Minutes of the Working Group
Meeting held on Thursday 20th April
2006 at 8 pm
at The Memorial Hall, Marden
Present: J Verrall (Chairman) G Tippen, K Tippen, K Kershaw, C Gosling, J Banks, E Doswell.
Apologies: I Balmer, R Adam, E. Davis
Min 40: MINUTES of the previous
meeting were agreed
Min 41: MATTERS ARISING:
Kate Kershaw queried the availability of the minutes of the meeting of September 2005 on
the website, containing the decision to undertake a Market Towns Healthcheck. The co-ordinator would look into this.
Min 42: REPORTS
Environment: Kate Kershaw reported that she had identified a
number of questions that required wider public comments, particularly those of a more
subjective nature. It was agreed that these
could be aired at the Open Day events in June.
Social & Community: Chris outlined the progress that had
been made and the status of the questions that remained to be answered (see Min. 43
below).
There was general consensus that the youth of the village will be one of the
hardest groups from which to canvass views, yet may have the greatest need. It may be
possible to obtain these views via the Marden Youth Forum that Jena Scott is setting up
and the KCC Outreach workers. Graham will
obtain addresses and write to both with some copies of the questionnaires in the hope they
can encourage young people to complete them.
Economy: Ian
Balmer was not present at the meeting, but a recent conversation with Ian suggests that
progress is being made in line with the project plan deadlines.
Transport: Richard Adam
has completed the Transport and Accessibility section worksheets which have been e-mailed
to all WG leaders. It was pointed out that the
Church had disabled access and that this fact should be added to the relevant section of
these sheets.
Min 43: PROBLEM QUESTIONS & SUGGESTED ACTIONS
Chris went through a number of questions that needed whole group input. A comprehensive discussion followed that should
resolve most of these queries. Some of the
questions will require wider public discussion like those concerning environmental issues
and it was suggested that they form part of the Open Day event. (see Min 44).
Min 44: NEXT STEPS:
As previously circulated, the Vestry Hall has been booked for two Open Day
sessions, Friday 2nd June from 6.00 – 8.00 pm to catch homeward bound commuters and Saturday 3rd June from 9.00 -1.00 pm
It was agreed that the format should be similar to the Traffic
Consultation event. There will be 4 separate
display board areas, one for each of the Workstreams.
Workstream leaders (or their members) will attend and be available to
discuss issues with callers. There will also
be a general section on the aims of the plan. The
subjective questions referred to above will form part of these discussions. The workstream
leaders would produce the information sheets regarding their areas for mounting on display
boards.
Graham will try to find photos, charts, maps etc to illustrate some of
the issues.
Graham had produced questionnaires and sign-up sheets for the event and
there will also be a supply of post-it stickers for callers to complete on any issues they
wish to raise.
Graham will also produce posters for shops, pubs etc, advertising the
event, to be as ‘eye-catching’ as possible.
Eunice will confirm with David McFarland that 10 of the History Group’s
display boards can be used – they will already be in the Vestry Hall after an
exhibition. She will also check the whereabouts of the ‘A’ board that can be
placed outside the Hall on the day to attract passers-by.
Graham will phone Joan Fewkes to extend the period of hire so the display can
be erected on Friday afternoon. Note: the Vestry Hall is now booked from 2.00 p.m.
Volunteers are sought to make tea, coffee etc during the event.
Graham will investigate the logistics and costs of a mail drop of the
event to all the Community Plan catchment area, including via the Royal Mail.
On Monday 5th June, a similar event aimed at businesses in Marden
will be held in the Memorial Hall. Graham to
draft an invitation letter to be sent to local businesses.
Catering arrangements for this event will be determined at the next
Management Group meeting.
Min 45: AOB:
The Parish Council had written inviting the Group to be involved in the
village Christmas Bazaar. It was thought that
this was inappropriate at this stage although it may be a good forum to display progress,
details of the action plan etc if we are that far on at the time.
Min 46: NEXT MEETING: 18th May 2006, 8 pm at The Memorial
Hall, Marden
All were thanked for their attendance.
This ended the business and the meeting closed at 9.40
p.m