Agenda and minutes

Venue: Virtual meeting via Microsoft Teams

Contact: Anne-Marie Kenward 

Items
No. Item

1.

Introductions and Membership pdf icon PDF 424 KB

To be presented by the Chairman.

Minutes:

The Chairman and the Vice-Chairman introduced themselves and welcomed members to the meeting.

2.

Declarations of Interest

Minutes:

There were no declarations of Interest.

3.

Vision and Role of Community Board pdf icon PDF 762 KB

To be presented by the Chairman.

Minutes:

Ms M Parker, Community Board Coordinator, Buckinghamshire Council gave an overview of the slides appended to the minutes.

 

The Chairman gave a brief overview of the Terms of Reference.

 

There was further discussion around the budget for the community board, it was advised this had been picked up and was being dealt with offline. There would be an email to confirm the outcome shortly.

 

Each Community Board had an individual coordinator to focus on the area to ensure the vision moved forward.

 

4.

Public Health Profile pdf icon PDF 2 MB

To be presented by Rishi Patel, Public Health team, Buckinghamshire Council.

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Mr R Patel, Public Health Consultant, Buckinghamshire Council gave an overview of the presentation appended to the minutes.

 

Cllr S Bowles, Buckinghamshire Council gave an update on The Garden Way- The ambition was to create a linear park of connected green spaces surrounding Aylesbury to deliver a fully connected green and blue infrastructure corridor which would encircle the town. It would connect local parks, woodlands, playgrounds, community gardens, waterways, natural areas and heritage sites as well as new local green spaces providing points of interest along the route. A secondary route of greenway routes connected to the Gardenway which would link with the wider countryside and surrounding villages forming part of a town wide walking and cycling network encouraging people to walk and cycle.

 

 

5.

Business Intelligence pdf icon PDF 2 MB

To be presented by the Chairman.

Minutes:

The Chairman advised the report had been see by the board and requested if there were any further comments. There were none.

 

6.

COVID Reflections

To be presented by the Chairman.

 

Minutes:

The Chairman opened the conversation for members of the board to talk about local stories of Covid-19 support.

 

It was repeated across the conversations that Covid-19 had really brought the area together as a community and it was wanted for the community spirit to continue moving forwards.

 

7.

Priority Setting

To be presented by the Chairman.

Minutes:

Following discussions, the priorities remained unconfirmed, they remained open for comments until Friday 14 August 2020.

 

1.     Support our local community to recover from COVID-19

2.     Focus on the Health and Wellbeing of our local residents

3.     Support our adults, vulnerable residents, and children to live their best lives.

4.     Work towards sufficient Transport, Highways and Infrastructure for the area

5.     Ensure that the area is a safe environment for local residents

 

 

 

 

8.

Sub Committees

To be presented by the Chairman.

Minutes:

Ms M Parker would send out an email to ask for volunteers for sub-groups for the priorities agreed.

9.

Any other business/ Actions

Minutes:

There were no items of AOB.

 

Action

Completed By

Completion Date

To invite Key speakers to the next meeting:

·       RAF Halton

·       HS2

·       Bucks Disability Service

Ms M Parker

ASAP

To confirm the outcome of budget discussions.

Ms M Parker/ MS K Wager

ASAP

To clarify use of substitutes for Community Board meetings.

Ms M Parker

ASAP

To send out recommendations that can be hared locally to support locals in a 2nd wave of Covid-19.

Mr R Patel/ Ms M Parker

ASAP

To promote the ‘Eat out, help out’ Scheme locally.

Board Members

ASAP

To send out an email requesting comments/ideas for priorities.

Ms M Parker

ASAP

To send any comments/ideas for priorities to Ms M Parker.

Board Members

ASAP

To send out an email requesting volunteers for sub-groups.

Ms M Parker

ASAP

 

10.

Date of next meeting

8 September 2020, 7pm.

Minutes:

01 October 2020, 7pm.