No apologies had been received.

There were no disclosures of interest.

To approve the minutes of the meeting on 11 February 2020. Minutes will be signed once members and officers return to the Town Hall.

The minutes of the meeting held on 11 February 2020 were agreed and would be signed at a later date.

The Chair to move: that, under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public and press be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business as it is likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the public were present during consideration of the item there would be disclosure to them of exempt information as defined in Section 100(1) of the Act for the reasons stated below in terms of Schedule 12A.

NOTE: if approved, the Chair will ask members of the press and public to leavethe meeting at this point.

RESOLVED –

that, under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public and press be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business as it is likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the public were present during consideration of the item there would be disclosure to them of exempt information as defined in Section 100(1) of the Act for the reasons stated on the agenda in terms of Schedule 12A.

Members of the Forum to receive an update on major projects.

Paragraph 3 Schedule 12A

(This item contains commercially sensitive information)

The Forum received presentations on the following projects:

·        Watford Business Park

·        Watford Junction

·        Riverwell

Members discussed the schemes, and the officers responded to questions and comments.

RESOLVED –

that the presentation and the forum’s comments be noted.