Pathfinder Actions and Decisions from the Project Board
Meeting of 16 March 2011
Key actions, decisions, issues and risk discussed at Project Board concerning
the Pathfinder Programme.
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Action
It was requested that all procedures are tightened.
Circulate information to board members following the
meetings with residents concerning buy to lease.
Set up meeting of key persons to finalise approach of buy to
lease or alternatives.
Develop, circulate and submit Buy to Lease report to
Cabinet.
Responsibility
All
Rob Goodliffe
Rob Goodliffe
Coastal
Management
Team
Rob Young
Continue with utilisation of EN12 opportunities as per
Cabinet report following agreement.
Meeting to be arranged to discuss content of the NWES
Jose Socao
toolkit. Attendance to including Robin Smith, Ian Doughty,
etc.
Wolferton report – chase to see if the final draft is ready for
Rob Young
circulation.
Transfer a further £50,000 to Happisburgh beach debris
Rob Goodliffe
project from the contingency (revenue to capital)
Continue to progress and resolve issues around the
Robin Smith &
business loans scheme.
Jose Socao
Decisions
Buy to Lease – BK advised that it did not perceive the scheme as attractive.
However, legally the council could implement a scheme which may be cost
neutral, but there are risks and liabilities e.g. it would be difficult to maintain the
properties which is a key objective of the project. The scheme is also
dependant on whether any property owners are interested in selling a property
at a value we could justify and defend.
The following course of action is proposed:
a. Following resident meetings, circulate to board members
the outcomes of those discussions and how these may
relate to a decision regarding buy to lease.
b. Gather comments from the board and relevant officers.
c. Circulate comments, risks and liabilities and any alternative
approaches. Set up a project meeting with relevant officers
to discuss and agree content of a Cabinet report.
d. Develop and circulate Cabinet report setting out the
preferred approach.
e. Submit Cabinet report
f. Implement the actions agreed.
Issues
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NWES toolkit: too much focus on ‘sea defences’, need approval for case studies
and ensure that they are appropriate, further information required on access to
funding/banks etc. solutions to issues, other assistance available.
Cllr. Moore will present the business grants and loans Cabinet report as it may
be perceived that Cllr. Stockton has an interest.
The financial contingency is still large for this stage in the programme, consider
how this should be allocated.
Risks
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Concerns raised during the process in delivering the loans and grants Cabinet
report - March 2011 regarding potential perceived public conflicts of interest for
Cllr. Stockton.
Queries regarding the process of decision making were raised to the team
during the submission of reports to Cabinet in March 2011. Although the
Pathfinder team are comfortable that the process of decision making is
completed in a appropriate and satisfactory way, it is essential that there is
greater corporate awareness and buy in to the Pathfinder of which needs to be
implicit in the process.
Actions carried forward from February
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Develop educational workshop/presentation/information sheet for local estate
agents for information around coastal change and property.
Continue discussions with legal to solve the issues regarding implementation of
the loans scheme.
Once other business support is at a stage where it is being implemented,
consider the options for supporting/extending the ‘Coast hopper’ bus.
Develop business circles and skills initiatives
Date of next meeting: Monday 16 May, 2pm, Committee Room.