Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Service Manager – Flood and Coastal Erosion.

That:

1. The Dorset Coastal Transition Accelerator Programme Project Outline Business Case (found in Appendix A), be endorsed.
   
   
2. The draw-down of the £3m grant funding, ongoing throughout the project, be authorised.
   
   
3. The procurement of the necessary materials, professional & other services and construction contractor(s) for the project be approved and authority be delegated to the Executive Director for Place Services in consultation with the Executive Director Corporate Development and the Cabinet Member for Place Services to award necessary contracts on appropriate terms and subject to a budget being identified and allocated, and that the total value of the contracts within the project should not exceed £3m.

Reasons for the decision:

The £3m outline business case requires cabinet approval. The recommendations give officers the necessary authority to draw-down the external grant funding and progress the project to the delivery stage.

The Cabinet Member for Place Services introduced the report. The project included exploring how to adapt to the effects of climate change on the coast. Funding for the programme would be provided through a £3m grant from the Environment Agency.

Non-Cabinet members raised points around how volunteer expertise could be used, and the impacts of global warming on sewage treatment plants.

Proposed by Cllr J Andrews, seconded by Cllr S Bartlett.

Decision:

That:

1. The Dorset Coastal Transition Accelerator Programme Project Outline Business Case (found in Appendix A), be endorsed.
   
   
2. The draw-down of the £3m grant funding, ongoing throughout the project, be authorised.
   
   
3. The procurement of the necessary materials, professional & other services and construction contractor(s) for the project be approved and authority be delegated to the Executive Director for Place Services in consultation with the Executive Director Corporate Development and the Cabinet Member for Place Services to award necessary contracts on appropriate terms and subject to a budget being identified and allocated, and that the total value of the contracts within the project should not exceed £3m.