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Agenda, decisions and minutes
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Items No. Item Apologies for Absence
Minutes:
Apologies were received from Councillor Batsford.
Declaration of Interests
Minutes:
Councillor Forward declared a personal interest as a Town Deal Board Director.
(Jane Hartnell, Managing Director)
Additional documents:
- Appendix 1 - Heads of Terms Hastings , item 352. PDF 129 KB
- Appendix 2 - Annex A Project confirmation document , item 352. PDF 150 KB
- Appendix 3 – Hastings Town Deal Board and Governance Structure , item 352. PDF 663 KB
Decision:
1. To approve the Heads of Terms for Hastings as attached – see Appendix 1
2. To agree to the development of the HBC projects as identified in the Heads of Terms and detailed in the Town Investment Plan
3. To delegate to the Managing Director, or her nominee, the authority, after consultation with the Lead Member for Regeneration, to agree:
· to sign off, following agreement by the Town Deal Board, the project confirmation documents, prior to submission to government by end August 2021 (appendix 2)
· to submit the business cases for the projects identified in the Heads of Terms, each having been subject to the assessment processes set by the government and the local approval process as outlined in Appendix 3 (Town Deal Board Governance Structure)
· to seek Cabinet and Full Council approval for the business cases for the projects which HBC are leading on prior to submission. (Except those which have already received approval from cabinet/council e.g. Churchfields Business Centre)
4. To delegate to the Assistant Director of Regeneration Culture, in consultation with the Lead Member for Regeneration the authority to use the remaining stage 1 and 2 Town Deal capacity funding (in total £153,000) and to use budgets from the regeneration and culture service area across 2020/2021, 2021/22 and 22/23 (totalling £151,753) to:
· establish a Town Deal Programme management team (using internal and external resources) to deliver stage 2 of the programme (June 2021 – June 2022)
· employ external consultancies to develop the business cases (as required) and independently assess them
Minutes:
The Managing Director submitted a report which is a result of a significant amount of work by officers and colleagues from a whole range of organisations across the town, which means that the town has been offered a Town Investment Plan offer by government of £24.3m. The paper outlines the lengthy governance and administrative processes we are now entering.
A pre-recorded presentation by the Assistant Director for Regeneration and Culture and the Regeneration Manager was played. This presentation outlined the background to the Town Deal programme, the work that has been carried out to date, the key challenges faced by the town which the programme will address, the ambitions of the programme, a summary of projects included in the Town Investment Plan and the process used to select and assess these, a summary of the Accelerator Fund projects which were approved last year and the steps that will be taken in the next 12 months in order to fulfil the next phase of the programme.
Cabinet discussed the benefits the programme would bring to the town and the importance of ensuring that the impact is felt town-wide and not just in the Town Centre. This award is a vote of confidence for the town, in making it a thriving place to live and work, for the successful partnership working behind the programme and in the council as accountable body, it’s officers, structures, probity and its ability to deliver the scheme.
The Chair proposed approval of the recommendations, seconded by Councillor Rogers.
RESOLVED (unanimously):
1. To approve the Heads of Terms for Hastings as attached – see Appendix 1
2. To agree to the development of the HBC projects as identified in the Heads of Terms and detailed in the Town Investment Plan
3. To delegate to the Managing Director, or her nominee, the authority, after consultation with the Lead Member for Regeneration, to agree:
· to sign off, following agreement by the Town Deal Board, the project confirmation documents, prior to submission to government by end August 2021 (appendix 2)
· to submit the business cases for the projects identified in the Heads of Terms,each having been subject to the assessment processes set by the government and the local approval process as outlined in Appendix 3 (Town Deal Board Governance Structure)
· to seek Cabinet and Full Council approval for the business cases for the projects which HBC are leading on prior to submission. (Except those which have already received approval from cabinet/council e.g. Churchfields Business Centre)
4. To delegate to the Assistant Director of Regeneration Culture, in consultation with the Lead Member for Regeneration the authority to use the remaining stage 1 and 2 Town Deal capacity funding (in total £153,000) and to use budgets from the regeneration and culture service area across 2020/2021, 2021/22 and 22/23 (totalling £151,753) to:
· establish a Town Deal Programme management team (using internal and external resources) to deliver stage 2 of the programme (June 2021 – June 2022)
· employ external consultancies to develop the ... view the full minutes text for item 352.
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