etkind, Cllr M Flys, A Hewett, M Lloyd-Webb, Cllr J MacBean and C Veysey.

 

2.

Declarations of Interest

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest.

3.

Community Board Reports pdf icon PDF 469 KB

·Notes from the last meeting

·Funding summary – including details of awards already made in the year to date.

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Chairman referred to the funding report a copy of which would be appended to these minutes.

The Chairman highlighted that:

  • The Community Board had started financial year 2021/22 with a higher than usual budget of £250k due to being allowed to carry over funding from 2021/22
  • The approximate total spend for 2021/22 had been £102k with £50k paid and £52k in applications pending.
  • For 2022/23 there had been a reduction to funding for all Community Boards. The 2022/23 budget would be just over £151k. This was due to budget constraints and a low level of spending across all Community Boards.
  • The Chairman remained committed to inviting back funding recipients to give updates at future meetings.
  • Several last-minute applications had been received with the final deadline for applications being 17 February 2022.

 

4.

Presentation- Misbourne Area Youth

Short film presentation will be given from Dave Rollins – Youth worker with Misbourne Area Youth.

 

 

Minutes:

A short video presentation by Dave Rollins, Youth worker with Misbourne Area Youth, was shown. A copy of the video was available to view online https://youtu.be/q3w1hSmVQCU.

 

The video featured young people speaking about want they wanted to see in the local area.

The following points were highlighted:

  • Misbourne Area Youth, Buckinghamshire Council and Misbourne School were working together talking to young people to identify their needs and gaps in current provision. The video showed the early stages of this.
  • Starting the week beginning 22 February 2022 Misbourne Youth would also be delivering training and supporting young people to create and distribute surveys to canvas the views of their peers.
  • A common theme was wanting places where teenagers could meet.
  • Results of the survey would be brought back to future meetings.

 

5.

Update from the Highways Group

To be presented by Liz Charleston.

Minutes:

The Chairman gave an update on projects being considered by the Highways Group.

 

  • Funds had been set aside for a parking review that covered the entire board area. This was instead of focusing on current areas of concern and potentially just moving problems to different areas.
  • An application had been made for replacement bollards to prevent verge parking at Church Street, Great Missendens.
  • There was a live petition on the Buckinghamshire Council website relating to dangerous conditions at Honor Road, Prestwood. Once the petition closed on 23 February 2022 a report would be prepared for consideration.
  • Following the Nags Head Road, Prestwood petition discussed at the last meeting pneumatic monitoring tubes had been installed to monitor traffic. Findings had not shown signs of excessive traffic movements but suggested a problem with speeding in the area. Officers would now produce a report outlining their findings and potential next steps. This would be shared with the Highways Group and the petitioners.

 

6.

Community Matters pdf icon PDF 365 KB

·         Petitions

·         Prestwood Village meeting

·         Questions:  questions to be submitted in advance to missendenscb@buckinghamshire.gov.uk

·         Consultations: to review open consultations, go to Your Voice Bucks website Your Voice Bucks - Citizen Space

Minutes:

Community Safety

Sergeant D Walsh, Thames Valley Police (TVP) had sent his apologies, a copy of the latest local newsletter would be circulated with these minutes.

 

Mr R Gibson gave the following updates:

  • There had been sightings of the new Berryfield car park extension, Great Missenden, being used as a “skid pad” and attracting anti-social behaviour. The Parish Council had held a local meeting which TVP had attended.  As a result, the local TVP Roads Team had increased their presence over a 3-week period during which 3 speed warnings and several Section 59 careless driving notices were issued. Continued issues should be reported to TVP.
  • The next Chiltern and South Bucks Policing Issues Forum priorities survey would go live in March. Historically the response rate was low and any support to increase engagement would be welcomed. It was noted that the outcome of the survey set the local priorities and feed directly into how TVP resources were allocated.
  • The Chairman had received antidotal evidence of accidents at the A413 Link Road. as a result of additional HS2 traffic and their vehicles speeding The Chairman was keen to make use of the cameras here, which were paid for by HS2, to monitor the issue.

 

Prestwood Village Meeting

The Chairman noted that Prestwood was the largest settlement in the Board area but historically had not had the same input into community infrastructure as other towns and villages locally. The Chairman was keen to seek local views and a meeting would be arranged locally including hiring a facilitator. Ms Charleston would share further details when available. ACTION Ms Charleston

 

Questions

There were no questions submitted in advance.

 

Consultations

Details of open consultations could be found online Your Voice Bucks website Your Voice Bucks - Citizen Space. The Chairman also encouraged Committee Members to get involved with the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) which would available to view on the   LGBCE website

 

Any other business

The following points were discussed:

  • Amersham Community Board had had their first in person event. The focus had been on stalls from organisations who had benefited from Community Board funding and celebrating local winners of the Proud of Bucks awards. The Chairman hoped to hold a similar event on 7 April 2022. Ms Charleston would share further details when available. ACTION Ms Charleston
  • Youth Ambassadors would be discussed at future meetings. Ms Charleston would share further details when available. ACTION Ms Charleston

 

7.

Date of next meeting

7 April 2022, 7pm

Minutes:

7 April 2022, 7pm. Location to be confirmed.