Issue - meetings

(1)

the submission of a pre development funding bid of up to £2.5m to the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, be approved;

(2)

the submission of a Cultural Development Fund bid to Arts Council England of up to £5m, be approved;

(3)

subject to the funding bid, the tender processes to procure a range of consultancy services, using several different compliant procurement methods as detailed in the report, be approved;

(4)

the Executive Director of Place, in consultation with Cabinet Member for Regeneration be granted delegated authority to award the necessary contracts, be approved;

(5)

it be noted that the proposal was a Key Decision but had not been included in the Council's Forward Plan of Key Decisions. Consequently, the Leader of the Council and the Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Regeneration and Skills) had been consulted under Rule 27 of the Access to Information Procedure Rules of the Constitution, to the decision being made by Cabinet as a matter of urgency on the basis that it was impracticable to defer the decision until the commencement of the next Forward Plan because of the opportunity for early release of pre-development funding; and

(6)

it be noted that the Leader of the Council and the Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Regeneration and Skills) had given his consent under Rule 46 of the Overview and Scrutiny Procedure Rules for this decision to be treated as urgent and not subject to "call in" on the basis that it cannot be reasonably deferred because of the opportunity for early release of pre-development funding.