Issue - meetings

To consider the attached City Deal Forward Plan.

(Changes to the Forward Plan document made since the previous meeting are purposely highlighted using tracked changes).

Councillor Lewis Herbert introduced the discussion on the Forward Plan of decisions that will be taken at future meetings of the Greater Cambridge City Deal Executive Board.

It was agreed that the Communications Strategy, which was scheduled for January’s meeting, should instead be incorporated into the March budget item where it has resource implications.

It was agreed that the Cambridge to Cambourne busway should be put on the Forward plan to be discussed in either March, June or July depending on other developments.

It was agreed that the Executive Board should discuss a report on the impact of devolution and the setting up of the Combined Authority. It was suggested that this should be scheduled for March’s meeting, it was noted that the Combined Authority would have its first meeting in February.

Goodbye to Professor Nigel Slater

Councillor Lewis Herbert announced that this would be Professor Nigel Slater’s final meeting. He thanked Professor Slater for all work on the Executive Board on behalf of Cambridge University and looked forward to working with his successor.

To consider the attached City Deal Forward Plan.

(Changes to the Forward Plan document made since the previous meeting are purposely highlighted using tracked changes).

The Joint Assembly NOTED the City Deal Forward Plan.

Consideration was given to the City Deal Forward Plan.

Tanya Sheridan, City Deal Programme Director, highlighted that briefing meetings in respect of the Histon Road and Milton Road schemes were in progress, with update reports scheduled to be presented to the March 2017 cycle of meetings of the Joint Assembly and Executive Board.  It was also noted that consideration would be given to the determination of Traffic Regulation Orders in respect of cross city cycle improvements at that cycle of meetings.

Councillor Maurice Leeke pointed out that there was no mention in the Forward Plan of the implications of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority in terms of its potential impact on the City Deal. 

Tanya Sheridan agreed that this was something that could be brought back to the Joint Assembly, particularly regarding the establishment of the Combined Authority and timings of key events, such as the election of the Mayor for example.

Councillor Roger Hickford, Chairman of the Joint Assembly, agreed to discuss this further with the Programme Director in order to establish the best way of taking it issue forward.

The Joint Assembly NOTED the City Deal Forward Plan.