The Chairman to welcome everyone to the Forum.

The Clerk to go through safety procedures.

The Chairman welcomed everyone to the meeting.

The clerk went through the safety procedures.

The Chairman made a personal comment on the article in the Maidenhead Advertiser on 1^st December, titled “ Council staff leave over ‘lack of trust’” and was commenting on the quote by Councillor Dudley within the article.

To receive any apologies for absence.

Apologies for absence were received from Peter Hayley, Robin Pemberton and Mary Smith. John Norris was attending on behalf of Peter Hayley.

To approve the minutes of the meeting held on October 31^st.

The minutes of the last meeting were Unanimously Agreed by the Forum.

To receive updates on the following matters arising:

4.1 Maidenhead Town Centre Regeneration - Kirandeep Hunjan                                      

4.2 St Marks/Courthouse Road junction - Cllr Hollingsworth

4.3 Guildhall Access - Lynne Penn

4.4 Nicholsons Car Park - Neil Walter

4.5 Local Access Forum - Lisa Hughes

4.6 Outsourcing of Childrens and Adults Services – author TBC

4.1 Maidenhead Town Centre Regeneration - Kirandeep Hunjan

Kirandeep Hunjan, Regeneration Manager, gave a presentation on the Maidenhead Town Centre Regeneration, presentation attached.

Points discussed by Forum Members included:

·         The Chairman enquired what the proposal for the Nicolson’s car park was and was advised that it would be knocked down and rebuilt with more flow from the train station through to the high street.

·         The Chairman enquired how the car parking would be managed whilst the car park was being built and was informed that the Regeneration team were working very closely with the Parking team and many options were being considered.

·         John Norris, ShopMobility, asked what the plans were for ShopMobility. Discussions were being had with ShopMobility about moving back to Nicolson’s car park or finding a new location. Further discussions were required.

·         The Chairman highlighted that parking was an important issue and there was already a problem in Maidenhead. The Chairman requested that consideration must be given to disabled car parking spaces.

·         Sharon Carrigan asked if the Magnet Leisure Centre would remain open until the new leisure centre was built and up and running. It was confirmed that it would be.

·         Councillor Love asked about new accommodation and new car parking spaces. How and where are an additional 5000/6000 spaces going to be created. The teams were discussing this with the developers and asking them to provide provision for parking for own flats and/or public parking. Alternative sites were being looked at too. Both short term and long term parking being looked at as well as a number of projects, all simultaneously.

·         Dominic Manley highlighted that current parking spaces were not big enough for the average cars anymore so that could reduce the number of spaces.

·         The football ground in Maidenhead was discussed.

4.2 St Marks/Courthouse Road junction - Cllr Hollingsworth

Councillor Hollingsworth informed the Forum that the scheme was included in the current year’s capital programme, but only as a ‘Reserve Scheme’. A ‘Reserve Scheme’ means that it would only be delivered if the agreed schemes in the programme proved not to be feasible or could not be delivered for one reason or another. It looks as though the Council were going to deliver the agreed schemes this year, so the Council would need to secure funding for the scheme for next financial year.  

Although a capital bid for funding for the scheme in 2017/18 had been submitted, it had not yet been agreed.

The Chairman highlighted that as the Access Advisory Forum, they would agree with Councillor Hollingsworth and support that a traffic light is installed instead of a roundabout.

4.3 Guildhall Access - Lynne Penn

Lynne Penn informed Members that options were still being investigated in putting a toilet on the first floor along with access. Julia White was now leading on this project.

ACTION: Julia White to attend next meeting to give update.

4.4 Nicholsons Car Park - Neil Walter

Neil Walter, Parking Principal, informed the Forum that a new system had  ...  view the full minutes text for item 21.

To discuss and receive updates on the following items:

5.1  Consultations - Lynne Penn

5.2 Planning Applications - Lisa Hughes

5.3 Changing Places - Mary Smith

5.4 Cycling Strategy - Gordon Oliver

5.5 Review of Terms of Reference - Angela Clark

5.1 Consultations - Lynne Penn

Lynne Penn, Transport and Access Team Leader, informed the Forum Members of a number current consultations: Borough Local Plan, Flood Investigation, Speed limits in central Windsor, joint Autumn strategy and the Resident Satisfaction Survey.

If anyone wishes to see the consultations online, they can be found at:

https://www3.rbwm.gov.uk/consultations

5.2 Planning Applications - Lisa Hughes

Lisa Hughes had volunteered to look at future planning applications which would be of interest to the Access Advisory Forum and was happy to report that there were no current applications. The only one that was reported was the plan to see a ground floor based dentist in Sunningdale. Lisa Hughes would continue to view planning applications and report back at the next Forum in March 2017.

5.3 Changing Places - Mary Smith

This item was deferred to the next meeting.

5.4 Cycling Strategy - Gordon Oliver

Gordon Oliver, Principal Transport Policy Officer, gave a presentation on the Cycling Strategy to the Forum, presentation attached.

The Forum discussed the following points:

·         Cyclists on main roads did not follow the Highway Code.

·         If a cyclist hits a car then it is the car drivers responsibility to prove he didn’t hit the cyclist.

·         Cyclists with headphones on are very dangerous.

·         Health and Well being – air quality in urban areas. Air quality information is on the website.

·         Had there been a representation from cyclists with disabilities. There had no been comments from the consultation.

Lynne Penn requested that when doing the training in schools, could it include cycling in High Streets. Gordon Oliver to check and inform the Forum.

5.5 Review of Terms of Reference - Angela Clark

The Chairman asked the clerk to check when the Comprehensive Equality and Diversity Policy 2010-2013 had last been reviewed and updated.

The Terms of Reference would be discussed in detail at the next Forum meeting.

The date of the next Access Advisory Forum is 27 March 2017 at 11.00am in the Council Chamber, Town Hall.

The Forum Members noted the date of the next Access Advisory Forum was Monday  27 March 2017 at 11.00am in the Council Chamber, Town Hall, Maidenhead.

Dominic Manley requested that the speaker fro Great Western attend the next meeting to update the Forum. The Chairman agreed that this would be on the next Agenda.