To receive declarations of personal and prejudicial interest (if any) from Members/Officers in accordance with the provisions of the Members Code of Conduct adopted by Council from 1 September 2008 (including Whipping Declarations)

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The Corporate Director Operational and Partnership Services submitted a report, the purpose of which, was to present the items due to be considered at the Committee’s meeting to be held on 6 February 2017, and sought confirmation of the information required for the subsequent scheduled meeting to be held on 10 April 2017. The report also outlined a list of further potential items for prioritisation by the Committee.

The Scrutiny Officer referred Members to paragraph 4.1 of the report, that detailed the items to be considered at the next scheduled meeting on 6 February 2017, together with the Invitees also due to attend.

Paragraph 4.2 then showed the items to be considered and the Invitees due to attend in respect of the subsequent meeting of the Committee to be held on 10 April 2017.

Finally, paragraph 4.3 of the report gave 3 suggested extra items for consideration at the scheduled meeting(s) to be held after the above two.

RESOLVED:                            That Members noted the items to be discussed at the 6 February 2017 and 10 April 2017 Committee meetings.

Invitees:

Councillor HJ David – Leader

Councillor HM Williams – Deputy Leader

Darren Mepham – Chief Executive

Please note that this item will be supported with a Presentation  

The Chairperson welcomed the Invitees to the meeting, and she was pleased to introduce to Members the , Leader of Monmouthshire County  Council who was also the  Vice-Chairperson of the City Deal’s Joint Cabinet Project team.

The Leader of Bridgend County Borough Council advised that the City Deal was an extremely important project that would benefit all those involved in this as it would deliver:-

·         £1.2 billion investment in the Cardiff Capital Region’s infrastructure through a 20 year investment fund.

·         The creation of a non-statutory Regional Transport Authority to co-ordinate transport planning and investment, in partnership with the Welsh Government.

·         The development of capabilities in Compound Semiconductor Applications.

·         The creation of a Cardiff Capital Region Skills and Employment Board.

·         The CCR and the Welsh Government will work with Department of Work and Pensions to co-design the future employment support from 2017 for people with a health condition or disability and/or long term unemployed.

·         A Cardiff Capital Region Business Organisation will be established to ensure that there is a single voice for business to work with local authority leaders.

·         The Welsh Government and the Cardiff Capital Region commit to a new partnership approach to housing development and regeneration. This will ensure the delivery of sustainable communities, through the use and re-use of property and sites.

The Leader of Monmouthshire County Council advised that today’s meeting would be one of many that would discuss and monitor future progress in respect of the City Deal, and this project reflected trust and unity between those local authorities and other organisations involved in it.

He added that the City Deal would have a tenure of between 4 and 10 years, and would affect half of the population in Wales. It would also address and improve opportunities for young people across the regions it covered, and would also look to improve quality of life in the more deprived areas, by re-shaping and creating opportunities particularly for employment through inward investment and increased regeneration and economic developments. The City Deal could he added, if it was very successful, improve considerably the welsh economy.

The Chief Executive then gave a Presentation entitled the ‘Cardiff Capital Region City Deal’ which covered the themes and areas below.

The Project would create 25,000 new jobs, lever in £4bn additional investment and raise Growth Value Added (GVA), and was a collaboration within and beyond local authorities, with there being 10 local authorities (as equal partners), as well as working with the private sector, industry and Welsh Government.

It would also be a commitment for city-region level governance, being a devolution deal to regions (ie through financial commitments), and would be supported by a Joint Cabinet arrangement.

The Chief Executive confirmed that initial deals would then create opportunities for further deals, by realising the benefits of one deal then investing into others.

He confirmed that it involved an Investment Fund, comprising of £1.2bn to increase GVA by investing in the economic fabric of the region. £734m would be invested in Metro projects, whilst  ...  view the full minutes text for item 68.

The Scrutiny Officer presented a report, the purpose of which, was to seek nominations for the Collaborative Scrutiny Committee.

RESOLVED:                             That Councillors M Thomas, N Clarke and E Dodd be nominated onto the Collaborative Scrutiny Committee.

To consider any items of business in respect of which notice has been given in accordance with Part 4 (paragraph 4) of the Council Procedure Rules and which the person presiding at the meeting is of the opinion should by reason of special circumstances be transacted at the meeting as a matter of urgency. 

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