Decisions

The Cheif Officer, Strategy, Commissioning and Performance agreed to:
* note the negotiations held with Solicitors acting on behalf of the school, DfE and the Academy Trust; and
* give authority for the Commercial Transfer Agreement to be executed and completed to enable the Academy to open on 1st May 2014.

The Chief Officer, Strategy, Performance and Commissioning, Children's Services accepts the appropriation of the Ryecroft Primary School site from the Department of environment and Housing following the site being declared surplus to departmental requirements and approval in principle being agreed at April's AMB.

The Chief Officer, ICT approves the commencement of a procurement for Autodesk subscription, support, training and consultancy with a contract term of two years. In addition, given the is a simple procurement for commoditised products, approval is also given that this procurement is managed by ICT Strategic Sourcing without the use of the standard procurement plan template.

The Head of Strategic Development and Investment agreed to authorise expenditure of £175,000 from Capital Scheme Number 16778/REF/000 on minor capital building works and equipment at a number of Children's Centres across the city.

The Chief Asset Management and Regeneration Officer has approved the selection of a contractor for the new green space at Sovereign Square via the YorBuild Framework and, the evaluation criteria of 60% price and 40% quality for the procurement of the contractor to undertaken the proposed new green space at Sovereign Square.

The Chief Officer Communities approves that the rental fees for NACRO’s use of office space within Mandela Community Centre are discounted to £2,000 for a period of 12 months starting 24th March 2014. It is suggested that the arrangement be reviewed annually to determine whether the letting agreement should continue and that the rate of subsidy is appropriate.

The Head of Engineering Services approved the waiver of Contract Procedure Rule: 8 between £10K and £100K Intermediate Value Procurement and approved the purchase of Traffweb Software for a period of 3 years extendable annually for a further 6 years.

The Head of Engineering Services:

i) considered and overruled the objections received to the advertised draft Traffic Regulation Orders; Leeds City Council (Traffic Regulation) (Movement Restriction) (No.7) (Order) 2013;

ii) gave authority to make, seal and implement the Leeds City Council (Traffic Regulation) (Movement Restriction) (No.7) Order 2013, as advertised with an amendment to the loading and unloading exemption from 8:00pm to 7:00pm; and

iii) instructed the City Solicitor to inform the objectors accordingly.

The Head of Engineering Services:

i) noted the contents of the report; and

ii) approved the application from Hotel Chocolat, for a licence to operate a street café on the highway at Albion Street, Leeds 1 ,as shown on the attached numbered drawing 068B, to expire on the 31 March 2015 and that future licences be renewed annually, subject to satisfactory operation, and with approval from The Chief Officer Highways and Transportation.

The Head of Strategic Development and Investment agreed to authorise expenditure of £150,000 for the purchase of furniture and IT equiment for schools from capital scheme number 32003/SCH/000

The Head of Engineering Services approved the extension of the Mobile Elevated Working Platforms Contract for a further 12 months in accordance with its terms and conditions.

The Head of Engineering Services:

i) approved the waiver of Contract Procedure Rule: 8 Between £10k and £100k Intermediate Value Procurement; and

ii) approved entering into a contract with Drakewell Computer Systems for continuing support of the C2 data system for a period of 4 years and extendable for a further 4 years.

The Acting Head of Transport Policy:

i) considered and overruled the objections to Speed Limit Order(s) 10, 15, 16 and 19 2013, and Section 90c Notice relating to the provision of traffic calming on Albert Road, Morley; Servia Hill, Little London; and Weetwood Lane, Weetwood; and

ii) requested the City Solicitor to inform the objectors accordingly.

The Head of Engineering Services:
i) noted the contents of the report; and

ii) approved the application from Leeds House, for a licence to operate a street café on the highway at Market Place, Otley LS21 3AQ ,as shown on the attached unnumbered drawing, to expire on the 31st March 2015 and that future licences be renewed annually, subject to satisfactory operation, and with approval from The Chief Officer (Highways and Transportation).

The Head of Engineering Services:
i) considered and over-ruled the objections received to the advertised draft Otley and Yeadon Traffic Regulation Order (Waiting Restrictions) (No.38) 2012;
ii) gave authority to make, seal and implement the Otley & Yeadon Traffic Regulation Order (Waiting Restrictions) Traffic Regulation Order (No.38) 2012 as advertised; and
iii) requested the City Solicitor to inform the objectors accordingly.

