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Contact: Administrator, Justine Davie Tel. (01252) 398832, Email. justine.davie@rushmoor.gov.uk
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To confirm the Minutes of the Meeting held on 25th September, 2019 (copy attached). Minutes: The minutes of the meeting
held on 25th September, 2019 were approved and signed
by the Chairman. The Board was advised
that the strategic aims for the Playground Strategy would be reported to the
December Cabinet meeting where the Cabinet would propose the format for the
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ALDERSHOT TOWN CENTRE STRATEGY PDF 125 KB To consider the Head of Economy, Planning and Strategic Housing’s Report No. EPSH1957 (copy attached) which sets out the seven strands of the Aldershot Town Centre Strategy and provides details on the current position and next steps. The Board are asked to consider three elements of the evidence base and their implications for the Town Centre Strategy. The elements are: · Civic Society vision document · Work on independent business uses and consultation carried out by the Rushmoor Leadership group · Parking study Additional documents:
Minutes: The
Board received the Head of Economy, Planning and Strategic Housing’s Report No.
EPSH1957 which set out the seven strands of the Aldershot Town Centre Strategy and
provided details on the current position and next steps. The Board considered three elements of the
evidence base and their implications for the Strategy which were: the Aldershot
Civic Society Town Centre Vision; ideas from the Rushmoor Leadership project
group to attract and grow independent business uses; and, the Aldershot Parking
Study. The
Council had been working with the Aldershot Civic Society and the Aldershot
Task Force to shape a longer-term town centre strategy and to enable
consultation and engagement with the wider community, including residents and
other stakeholders. As a result of the
engagement, the Aldershot Civic Society had drafted a community-led ‘Town
Centre Vision’ based around ten key themes: · Communicating
Aldershot – supporting the physical
transformation and looking forward to the future, ideas included a centrally
located information centre, a website and phone app. · Future
Development – providing policy
compliant quality affordable housing contributing positively to existing
Victorian heritage. · Public Realm
– a welcoming, accessible and high quality town centre which was easy to move around. · Feeling Safe
– a town centre with good lighting
and alternatives to CCTV to address anti-social behaviour. · Transport,
access and movement – promoting
active use of the town centre, ideas included free short-term parking, removal
of street clutter and increased cycle provision. · Entertainment,
events and activities – creating a
sense of pride and ownership and increasing footfall and prosperity of
businesses in the town. · Facilities
and services in town – ideas included
moving the library to a town centre location and providing a modern,
interactive and family-friendly museum. · Retail,
restaurants and cafes – providing a
unique and independent retail offer and variety of high-quality cafes. · Incentives
for new businesses – establishing a
pathway from ‘pop-up’ to permanent to allow Aldershot to ‘grow its own’. ·
Transition period – drawing up a communications strategy to bring people along on the journey
of transformation. The
Board discussed the Aldershot Civic Society’s Town Centre Vision and key themes
and broadly agreed with the themes but also suggested some additional areas
which could be included. The Board was
advised that the Aldershot Civic Society information was just one piece of work
looking at town centre uses and potential future uses
which would be considered as part of the strategic development process. A piece of work had been commissioned to look
specifically at future uses for the town centre and that work was expected to
be completed by February/March 2020. Hannah Shuttler, Ally Murdoch and Emma Lamb, Rushmoor officers participating in the Rushmoor Leadership Programme, presented the outcomes from the work they had carried out, looking at how the vibrancy of the town centre could be developed by attracting and growing independent business uses. The project had three stages: creating a knowledge baseline; evaluating potential opportunities; and, developing ideas to form recommendations. The Group identified a number of ideas and developed ... view the full minutes text for item 19. |
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PROCUREMENT STRATEGY PDF 306 KB To consider the Council’s draft Procurement Strategy 2019-2023 which sets out the Council’s vision for procurement and the priorities for the next four years. The Board are asked to recommend the strategic procurement aims as set out in the draft strategy to be submitted to the Cabinet in December. Minutes: The Board considered the
Council’s draft Procurement Strategy 2019-2023 which set out the Council’s
vision for procurement and the priorities for the next four years. The vision for the Procurement Strategy was
to demonstrate value for money through the effective procurement of goods,
services and works on a whole life basis in terms of generating benefits to the
community and the organisation, whilst minimising impacts to the environment. The Procurement Strategy
would link to the Council Business Plan, the ICE Programme and existing
policies. The strategic aims were set
out in the draft Strategy which included: · the need to innovate, generate savings and
opportunities for income generation; · transform and modernise the way services were
delivered by creating commercial opportunities, managing contracts and supplier
relationships and risk management; · demonstrate political and senior officer leadership of
procurement; and, · manage spend effectively by bringing social,
environmental and economic advantages to the community. The Board discussed the
Strategy and proposed that reducing energy consumption and carbon emissions and
delivering social value should be included within the aims of the
Strategy. The Board also suggested
exploration of joint procurement and collaborative working should also be
included. The draft Procurement Strategy
would be considered by the Cabinet in December 2019 and the final version
should be available for comment by March 2020.
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To discuss the Policy and Projects Advisory Board Work Programme (copy attached). Minutes: The Board NOTED the work programme. It was requested that the Progress Group
meeting be rearranged until after the General Election had taken place on 12th
December.
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