Further to Minute No. 118, 19th November 2014, the Director of City Development submitted a report providing an update on the progress being made to regenerate the South Bank area of the city centre and to obtain approval to short term actions which would facilitate further growth and regeneration.
Members welcomed the contents of the submitted report and highlighted the significant potential and opportunities for the city and the wider area which lay in the regeneration of the South Bank.
Following consideration of Appendix 1 to the submitted report, designated as exempt from publication under the provisions of Access to Information Procedure Rule 10.4(3), which was considered in private at the conclusion of the meeting, it was
RESOLVED –
(a) That the progress being made in regeneration initiatives across the South Bank be noted, and that the priorities, as set out in section 3 of the submitted report be agreed;
(b) That the Board re-affirms that securing funding to support the restoration of Temple Works is a priority for the city given its at-risk status, and that it be requested that officers continue to work with third parties to facilitate its restoration.
(c) That a report be submitted to Executive Board with proposals to invest in the public realm and spaces across the South Bank;
(d) That a report be submitted to Executive Board by Autumn 2015 with proposals to facilitate regeneration along the Hunslet Riverside;
(e) That the Chief Officer Economy and Regeneration be requested to explore the feasibility of the Council’s City Centre Management function providing urban management support across the South Bank area;
(f) That approval be given to the recommendations as set out in paragraphs 6.0, 6.1 and 6.2 of the submitted exempt appendix 1 concerning potential future land assembly proposals;
(g) That it be noted that the Chief Officer Economy and Regeneration will be responsible for the implementation of such matters.
(The Council’s Executive and Decision Making Procedure Rules state that a decision may be declared as being exempt from Call In if it is considered that any delay would seriously prejudice the Council’s or the public’s interests. As such, it was determined that the resolutions relating to this report were exempt from the Call In process as they were time-bound and would not be properly exercised if were called in)