Decision Outcome
On 26 June 2018, Cabinet:-
(i) Approved the Outline Business Case (OBC) for the CGV and the wider Perry Barr Regeneration Programme, as set out in report Appendix 1, at a total estimated cost of £523.3m;
(ii) Approved the tender strategy to deliver the highways infrastructure improvements using the Council’s Highways and Infrastructure Framework Agreement required for the Commonwealth Games including SPRINT routes as outlined in report Appendix 3, and delegated the award of contracts to the Leader and the Cabinet Members for Transport and the Environment and Finance and Resources, jointly with the Corporate Director Economy;
(iii) Approved the procurement strategy for the professional services for the acquisition of various properties within Perry Barr using the Crown Commercial Services Estate Professional Services Framework Agreement and delegated the award of the contract to the Corporate Director, Economy in conjunction with the Director of Commissioning and Procurement, the Corporate Director of Finance and Governance (or their delegate) and the City Solicitor (or their delegate);
(iv) Noted the intention to award a contract to the recommended supplier for the provision of professional services for the ground investigation and remediation for the CGV sites by direct award using the Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation Consultancy Services Framework Agreement. The confidential information related to the award of the contract is contained in the Private Report;
(v) Agreed to delegate to the Corporate Director, Economy in conjunction with the Director of Commissioning and Procurement, the Corporate Director of Finance and Governance (or their delegate) and the City Solicitor (or their delegate), authority to commence the procurement activity and award of contract to undertake the specialist demolition and remediation works for sites within the plan at report Appendix 2a, through appropriate public sector framework agreements or an OJEU process;
(vi) Authorised the Corporate Director, Economy to approve Stopping Up Orders and Traffic Regulation Orders as necessary for the implementation of the recommendations in the report;
(vii) Delegated approval of the Full Business Cases and the authorities necessary to deliver the projects contained within the OBC, subject to the conditions of grant being satisfied and acceptable to BCC and the relevant funding providers confirming the budget allocations, to the Leader and the Cabinet Member for Finance and Resources, jointly with the Corporate Director, Economy and the Chief Finance Officer;
(viii) Authorised the Corporate Director, Economy to submit applications for grant funding from Homes England for the delivery of affordable housing within the CGV and in the event of the affordable housing being disposed of other Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) for the Council to enter into a Deed of adherence with these RSLs to ensure the grant conditions associated with the delivery of this affordable housing are passed on to these organisations;
(ix) Delegated authority to the Corporate Director, Economy, jointly with the Chief Finance Officer, to bid for and to accept future funding relating to CGV and the wider Perry Barr Regeneration Programme as necessary;
(x) Authorised the Corporate Director, Economy to negotiate the acquisition of all interests in land outlined on the plan at report Appendix 2a (which shows the maximum potential extent) in advance of, and alongside, the making of a Compulsory Purchase Order(s) (CPO) and where appropriate, to pay statutory home loss, basic loss and negotiate disturbance compensation to all qualifying owners and tenants;
(xi) Authorised the making of CPO(s) under section 226(1)(a) of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990; sections 239, 240 and 250 of the Highways Act 1980; appropriation under Section 203 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016; and where necessary, the acquisition of new rights under Section 13 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 to secure the acquisition of the land identified at report Appendix 2;
(xii) Authorised the City Solicitor to draft and submit for confirmation an Order in accordance with Section 14 and Section 125 of the Highways Act 1980 (or other such similar Orders as may be required) to support the CPO(s);
(xiii) Authorised the City Solicitor to take all necessary steps, including the execution of documents as required, to secure the making, confirmation and implementation of the CPO(s), as well as the publication and service of all necessary notices, including High Court Enforcement Officer Notices;
(xiv) Instructed the City Solicitor to confirm the CPO(s), if granted power to do so by the Secretary of State.
(xv) Accepted the £20.075m funding from the West Midlands Combined Authority’s (WMCA) Brownfield Land and Property Development Fund (BLPDF) to contribute to the funding of the regeneration programme as set out within this OBC, of the WMCA grant £1,325,454 will be transferred to Homes England to fund the demolition works which we have jointly procured;
(xvi) Noted that further to the Cabinet approval of March 2018, the contract for the development of the residential element for the CGV is being tendered as a single contract through an OJEU process. In the event that a single contractor is not selected to undertake the development of the village, to delegate to the Corporate Director, Economy in conjunction with the Director of Commissioning and Procurement, the Corporate Director of Finance and Governance (or their delegate) and the City Solicitor (or their delegate) authority to commence the procurement activity for a one or more contractors through appropriate public sector framework agreements or a OJEU process. The award of the subsequent contracts will be reported to Cabinet in due course;
(xvii) Noted that the West Midland Combined Authority’s bid for Housing Infrastructure Funding (HIF), which includes £158.5m of funding for the regeneration of Perry Barr, has been approved by Government to move to Full Business Case as a part of the Government’s HIF appraisal approach;
(xviii) Instructed the City Solicitor to negotiate, execute and complete all necessary further documents required to give effect to the recommendations in the report.
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