Agenda and draft minutes

Southport Town Deal Board - Tuesday 15th September, 2020 8.30 am

Venue: Microsoft Teams

Contact: Rebecca Johnstone

Items
No.	Item
58.	Apologies View the background to item 58. Minutes: Apologies were received from: Andrew Booth Damien Moore Greta Fenny Therese Patten – now vacated role at Southport and Ormskirk Hospital Agreed that we will follow up with the hospital for replacement representative and also continue to pursue NHS Digital engagement for representative from their organisation. Please note that the meeting took place via Teams video calling.
59.	Declarations of Interest View the background to item 59. Minutes: No declarations of interest were received.
60.	Minutes of the Previous Meeting PDF 110 KB View the background to item 60. Minutes: No comments or corrections received and signed off as a true record. Any matters arising are covered in the agenda.
61.	Project Prioritisation Discussion View the background to item 61. Minutes: Rob Fletcher (RF) introduced the meeting noting that the meeting format was intended to be informal and encouraged a wide ranging discussion. Board members were encouraged to speak their mind and as there is only one more meeting before the submission, so now at the stage to narrow down what projects will be put forward for funding. Stephen Watson (SW) presented an overview of the work to date, including the draft vison and strategic objectives. It then moved onto a discussion on project prioritisation and prioritisation criteria for those projects to be included in the Town Investment Plan (TIP) SW noted that there is a lot to do in the 7 weeks remaining in order to reach a quality and unique Bid submission and as the work progresses there will always be ongoing opportunities, hence the ongoing introduction of new opportunities. However, the bid is well positioned to deliver a quality and unique submission by 30^th October 2020. SW stressed that the confidentiality of the project list is important – the council and some Board members have signed NDA’s around some of the details. The Board are not being asked to commit projects they are not sighted on, but not all details can be revealed at this time. The minutes of the meeting may also be redacted to maintain confidentiality where appropriate. The Bid strategy will focus on opportunities that won’t be seen in any other town or bid such as breadth of consultation, and the truly transformational opportunities that will support economic recovery. We want to have reasons for ministers to open our TIP first and demonstrate opportunities for real change. Our Criteria for Prioritisation include: · Align with the Towns Fund criteria, · Align with consultation responses · Transformational impact · Financial viability · Deliverability Projects have been divided into thematic areas for consideration, which were discussed by the board. Visitor Attractions Potential projects include: • Southport Convention Centre & Theatre • Pleasureland site • Other potential attractions • Marine Village • Lord St / Civic Square • Animation of Marine Lake Business Incubators, Innovation, Skills Potential projects include: • Crown Buildings • Eastbank St • Southport Business Park • Skills and Employment Support • Customer Experience Training Digital and Transport Connectivity Potential projects include: • Digital strategy implementation • Fibre project • Southport Station • Town centre access and car parking Green spaces Potential projects include: • Ainsdale-on-sea • “Green ribbon” (e.g. Botanic Gardens, Hesketh Park, etc) Other: Potential projects include: • Residential development projects • Heritage Fund • Strategic acquisitions fund • Youth perspective – to be determined from the ongoing consultation process with schools, colleges and university students during September Next steps: · What comes from the discussion with young people · Cabinet 01/10/20 - the Council is the accountable body for submission of bid, so will go to cabinet for their agreement to submit the bid & this will be supported by some high level comms to support this from the Board and the Council. · Continued project development · External creative input · Star ... view the full minutes text for item 61.
62.	AOB View the background to item 62. Minutes: None raised
63.	Date of Next Meeting View the background to item 63. Wednesday 21^st October, 08:30am Minutes: Wednesday 21^st October 2020, 8:30am, (location or online platform to be re-confirmed nearer the time).