Issue - decisions

Bath Clean Air Plan- update July 2020

22/07/2020 - Bath Clean Air Plan Grant Settlement - July 2020

RESOLVED (unanimously) that the Cabinet agreed to:

 

2.1  Consider the settlement as negotiated and if supported, delegate authority to the Director - Partnership & Corporate Services to formally accept the additional grant determination and assurance letters from government providing up to £15.508M in additional funding for the scheme, bringing the total funding package to £23.452M. 

 

2.2  With reference to recommendation 2.2 in the September 2019 Cabinet report and subject to the approval of the recommendation above, approve the incorporation into the Council's capital programme of an additional £12.437M, bringing the total Clean Air Zone (CAZ) budget to £18.381M.

 

2.3  With reference to recommendation 2.12 in the January 2020 Cabinet report regarding the delegated authority to progress the operational agreements, note that these negotiations are ongoing and include discussions regarding the ongoing cost of providing the CAZ Central Service (which may now be subject to a separate Statutory Instrument).

 

2.4  Note the progress made towards implementing the scheme during the COVID-19 restrictions.

 

2.5  Delegate authority to the Director - Partnership & Corporate Services, the Director of Legal and Democratic Services and the S151 Officer, in consultation with the Cabinet member for Climate Emergency and the Deputy Leader, to negotiate and agree with government a new launch date following the Minister’s letter dated 3 April 2020 which required a delay to the scheme, bearing in mind also the legal obligation to deliver compliance with NO2 limit values  in the shortest possible time.

 

2.6  Note that the financial assistance scheme has been kept under review and in recognition that some local residents and businesses may be suffering in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, that it has been amended to provide further support.