MINUTES of MEETING of the STIRLING AND CLACKMANNANSHIRE CITY REGION
DEAL JOINT COMMITTEE held via MS Teams on 7 DECEMBER 2021 at 2.30 pm Present
Councillor Martha Benny Councillor Neil Benny Graeme Duff
Councillor Kenneth Earle
Councillor Scott Farmer (in the Chair) Councillor Ellen Forson
Councillor Chris Kane Eileen Schofield Professor Leigh Sparks
In Attendance
Jim Boyle, Chief Officer – Finance, Stirling Council
Nikki Bridle, Chief Executive, Clackmannanshire Council
John Craig, Interim Head of Regional Programme Management Office Fiona Colligan, Strategic Director, Clackmannanshire Council
Gerard Connelly, Finance Manager, Regional Project Management Office Martin Dalziel, Team Leader, External Communications, Stirling Council Graeme Forrester, Lead Solicitor – Governance, Stirling Council
Amy Kentley, Regional Programme Management Office Sara McDermid, University of Stirling
Nick McGann, Communications, Clackmannanshire Council Nicole McIntosh, Regional Programme Management Office Paul Morris, Regional Programme Management Office Brian Roberts, Chief Operating Officer, Stirling Council
Dr John Rogers, Executive Director, Research & Innovation Services, University of Stirling David McDougall, Governance Officer, Stirling Council (minutes)
CRD133 APOLOGIES AND SUBSTITUTIONS
None.
CRD134 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
None.
CRD135 URGENT BUSINESS
None.
CRD136 MINUTES – JOINT COMMITTEE MEETING 5 OCTOBER 2021
The minutes of the meeting of the Stirling and Clackmannanshire City Region Deal Joint Committee held on 5 October 2021 were submitted for approval.
Decision
The minutes of the meeting of the Stirling and Clackmannanshire City Region Deal Joint Committee held on 5 October 2021 were agreed as an accurate record.
CRD137 FORWARD PLANNING
- JOINT COMMITTEE ROLLING ACTION LOG
The Joint Committee Rolling Action Log was submitted for information. The log had been reviewed and updated to remove completed actions and provided comment on outstanding actions.
Decision
The Joint Committee agreed to note the content of the Rolling Action Log.
(b) JOINT COMMITTEE FORWARD PLAN
The Joint Committee Forward Plan was submitted for information.
Decision
The Joint Committee agreed to note the content of the Joint Committee Forward Plan.
CRD138 STIRLING AND CLACKMANNANSHIRE CITY REGION DEAL – CAPITAL FUND FOR CLACKMANNANSHIRE
This report requested that Joint Committee agree to on-board the Intergenerational Living Innovation HUB (ILIH) project and Japanese Gardens at Cowden project, which had been confirmed as the projects to be funded under the Capital Fund for Clackmannanshire, formally into the Deal.
As laid out in the Deal document (2020), in order to help achieve an investment balance across the region, the UK Government confirmed investment of £8 million (capital) in projects in Clackmannanshire to be developed collaboratively with Clackmannanshire Council and other local partners as part of the City Region Deal. In September 2018, the Clackmannanshire Commission invited proposals. The short-list of recommendations was shared with UK Government in February 2018 and in August 2020, the UK Government confirmed the proposed projects to be funded from the £8m Clackmannanshire Capital Fund.
Two projects had been agreed to be funded subject to approval of business cases by Joint Committee. The Intergenerational Living Innovation Hub (ILIH) led by the University of Stirling would receive £7.25m of investment. The Japanese Garden in Cowden would receive £0.75m.
The Japanese Gardens at Cowden project was currently well developed with expenditure being incurred at risk. It was anticipated that a Business Justification Case would be brought to Joint Committee at either the February 2022 or March 2022 meeting.
The timescale for bringing Intergenerational Living Innovation Hub to Joint Committee for Outline Business case and the Full Business case was still to be determined, but would be reported to Joint Committee as plans progressed.
Decision
The Joint Committee agreed:-
- to the inclusion of the Intergenerational Innovation Hub (ILIH) under the Innovation theme of the Deal;
- to the inclusion of Japanese Gardens at Cowden under the Culture, Heritage and Tourism theme of the Deal; and
- to note that Officers would now refer to and report on the specific approved projects going forward rather than the Fund.
The Chair declared the meeting closed at 2.45 pm