Agenda item

A report was presented which requested the progression of twelve schemes, early release of development cost funding subject to conditions to be set out in the Assurance Summaries, and approval of two project change requests.  The report also requested delegated authority to enter into legal agreements for the Community Renewal Fund with the local authorities and partners due to a delay in the decision announcement by Government and the acceptance of grant from the Superfast South Yorkshire programme with delegation to the thematic boards to develop programme ideas for their respective areas and approve programme ideas in line with agreed board delegation limits.

Mayor Jarvis MBE welcomed the host of schemes coming forward for approval, and he acknowledged the huge amount of effort that had been undertaken across a number of the thematic boards to reach this point. 

RESOLVED – That the Board considered and approved:-

i)        Progression of “iPort” project to full approval and award of £5.46m grant to South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive subject to the conditions set out in the Assurance Summary attached at Appendix A1 to the report.

ii)      Progression of “Stations Access Package” to full approval and award of £6.17m grant Doncaster Borough Council subject to the conditions set out in the Assurance Summary attached at Appendix A2 to the report.

iii)     Progression of “Gene Therapy Innovation and Manufacturing Centre” to full approval and award of £1.5m grant funding to the University of Sheffield (UOS) subject to the conditions set out in the Assurance Summary attached at Appendix A3 to the report.

iv)     Progression of “Project D0001” to full approval and award of £2m loan and £5.16m grant subject to the conditions set out in the Assurance Summary attached at Appendix A4 to the report.

v)      Progression of “Magna Tinsley OBC” to FBC and the release of development cost funding of up to £845k to Sheffield City Council subject to the conditions set out in the Assurance Summary attached at Appendix B1 to the report.

vi)     Progression of “Unity OBC” to proceed to FBC and the release of development cost funding up to £50k to Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council subject to the conditions set out in the Assurance Summary attached at Appendix B2 to the report.

vii)   Progression of “Nether Edge Wedge OBC” to proceed to FBC and the release of development cost funding up to £1.38m to Sheffield City Council subject to the conditions set out in the Assurance Summary attached at Appendix B3 to the report.

viii)  Progression of “Broom Road Cycleways OBC” to proceed to FBC and release of development cost funding up to £211k to Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council subject to the conditions set out in the Assurance Summary attached at Appendix B4 to the report.

ix)     Progression of “Doncaster Housing Retrofit SBC” to proceed to OBC subject to the conditions set out in the Assurance Summary attached at Appendix C1 to the report.

x)      Progression of “Glassworks – Enhanced Capital Contributions SBC” to proceed to OBC for Gainshare funding to BMBC (Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council) subject to the conditions set out in the Assurance Summary attached at Appendix C2 to the report.

xi)     Progression of “Fargate Future High Street Fund SBC” to proceed to OBC for Gainshare funding to SCC (Sheffield City Council) subject to the conditions set out in the Assurance Summary attached at Appendix C3 to the report.

xii)   Progression of “Sheffield Heart of the City 2 SBC” to proceed to OBC for Gainshare funding to SCC (Sheffield City Council) subject to the conditions set out in the Assurance Summary attached at Appendix C4 to the report.

xiii)  Two project change requests as detailed in Appendix D to the report.

xiv)  Acceptance of grant of £7.7m of which £1.18m to be returned to the MCA this financial year and delegated Authority to the Thematic Boards to approve programme ideas for their respective area, in line with the agreed board delegation limits with regards to the Superfast South Yorkshire broadband programme.

Delegated authority be given to the Head of Paid Service in consultation with the Section 73 and Monitoring Officer to enter into legal agreements for the schemes 1 – 13 covered above and enter into the necessary legal grant agreements with the Local Authorities and other delivery partners for the delivery of the Community Renewal funded projects.