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RESOLVED
that Cabinet formally -
 

a) 
accepts the £19.79M CDEL and £100k RDEL
funding offered by the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local
Government for the Community Regeneration Partnership (formerly the
Levelling Up Partnership) programme;

b) 
allocates capital expenditure of £19.79M to
the Capital Programme against the projects, as set out in Table 1
of item A.6 of the report of the Economic Growth, Regeneration
& Tourism Portfolio Holder, and allocates £100,000
revenue to the delivery of a cultural masterplan for Clacton, to
deliver the Partnership; and in respect of the projects
identified:-

c)  
approves the scope and details of the
‘first wave’ projects set out in Table 2 of this report and delegates
authority as follows:

      
i.      
approves an allocation of £0.5m from the above
capital expenditure to the Seafront Micro Venue project (Ten_10)
and authorises the Portfolio Holder for Economic Growth,
Regeneration and Tourism, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder
for Arts, Culture and Heritage to: Agree the
final design brief, approve submission of the subsequent planning
application and procure a main contractor for the detail design and
delivery of the project on the basis of a planning
consent;

     
ii.     
requests the Portfolio Holder for Economic Growth, Regeneration and Tourism
to bring a future report to Cabinet in order to
enter a main building contract for the Seafront Micro Venue project
subject to the outcome of a formal procurement process;

    
iii.     
approves an allocation of £0.5m from the above
capital expenditure to the Shopfront Improvements project (Ten_08)
and authorises the Portfolio Holder for Economic Growth,
Regeneration & Tourism to: Sign off an evaluation criteria and
deliver an open call grant process administered in line with the
adopted External Grant Funding Checklist;

    
iv.     
approves an allocation of £0.21m from the
above capital expenditure to the Community Transport Buses project
(Ten_02) and authorises the Portfolio Holder for Economic Growth,
Regeneration & Tourism to: Sign off an evaluation criteria and
deliver an open call grant process administered in line with the
adopted External Grant Funding Checklist;

     
v.      
approves an allocation of £0.2m from the above capital expenditure to the Extending
the Healthy Homes Initiative project (Ten_06) and authorises the
Portfolio Holder for Economic Growth,
Regeneration and Tourism, in consultation with the
Portfolio Holder for Assets, to: Appraise the sites
and execute powers as delegated under the Property Dealing
Procedure;

d) 
in respect of the ‘second’ and
‘third’ wave of projects, approves these projects in
principle and request Officers to progress outlining the scope and
details of these projects, and further requests the
Portfolio Holder for Economic Growth, Regeneration
& Tourism to bring a future report to Cabinet to seek its
approval to progress these projects to implementation;
and

e) 
in respect of the ‘fourth wave’ of
projects, as set out in Table 3 of the Portfolio Holder’s
report (A.5), authorises the Portfolio Holder for Economic Growth,
Regeneration & Tourism, in consultation with the Corporate
Director (Place and Economy), the Director (Finance and IT) &
Section 151 Officer and the Director (Governance) & Monitoring
Officer, to approve the funding agreements and associated
governance arrangements with Essex County Council and the
NHS.