Agenda

In the event of a fire, please await direction from Bristol City Council staff who will help assist with the evacuation.   Please do not return to the building until instructed to do so by the fire warden(s).

To receive apologies for absence from Members.

Members who consider that they have an interest to declare are asked to: a) State the item number in which they have an interest, b) The nature of the interest, c) Whether the interest is a disclosable pecuniary interest, non-disclosable pecuniary interest or non-pecuniary interest. Any Member who is unsure about the above should seek advice from the Monitoring Officer prior to the meeting in order to expedite matters at the meeting itself.

To consider and approve the minutes from 27 July 2018 West of England Joint Committee Meeting.

To receive announcements from the Chair of the West of England Joint Committee.

To be presented by the Chair of the West of England LEP.

Members of the public can speak for up to 3 minutes each. The total time for this session is 30 minutes so speaking time will be reduced if more than 10 people wish to speak.

If you wish to present a petition or make a statement and speak at the meeting, you are required to give notice of your intention by noon on the working day before the meeting by e-mail to democratic.services@westofengland-ca.gov.uk.The deadline is 12pm on Thursday 27 September 2018.

If you wish to ask a question at the meeting, you are required to submit the question in writing to democratic.services@westofengland-ca.gov.uk no later than 3 working days before the meeting. The deadline is 5pm on Monday 24 September 2018.

Any member of the West of England Joint Committee may present a petition at a West of England Joint Committee Meeting.

This report provides an update on progress in delivering the West of England Combined Authority business plan.

To consider business cases for the following schemes seeking approval for funding through the Local Growth and Economic Development Funds:

·           Bath Innovation: Pioneer Project

·           Keynsham Town Centre Improvement Programme – Keynsham High Street Element

·           AvonmouthSevernside Ecology Mitigation and Flood Defence

To update Members on progress and revised programme for the new Joint Local Transport Plan (JLTP).

The purpose of this report is to:

                              i.        Outline progress on the Development Consent Order (DCO)

                             ii.        Outline the emerging priorities and deliverables to date

                            iii.        To obtain agreement to defer the decision on further drawn down of LGF for scheme development (GRIP 4 and GRIP5) to November 2018 in order to enable more detailed discussions to take place with stakeholders on the funding options to support the delivery of the programme.