DIRECTOR DECISION

 

Decision:  Reopening the High Street 2021 Proposals

Type of Decision: Director                               Key 

N

Non-Key    

Y

Portfolio Area that decision relates to:

 

Leader (in Polcy & S&P)

 

 

Finance & Performance

 

 

Deputy Leader & Transport

 

 

Culture, Leisure & Comm

 

 

Environment & Climate C

 

 

Children & Young P & Edui

 

 

Economy & Strategic Plan

X

 

Health Adult Social Care

 

 

Housing & Safety Neigh

 

 

 

Background

A number of proposals for managing the lifting of lockdown restrictions and reopening of businesses in the city centre have been considered and on Thursday 18 March Executive approved the following (annex 1):

To Delegate to the Corporate Director of Economy and Place in consultation with the Executive Member for Economy the following interventions:

·         To provide temporary public toilets in the city centre during the initial stages of lockdown easing should they be required  at a cost of £2k per week

·         The expenditure of up to £200k ARG to fund the delivery of the principles for managing city and secondary centre spaces that are set out in this report

·         The submission of any planning application required for temporary managed outdoor spaces

·         Extend the Covid Marshalls until the end of June at a cost of £28k to facilitate the covid-safe management of the city through Covid Containment Grant funding

The proposed expenditure to deliver these measures was set out as followed, but with an acceptance that the funding split would need to flex based on the final proposals and actual costed projects.

Measure

Estimated cost

ARG

Containment grant

21/22 already

Budgeted

Covid Marshalls

£28k

 

£28k

 

Public toilets (if required)

£20k

£20k

 

 

Extended footstreet costs to September

£60k

 

 

£60k

Trader Initiative contingency

£80k

£80k

 

 

Parliament Street (stage 2 and 3)

£50k

£50k

 

 

College Green (stage 2, 3 and 4)

£40k

£40k

 

 

General outdoor seating

£10k

£10k

 

 

Total

£288k

£200k

£28k

£60k

Having undertaken detailed work with officers and supplier to refine the proposals there are three projects proposed for ARG funding, two to be delivered by the BID and one by Make It York. However, these will have some shared security costs and will have a single consistent brand identity. These proposals have been considered by the Executive Economic Recovery Group, including the Exec Member for Economy and Strategy, and they have recommended to the Corporate Director to approve the following funding split. They have also been considered by the Safety Advisory Group who have approved the proposals.

 

 

 

Summary of expenditure (details set out in Annex 2 – report to ERG)

Project

Delivery partner

ARG allocation

Parliament Street

Make It York

£60k

Parliament Street toilets

Make It York

£5k

College Green and general outdoor seating

BID

£45k

Shared security and waste collection

Make It York/BID

£20k

Total

 

£130k

 

 

 

 

Implications:  Crime & Disorder

 

Equalities

 

Other:

 

Human Resources

 

Legal

 

Highways

 

 

Financial

 

ITT

 

Property

 

 

Decision Date:

 26 March 2021

 

Wards Affected:

 

All Wards

 

Fishergate

 

 

Holgate

 

Rural West York

 

 

 

Acomb

 

Fulford &

Heslington

 

 

Hull Road

 

Strensall

 

 

 

Bishopthorpe

 

 

 

Guildhall

X

 

Huntington &

New Earswick

 

 

Westfield

 

 

 

Clifton

 

 

Haxby & Wigginton

 

Micklegate

 

 

 

Wheldrake

 

 

 

Copmanthorpe

 

 

 

Heworth

 

 

Osbaldwick &

Derwent

 

 

 

 

 

Dringhouses & Woodthorpe

 

 

Heworth Without

 

Rawcliffe & Clifton

 

 

 

 

 

Comments/Observations:

Decision:  

Allocation of ARG funding to Make It York and the BID to provide managed outdoor seating for the re-opening of the city centre from covid lockdown. This will be allocated as below:

·        The allocation of £45k to the BID to deliver College Green and general outdoor seating across the city centre

·        The allocation of £60k to Make It York to deliver Parliament Street seating area and £4.5k for the associated toilets

The allocation of a single budget of up to £20k to allow Make It York and the BID to operate shared security and waste collections across all city centre wide projects.

 

 

Decision Made by: Neil Ferris, Corporate Director of Economy and Place in consultation with Executive Member for Economy and Strategic Planning.
Contact Details: Directorate of Economy and Place, West Offices

Tel No: 01904 551448, email: neil.ferris@york.gov.uk

 


On behalf of:  Neil Ferris, Corporate Director of Economy and Place

 

To be implemented by: 

Andy Kerr

 

On Completion – Signed off by:

 

 


Neil Ferris, Director

Corporate Director of Economy and Place

 

   Date:  26 March 2021