Issue - meetings

Cabinet:

1.             Agreed to a soft market testing exercise to seek expressions of interest to work in partnership with the Council to deliver a city-scale low carbon smart energy infrastructure programme over the next decade.

2.             Delegated authority to the Executive Director, Regeneration and Growth, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Energy, Waste and Regulatory Services, to finalise, publish and promote the City Leap Prospectus to start this process.

3.             Delegated authority to the Executive Director, Regeneration & Growth to set up governance arrangements to oversee the soft market testing exercise in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Energy, Waste and Regulatory Services.

4.             Noted that a further report will be taken to Cabinet once the testing has been concluded to progress partnerships arising from the soft market testing exercise.