Agenda and decisions

That the apologies be received and noted from Cllr Elise Wilson, Carolyn Wilkins, Sara Todd and Jim Taylor.

1.      That it be noted that the GMCA broadly support the action taken in light of an increase in cases of Covid-19 across Greater Manchester, however the GMCA will be seeking further clarity from Government later today in relation to specific elements of the enhanced social distancing measures.

2.      That item 25 (GM Housing Investment Loans Fund Investment Approval Recommendations be taken as urgent business, and the paper circulated to Members of the GMCA

To receive declarations of interest in any item for discussion at the meeting. A blank form for declaring interests has been circulated with the agenda; please ensure that this is returned to the Governance & Scrutiny Officer at least 48 hours before the meeting.

Cllr Tom McGee declared a personal interest in relation to items 27 & 30 (GM Investment Framework and Conditional Project Approvals) as a Trustee of the GMCVO Board.

To consider the approval of the minutes of the GMCA meeting held on 26 June 2020.

That the minutes of the meeting of the GMCA held 26 June 2020 be approved.

To note the minutes of the GMCA Overview & Scrutiny Committee meetings held in July 2020:

·               Housing, Planning & Infrastructure – 9 July 2020 & 29 July 2020 (to follow)

·               Economy, Business Growth & Skills – 10 July 2020

That the minutes of the meetings as detailed below, be noted.

•          Housing, Planning & Infrastructure – 9 July 2020 & 29 July 2020

•          Economy, Business Growth & Skills – 10 July 2020

To note the minutes of the GMCA Audit Committee meeting held on 30 June 2020.

That the minutes of the GMCA Audit Committee meeting held on 30 June 2020 be noted.

To note the minutes of the GM Transport Committee meeting held on 17 July 2020, in particular to note the decision of the GM Mayor to approve the appointment of Councillor Mark Aldred as Chair of the GM Transport Committee.

1.      That the minutes of the GM Transport Committee meeting held on 17 July 2020 be noted.

2.      That the decision of the GM Mayor to approve the appointment of Councillor Mark Aldred as Chair of the GM Transport Committee be noted.

i.                    To note the minutes of the Waste & Recycling Committee held 22 July 2020.

ii.                   To agree the appointment of Councillor Allison Gwynneas the Chair of the Waste & Recycling Committee.

1.                  To note the minutes of the Waste & Recycling Committee held 22 July 2020 be noted.

2.                  That the appointment of Councillor Allison Gwynne as the Chair of the Waste & Recycling Committee be approved.

To approve the extension of the appointment of Sir Richard Leese to the Growth Company Board until November 2020.

That the extension of appointment of Sir Richard Leese to the Growth Company Board until November 2020 be approved.

Report of Councillor Sean Fielding, Portfolio Lead for Digital, Education, Skills, Work & Apprenticeships, Councillor Eamonn O’Brien, Portfolio Lead for Children & Young People.

Diane Modahl, Chair of the Youth Task Force to attend the meeting.

That the report be deferred until the next meeting of the GMCA.

Report of Councillor Brenda Warrington, Portfolio Lead for Age-Friendly Greater Manchester & Equalities.

Michele Scattergood Co-Chair of the Disabled People’s Panel and Rick Burgess, Outreach and Development Lead will be in attendance at the meeting.

Carl Austin-Behan, LGBT Advisor to the Mayor & Mark Fletcher, Chief Executive, Manchester Pride, representing the LGBTQ+ Panel will be in attendance at the meeting.

1.      That the Annual Reports provided by the Disabled People’s Panel, and the LGBTQ+ Adviser and Panel be noted.

2.      That the funding for the GM Disabled People’s Panel of £75,000 from October 2020 until March 2022, subject to final approval of the GMCA, be approved.

3.      That the funding for the LGBTQ+ Panel of £45,000 from October 2020 until March 2022, subject to final approval of the Combined Authority budgets,  be approved.

Report of Councillor Brenda Warrington, Portfolio Lead for Age-Friendly Greater Manchester & Equalities.

Report of Councillor Allen Brett, Portfolio Lead for Community, Cooperatives and Inclusion.

1.                  That the update provided on progress made to deliver the GM VCSE Accord and the work of the VCSE sector to date as part of the emergency response during the Covid crisis be noted.

2.                  That the direction of travel set out for the VCSE sector in the VCSE Leadership Group’s Policy Paper be endorsed.

3.                  That the progress with the review of GMCA investment with VCSE organisations in the light of the evolving GM policy context and that a final proposal will be presented for approval in September 2020 be noted.

4.                  That authority be delegated to the GMCA Treasurer, in consultation with the Community, Co-operatives and Inclusion Portfolio Leader and Chief Executive Officer, GMCA & TfGM to extend existing grant agreements currently in place with four VCSE organisations supported through a budget ring-fenced from the former Culture and Social Impact Fund, as described in Section 6.5-6.6 of the report.

Report of Councillor Allen Brett, Portfolio Lead for Community, Cooperatives and Inclusion.

That this report be deferred until the next meeting of the GMCA.

Report of Councillor Allen Brett, Portfolio Lead for Community, Cooperatives and Inclusion.

That this report be deferred until the next meeting of the GMCA.

Report of Andy Burnham, GM Mayor.

1.      That the progress being made on the development of the one year Living with Covid Plan be noted.

2.      That Members of the GMCA be invited to share their comments on this report offline with the GM Mayor and that a further report be submitted to the September meeting of the GMCA.

Report of Councillor Elise Wilson, Portfolio Lead for Economy & Business.

The GMCA is requested to note and comment on the latest update of the Greater Manchester Economic Resilience Dashboard.

Report of Councillor Andrew Western, Portfolio Lead for Green City Region.

