a) The Chief Officer Culture and Economy has authorised the City Council to enter into grant agreement with West Yorkshire Combined Authority for a sum of £551,672 from WYCA’s Gainshare fund. This funding will then be channelled in full to Leeds Culture Trust who will deliver the WOW Barn project and who will manage all WOW Barn expenditure.
b) The decision has been exempted from call in. The reasons for this exemption are set out in section 19 of this report under legal implications.