Decisions

The Chief Officer, Highways and Transportation;
a) Approved the design and implementation of the proposed (Draft) Off-Street Car Park Order for the LPTIP Stourton Park & Ride facility, subject to the advertisement and sealing of the Order as set out in Recommendation B. Details are shown on drawing LPTIP1-MM-HAC-STR_XXX-DR-CH-0001 in Appendix A.
b) Requested the City Solicitor to advertise the (Draft) Off-Street Car Park Order and if no valid objections are received, to make, seal and implement the Order as advertised.
c) Approved the design and implementation of the proposed (Draft) Traffic Regulation Orders for the LPTIP Stourton Park & Ride and associated Highway Improvements, subject to the advertisement and sealing of the Order as set out in Recommendation D. Details are shown on drawing LPTIP1-MM-HAC-STR_XXX-DR-CH-0002 in Appendix A.
d) Requested the City Solicitor to advertise the (Draft) Traffic Regulation Orders and if no valid objections are received, to make, seal and implement the Orders as advertised.
e) Approved the design and implementation of the proposed (Draft) Speed Limit Orders, (Draft) 24hour Bus, Taxi and Cycle lane Movement Order and (Draft) Bus Only and One-Way Street Order for the LPTIP Stourton Park & Ride and associated Highway Improvements, subject to the advertisement and sealing of the Orders as set out in Recommendation F. Details are shown on drawing LPTIP1-MM-HAC-STR_XXX-DR-CH-0002 in Appendix A.
f) Requested the City Solicitor to advertise the (Draft) Speed Limit Orders, (Draft) 24hour Bus, Taxi and Cycle lane Movement Order and (Draft) Bus Only and One-Way Street Order and if no valid objections are received, to make, seal and implement the Orders as advertised.
g) Approved with reference to the powers contained in Section 65 of the Highways Act 1980, the construction of a cycle track as part of the highway, for the use of cyclists only, as shown on drawing LPTIP1-MM-HAC-STR_XXX-DR-CH-0002 in Appendix A.
h) Acknowledged the amendments required to the highway boundary between Leeds City Council highway network and Highways England motorway network, which are being included in the Section 6 Agreement.

The Director of Resources & Housing approved the following requests:
a. To move the contact centre into BSC, focused on the operational management of the contact centre
b. To delete Dir60% post (Head of Contact Centre)
c. To create a new interim role Head of Transformation that will focus on the savings and transformation work programme.
d. To separate the business support team according to its functions rather than move as a whole team as set out in Appendix B
e. To delete Dir45% post (Development and Improvement Manager)
f. To move the Customer Relations team to Chief Executive’s Office
g. To move the Digital Access Team within DIS with the exception of those roles that are related to the social media team, which should move to become part of the contact centre
h. To move the Insite team within the Digital Access Team, reporting to the On Line Development Manager
i. To note the need to develop ways to strengthen the links between the Communication Team and the Digital Access Team on an on-going basis
j. To note the need to develop robust governance to enable prioritisation of the work of both the web team and the Customer Access Development team within DIS in line with the overall council’s requirements and to provide greater transparency
k. To note the need to agree a SLA between face to face and the resourcing and forecasting team, the P& R team as well as the training team to agree what services will continue to be provided and how.

The Chief Planning Officer has agreed to the attached documents to be taken forward as the official guidance for Planning Officers, developers and the general public.

The Director of City Development has granted approval to:
1) Issue an appointment letter and enter into an NEC4 Professional Services Contract to design and deliver extra care housing at Middlecross, Armley (scheme 2) to ENGIE Regeneration.
2) Commence 12 months of gas monitoring and site investigations at Cartmell Drive, Halton Moor (scheme 1).
3) Pay ENGIE Regeneration their tender fees in the amount of £25,000 (twenty five thousand pounds) as part of this contract award.

The Deputy Director, Children & Families agreed the recommendation of a report relating to the placement of a child/young person. The individual costs of the place are £282,092.86.

It is considered in the public interest that information contained in the report is exempt from publication as it relates to a vulnerable child or young person of the City and the actions being taken to enable that person to live in a safe environment.

The Deputy Director, Children & Families agreed the recommendation of a report relating to the placement of a child/young person. The individual costs of the place are £182,000.00.

It is considered in the public interest that information contained in the report is exempt from publication as it relates to a vulnerable child or young person of the City and the actions being taken to enable that person to live in a safe environment.

The Deputy Director, Children & Families agreed the recommendation of a report relating to the placement of a child/young person. The individual costs of the place are £166,595.43.

