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On 26 April 2022, Cabinet:-
(i) Approved the Full Business Case for the HS2 Enhanced Public Realm Scheme (attached at Appendix 1 to the report) at a total estimated cost of £32.539m funded from Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership Enterprise Zone (EZ) grant and Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)/Section 106 contributions;
(ii) Accepted the total capital grant from the GBSLEP for up to £28.788m to deliver the HS2 Enhanced Public Realm Scheme and delegates authority to the Director of Planning, Transport and Sustainability to enter into a Funding Agreement, subject to the terms and conditions set out in the offer letter being acceptable to the Council;
(iii) In its role as Accountable Body for the GBSLEP, approved City Council Prudential Borrowing of an additional £26.569m to fund the delivery of the HS2 Enhanced Public Realm Scheme. £2.219m having been approved previously for development work;
(iv) Under Standing Order Part D2.5, approves the commencement of single contractor negotiations by the Head of Curzon and Enterprise Zone with HS2 Ltd who are responsible for the delivery of the HS2 Curzon works, for the value of up to £26.569m to undertake the full design and delivery of public realm enhancements, subject to the following conditions:-
(a) produce detailed design to discharge the Schedule 17 and the Town and Country Planning Application landscape conditions;
(b) construct the agreed design within the capped grant as per the GBSLEP FBC and Funding Agreement;
(v) Delegated the authority to award the contract for the full design and delivery of the public realm enhancements following the successful completion of the negotiations to the Director, Planning, Transport and Sustainability, the Interim Assistant Director, Procurement (or their delegate), the Chief Finance Officer (or their delegate) and the Acting City Solicitor & Monitoring Officer (or their delegate);
(vi) Noted that following implementation of the scheme, the City Council will be responsible for the ongoing maintenance of the public realm and new areas of planting at a cost of £3.751m over a 30-year period funded from CIL/Section 106 contributions;
(vii) Authorised the Acting City Solicitor & Monitoring Officer to negotiate, execute seal and complete all necessary documents in connection with the above recommendations.
THE DEADLINE FOR CALL IN IS 1600 HOURS ON
FRIDAY 29 APRIL 2022.
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