Agenda and decisions

That apologies be received and noted from Steven Pleasant, Steve Rumbelow, Pam Smith and Jim Taylor.

1.                 That the GMCA meeting in December be held on 18 December 2020.

2.                 That the GMCA Statement in response to the report from the Equalities and Human Rights Commission into the review of the Anti-Semitism within the labour Party be noted.

3.                 That the launch of the One GM Campaign in response to the implementation of Tier 3 restrictions across GM endorsed.

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 the start of the meeting.

There were no declarations of interests received.

To consider the approval of the minutes of the GMCA meeting held on 25 September 2020.

That the minutes of the GMCA meeting held on 25 September 2020 be approved as a correct record.

To note the minutes of the GMCA Overview and Scrutiny Committee meetings

a)      Housing, Planning & Environment – 8 October 2020 (attached)

b)      Economy, Business Skills & Growth – 9 October 2020 (to follow)

c)      Corporate Issues & Reform – 15 October 2020 (to follow)

1.              That the minutes of the meeting of the Housing, Planning and Environment Overview and Scrutiny Committee held 8 October 2020 be noted.

2.              That the minutes of the meeting of the Economy, Business, Skills and Growth Overview and Scrutiny Committee held 9 October 2020 be noted.

3.              That the minutes of the meeting of the Corporate Issues and Reform Overview and Scrutiny Committee held 15 October 2020 be noted.

To note the minutes of the GM Transport Committee held 9 October 2020.

That the Minutes of the GM Transport Committee held on 9 October 2020 be noted.

To note the minutes of the GM Local Enterprise Partnership meeting held 13 October 2020.

That the minutes of the GM Local Enterprise Partnership meeting held on 13 October 2020 be noted.

To note the minutes of the GM Waste & Recycling Committee held 14 October 2020.

That the minutes of the GMCA Waste & Recycling Committee held on 14 October 2020 be noted.

Report of Cllr Elise Wilson, Portfolio Lead for the Economy.

1.       That the latest update of the Greater Manchester Economic Resilience Dashboard be noted.

2.       That the importance of investment in skills and re-training to support the residents of Greater Manchester in returning to employment be acknowledged, recognising that many of the emerging job vacancies in the market had not returned to previous levels and not in the same industries as when residents had originally been furloughed or when jobs ceased to exist as a consequence of the pandemic.

3.   That lack of available financial package of support to Manchester Airport remained a concern, given the contribution to the economy.

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

1.      That the allocation of grant funding, to those sites set out within Appendix A of the report, be approved.

2.      That the progress of the work on the  development of criteria for the prioritisation for the second tranche (“Tranche 2”) of funding based on a Place Based Assessment where all eligible schemes will again be considered for 2021 spend and beyond be noted.

3.      That it be noted that the work was aligned to wider GM policy objectives and the ‘Build Back Better’ areas of focus.

4.      That the proposal for the GMCA entering into individual Grant Agreements for the Brownfield Housing Fund associated with the recommended sites be approved.

5.      That authority be delegated to the GMCA Treasurer, acting in conjunction with the GMCA Monitoring Officer, to agree the final terms of all the necessary agreements.

Report of the GM Mayor, Andy Burnham.

1.      That the agreed MCF delivery priorities across GM and the prioritised first phase for the programme, as set out in Appendix 1 of the report, be noted.

2.      That the £11.9 million MCF funding for the five schemes, listed in Section 2 of the report, in order for them to secure Full Approval and enable the signing of a Delivery Agreement, be approved.