It is considered in the public interest that information contained in the report is exempt from publication as it relates to a vulnerable child or young person of the City and the actions being taken to enable that person to live in a safe environment.

The Deputy Director, Children & Families agreed the recommendation of a report relating to the placement of a child/young person. The individual costs of the place are £156,167.86.

It is considered in the public interest that information contained in the report is exempt from publication as it relates to a vulnerable child or young person of the City and the actions being taken to enable that person to live in a safe environment.

The Deputy Director, Children & Families agreed the recommendation of a report relating to the placement of a child/young person. The individual costs of the place are £182,000.00.

It is considered in the public interest that information contained in the report is exempt from publication as it relates to a vulnerable child or young person of the City and the actions being taken to enable that person to live in a safe environment.

The Deputy Director, Children & Families agreed the recommendation of a report relating to the placement of a child/young person. The individual costs of the place are £193,440.00.

It is considered in the public interest that information contained in the report is exempt from publication as it relates to a vulnerable child or young person of the City and the actions being taken to enable that person to live in a safe environment.

The Director of Public Health has approved, in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 72 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, a modification to the contract price of One You Leeds to include up to £300,000 to provide additional adult weight management activity from 1st June 2021 to 31st March 2022.

The Chief Officer, Highways & Transportation
a) noted the contents of this report;
b) approved the proposed design and installation of secure motorcycle parking as detailed in the report at the total cost of £39,000;
c) gave authority to incur expenditure of £39,000, to be funded by the LTP Transport Policy Capital Programme (100% Government grant funding)

The Director of City Development:
1. Authorised the required expenditure to enable the programme to progress the property acquisitions detailed in Confidential Appendix A. These acquisitions to be funded from the Council Housing Growth Programme budget, via a combination of Housing Revenue Account (HRA) borrowing and Right to Buy receipts.
2. Noted that Executive Board granted Authority to Spend for the programme on 24th July 2019.
3. Noted that a report has been submitted in parallel to the Director of City Development to request approval to acquire the properties so that they can be returned to Council Housing Stock

a) The Chief Officer (Highways & Transportation) approved the recommendation to extend the Pumping Station Maintenance Contract 2019 from 9th July 2021 for a two year period until the 8th July 2023 with Pumptec Ltd.
b) The approx extension value is £315,000.00.
c) Extending the contract is a direct consequence of the initial authority to procure and should be treated as a signification operational decision, as such it is not eligible for call in.

The Director of Communities, Housing and Environment approved the Write off irrecoverable Former Tenants Arrears in the sum of £99,874.85 represented by 110 accounts in relation to the citywide accounts.

• Issuing of child performance licences
• Issuing of Chaperone Licences
• Issuing of work permits for young people aged (13-16 years of age)

The Director of Children’s & Families agreed to:
a) Approve acceptance of the tender submitted via the Leeds Local Education Partnership in the sum of £5,880,978 inclusive of all professional design fees incurred by the appointed contractor, development costs and surveys incurred by the contractor

b) Approve entering into a contractual agreement with Leeds D&B One Ltd to deliver Laurence Calvert Free School on a temporary site for September 2021. This will take the form of a JCT 2016 head contract between the authority and Leeds D&B One Ltd for the sum of £5,880, 978 which is split into £4,111,856 capital spend and £1,769,122 revenue spend.

c) Note that the officer responsible for implementation is the Head of Service Learning Systems and the Head of Projects and Programmes, Asset Management & Regeneration and authorise them as a signatory of all other contract related documentation that is required to deliver the project.

The Director of City Development has approved the following in relation to the Covid-19 Discretionary Grant Funds (DGFs) Scheme One and Two funded through the Covid-19 Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG) Allocation:

• That Scheme One, for those businesses with fixed property costs of more than £4000 per annum, be re-opened in June 2021 for a final two week application window.
• That Scheme Two, for those businesses with fixed property costs of less than £4000 per annum, be re-opened in June 2021 for a further two week application window.
• That businesses that have already received a grant through Scheme Two be awarded a top-up grant of £250 for businesses with no employees and £500 for businesses with one or more employees. In exceptional circumstances where significant ongoing fixed business costs (excluding wages/salaries) are being incurred and where a wider impact on the Leeds economy can be demonstrated a higher top up award of up to 50% of annual fixed business costs to a maximum of £2,500 will be considered.

