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It was noted that paragraph 3.3.2 of the report should read:
"The second is up to £0.005m towards the operational expenses of an Ultra-Low Emission Vehicle (ULEV) Hackney Carriage, which will be payable by instalments projected to be of £0.001m each year for a four year period."
On 17 December 2019, Cabinet:-
(i) Noted that, subsequent to the approval by Cabinet of the Government Full Business Case on 11th December 2018, the Council has received written confirmation from the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) of a total sum of £37.958m in grant funding it has been awarded in relation to the mitigation measures detailed in the Clean Air Fund;
(ii) Approved the City Council Full Business Case for Mitigations M1a (Mobility Credit), M2a (Hackney Carriage Grant) and M2c (Private Hire Vehicle Grant) set out in Appendix A to the report, to be funded from the £17.420m Clean Air Fund (CAF) grants, and £2.000m of Clean Air Zone (CAZ) net proceeds, as follows:
• £5.420m to be used for the purpose of CAZ Mitigation M1a (Mobility Credit);
- £5.000m to be used for the purposes of CAZ Mitigation M2a (Hackney Carriage Grant);
- £7.000m to be used for the purposes of CAZ Mitigation M2c (Private Hire Vehicle Grant);
- £2.000m from CAZ net proceeds to be used for the purposes of an additional option to CAZ mitigation M2c subject to the approval of 2.3 below;
(iii) Approved the use of up to £2.000m CAZ net revenue proceeds to fund an additional option to mitigation M2c as detailed in decision (ii) above, in addition to those schemes identified in the CAZ Charging Order Cabinet Report approved on 25th June 2019;
(iv) Agreed to delegate authority to the Head of Clean Air Zone to approve and defray the Clean Air Fund Grant relating to the mobility credit, private hire and hackney carriage vehicle grants, up to a maximum grant value per individual of £0.005m, in accordance with the application and award process detailed within Appendix A to the report;
(v) Authorised the entering into a Grant Aid agreement with Transport for West Midlands (or West Midlands Combined Authority) in relation to grant M1a (Mobility Credit);
(vi) Agreed to delegate authority to the Head of Clean Air Zone to update the applications and awards processes and procedures in order to most efficiently and robustly administer the scheme;
(vii) Agreed to delegate authority to the Head of Clean Air Zone, in consultation with the Cabinet Member Transport and Environment, to agree variations with the grant authority (JAQU) to amend the grant fund allocations and conditions, within the total funding limit of this report, in order to most efficiently deliver the objectives of the grant funding;
(viii) Noted that a further three Full Business Cases (FBCs) detailing a Hackney Carriage Rental Scheme, Non-Compliant Vehicle Scrappage Scheme and Heavy Duty Vehicle Fund will be submitted for approval in line with the delegated authority granted by Cabinet in its approval of the Government Full Business Case (GFBC) on 11th December 2018;
(ix) Authorised the City Solicitor (or their delegate) to negotiate and complete any documentation necessary to give effect to any of the above decisions.
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