Agenda and minutes

Minutes agreed as accurate record. 

Criteria for giving the grants

·         The criteria for funding was agreed with some minor word changes.

Sports Development Bid

·         Helen Robbins (HR) presented her bid for a new Health Walks Coordinator post.

·         HR proposed to carry over last year’s funding. Funding remains as the person in the post last year was unable to commit herself to the role any more due to child care arrangements.

·         HR discussed the proposed workload for the post

§        0-3 Months – Collate all walking tours and groups currently available into one place. Create a guide and distribute and promote this information. Promotion of Olympic Walks

§        3-6 Months – Look for any gaps and arrange new sessions for target groups that are missed. Look for projects on Green Spaces e.g. Ta Chi in the park. Actively look for volunteers, as new projects are reliant on them.

§        6-12 Months – Ensure sustainability of projects. Monitor and evaluate how the new sessions are working. Look for further funding sources for the next year. Update walking tours guide for 2013.

·         Members expressed their concerns about reaching out to all different age groups. HR said that it was vital for the applicant to be able to work across all ages.

·         Councillor Wright suggested that the Health Walks Coordinator could collate information on good walks in the area so that people could look to go on walks at their leisure rather than at a certain times.

·         Members suggested ideas such as Dust off your bike, bike maintenance sessions, buggie fit and working with young children.

·         Members suggested that talking to Friends Groups would be vital when organising session on the Green Spaces.

·         Members awarded the project £2020 initially to be reviewed in March. HR is to prepare a report on the progress of the project by then.

Cycle Friendly Tuesdays event at Ely Station

The last Tuesday event was due to take place on 18^th October. Free bike repairs and information about cycling would be available. A questionnaire was being handed out to assess demand for a cycle shop/cycle hire/cycle parking which could be funded through Bike Friendly Cities.  Any future provision would be dependent on support from the new train operator.

No Entry Except Cycles

CR distributed a starting list of roads to be reviewed with more information to come.

20mph Zones

An assessment criteria is being developed. Members suggested that CR talk to Matthew Bowles and Sara Saunders as they are also looking at 20mph zones.

Links to Madingley

There are cycle links to Madingley being looked at involving closing off a road to vehicles.

Links To Landbeach

There are cycle links being looked at involving a shared pathway to Landbeach.

Cycle Parking

Locations for additional cycle parking on the carriageway are being identified and progressed. Most of these are likely to be on existing double yellow lines.

Bike Week

For bike week CR was looking at getting a company to place a model that looks like a car but contains 6 bike stands to be placed within a car parking space in a residents only area somewhere in Petersfield or Romsey. 

Members were asked for any initial concerns about the list distributed. There is due to be a consultation soon on proposed changes to the Perne Rd/Radegund Rd roundabout to improve safety for cyclists. 

·        cycle parking standards

·       NW Cambridge 

Cycle Parking Standards

CR is putting together an evidence base for Matthew Bowles so that new parking standards can be incorporated into the revised Local Plan. CR is looking at how to further strengthen the convenience element of the standards and other issues such as requiring new hotels to provide cycle hire.

Councillor Al Bander asked whether there were any plans to look at secure cycle parking in city owned flats. CR suggested that this could be a bid for the promotion grant.  

NW Cambridge

CR outlined issues around the NW Cambridge application in relation to cycling and walking.  She agreed to circulate her comments on the application. 

Councillor Boyce asked if the agenda and papers be placed on the web before the next meeting.