The Head of Engineering Services:

i) noted the principle of the highway works as outlined in Section 3.1 and indicated on drawings referenced: DC/SF/TDS00499/01 and land dedication plan DC/SF/TDS00499/02;
ii) gave authority to negotiate the terms of and enter into an agreement with the developer under the provisions of Section 278 of the Highways Act 1980, whereby the works associated with the development are carried out by this Council at the cost of the developer;
iii) gave authority to implement the works as set out in Section 3.1;
iv) approved an injection of £114,000 into the City Development Capital Programme, to be fully funded by the developer under a Section 278 agreement;
v) gave authority to incur expenditure of £114,000, being £95,000 works costs and £19,000 staff costs, to be fully funded by the developer under a Section 278 agreement;
vi) gave authority to advertise a notice under the provisions of Section 23 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 notifying of the proposed pedestrian crossing facilities;
vii) approved the proposed amendments to the existing waiting restrictions as described in 3.1.3 on Cudbear Street and Sheaf Street; and
viii) instructed the City Solicitor to advertise a draft Traffic Regulation Order, and, if no valid objections are received, to make, seal and implement the Order as advertised.

The Director of Environments and Housing agreed to approve the proposed first phase of the service restructure PO5 and above for Property and Contracts (Housing Leeds).

To seek approval for a contract variation for the removal of the Psycho-sexual counselling service valued at £148,676 from the Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust from 1st April 2014. This is to enable Leeds Clinical Commissioning Groups to commission this service as part of their commissioning responsibilities from 1st April 2014 onwards.

In accordance with the delegation agreed at the meeting of the Executive Board on the 19th June 2013, the Deputy Chief Executive, the Director of City Development and the City Solicitor approved the terms of legal documents so as to provide assistance to GMV Twelve Limited to facilitate the delivery of the LRGP.
Executive Board at its meeting on the 19 June 2013 approved a report proposing that the Council provide support to the LRGP. It set out that the Council had been approached by CEG Ltd who are managing the development of the former Kirkstall Forge site on behalf of the owner of the site GMV Twelve Ltd to provide financial assistance to enable them to meet their planning obligations to contribute to the LGRP and to carry out associated highway infrastructure access works at the Kirkstall Forge Site. The report recognised that the proposed Kirkstall Forge Scheme (both the construction of the rail halt and the development of the adjoining land) is of strategic importance to the city and the city region and that there are sound economic reasons for the Council supporting GMV Twelve in meeting their obligations. That report also included agreed heads of terms, which provides for the Council's investment to be repaid in accordance with a schedule of repayments over a 10 year period to commence 6 months after the first sale of a residential property at the site, but no later than 1st April 2018.
The Deputy Chief Executive, the Director of City Development and the City Solicictor in taking their decision received a report setting out the terms of the legal agreement, Appendix A and B of this report are exempt from publication as they contains information relating to the financial and business affairs of GMV Twelve and the Council. The public interest in maintaining the exemption in relation to this matter outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information by reason of the fact that Appendix A and B contains information and financial details which, if disclosed, would adversely affect the business of the Council and GMV Twelve.

The Director of Property & Contracts Housing Leeds agreed to the award of the Domestic heating contract (Labour & Material) following a formal procurement exercise with the Efficiency North procure plus framework.
That similar service is provided by LCC’s ISP (enterprise Leeds) to the approximate value of £500k per annum under a Service Level Agreement.

The Chief Officer Property & Contracts Housing Leeds agreed to award a service provider to Supply and Maintain Fire Fighting Equipment (Hardware; Dry/Wet Risers and Automatic Sprinklers Systems) within the Social Housing Stock of Housing Leeds.

The Chief Officer of Property and Contracts agreed to declare Rycroft Primary School site surplus to Departmental requirements and granted approval to appropriate the site from the Department of Environment and Housing to the Department of Children’s Services

The Chief Officer of Property and Contracts agreed to declare 2 Autumn Terrace surplus to Departmental Requirements for the purpose of selling to Unipol on terms to be agreed by the Director of City Development.

The Director of Environment and Housing agreed to approve the report and the implementation of the proposed structure.

The Director of Environment and Housing agreed to approve the proposed phase 2 of the service restructure (PO5 and above) for Housing Management (Housing Leeds).

The Chief Officer CEL, approved the request to award the tender for the purchase of 36 replacement minibuses for Passsenger Transport as part of the 2014-15 replacement programme at a cost of 1.772m

The Chief Officer Culture & Sport has approved the extension of contract LCC22990 for the provision of event stewarding & security for a further 2 x 12 month period