Agenda and minutes
Venue: Council Chamber, Old Town Hall Stratford, 29 The Broadway, London E15 2BQ
Contact: Roxanne Misir / Robert Walker Tel: 020 8356 3326 / 020 8356 3578 e-mail: roxanne.misir@hackney.gov.uk / robert.walker@hackney.gov.uk
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Apologies for Absence |
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Declarations of Interest |
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Establishing Governance Arrangements for the Public Realm Capital Improvement Grant PDF 86 KB Additional documents: Minutes: Decision: The Joint Committee agreed the proposals set out in the report to establish governance arrangements for the £27.4m grant from Department of Communities and Local Government and specifically agreed to:
i) Appoint London Borough of Waltham Forest as the Lead Borough for the Public Realm Capital Improvement Grant pursuant to paragraph 8.1 of the Inter Authority Agreement of 31st August 2006
ii) Authorise the Chief Executive of London Borough of Waltham Forest to undertake all necessary measures to effect the detailed oversight and implementation of the funded programme, and
iii) Appoint London Borough of Hackney as the Accountable Body for the Grant.
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Formal Endorsement of the Strategic Regeneration Framework Part 1 PDF 70 KB Additional documents: Minutes: Decision: The Joint Committee:
i) Formally endorsed Stage 1 of the Strategic Regeneration Framework, and ii) Agreed in principle that a further iteration of the Strategic Regeneration Framework be produced in autumn 2009 containing high level implementation plans and commitment from all tiers of government.
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Urgent Item: Establishing Governance Arrangements for Worklessness and Skills PDF 93 KB Minutes: Decision: The Joint Committee agreed to: i) Establish a Worklessness and Skills Sub-Committee comprising one executive member and one substitute executive member from each of the five boroughs, the names of whom will be notified to the Clerk of the Joint Committee
ii) Approve the terms of reference for the sub-committee as follows Ø To direct worklessness strategies and programmes of the five boroughs; Ø To approve, oversee and direct grant programmes in line with the strategies and programmes; Ø To establish a senior officers and partners’ Commission and to determine its terms of reference; and Ø To establish an advisory Business Leadership Group and to determine its terms of reference.
iii) Determine the quorum of the sub-committee
iv) Endorse the existing arrangement that the London Borough of Greenwich take the thematic lead on worklessness and skills issues for the five boroughs, pursuant to paragraph 8.1 of the Inter Authority Agreement of the 31st August 2006.
v) Endorse the existing arrangements that the London Borough of Hackney is the accountable body for grants on worklessness and skills, currently comprising the Deprived Area Fund (DAF) from the DWP, the Local Employment and Training Framework (LETF) from the LDA, the Host Boroughs Future Jobs Programme and a sub-regional LDA European Social Fund (ESF) programme.
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Any Oral Update: Multi Area Agreement Signing Minutes: Decision: The Joint Committee:
· Noted that CLG had indicated that the Multi Area Agreement should be signed by February 2010
· Noted the respective Five Host Borough Cabinets had approved the Multi Area Agreement in June, July and October 2009 subject to confirmation of detailed text
· Noted that the substantive text of the document had now been agreed with all Host Boroughs
· Confirmed that the Multi Area Agreement now be signed, subject to any minor final revisions.
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