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Minutes:
The Director of Property and Projects submitted for the Committee’s consideration the following report:
“1.0 Purpose of Report or Summary of main Issues
1.1 To update Members on a number of area related issues for Members consideration.
2.0 Recommendations
2.1 The Committee is asked to –
AWG minutes
· approve the most recent round AWG Minutes (South – 19th September; West – 29th September, North – 5th October and East – 6th October).
Local Investment Fund
· agree the recommendations from the North AWG in relation to LIF funding (Section 3.2)
· note the additional projects which have been scored (Section 3.3) which have met the minimum threshold and agree that these are progressed to due-diligence
· note that the LIF programme has been shortlisted for the Independent Property Excellence Awards 2016 under the category of ‘Community Benefit Project of the Year’
Belfast Investment Fund
· agree the recommendations from the West, North and East AWGs in relation to BIF as below
PROJECT |
CURRENT STAGE |
RECOMMENDATIONS |
WEST |
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Glencairn Community project |
Stage 2 – Uncommitted |
Agree to ringfence £700k for this project out of the £1.2m agreed allocation for projects in the Court DEA |
Royal British Legion |
N/A |
Add as Stage 1- Emerging to allow feasibility to be worked up and to ringfence £500k for this project out of the £1.2m agreed allocation for projects in the Court DEA |
NORTH |
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Former LIDL site |
N/A |
Add as Stage 1- Emerging to allow feasibility to be worked up |
Sunningdale Community Centre |
N/A |
Add as Stage 1- Emerging to allow feasibility to be worked up |
Old Grove - Shared Community Hub Basement Youth Club /Midland Boxing Club |
|
Add as Stage 1- Emerging to allow feasibility to be worked up |
EAST |
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Strand Cinema |
Stage 2 – Uncommitted |
Move to Stage 3 – Committed with a maximum allocation of £1,800,000 to be ring-fenced for a period of two years, with an option to extend by a further year on the basis that it received additional funding from other sources which would enable the project to proceed. |
Remaining allocation - £330k |
The East AWG also recommended that of its remaining £330k allocation that £130k of this is ringfenced for pre-contract work on projects and the remaining £200k is ringfenced for contingency |
· East - Members are asked to note that there is no remaining capacity to fund additional projects in the East (with the exception of the £2m ringfenced for the Outer East) and it recommended that no further projects are considered for funding by the East AWG under its BIF.
· note that an outcomes framework for all the BIF projects is currently under development and will be launched at the proposed event to mark physical investments and their benefits (see separate paper on the agenda for discussion today)
3.0 Main report
KEY ISSUES
3.1 AREA WORKING GROUP UPDATES
Members agreed in June that the Area Working Group minutes would be taken into the SP&R Committee for approval going forward in line with the Council’s commitment to openness and transparency and to ensure a consistency in approach to the other Member-led Working Groups. Members are asked to approve the most recent round of AWG Minutes (South – 19th September; West – 29th September; North – 5th October and East – 6th October) which are attached at Appendix 1.
LOCAL INVESTMENT FUND UPDATE
3.2 NORTH AWG - The North AWG at its meeting on 5October, made the following recommendations for the consideration of the SP&R Committee in relation to their LIF.
Ref No |
Project |
£ Amount |
NLIF2-09 |
Greencastle Orange Hall |
£35,000 |
NLIF2-17 NLIF072 |
Ballysillan Youth for Christ |
£47,000 £20k LIF2 and £27k LIF1 |
NLIF2-06 |
Church of the Nazarene |
£10,000 (Additional allocation of £10k making a total allocation of £50,000) |
Projects recommended to proceed to due-diligence
3.3 Members are asked to note in addition to the North projects as above that 4 LIF2 projects which had previously been agreed for in principle funding (ELIF2-14 – The Dock Titanic Quarter; NLIF-16 – Workforce Training Services; NLIF2-04 – John Paul Youth Club and NLIF2-05–Mercy Primary School) have now been scored by officers (see Appendix 2) and have successfully met the minimum threshold. It is recommended that these projects now proceed to the Due Diligence stage of the LIF process
LIF Awards
3.4 Members are asked to note that the Council’s LIF Programme has been shortlisted for Independent Property Excellence Awards 2016 under the category of ‘Community Benefit Project of the Year’. The winners are due to be announced on Thursday 10th November and Members will be updated if the Council is successful.
BELFAST INVESTMENT FUND UPDATE
3.5 Members will recall that a detailed update paper on BIF was brought to Committee last month. In the latest round of AWGs the North, West and East AWGs made further recommendations in relation to their BIF allocations. These are set out below and a summary of the proposed position in relation is attached at Appendix 3.
