Agenda item

Report of the Interim Executive Director, Environment.

The Sub-Committee considered a report of the Interim Executive Director, Environment which provided an update on the delivery of the City Cluster programme.

RESOLVED – That Members of the Sub-Committee

1.         Note and approve the content of this progress update;

2.         Note the funding strategy in Appendix 2 of the Officer report, and the commitment of £1m from the EC Business Improvement District, subject to the outcome of the City’s capital bid which has been submitted for consideration;

3.         Approve funding of £35,000 from the S106 contribution of 40 Leadenhall Street for staff costs and fees for the management of the City Cluster programme including communications, for the next reporting period, as set out in Appendix 2 of the Officer report; and

4.         Approve the following recommendations regarding the Leadenhall Street Improvement project, to enable the project to progress to Gateway 3:

i. Approve the progression of the project’s design shown in Appendix 3 of the Officer report towards a more-detailed design with costed greening and public realm options for future consideration and approval by Members;

ii. Approve the increased and amended budget shown in Appendix 4 of the Officer report to enable the above work to take place and reach the next gateway, including the requested increase of £173,000 to a new overall budget of £391,000. (proposed to be funded by the 20 Fenchurch Street S106 monies);

iii. Approve the inclusion of a works budget line to accommodate trial holes to help validate potential greening locations along the street; and

iv. Approve the amended Risk Register in Appendix 5 that has been updated following the outcome of TfL’s Bishopsgate Experimental Traffic Order to release the funding previously held in the register back into the project.