To receive the above report.

The screen was shared with Paul Roach’s update.

ACTION: To include with minutes

Councillor Knowles commented that there was talk at the moment about quite an unexpected retail bounce which had occurred across the UK, which was as a result of people just being happy to go out and carry out the physical act of shopping. Councillor Knowles was wondering if the Hart and Garter Hotel, which was a substantial site

in the middle of Windsor and their current plans for the rest of the year. Were there plans beyond that because it seemed to be existing in a bit of a vacuum at the moment

for such a large property. Councillor Rayner commented that the Council knew that this was owned by the crown estate and they were obviously in the process of trying to market as soon as possible. It was a very impressive building and was a very important building to Windsor.

Councillor Hilton commented that visiting Windsor was a great idea and there was nothing better than actually marketing the area and telling the world exactly what there was on offer. Councillor Hilton had noticed that the parking in the car park was lagging with very few coaches and that the organised coach trips to Windsor had still not started.

Councillor Tisi commented that she had noticed that Windsor Yards had reduced their parking to try and entice people back and wondered whether the council needed to think

about reintroducing some sort of discount or something to encourage people to come back and maybe reduce the parking slightly. The other point that Councillor Tisi raised was the platinum jubilee and the plans for that and asking people if they needed any support. Councillor Tisi wondered if one of the things that could happen was that some of the rules and the red tape around organising street parties could be relaxed a little to help people to organise those kinds of parties particularly if we were still thinking about social distancing and being apart.

The Chairman suggested anyone wanting information on street parties to contact Paul Roach as he had the documentation of how it could work.

Councillor Price commented that since the Panel had last met, Windsor had celebrated the Queen's birthday and Windsor had got really snarled up where people were stuck in traffic jams for hours on end which had affected people widely and they couldn't get from Windsor to Old Windsor, they couldn't get to hospital appointments, shop appointments and businesses suffered. Councillor Price wanted to ensure that there

were lessons learned from what happened on that occasion so that it wouldn’t happen

again and that the same mistakes were not made again.

The Chairman commented that all these points were being looked into.

Councillor Carol Da Costa raised a point about all the exciting events that were likely to happen in the coming year such as the platinum jubilee and the world cup and asked if it would be possible to have big screens put up in places such as Alexander Gardens and other public spaces so that people could enjoy watching together. It would take a bit of security and looking after things but if the council started thinking ahead and looked at attracting people to be proud of where they were and would build up a community

spirit.

Councillor Davey commented that he was unaware that the Town Manager was not attending and asked once again that the Town Managers report be included and circulated with the agenda, in advance of the meeting. Chris Joyce commented that he had dropped an email to the Town Managers to prepare and send the reports in advance of the meetings. This had been agreed at a previous meeting.

Susy Shearer addressed the Forum and asked how far the project on open space Transformation consultation had come along.

ACTION: Paul Roach to include in next Town Managers update

Councillor Knowles complimented Officers for assisting with a recent street party in Bolton Avenue. It had been arranged very well.