Further to Minute No. 114, 13th December 2017, the Director of City Development submitted a report providing a further update on the development of Phase 2 of the Leeds Flood Alleviation Scheme (LFAS2). In addition, the report also sought approval of the remaining elements of the scheme required to deliver the proposals.
Members welcomed the proposals detailed within the submitted report and briefly discussed the location of the proposed attenuation area.
In addition, the Board acknowledged that the two step approach being recommended was the most pragmatic way forward, given the Government’s current position of being unable to provide any more than £65million of funding at this stage, prior to the next Comprehensive Spending Review.
Regarding the Council making representations to Government with the aim of securing further Government funding for the scheme, Members discussed the actions which had been taken to date to make such representations, with the Chief Executive also providing an update in which he advised that liaison with senior civil servants and the Environment Agency continued, and that the city’s MPs were also being kept informed.
RESOLVED –
(a) That the scheme, as described within the submitted report, be approved;
(b) That approval be given that the two step phased approach is the most pragmatic way forward at this time;
(c) That the injection of the remaining confirmed funding, as listed within section 4.4.1 of the submitted report, be approved;
(d) That subject to the affordability of tendered prices, the necessary authority required to spend consultant and contractor costs to progress the resolutions arising from the submitted report be delegated to the Director of City Development, subject to agreement with both the Executive Member for ‘Regeneration, Transport and Planning’ and the Leader of the Council;
(e) That approval be given for Leeds City Council to take responsibility for the maintenance and operation of all assets constructed as part of the LFAS2;
(f) That it be noted that the Chief Officer Highways and Transportation will be responsible for the implementation of such matters.