Archived decisions

Item 6

Sir George Staunton Country Park

Stakeholder Forum

Minutes of meeting

held on Monday 3rd October 2005, at 2:00pm

in the Garrett Room, Staunton Country Park

PRESENT

Hampshire County Council

Cllr E F Gale (Chairman)

Cllr Mrs A Buckley

Cllr R McIntosh (Vice Chairman)

Mr John Tickle

Forestry Commission

Mr S Neal

Mr G Nottage

Portsmouth Water Company

Mr I Limb

Rowland's Parish Council

Cllr G Leonard

Cllr Mrs M Harvey

East Hampshire District Council

Cllr Mrs D K Denston

Mr S D'Este Hoare

Havant Borough Council

Mrs J Okwuadigbo

Havant Day Services

Mr T Hart

Local Member

Cllr Mrs E M Byrom (Observer)

Sir George Staunton Country Park

Mr Lewis Paterson

    1. APOLOGIES

    Mrs Parkinson, PC Colin Stockdale, Mr K Golden, Cllr Mrs M Walker, Cllr Anne Edwards, Cllr I Beagley, Cllr K Moss, Mrs C Dier, Paul Thomson, Bevis Ingram, Tony Knight, Mike Walls, Mr K Gardner, Mrs Anna Farnden, Richard Bishop.

    2. MINUTES

    The minutes of Stakeholder Forum Meeting held on 18th April 2005 were agreed.

    3. MINUTES OF JOINT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

    The minutes of the Joint Management Committee held on 13th June 2005 were agreed with the following exception;

    Cllr. Leonard and Cllr. Mrs. Byrom had requested that the Park Manager consider extending the reduced rate membership to residents of East Hampshire District Council and Rowlands Castle Parish Council.

    4. PARK MANAGERS UPDATE

    The Forum considered and noted the report of the Park Manager (Item 4) updating on developments at the Park since April 2005.

    The Forum requested that in future the Stakeholder members and JMC members be mailed the Staunton Newsletter. Copies were also requested by the Local Authorities.

    John Tickle (Hampshire County Council) asked Mrs Okwuadigbo (Havant Borough Council) if she could be of further assistance in achieving feasibility funding for developments on the Leigh Park Nursery Site. Mrs Okwuadigbo said she raise the issue at the next Area Investment Framework meeting and speak with colleagues to investigate whether she could be of more assistance in this matter. However criteria were very rigid and demonstrate added value and an holistic approach to education / heritage / business partnership.

    Mr T Hart added that the activities taking place on the Leigh Park Nursery Site were meeting a lot of educational needs and working in conjunction with local schools.

    The Chairman, on behalf of the Stakeholder Forum, wished to convey his congratulations to the team at Staunton for achieving the prestigious Green Flag Award.

    Mrs Okwuadigbo suggested working with Havant Borough Council to develop the promotion of Sir George Staunton Country Park and investigate possible private sector sponsorship.

    Stephen d'Este Hoare questioned the Park Manager on spend per head figures quoted as £2.80 in a previous financial report. In answer the Park Manager indicated that the new figure included tolls which would account for a significant amount of the difference.

    RESOLVED:

    i) That the report be noted.

    5. ITEMS FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION

    Cllr Mrs. Denston suggested discussing education at Staunton, and in particular links with Portsmouth Water Ltd. Ian Limb (Portsmouth Water Limited) gave a brief update on the recent work between Portsmouth Water and Sir George Staunton Country Park.

    Cllr Mrs. Denston also suggested discussing developments with the Havant Thicket Reservoir plans. Ian Limb indicated that a number of stakeholder and consultation groups had been established and that there was unlikely to be anything significant to update members on since the previous presentation by Andy Neve (Technical Director, Portsmouth Water Ltd.).

    RESOLVED:

    i) The Park Manager will prepare a presentation updating members of the Stakeholder Forum on Educational Activities at Staunton.

    6. DATE OF NEXT STAKEHOLDER MEETING

    Date to follow.

    7. ANY OTHER BUSINESS

    Mrs Okwuadigbo has been approached by History-In-The-Making, a company wishing to use Staunton Country Park as a base for their activities. A meeting has been arranged in the near future, including the Park Manager, to discuss possibilities.

    The Chairman suggested pursuing possibility of Sir George Staunton Country Park producing a `countryside video diary' in conjunction with Park Community School, to be sent into BBC Country File programme. Mrs Okwuadigbo offered to make the initial contact with Park Community School on this project.

    Steve Neal (Forestry Commission) offered assistance to the Park team in our first year of retailing our Christmas Trees.

    The meeting ended at 15:06