1. That the establishment of the Coast to Capital Strategic Joint Committee, constituted in accordance with the Heads of Terms contained in Annex 1 of the submitted report, be approved.
2. That the responsibility for taking the steps necessary to give effect to recommendation 1 be delegated to the Chief Executive in discussion with the Leader of the Council and any subsequent amendments to the Heads of Terms of the Coast to Capital Joint Committee be agreed.
3. That the responsibility to amend the Council’s constitution to reflect the establishment of the Joint Committee be delegated to the Monitoring Officer.
Reasons for Decisions:
The Joint Committee is one element of a package of measures being taken to strengthen the governance arrangements within and around the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP). This is important because the credibility of those arrangements in ensuring effective collective action to implement the Strategic Economic Plan (SEP) will be a significant consideration for Government when deciding how much funding to provide to the LEP, including through investment in transport and other infrastructure which is crucial for all Surrey residents.
[The decisions on this item can be called in by the Environment and Transport Select Committee]