Decision - COAST TO CAPITAL LOCAL TRANSPORT BODY MEETING - 18 FEBRUARY 2015

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COAST TO CAPITAL LOCAL TRANSPORT BODY MEETING - 18 FEBRUARY 2015

Decision Maker: Environment, Transport & Sustainability Urgency Sub-Committee

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

Review of reports being considered by the Coast to Capital Local Transport Body at a meeting in public on 18 February 2015, in order to agree the views and formal position of the city council on proposed recommendations and/or decisions.

Decision:

1)           That the Urgency Sub-Committee welcomes the positive recommendation being made to the Coast to Capital Local Transport Board [LTB] about Valley Gardens (Phases 1 & 2) and thanks the Local Enterprise Partnership Board, the members of the LTB and their respective officers for the work that has been undertaken in considering, prioritising and proposing the Valley Gardens project for funding.

 

2)           (i)   That the Urgency Sub-Committee agrees that the council’s Lead Member for Transport can advise the Coast to Capital Local Transport Board [LTB] that the city council fully supports the proposed recommendations on the Valley Gardens scheme and therefore agrees that the £8 million funding for the scheme should be released from 2015/16 onwards. 

 

ii)  That the Urgency Sub-Committee endorses the bids made by the council for funding from the Sustainability & Resilience Programme and agrees that the council’s Lead Member for Transport can advise the Coast to Capital Local Transport Board [LTB] that the city council:-

 

a)    notes the progress that has been made on developing the programme following receipt of first round bids for 2015/16, but regrets that decisions on allocating funding will be delayed until March 2015;

 

b)    agrees that a second round of bidding should commence in February 2015 and that bids should be received in September 2015; and

 

c)    agrees to the discussion and production of further guidance on the assessment of bids for Sustainability & Resilience projects by the LTB.

 

(iii) That the Urgency Sub-Committee agrees that the council’s Lead Member for Transport can advise the Coast to Capital Local Transport Board [LTB] that the city council supports the principles of the proposed recommendations being made to the LTB regarding the request for increased funding for the A284 Lyminster Bypass, and therefore agrees that :-

 

a)    additional funds should not be diverted to the scheme on this occasion, but this decision could be revisited in the future; and

 

b)    accepts that the LTB’s Assurance Framework allows for such  requests to be considered on their merits and therefore agrees that the framework should not be altered.  

 

iv)   That the Urgency Sub-Committee agrees that the council’s Lead Member for Transport can advise the Coast to Capital Local Transport Board [LTB] that the city council agrees to the spending programme for the five Major Schemes approved in 2013, as proposed in Appendix 1 (LTB Process Meeting - Agenda Item 5) of this report;

 

and in relation to the recommendations set out in this paragraph  2.2 i - iv authorises the Lead Member for Transport to vote accordingly.

 

3)           That the Urgency Sub-Committee authorises that the council’s Lead Member for Transport can use his discretion in considering any minor variations tabled to proposed recommendations made in reports to the LTB, should it decide to propose or agree to consider such alternative, tabled recommendations.

 

4)           That the Urgency Sub-Committee agrees that if an alternative (or new) recommendation is tabled during the LTB meeting which varies significantly from the original recommendation, that the Lead Member for Transport should not vote on behalf of the city council, but should seek a further decision from the Urgency Sub-Committee if such a decision would alter the overall decision of the LTB, or that the council wishes its position to be clearly established and recorded with the LTB process.

 

Report author: Andrew Renaut

Publication date: 16/02/2015

Date of decision: 16/02/2015

Decided at meeting: 16/02/2015 - Environment, Transport & Sustainability Urgency Sub-Committee

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