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Combined Executive Agenda 120410.pdf - North Ayrshire Council

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Subject:<br />

NORTH AYRSHIRE COUNCIL<br />

<strong>Agenda</strong> Item 14<br />

10 April 2012<br />

The <strong>Executive</strong> of <strong>North</strong> <strong>Ayrshire</strong> <strong>Council</strong><br />

Scottish Futures Trust - Development of Hub<br />

Initiative<br />

Purpose: This report updates members on progress of the<br />

Scottish Futures Trust South West Territory Hub<br />

Partnership.<br />

Recommendation: It is recommended that the <strong>Executive</strong> notes (a) the<br />

progress report on the hub initiative for the South<br />

West Territory; (b) the projects submitted for enabling<br />

funding; and (c) that further progress on the<br />

development of the hub initiative in the South West<br />

Territory will be reported to a future <strong>Executive</strong><br />

meeting.<br />

1. Introduction<br />

1.1 At a meeting of the <strong>Executive</strong> of <strong>North</strong> <strong>Ayrshire</strong> on 1 March 2011,<br />

Members were advised that the Scottish Futures Trust (SFT) had<br />

proposed that a strategic long-term approach to the procurement of<br />

public sector based infrastructure projects is required across Scotland.<br />

The proposal is that 5 geographically based public/ private joint<br />

venture companies are established to provide development support to<br />

local Hub Territories across Scotland (all have populations of circa 1<br />

million).<br />

1.2 The <strong>Executive</strong> agreed (a) that the <strong>Council</strong> engage with the hub<br />

initiative's South West Territory as a partner in principle; (b) that the<br />

Chief <strong>Executive</strong> communicates the final decision from the <strong>Council</strong> to<br />

the SFT via the Letter of Intent template; (c) to the Chief <strong>Executive</strong><br />

identifying an appropriate responsible officer and a substitute to<br />

represent the <strong>Council</strong> on the South West Territory Board as the Senior<br />

Responsible Officer (SRO) for the <strong>Council</strong>; (d) that the SRO or<br />

substitute identified by the Chief <strong>Executive</strong> is given the appropriate<br />

delegated authority to take decisions on behalf of the <strong>Council</strong>,<br />

including signing the Memorandum of Understanding; (e) that a<br />

provisional pipeline of projects is agreed for the hub ; and (f) to note<br />

that further progress on the development of the hub initiative in the<br />

South West Territory, including the outcome of a meeting between the<br />

Chief <strong>Executive</strong> and the SFT, will be reported to a future meeting of<br />

the <strong>Executive</strong>.<br />

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