The Council identified a number of suppliers who can provide Children’s Centre Nursery Business Management Software as an “off the shelf” solution, and invited four suppliers to demonstrate their proposed solution. Three suppliers accepted the invitation.
Each supplier demonstrated their solution to members of the Children’s & Families Service and also submitted written responses in relation to the Council’s functional and technical requirements.
After completing a thorough review of each of the solutions, it was determined that the proposed Children’s Centre Nursery Business Management Software Solution from Connect Childcare Group Limited most closely met the Council’s requirements and offered best value for money.
The award of a contract to Connect Childcare Group Limited for the provision of a Children’s Centre Nursery Business Management Software Solution, for a period of three (3) years, from 10/06/2021 to 09/06/2024 is essential to support the Little Owls Nursery business in the delivery of high quality childcare services across the city.

The Director of Resources approved the award of a contract directly to Solar for Schools Limited under contract procedure rule 9.5 on the grounds that they are genuinely the only organisation able to meet the Council’s specific requirements of delivering the programme of design, supply, installation, ongoing maintenance, support and monitoring, allow the lifting of panels to gain access for remedial works to the roof and contribute to a mutual benefit scheme which rewards schools for overgeneration of energy. The maximum value of this contract will be £710,547.01.

The Director of City Development:
1. Authorised the required expenditure to enable the programme to progress the property acquisitions detailed in Confidential Appendix A. These acquisitions to be funded from the Council Housing Growth Programme budget, via a combination of Housing Revenue Account (HRA) borrowing and Right to Buy receipts.
2. Noted that Executive Board granted Authority to Spend for the programme on 24th July 2019.
3. Noted that a report is being submitted in parallel to the Director of City Development to request approval to acquire the properties for Communities, Housing & Environment so that they can be returned to Council Housing Stock.

That the Director of Resources approved the reduction in the number of private sector installs through the scheme from 400 to 305.

The Deputy Director, Access & Care Delivery approved the contents of a report regarding a care plan in respect of a person with complex care needs, the individual cost of which is £148,499.94 per annum.
It is considered in the public interest that information contained in the report is exempt from publication as it relates to a vulnerable citizen of the City and the actions being taken to enable that person to live independently in a safe environment.

The Chief Officer (Highways and Transportation);
i) Noted the contents of the report;
ii) Considered and over-ruled the objections raised to Leeds City Council (Traffic Regulation) (Waiting Restrictions) (No.25) 2014, Amendment Order No.2 2020;
iii) Requested the City Solicitor to make, seal and implement Leeds City Council (Traffic Regulation) (Waiting Restrictions) (No.25) 2014, Amendment Order No.2 2020; and
iv) Requested the City Solicitor to write to the objector informing them of the decision taken by the Chief Officer (Highways and Transportation).

The Chief Officer (Highways and Transportation):
a) noted the detail of the highway works as outlined in section 3 of this report and shown on plan ref: SCP/200517/D01 Rev. B attached at Appendix 3 of this report;

b) 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 the developer and overseen by the Council;

c) authorised the City Solicitor to advertise an Amendment Order and/or a draft Traffic Regulation Order (as may be required) to change the existing TRO to provide double-yellow lines along Henshaw Lane as shown on plan ref: SCP/200517/D01 Rev. B at Appendix 3 of this report; and if no valid objections are received, to make, seal and implement the Order(s) as advertised; and

d) gave authority to incur expenditure of £10,000 TRO costs and £5,000 staff checking and inspection fees to be fully funded by a developer through a Section 278 Agreement.

The Chief Officer (Highways and Transportation):
a) noted the detail of the highway works as outlined in section 3 of this report and shown on plan ref: B2334-JNP-90-ZZ-DR-C-2002 P03 attached at Appendix 3 of this report;
b) 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 the developer and overseen by the Council at the cost of the developer;
c) approved the adoption of new highway construction on land highlighted on the Adoption Extent Plan (ref: B2334-JNP-90-ZZ-DR-C-2004 P01) attached at Appendix 4, so that it can be added to the Council’s maintenance regime.
d) gave authority to advertise a notice under the provisions of Section 90C of the Highways Act 1980 in order to inform the public of the new speed cushions on Fawcett Lane pursuant to Section 90A of the Act, and if no valid objections are received, for the works to continue as advertised; and
e) gave authority to incur expenditure associated with the advertising of Section 90C notices estimated at £2000, expenditure associated with the construction, checking and supervision of the traffic calming highway works estimated at £5000, and any related staff and administrative costs, all to be fully funded by the developer through the Section 278 Agreement.

The Director of Communities, Housing and Environment approved the Write off irrecoverable Former Tenants Arrears in the sum of £99,997.62 represented by 73 accounts in relation to the citywide accounts.