Issue - meetings

This report identifies the City of York Council’s funding contributions to the Access York Phase 1 project, following government approval of the Major Scheme Business Case, and seeks approval to appoint Halcrow as the Lead Design Consultant for the project.

RESOLVED: (i)         That the City of York Council contributions for the Access York Phase 1 project, as set out in the anticipated spend / funding profile in paragraph 11 of the report and the potential funding sources in paragraph 14, be approved.

                        (ii)        That the procurement of Halcrow as the Lead Design Consultant be approved.

REASON:      To enable the Access York Phase 1 project to proceed as planned by providing the required funding and approving the procurement of a Lead Design Consultant.

Members considered a report which identified the City of York Council’s funding contributions to the Access York Phase 1 project, following government approval of the Major Scheme Business case (MSB) for Programme Entry, and sought approval to appoint a Lead Design Consultant for the project.  Both of these actions were essential to progress the project.

The projected spend and funding profile (post Programme Entry) was set out in paragraph 11 of the report.  The current proposed local contribution was 10.4%.  The total funding requirement from the Council, including the pre 2010/11 development costs, was anticipated to be about £3.7m over the duration of the project.  Potential funding sources were set out in paragraph 14 of the report and included the sale of the existing site plus developer contributions and Local Transport Plan (LTP) funding.  Further development of these sources would be reported to Members as the project progressed.

Members were asked to approve the anticipated spend / funding profile and potential funding sources and to confirm Halcrow (already approved in January 2010 as the approved bidder) as the Lead Design Consultant for the project.

RESOLVED: (i)         That the City of York Council contributions for the Access York Phase 1 project, as set out in the anticipated spend / funding profile in paragraph 11 of the report and the potential funding sources in paragraph 14, be approved.¹

                        (ii)        That the procurement of Halcrow as the Lead Design Consultant be approved.

REASON:      To enable the Access York Phase 1 project to proceed as planned by providing the required funding and approving the procurement of a Lead Design Consultant. ²