Agenda

To note any declarations of interest from the Councillors.  They are asked to indicate the relevant agenda item, the nature of the interest and in particular whether it is a disclosable pecuniary interest.

Any declarations of interest made at the meeting which is not on the register of interests should be notified to the Monitoring Officer for inclusion.

Up to 30 minutes is allowed for this item.

As this is an extraordinary meeting of the Board, public forum business must relate specifically to the business for which this extraordinary meeting has been arranged

Any member of the public or Councillor may participate in Public Forum.  The detailed arrangements for so doing are set out in the Public Information Sheet at the back of this agenda.  Public Forum items should be emailed to democratic.services@bristol.gov.uk and please note that the following deadlines will apply in relation to this meeting:-

Questions - Written questions must be received 3 clear working days prior to the meeting.  For this meeting, this means that your question(s) must be received in this office at the latest by 5 pm on Tuesday 26 June.

Petitions and Statements - Petitions and statements must be received on the working day prior to the meeting.  For this meeting this means that your submission must be received in this office at the latest by 12.00 noon on Friday 29 June.

This meeting has been arranged to enable the OSM Board to consider and comment (if and as necessary) on the report due to be submitted to the 3 July Cabinet meeting regarding the Arena.

Background:

1.      In April 2017, Bristol City Council commissioned a value for money review of the proposed arena project in Temple Quarter. This review was later expanded to include a potential alternative site in the north of the city and a potential alternative development scheme at the Temple Quarter site.

2.      In advance of the 3 July Cabinet meeting, OSM met across 3 sessions on 18, 20 and 22 June to review the following specific documents resulting from the commissioned VFM review:

a.       KPMG report - Bristol Arena Value for Money (VFM) Assessment summary conclusions.

b.      KPMG report - Temple Island Arena VFM Assessment.

c.       KPMG report - Assessment of alternative development plans for the Temple Island site.

d.      KPMG report - Assessment of alternative plans for an arena in Bristol.

e.      KPMG report – Temple Island Arena VFM assessment – background document – redacted version.

The report of the OSM Board as submitted to the Mayor arising from their sessions held on 18, 20 and 22 June is attached.