Agenda and minutes
Venue: City Hall, Bristol City Council
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Evacuation Procedure In the event of a fire, please await direction from staff who will assist with the evacuation. Please do not return to the building until instructed to do so by the fire warden(s). Minutes: The Chair thanked Bristol Council for hosting the meeting, welcomed attendees to the meeting and introduced his colleagues:
The evacuation procedure for the venue was then announced by the Chair.
The Chair then informed everybody present that the meeting was being recorded and that the recording would be available to view after the meeting on the Combined Authority website. Any individuals present who did not wish to be filmed were asked to indicate this.
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Apologies for Absence Minutes: It was noted that apologies had been received from Cllr Donald Davies, Leader of North Somerset Council, Professor Steve West, Chair of the Local Enterprise Partnership Board and Cllr Stephen Clarke, Chair of the Combined Authority Overview & Scrutiny Committee. |
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Declarations of Interest under the Localism Act 2011 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. Minutes: There were no declarations of interest.
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Minutes of previous meeting PDF 134 KB To confirm the minutes of the previous meeting as a correct record.
Minutes: The Joint Committee RESOLVED:
That the minutes of the meeting of the Joint Committee held on 14 June 2019 be confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chair.
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Chair's Announcements To receive any announcements from the Chair of the West of England Joint Committee. Minutes: The Chair shared the following news about the Combined Authority’s recent activities:
· He was pleased with the progress being made and the noticeable recent development work on site in the Temple Quarter area.
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Comments from the Chair of the Local Enterprise Partnership To receive any comments from the Chair of the Local Enterprise Partnership. Minutes: It was noted that the Chair of the Local Enterprise Partnership Board, Professor Steve West had given his apologies for the meeting. No comments had been submitted for this meeting.
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Comments from the Chair of the Combined Authority's Overview & Scrutiny Committee To
receive any comments from the Chair of the Combined
Authority’s Overview & Minutes: It was noted that comments from the Chair of the Overview & Scrutiny Committee had been presented at the Combined Authority Committee meeting earlier that day.
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Items from the Public (petitions; statements; questions) PDF 1 MB If you wish to present a petition or
make a statement at this meeting, you are required
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meeting, you are required to submit the question
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generally Minutes: 2 statements had been received in advance of the meeting, as follows:
At the invitation of the Chair, and in accordance with the constitution, those in attendance were given the opportunity to present their statements. It was noted that the full text of the statements had been circulated to committee members in advance of the meeting and would be available to view on the Combined Authority’s website following the meeting. |
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Petitions from any member of the Joint Committee To receive any petitions to be presented by any member of the Joint Committee. Minutes: No petitions had been notified for this meeting.
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Report enclosed. Minutes: The Joint Committee considered the latest Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) and Invest Bristol and Bath (IBB) revenue budget outturn report (agenda item 10).
The Chair highlighted the following points:
· Appendix 1 of the report set out the LEP budget forecast.
· Appendix 2 set out the Invest in Bristol and Bath budget.
· The report also included a recommendation to approve the inclusion within the LEP budgets of an additional spend of £1.346m to be fully funded by additional grants and reserves brought forward from 2018/19.
The report recommendations were then moved by the Chair and seconded by Cllr Romero.
The Chair then moved to the voting on the recommendations.
The Joint Committee RESOLVED:
1. To note the LEP budget monitoring forecast as set out in Appendix 1.
2. To approve the inclusion within the LEP budgets of an additional spend of £1.346m to be fully funded by additional grants and reserves brought forward from 2018/19.
3. To note the IBB budget as set out in Appendix 2.
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Local Enterprise Partnership One front Door funding programme PDF 448 KB Report enclosed. Minutes: The Joint Committee considered the latest report on the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) One Front Foor funding programme (agenda item 11).
The Chair highlighted that the report asked the committee to consider business cases for a number of schemes seeking funding through the Local Growth Fund, including: · MetroWest phase 1 · Workforce for the Future · Research and Innovation Challenge fund
The report also sought approval for reallocating £1.816m of Local Growth Funding to support A4018 corridor improvements.
