Agenda, decisions and minutes

Councillor Ennis OBE attended the meeting of Chair of Overview and Scrutiny Committee providing an overview to the work of the task and finish groups.

RESOLVED that the report be received and the Director of Public Health be requested to co-ordinate a response to the recommendations in the report within 28 days.

RESOLVED that the report be received and the Executive Director Adults and Communities be requested to co-ordinate a response to the recommendations in the report within 28 days.

RESOLVED that the report be received and the Executive Director Place be requested to co-ordinate a response to the recommendations in the report within 28 days.

RESOLVED That Cabinet:-

1.    Acknowledges the achievements of young people in the most recent Takeover Challenge across all service areas and celebrates the number of participants involved from various service areas;

2.    Continues to highlight and identify future opportunities to build on the successes of the 2021 event;

3.    Recognises and endorses that young people’s participation in the opportunities available to them provides local leaders and decisionmakers with a fresh perspective of young people’s view and aspirations.

RESOLVED That Cabinet:-

1.    Accept the Service’s self-assessment report for the full academic year August 2020 to July 2021. (Appendix 1);

2.    Note and support the Service’s development and improvement priorities.

RESOLVED That Cabinet:-

1.    Notes the progress of design development for the Public Realm, Multi Storey Car Park, (MSCP), Active Travel Hub and site infrastructure to RIBA stage 2 and associated cost plan;

2.    Approves the continued appointment of the existing Project Management Design Team and Development Manager Including associated fees to enable further design development to RIBA 3 stage submission of planning application, development of procurement documentation for the PCSA and subsequent build contract, including support through to RIBA 4 gateway;

3.    Approves the procurement strategy to appoint a main works contractor under a Pre-Construction Services Agreement, to manage and further develop the design to RIBA 4 for the site infrastructure, Public Realm, MSCP and Active Travel Hub;

4.    Notes the market engagement progress on plots 1 and 2 withplans to bring forward residential development on phase One and approve the delivery of procurement exercise to identify a preferred housing developer. The final appointment of a residential developer will be subject to a further cabinet report;

5.    Approves the release of a further £1.672 in ‘at risk’ funding from the overall programme budget to support i) ongoing programme management costs and ii) scheme development up RIBA Stage 4;

6.    Approves the assignment of £4.68m, to be identified from a review of the existing capital programme, in order to bridge the current budget ‘gap’ required to enable the delivery of Phase 1 of the Seam;

7.    Receives a further report containing detailed cost plan information following completion of RIBA Stage 4 activities;

8.    Notes that a further report will be presented following the completion of the procurement exercises set out at 3 and 4 above, to inform cabinet of the final costs based on detailed RIBA 4 design and to seek approval for the appointment of the construction contractor to undertake the construction phase;

9.    Approves that Executive Director of Core Services be authorised to instruct external solicitors to develop a Pre-Construction Services Agreement, Building Contract for Phase One and a Development Agreement for residential development on plots 1 and 2;

10.Approves that the Executive Director of Place and Service Director Finance, in consultation with the Cabinet Spokesperson for Place and the Cabinet Spokesperson for Finance, be authorised to finalise the necessary scheme design at RIBA Stage 3 to allow for the development and launch of the procurement process.