The Chair will agree with Members the arrangements for management of the meeting, including the order of business, confirmation of Agenda items, including late reports and apologies for absence.

The Mayor agreed to take the items in the order as set out on the agenda.

This is the time for Members to declare any interest they may have in any matter being considered at this meeting.  Advice is attached.

There were no declarations of interest.

To follow

The minutes of the Cabinet meeting held on 5 July 2012 were agreed as a correct record.

Report of the Executive Director - Strategic Commissioning ad Community

The Mayor in consultation with Cabinet received this report which sought a decision on the allocation of income received by the Council from use of its properties during 2012, the year of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Decisions:

The report was withdrawn by the Mayor.

Report of the Director – Adults Social Care

Exempt Appendices 1 and 2 are atached as Agenda Item 10

At the Mayoral Proceedings meeting held on 5 July, Grainne Siggins, Director – Adult Social Care, presented a report which advised that the work undertaken to establish the Supporting People Joint Framework Agreement had been completed and sought approval as to the list of suppliers selected for inclusion onto the Framework.  The report explained the background, described targets delivered and highlighted key findings identified in the implementation process.

Grainne Siggins presented a revised report which included details of the outcomes expected from the Framework contract, the sanctions for non delivery and how the contract would be monitored.

Decisions:

The Mayor in consultation with Cabinet agreed to:

1.  to enter into the Supporting People Joint Framework Agreement with the providers identified within Appendix 1 and that officers, authorised by the Executive Director - Strategic Commissioning and Community, may enter into call-off contracts of any value under that framework to meet Newham's supporting people requirements; and

2.  note that action will be taken to obtain improvements from current providers to ensure value for money and decommissioning where appropriate in accordance with the current contract conditions and to delegate to the Executive Director of Strategic Commissioning and Community the power to take such steps as are necessary to do so.

Reasons for the Decisions

Framework Agreements are increasingly being used across London Boroughs to ensure an efficient and effective method of procuring Supporting People (SP) services.

The process of putting in place a framework has now been completed and the potential successful providers evaluated for inclusion on the Framework Agreement. This report is necessary to enable Newham to establish and access the framework.

Alternative options were fully explored with Corporate Procurement and in consultation with London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Those were outlined in the report  and decision made previously at Mayoral Proceedings, where it was agreed that development of a Joint Framework Agreement represented the most efficient method of procuring multiple services within a prescribed timeframe.

As the current contracts do not monitor outcomes, the implementation of the Framework will enable officers to monitor the services in order to deliver better outcomes for Newham people in line with the Resilience Agenda and value for money.

This decision is subject to the call-in process as the decision was based on part exempt information.  The call-in period will expire at 5pm on 1 August 2012.

Set out in the attached report is a list of those items scheduled for this meeting which have not been submitted and a list of those items scheduled to be considered at the next meeting.

The Mayor noted:

1.  the items originally scheduled for this meeting of Cabinet but which were not submitted, together with the reason for the delay and the rescheduled date; and

2.  those items listed on the Forward Plan scheduled to be considered at the next meeting of Cabinet.

In accordance with Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the Committee is asked to resolve that the press and public be excluded from the meeting for specific items of business on the grounds that they may involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in the paragraph of Part I of Schedule 12A to the Act, as amended.

Agreed to exclude the press and the public from the remainder of the meeting during consideration of the following exempt information:

·  Exempt Appendices 1 and 2 for Agenda Item 6 - Completion of the Supporting People Joint Framework

Report of the Director - Strategic Regeneration Planning and Olympic Legacy

On 16 December 2010, the Mayor in consultation with Cabinet agreed to adopt the Stratford Metropolitan Master Plan as a strategic statement for the regeneration of the area. This identified four key proposals, including working towards procuring a development partner to take forward a first phase of redevelopment of the Carpenters Estate. On 18 November 2012, the Council signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the University College London (UCL), agreeing to a period of exclusivity with them until 17 May 2012, but recently extended to 30 September 2012, to allow time to review the potential for new UCL facilities on the estate.

Jo Negrini, Director - Strategic Regeneration Planning and Olympic Legacy, presented a report informing the Mayor and Cabinet on progress reached to date with UCL and the developing partnership principles which would underpin any land transaction on the site. 

The Mayor stated that this report was a situation update on work in progress, and that a further report will be brought to Cabinet in October following the ending of the existing exclusivity period.

Decisions:

The Mayor in consultation with Cabinet agreed to:

1.  note progress in respect to negotiations with University College London (UCL) and the key emerging principles which will underpin the next round of negotiations with UCL for the regeneration of the Carpenters Estate; and

2.  note that officers will submit a further report to Cabinet on 25 October 2012 (following the expiry of the Memorandum of Understanding) with a recommendation as to a way forward.

Reasons for the Decisions

The commercial principles outlined in the report provides officers with the appropriate guidance to work with UCL to help define a workable vision for the site over time while also receiving an open market land value on day one and the potential to benefit from future uplifts in land value.

This decision is subject to the call-in process as the decision was based on part exempt information.  The call-in period will expire at 5pm on 1 August 2012.