Agenda and decisions

RESOLVED: that

1.            the updated draft Charter appended as Appendix B be approved, subject to any agreed amendments;

2.            the Leader be authorised to sign the updated Charter on behalf of Cardiff Council; and

3.            authority be delegated to the Monitoring Officer, in consultation with the relevant Cabinet Member and the six Community Councils, to make any further minor amendments to the Charter as may be required from time to time.

RESOLVED: that

1)            the dedication of the sites referred to in the report be approved in principle and subject to consultation.

2)            Authority be delegated to the Director of Economic Development to progress the consultation process with stakeholders and local ward members in order to finalise the proposed disposal details, prior to any advertisement.

3)            the proposed disposal of the sites indicated in the report be advertised in accordance with the relevant section of the Local Government Act 1972 and that the outcomes be reported back to a future meeting.

RESOLVED: that

1.            It be noted that consultation on the 2020/2021 admission arrangements will include a proposed reduction of the Published Admission Number of Glan-yr-Afon Primary School from 41 places to 30 places;

2.            Officers be authorised to explore the viability of modified proposals to the closure of Glan-yr-Afon Primary School;

3.            Officers be authorised to bring a further report to Cabinet for consideration setting out details of how the provision of community English medium primary school places in the Llanrumney area can be addressed.

RESOLVED: that

1.            officers be authorised to consult on proposals to:

·         Replace the Cantonian High School buildings with new build accommodation on the same site expanding the school from six forms of entry (6FE) to eight forms of entry (8FE) with sixth form provision for up to 250 pupils;

·         Expand the Specialist Resource Base (SRB) for learners with an Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC), hosted at Cantonian High School from 20 to 30 places in purpose built accommodation in the new school buildings;

·         Transfer Woodlands Special School to the Doyle Avenue site and increase the capacity from 140 places to 240 places in new build accommodation;

·         Transfer Riverbank Special School to the Doyle Avenue site and increase the capacity from 70 to 140 places in new build accommodation.

2.         it be noted that officers will bring a report on the outcome of the consultation to a future meeting to seek authorisation as to whether to proceed to publish proposals in accordance with section 48 of The School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013.

RESOLVED: that

1.            Welsh Government approval of the proposal subject to agreement of the modified date for implementation be noted

2.            the modified date for implementation of the proposal to extend the age range of Greenhill Special School from 11-16 – 11-19 be agreed and the capacity be increased with effect from 01 September 2019

Appendix A to this report is exempt from publication pursuant to the Local Government Act 1972, Schedule 12a Part 4 Paragraph 14

RESOLVED: that the granting of consent on behalf of the Council, as the Special Shareholder of Millennium Stadium plc (as required under the company’s Articles 4.3 (a), (l), (m) and (q)), to the proposed changes to the company’s Articles of Association and associated financial arrangements be approved. This includes consent for Millennium Stadium plc to have the ability to increase its indebtedness up to a revised threshold and for the company to enter into a guarantee and/or debenture in the future, subject to approval by the company’s board.

RESOLVED: that the content of the Corporate Risk Register be noted

RESOLVED: that

(1)          the calculation of the Council’s tax base for the year 2019/20 be approved;

(2)       pursuant to this report and in accordance with the Local Authorities (Calculation of Tax Base) (Wales) Regulations 1995, as amended, the amount calculated by Cardiff Council as its Council Tax Base for the year 2019/20 shall be 145,499;

(3)        pursuant to this report and in accordance with the Local Authorities (Calculation of Tax Base) (Wales) Regulations 1995, as amended, the amounts calculated by the Council as the Council Tax Base for the year 2019/20 in the community areas subject to a precept shall be as follows:-

(4)          the arrangements for the payment of precepts in 2019/20 to the Police and Crime Commissioner for South Wales to be by equal instalments on the last working day of each month from April 2019 to March 2020 and the Community Councils be by one payment on 1 April 2019, be on the same basis as that used in 2018/19 and the precepting authorities be advised accordingly.

RESOLVED: that

1.            the Cardiff Homelessness Strategy 2018-2022 as set out at Appendix 1 to the report be agreed

2.            the proposed changes to the Cardiff Housing Allocation Scheme as set out at paragraph 21 to the report be agreed.

Appendices 1 and 2 of this report are not for publication as they contain exempt information of the description contained in paragraphs 14 of part 4 and paragraph 21 of part 5 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.

RESOLVED: that the acquisition of the Iowerth Jones Centre be approved, for the development of affordable housing at market value under the Land Transfer Protocol subject to satisfactory site investigations.

Appendices 2, 3 and 5 of this report are not for publication as they contain exempt information of the description contained in paragraphs 14 of part 4 and paragraph 21 of part 5 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.

RESOLVED: that the purchase of Biffa Waste Recycling centre for investment purposes and the disposal of long leasehold of 3-4 Wharton Street be agreed