The report recommendations were then moved by the Chair and seconded by Cllr Romero.
The Chair then moved to the voting on the recommendations.
The Joint Committee RESOLVED:
1. To approve the reallocation of £1.816m of LGF funding from the Sustainable Transport/Pinch Points programme to the A4018 Corridor Improvements scheme and delegate to the WECA Chief Executive in consultation with the West of England Chief Executives the approval of a change request for up to £346,000.
2. To approve the Outline Business Case for MetroWest Phase 1 and award £11.65m LGF from within the agreed allocation to develop a Full Business Case subject to the supply of a detailed cost breakdown and an updated programme.
3. To approve the changes to schemes in the LGF programme set out in paragraph 4.1.
5. To approve the Full Business Case for Workforce for the Future subject to securing ESF funding and finalising the Monitoring and Evaluation Plan and to delegate approval of grant making to the WECA Chief Executive in consultation with the West of England Chief Executives.
6. To approve the Full Business Case for the Research and Innovation Challenge Fund subject to securing ERDF funding and delegate approval of grant making to the WECA Chief Executive in consultation with the West of England Chief Executives. |
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Integrated ticketing - future work PDF 400 KB Report enclosed. Minutes: The Joint Committee considered a report providing an update on the proposed next stages of the Integrated Ticketing project and seeking the committee’s endorsement of the approach being taken (agenda item 12).
The report recommendation was moved by the Chair and seconded by Cllr Savage.
Mayor Rees stressed the ongoing importance of ensuring that key deadlines for project delivery were met.
Whilst supporting the proposals, Cllr Romero stressed that whilst unitary authority officers should have an appropriate level of involvement in this type of project, it was important to be mindful of resource constraints and ensure this did not have too much impact in terms of taking time away from those officers’ unitary authority core responsibilities.
The Chair then moved to the voting on the recommendation
The Joint Committee RESOLVED:
- To endorse the proposed next stages of the integrated ticketing project.
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Employment & Skills Plan PDF 2 MB Report enclosed. Minutes: The Joint Committee considered a report seeking approval of the Employment and Skills Plan (agenda item 13).
The Chair highlighted the following points:
The report recommendation was then moved by the Chair and seconded by Cllr Savage.
Mayor Rees stressed the importance of employers from all sectors offering meaningful work experience placements to young people to help prepare them for the workplace. He also drew attention to and offered to share details of the Bristol WORKS programme, an initiative run by the Bristol Learning City Partnership linking the city’s schools with employers and training opportunities to help get young people ready for employment. It was vital to connect young people to pathways to employment and give them the opportunity to acquire skills. The Bristol WORKS ‘template’ could potentially be extended to other sectors, e.g. the construction industry and the creative industry sector.
Cllr Savage welcomed the plan and the focus on ensuring a more joined-up approach to preparing young people for employment. In relation to growth around the north fringe of Bristol and into South Gloucestershire, it would be important also to ensure education places were located appropriately in that area.
The Chair then moved to the voting on the recommendation.
The Joint Committee RESOLVED:
- To approve the Employment & Skills Plan.
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Business Plan 2019/20 - quarter 1 progress report PDF 389 KB Report enclosed. Minutes: The Joint Committee considered the quarter 1 progress report on the 2019/20 Business Plan (agenda item 14).
The Chair highlighted the following points:
· The Business Plan supported delivery of the operating framework and set out the key deliverables during 2019/20 for business, skills, housing and transport.
· Regular reporting on progress in delivering the Business Plan was a key element of the Combined Authority’s overall performance management and operating framework, which was reviewed annually with Government.
· The detail of the first quarterly report was set out at Appendix 1.
· The key risks to delivery were recorded in the Corporate Risk Register as set out at Appendix 2.
The Joint Committee RESOLVED:
- To note the first quarterly update on delivery of the 2019/20 Business Plan.
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Information item - decisions taken at this meeting PDF 203 KB Details of the decisions taken at this meeting and the draft
minutes of this meeting will Minutes: In closing the meeting, the Chair advised that details of the decisions taken at this meeting and the draft minutes of the meeting would be published as soon as possible on the Combined Authority website.
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