Agenda item

JW referred to the minutes of the last Joint LAF Chairs meeting in May 2017 in the papers.  It was agreed the Joint LAF Chairs meetings were valuable and should be supported.  Due to additional work pressures Officers have been unable to organise site visits this year.

Due to changes in rights of way team at RBWM, hosting of future Joint LAF Chair meetings would be shared amongst all the authorities involved.  Slough has agreed to host for Bucks as well due to the restrictive distance in getting to Aylesbury.

Due to personal circumstances DM is unable to attend any Joint LAF Chair meetings this year.  DM noted that Slough is involved in many of the cross boundary issues. JW will attend when possible and invited any interested members to attend in DM’s absence.  JW will ensure all are updated on any site visits, venues and actions from ongoing meetings.

Jubilee River Management Meetings – a date has been finalised for the first meeting to be held in Reading at the end of September.  Rights of Way Officers from BucksCC, RBWM and Slough along with representative from Eton College will attend to discuss all pertinent issues.  JW called for agenda items to be raised;

The River Thames Alliance – EA reluctantly supported this group and TH asked what the current state of play was with them.  TH reported that the RTA didn’t want CRT to have anything to do with management of the River Thames.

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