The Executive Director, Community Services submitted a report to the City Executive Board on 12 November seeking project approval for the Northway and Marston Flood Alleviation Scheme.

The relevant draft minute of the City Executive Board meeting is attached later in the agenda.

The Board Member will present the report and recommendations.

Recommendations

The City Executive Board recommends Council to resolve to include the additional budget of £928,000 for the Northway and Marston Flood Alleviation Scheme in the Capital Programme (£2,196,000 financed from external funding, £400,000 financed from Council capital).

Council considered a report to the City Executive Board on 12 November seeking project approval for the Northway and Marston Flood Alleviation Scheme.

Council resolved to:

include the additional budget of £928,000 for the Northway and Marston Flood Alleviation Scheme in the Capital Programme (£2,196,000 financed from external funding, £400,000 financed from Council capital).

The Executive Director, Community Services has submitted a report which seeks project approval for the Northway and Marston Flood Alleviation Scheme.

Officer Recommendations: That the City Executive Board resolves to:

1.     grant project approval for the scheme;

2.     note the reduction in the need for Oxford City Council capital funding provision to deliver this project (a release of £1,268,000);

3.     grant delegated authority to Executive Director, Community Services, in consultation with the Monitoring Officer and s151 Officer, to be able to enter into any necessary funding agreements to secure the external funding for the scheme; and

4.     recommend Council to resolve to include the additional budget of £928,000 for the Northway and Marston Flood Alleviation Scheme in the Capital Programme (£2,196,000 financed from external funding, £400,000 financed from Council capital).

The Executive Director, Community Services submitted a report which sought project approval for the Northway and Marston Flood Alleviation Scheme.

Cllr Tanner, Executive Board Member for Climate Change and Cleaner Greener Oxford presented the report and commended the scheme to the Board as it would reduce the risk of flash flooding in Northway and Marston.

The Board expressed their appreciation to Cllr Roy Darke and the members of the Waste Water Flooding Scrutiny Panel for their commitment to investigating the problems in Northway and Marston and pursuing a solution with the relevant agencies.  The Board also thanked the Northway and Marston Flood Scheme Manager for her contribution to the development of the scheme and the successful grant application.

The Executive Director, Community Services reminded the Board that the Council carried all of the risk associated with the completion of the scheme and although there was a reasonable contingency built into the budget it was a material consideration in determining whether to approve the scheme.

The City Executive Board resolved to:

1.     grant project approval for the scheme;

2.     note the reduction in the need for Oxford City Council capital funding provision to deliver this project (a release of £1,268,000);

3.     grant delegated authority to Executive Director, Community Services, in consultation with the Monitoring Officer and s151 Officer, to be able to enter into any necessary funding agreements to secure the external funding for the scheme; and

4.     recommend Council to resolve to include the additional budget of £928,000 for the Northway and Marston Flood Alleviation Scheme in the Capital Programme (£2,196,000 financed from external funding, £400,000 financed from Council capital).