3.6 WEST AWG - Members will recall that last month as part of the BIF update report it was agreed that £1.2million would be ringfenced for projects within the Shankill area on the basis that the previous Shankill AWG was amalgamated into the West AWG following the LGR Reform and that by this time the previous West AWG had already considered and recommended a range of BIF projects which had meant that the previous Shankill AWG (now part of the Court DEA) had not had an opportunity for projects to be considered within the West context. The West AWG at its meeting on 29th September, made the following recommendations for the consideration of the SP&R Committee in relation to this ringfenced BIF allocation
Project |
£ Amount |
Comments |
Glencairn Community Project |
£700,000 |
Agree to ringfence £700k for this project out of the £1.2m agreed allocation for projects in the Court DEA |
Royal British Legion |
£500,000 |
Add as Stage 1- Emerging to allow feasibility to be worked up and to ringfence £500k for this project out of the £1.2m agreed allocation for projects in the Court DEA |
3.7 NORTH AWG – The North AWG at its meeting on 5th October made the following recommendations for the consideration of the SP&R Committee in relation to their remaining BIF allocation
Project |
Comments |
Former LIDL premises |
Add as Stage 1 – Emerging – feasibility to be worked up and brought back to a future North AWG |
Sunningdale Community Centre |
Add as Stage 1 – Emerging – feasibility to be worked up and brought back to a future North AWG |
Old Grove - Shared Community Hub Basement Youth Club /Midland Boxing Club |
Add as Stage 1 – Emerging – feasibility to be worked up and brought back to a future North AWG |
3.8 EAST AWG - Members will recall that last month as part of the BIF update report it was noted that the East AWG had requested that a report be brought back to a future AWG in relation to the costs for the Strand Arts Facility project. This report was brought to the East AWG for consideration at its meeting on the 6th October and the East AWG made the following recommendations for the consideration of the SP&R Committee in relation to their remaining BIF allocation
Project |
£ Amount |
Comments |
Strand Cinema |
£1,800,000 |
Move to Stage 3 – Committed with a maximum allocation of £1,800,000 to be ring-fenced for a period of two years, with an option to extend by a further year on the basis that it received additional funding from other sources which would enable the project to proceed. |
3.9 The East AWG also agreed that of its remaining £330,000 allocation that £130,000 would be ring-fenced for pre-contract work on projects with the remaining £200,000 to be designated for contingency. Members are asked to note that there is no remaining capacity to fund additional projects in the East (with the exception of the £2m ringfenced for the Outer East) and it recommended that no further projects are considered for funding by the East AWG under its BIF. A special meeting to consider BIF projects for the Outer East area is taking place on 24th October.
Outcomes Framework for all BIF projects
3.10 Members are asked to note that an outcomes framework for all the BIF projects is currently under development and will be launched at the proposed event to mark physical investments and their benefits (see separate paper on the agenda for discussion today).
3.11 FINANCIAL & RESOURCE IMPLICATIONS
Financial – £5m has been allocated to LIF 1 and £4m has been allocated to LIF2.
LIF1
AREA WORKING GROUP |
TOTAL AMOUNT ALLOCATED |
AMOUNT AGREED IN PRINCIPLE |
AMOUNT REMAINING |
North |
£1,127,500 |
£1,127,500 |
£0 |
South |
£1,127,500 |
£1,083,600 |
£43,900 |
East |
£1,127,500 |
£1,127,500 |
£0 |
West |
£1,127,500 |
£1,127,500 |
£0 |
Shankill |
£490,000 |
£490,000 |
£0 |
LIF 2
AREA WORKING GROUP |
TOTAL AMOUNT ALLOCATED |
AMOUNT AGREED IN PRINCIPLE |
AMOUNT REMAINING |
North |
£800,000 |
£636,400 |
£163,600* |
South |
£800,000 |
£796,000 |
£4,000 |
East |
£1,200,000 |
£1,200,000 |
£0 |
West |
£1,200,000 |
£1,196,000 |
£4,000 |
BIF - £23,200,000 has been allocated to BIF
PROJECTS |
AMOUNTS |
Stage 3 - Already committed (Stranmillis Gateway- £2.15m, Raidio Failte - £950k, Davitts - £1m and Willowfield - £560k Cancer Lifeline - £650k; Grace Family Centre - £1.6m; Lanyon Tunnels - £1.3m; Bredagh GAC - £700k; H&W Welders- £2.37m; Bloomfield - £440k* and St. Comgall’s - £3.5m) * subject to outcome of EA |
£15,220,000 |
Stage 3 – Proposed commitments (Strand Cinema -£1.8m) |
£1,800,000 |
Ringfenced commitments · Shankill –Glencairn Community project - £700k and Royal British Legion - £500k; · Gilpins/Sandy Row UV area - £1.35m · Old Grove/Ballysillan Masterplan - £2.25m · East - £330k for pre-contract work and contingency and · West- £50k for contingency |
£5,180,000 |
Sub-total |
£22,200,000 |
Remaining allocation |
£1,000,000 (North only) |
· Resource - Officers time to deliver projects.
Equality or Good Relations Implications
LIF has been equality screened.”
The Committee adopted the recommendations contained in the report.
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