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Agenda and minutes
Contact: Email: Towndeal@hastings.gov.uk
Items No. Item Welcome and apologies
11:00
Minutes:
Apologies were received from: Candice Miller, Darrell Gale, Jane Hartnell, Jess Steele, Lourdes Madigasekera-Elliott, Kate Adams, Sonia Blizzard, Rebecca Collings, Ruth Kynoch
Councillor Maya Evans, Deputy Leader and representing Hastings Borough Council was welcomed to the meeting.
Thanks were extended to Iain McNab for this support to Hastings since January 2020. He will now be focusing on Essex following a restructure at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC). Nigel Stewardson is the new Area Lead for Hastings and will be joining these meetings. Adam Szczotka is the Team Leader for East and West Sussex.
Declarations of interest
11:05
Minutes:
None received.
Minutes of the last meeting and matters arising PDF 218 KB
11:10
Minutes:
Accepted as an accurate record.
Matters arising:
Update on reallocation process – the uplift was agreed by the Town Deal Investment Panel and confirmation is awaited from DLUHC (as detailed in the programme progress update report).
Programme progress update PDF 255 KB
11:20
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Minutes:
· Programme update
Pranesh Datta, Economic Development Manager at HBC presented and summarised the progress to date as listed in the report.
MP Sally-Ann Hart offered to make some enquiries regarding subsidy control. Pranesh thanked her and explained that legal advice is being sought and a template is being prepared in order to assess the impact on the Town Deal projects. An update will be given at the next meeting, if available.
· Decisions of the Town Deal Investment Panel
Ian Sycamore, External Funding Manager at HBC summarised the decisions of the investment panel on the new project assessment, Hastings Commons business case assessment and the general fund re-allocation.
These decisions were noted by the meeting. It was also noted and agreed that during the summer holidays, the board will be informed electronically of any decisions that are made by the investment panel with opportunities to query any decision as appropriate.
· General project update
Chantal Lass, Tackling Climate Change Programme Manager gave an update on the Public Realm and Green Connections project:
· The project and is being led by East Sussex County Council, in partnership with Hastings Borough Council and the Garden Town Team
· Working with Arup, who are experts in projects such as this, the project is looking at active travel solutions, combined with how to green up the town centre and improve the public realm
· Draft designs for the project have been received, looking at an active travel route from the top of Havelock Road down to the seafront. It is hoped these can be shared soon
· A range of stakeholders, including the bus companies have been engaged to consider the improvements that need to be made
· A phased approach will be taken as the ideas coming forward, if agreed, will cost more than the available Towns Fund budget
· Through the work that is being carried out, the scope of Arup’s work is being extended in order to improve the town centre beyond the remit of the current project
· The business case is currently being finalised and will be submitted on 14th July 22 for assessment
· More information on the project will be shared in due course following assessment
· Ways to improve and make more creative use of the public realm is also part of the projects consideration and will be carried out at a later phase
Bob Thust, updated on the Hastings Common project:
· Hastings Commons is an eco-system of organisations working across the three buildings included in this project and others
· These are nearly ready to go to the next stage of delivery
· The lease for 12 Claremont has been signed will be fully renovated as artist workspace and will also be a culture and retail venue. The plans are now ready and rapid progress will be seen over the next few months
· For Eagle House, there is an option to secure the freehold, which will enable the Common Room, which opened in September, to continue. It is hoped the purchase will take place over the next ... view the full minutes text for item 85.
Date of next meeting:
10am, Thursday, 21st September 2022
Minutes:
10am, Thursday, 21st September 2022
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