Agenda and minutes

Venue: Council Chamber - Town Hall - Maidenhead

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32.

CHAIRMAN'S INTRODUCTION

The Chairman to welcome all to the meeting and have introductions around

the room.

Minutes:

The Chairman welcomed all to the Forum especially Councillor Derek Wilson.

 

The Chairman shared a few words about Dr Mike Bruton after he sadly passed away on 24th May 2017. Dr Bruton was a founder member of the Access Advisory Forum. The Forum expressed their thanks to him and all the work he did.

 

 

33.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

To receive any Apologies.

Minutes:

Apologies of absence were received from Tim Clare and Robin Pemberton.

34.

MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING pdf icon PDF 86 KB

To agree the minutes of the last meeting.

Minutes:

The minutes of the meeting on 27 March 2017 were Unanimously Agreed.

35.

MATTERS ARISING

To consider the Matters arising below:

 

5.1

Changing Places

Lee Ovens

5.2

River Street Car Park, Windsor

Neil Walter

5.3

Nicholsons Car Park

Neil Walter

5.4

Local Access Forum

Lisa Hughes

5.5

Maidenhead Town Centre Regeneration

(including Shopmobility relocation and Blue Badge (disabled) parking)

Councillor Wilson

5.6

Maidenhead Station/Crossrail

Gordon Oliver

5.7

St Marks/Courthouse Road junction

Councillor Hollingsworth

5.8

Planning Applications

Angela Clark

 

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Minutes:

4.1 Changing Places

 

Lee Ovens, Magnet Leisure Centre Manager, informed the Forum that currently the Magnet Leisure Centre has got disabled facilities for changing including a changing bed and a hoist. There is also a pool side hoist available too.

 

The proposals for the new leisure facilities were still being finalised. The architects had been selected. The Forum were pleased that they could advise the council of what was required for changing places facilities.

 

Dominic Manley advised the forum that he regularly used the facilities at the Windsor leisure centre and the Changing Places room has no toilet. Separately from that room there is a disabled toilet which has a  toilet and shower but no hoist or fold down bench. Neither room has all of the facilities to satisfy the definition of a Changing Places toilet'

 

Lisa Hughes informed the Forum that there were specific guidelines that were required to be followed and it seemed like Windsor Leisure Centre had not followed them. The Magnet Leisure Centre did not follow the guidelines. Lisa Hughes would go and check the Cox Green Leisure centre and report back to the Forum. Lisa Hughes informed the Forum that other boroughs such as Bracknell, Wokingham and Reading already had excellent changing places facilities available.

 

Changing places are best located at main attractions in the borough, shopping centres, leisure centres and supermarkets. These were some of the suggested hubs. Currently there are 992 changing places in the UK and these were increasing quickly.

 

Further improvements were required to make the borough more disabled friendly, especially with the Magnet Leisure Centre relocating to Braywick Park.

 

ACTION: Lisa Hughes to provide a list of what other boroughs have in place to Councillor Love.

 

ACTION: Lisa Hughes to report back to Forum of the facilities at Cox Green Leisure Centre.

 

ACTION: Councillor Love to email Kevin Mist to highlight the need for a changing place at the new leisure centre.

 

ACTION: Invite Kevin Mist to the next Forum

 

 

4.2 River Street Car Park

 

Neil Walter, Parking Principal, informed the Forum that he had received funding for Automated Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) for the River Street Car Park. There was a twelve week lead time for this to be in place. Windsor Library car park was on hold as many changes were taking place.

 

4.3 Nicholsons Car Park

 

Neil Walter, Parking Principal, reported to the Forum that Capital funds have been found to provide an automatic barrier to be placed at the exit from ShopMobility in Nicholsons car park. The barrier had been ordered at the end of May 2017 and would be in place by September 2017. Neil Walter confirmed that ShopMobility members could be informed.

 

The Chairman asked how long Nicholsons car park was going to be in use. Neil Walter informed the Forum that a new car park would be in place by September/November 2019, there was a 18 month lead time. The current Nicholsons car park would close by the end of 2017. The new  ...  view the full minutes text for item 35.

36.

ITEMS

To consider the items below:

 

6.1

 

RBWM Comprehensive Equality

& Diversity policy

Rachel Kinniburgh

6.2

Raising the profile of the AAF

Lisa Hughes

 

Minutes:

5.1 RBWM Comprehensive Equality & Diversity policy

 

Anna Robinson, Strategy and Performance Manager, and Rachel Kinniburgh, Strategy Officer, updated the Forum on the way forward by talking them through the attached presentation. The Council Strategy which was currently being reviewed by service leads was due to be presented to Council at the July 2017 meeting. The aim was to find the golden thread through the organisation and this was proving to be a significant amount of work. The strategy would be reported quarterly and a report could be produced for the Forum annually. The Officers suggested attending the next Forum to give an update.

 

ACTION: Invite Strategy Team to next Forum.

 

ACTION: Send link to the Council Strategy with the minutes to all Members.

 

5.2 Raising the profile of the AAF

 

Lisa Hughes presented a proposal to raise the profile of the Access Advisory Forum to residents. The Forum suggested the following points in addition to the suggestions in the proposal:

·         Hold a disability event in the Nicholsons Centre.

·         People to Places gets involved and assists with promoting.

·         Carry out a survey for residents using Survey Monkey.

·         Advertise the Forum at leisure centres, bus stops, libraries.

 

 

The Chairman thanked Lynne Penn for all her hard work, her professionalism, commitment, knowledge and support. The Forum wished Lynne well in her new role.

 

37.

DATES OF THE NEXT MEETINGS

The dates of the next set of meetings are as follows:

 

Monday 25 September 2017

 

Monday 4 December 2017

 

Monday 19 March 2018

Minutes:

The dates of the next set of meetings are as follows:

 

Monday 25 September 2017

 

Monday 4 December 2017

 

Monday 19 March 2018