1.      That the progress of the Greater Manchester Clean Air Plan be noted.

2.      That it be noted that TfGM have confirmation that the funding award for Bus Retrofit should be distributed as soon as possible as per arrangements put in place for the Clean Bus Technology Funds.

3.      That the update on the possible impacts of COVID-19 on the GM CAP be noted.

4.      That it be noted that GM local Authorities intend to consult on GM’s proposed Minimum Licencing Standards, alongside the Clean Air Plan consultation.

5.      That the submission of the response to Department for Transport’s Decarbonising Transport – setting the challenge, as set out at Appendix 1 of the report, be agreed.

6.      That the GM local Authorities be commended to hold an 8-week public consultation on the GM Clean Air Plan commencing in October 2020.

7.      That it be agreed that TfGM can act as the Operating Body for the GM Clean Air Zone and supporting measures, as set out at paragraph 7.5 of the report.

8.      That the GM Clean Air Plan Policy for Consultation, at Appendix 3 of the report, be endorsed.

9.      That the Equalities Impact Assessment, as set out at Appendix 5, be noted.

10.  That it be noted that further reports will be submitted to the GMCA to set out the formal governance mechanisms that will underpin the deliver a GM Clean Air Zone (CAZ) and the supporting measures.

11.  That the detail of the vehicle finance offer to support residents to comply with the requirements of the Clean Air Plan will be included on the consultation.

Report for Andy Burnham, GM Mayor.

That the report and positive direction of travel be noted.

Report of Salford City Mayor, Paul Dennett, Portfolio Lead for Housing, Homelessness and Infrastructure.

1. That it be agreed that the GMCA will enter into a Brownfield Land Fund Funding Agreement with MHCLG.

2. That it be agreed that the GMCA will enter into the Getting Building Fund Funding Agreement with MHCLG, together with  any necessary agreements set out in the grant agreement with MHCLG.

3. That authority be delegated to the GMCA Treasurer and the GMCA Monitoring Officer to agree the final terms of all the necessary agreements.

Reports of Councillor David Molyneux, Portfolio Lead for Resources & Investment & Steve Wilson, GMCA Treasurer.

A.      GMCA COVID Finances and Reserves

B.      GMCA Capital Outturn 2019/2020

C.      GMCA Provisional Revenue Outturn 2019/20

Report of Andy Burnham, GM Mayor.

Report of Andy Burnham, GM Mayor.

1.      That the progress made in developing a set of Mayor’s Cycling and Walking Fund delivery priorities across GM and the agreement of a prioritised first phase for the programme be noted.

2.      That £0.6 million Mayor’s Cycling and Walking funding for the Wigan Smithy Brook Road scheme, in order to secure full approval and enable the signing of a delivery agreement, be approved.

3.      That the addition to the 2020/21 Capital Programme of £1.9 million of costs, to be funded from the capital grant of £1.9 million that forms part of the £3.2 million of Emergency Active Travel (Tranche 1) funding, as set out in section 3 of the report, be approved.

Report of Andy Burnham, GM Mayor.

That the report be deferred to the GMCA in September 2020.

Report of Salford City Mayor, Paul Dennett, Portfolio Lead for Housing, Homelessness and Infrastructure.

1. That the GM Housing Investment Loans Fund loan detailed in the table below be approved:

2. That authority be delegated to the GMCA Treasurer and GMCA Monitoring Officer to prepare and effect the necessary legal agreements.

3. That the GM Housing Investment Loans Fund equity investment approved under delegation in March 2020 detailed in the table below be noted.

4. That the revised GM Housing Investment Loans Fund loan approved under delegation in July 2020 be noted.

5. That the update, set out in the report, on the Community Led Housing Initiative, be noted.

6. That authority be delegated to the GMCA Chief Executive Officer, GMCA & TfGM, in consultation with the Portfolio Lead for Planning, Housing & Homelessness, to approve projects for funding in the period 1 August 2020 to 24 September 2020.

Report of Salford City Mayor, Paul Dennett, Portfolio Lead for Housing, Homelessness and Infrastructure.

That this item be deferred to the next meeting of the GMCA.

Report of Councillor David Molyneux, Portfolio Lead for Resources & Investment.

1. That the funding application for Castlefield House Properties Limited (loan of £5,000,000) be approved, and progressed to due diligence.
2. That the funding application for GM Social Enterprise Emergency Relief Fund (loan of £1,500,000) be approved and progressed to due diligence.
3. That authority be delegated to the GMCA Treasurer and GMCA Monitoring Officer to review the due diligence information in respect of the funding, and, subject to their satisfactory review and agreement of the due diligence information and the overall detailed commercial terms of the transactions, to sign off any outstanding conditions, issue final approvals and complete any necessary related documentation in respect of the loans at 1 and 2 above.

4. That authority be delegated to the GMCA Chief Executive Officer, GMCA & TfGM and GMCA Authority Treasurer, in consultation with the Portfolio Lead for Investment and Resources, to approve projects for funding and agree urgent variations to the terms of funding in the period 1 August 2020 to 24 September 2020.  Any recommendations that are approved under the delegation will be reported to the next available meeting of the GMCA.

That, under section 100 (A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 the press and public should be excluded from the meeting for the following items on business on the grounds that this involved the likely disclosure of exempt information, as set out in the relevant paragraphs of Part 1, Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 and that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information.

That, under section 100 (A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 the press and public should be excluded from the meeting for the following items on business on the grounds that this involved the likely disclosure of exempt information, as set out in the relevant paragraphs of Part 1, Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 and that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information.

Report of Salford City Mayor, Paul Dennett, Portfolio Lead for Housing, Homelessness and Infrastructure.

That the report be noted.

Report of Councillor David Molyneux, Portfolio Lead for Resources & Investment.

That the report be noted.