Issue - meetings

Report of the Chief Executive

Summary

To provide the Executive with information on this Act and the timetable for the submission of first round proposals.

Recommendations

The Executive is recommended to:

(1)       Note the purpose of the Sustainable Communities Act and the timetable associated with the first bidding round.

(2)               Agree if Executive Members wish to develop a bid to this timetable.

Agreed, with the amendment:

Recommendation 2:  invite officers to continue to work on this issue and to come back with firm proposals.

The Chief Executive submitted a report to provide the Executive with information on this Act and the timetable for the submission of first round proposals.

Resolved

(1)   That the purpose of the Sustainable Communities Act and the timetable associated with the first bidding round be noted.

(2)   That officers be requested to continue to work on this issue and to come back with firm proposals.

Reasons – the first proposal round is open and the deadline for submission is 31 July 2009.  There is still uncertainty about some of the definitions and practical details of the Act and more detailed guidance on the proposal process is awaited.  It is timely to commission early work from officers to identify potential fruitful areas, either independently or in collaboration with others, and with the focus on the “economic well-being” element.