Agenda and minutes

Town Centre - M60 Gateway Task Force - Friday, 11th November, 2011 12.30 pm

Venue: Conference Room 1 - Fred Perry House - Stockport. View directions

Contact: Democratic Services

Items
No.	Item
1.	Apologies Minutes: Apologies for absence were received from Councillor Dave Goddard.
2.	Minutes To agree as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 28^th October 2011. Minutes: The minutes of the meeting held on 28^th October 2011 were approved as a correct record.
3.	Declarations of Interest Minutes: No declarations of interest were made.
4.	Exclusion of Public To consider whether it is in the public interest to exclude the public during the consideration of agenda items 5-8 the reports contain information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority) the disclosure of which would not be fair and would there be a breach of Data Protection principles. Minutes: RESOLVED – That, in order to prevent the disclosure of information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority) and because it would not be in the public interest to disclose the information as it contains confidential and commercially sensitive information about an organisation, the public be excluded from the meeting during the consideration of Agenda items 6-8.
5.	Town Centre Development Prospectus- Revenue Funding Executive report of Corporate Director to Place (Enclosed) Minutes: The Corporate Director to Place submitted a report (copies of which have been circulated) containing details of the revenue funding which was requested at the last Executive meeting, held on 7 November 2011. RESOLVED- that the report be noted.
6.	Stockport Markets Strategy Report of Service Director to Place Development/Head of Economic Development & Regeneration Programmes Minutes: The Service Director to Place/Head of Economic Development & Regeneration Programmes submitted a reported (copies of which have been circulated) regarding the future strategy for Stockport Markets. Several options for the future operations of the market were explained and discussed. These included moving to a trader operated market, sharing operations with another local authority and bringing in private sector partners. RESOLVED- that the report be noted.
7.	Grand Central Verbal update by Service Director for Place Development Minutes: A verbal update on the Grand Central project was provided by the Service Director for Place. Following the presentations made at the last meeting of the task force, the views expressed by members have been taken into account. The scoring matrix has been published and evaluation has begun, although the financing needs further investigation with the companies who have submitted tenders. RESOLVED- that the report be noted.
8.	Key Projects Progress Report (by exception) Report of Head of Economic Development & Regeneration Programmes Minutes: The head of Economic Development & Regeneration Programmes submitted a report (copies of which have been circulated) providing an overview of the progress made in key projects. RESOLVED- that the report be noted.
9.	Any Other Business Minutes: The Chair reported that the Town Centre Committee would be meeting on 14^th December 2011.
10.	Dates for Future Meetings To agree a date for the next meeting of the Task Force Minutes: RESOLVED- that the next meeting of the task force be discussed with Cllr Goddard to ensure his availability as Chair.