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From YouTube: Decision Session - Executive Member for Economy and Strategic Planning, 21 October 2020
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AGENDA
1. Declarations of Interest 00:00:15
2. Minutes 00:00:28
3. Public Participation 00:00:51
4. Inclusive Growth Fund Update 00:01:06
5. Economic Strategy and Partnership Update 00:22:54
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A
B
B
We
have
reviewed
the
projects
that
are
in
there.
Clearly
circumstances
within
the
pandemic
have
changed
certain
aspects
of
the
economy,
in
particular
driving
up
unemployment,
and
we
we
with
more
likely
to
come.
It's
meant,
we've
felt
we
need
to
refocus
on
on
what
we're
trying
to
achieve
through
the
fund
and
you
know,
and
and
how
to
to
best
address
the
circumstances
as
we
go
find
them.
There
were
total
eight
projects
within
the
fund,
which
I
say
we
we
we've
looked
at
again.
B
So
we
have
a
good
starting
point
in
terms
of
the
community
hub
work
there
and
I'll
come
back
on
to
what
we
might
need
to
do
more
beyond
that.
But
I
say
a
a
really
successful
piece
of
work,
which
I'm
pleased
to
see
how
those
community
hubs
are
developing
and
becoming
much
more
broadly
part
of
the
council's
way
of
working
and
thinking
at
a
community
level
that
the
next
project
needs
to
look
at
is
actually
the
next
one
on
the
list,
which
is
the
one
around
greening
our
commercial
estate.
B
The
70
000
that
we
had
allocated
originally,
which
is
essentially
going
to
be
seed,
con
funding
to
begin
projects
and
establish
what
was
possible
when
I
think
actually,
in
the
light
of
our
experience
over
the
last
year,
there
are
probably
other
ways
that
we
can
fund
some
of
that
that
work
on
our
estate,
and
indeed,
we
would
need
to
find
larger
resources
for
that
anyway.
Some
of
the
principles
of
the
of
the
projects,
I
think
remain
true,
though,
which
are
around
thinking
of
doing
some
survey.
B
So
moving
on
down
the
list,
the
areas
where
we
think
that
probably
the
scope
to
do
some
of
that
reallocation
very
clearly
the
issue
of
unemployment-
has
has
become
a
large
one
for
york.
We've
seen
nearly
a
tripling
of
the
number
of
people
claiming
benefits
already
in
this
really
before
the
the
impacts
of
that
we're
going
through
at
the
moment
have
come
to
light.
We
we
know,
there's
more
to
do
there.
We've.
B
We
were
originally
talking
about
doing
running
community
job
fairs
over
the
next
three
years
with
york,
learning
we've
been
working
very
closely
with
york
learning,
and
indeed,
with
our
skills,
service
and
council
to
review
how
we
support
people
who
have
become
unemployed
york.
Learning
have
already
used
some
of
that
funding
to
help
train
up
some
volunteers
in
the
community
hubs
to
provide
initial
information,
advice
and
guidance
and
and
to
do
some
triage
work
with
people
who
are
coming
to
the
community
hubs
and
saying
they
need
some
help.
B
We're
also
keen
to
explore.
I
mean
clearly
a
large
community
job,
fair.
You
know
a
in
a
community
hall
somewhere-
it's
not
really
possible
at
the
moment,
but
there
is
a
need
to
try
and
engage
employers
and
potential
employees
at
a
community
level,
so
we're
still
exploring
with
york
learning
what's
possible
there
and
they're
also
looking
at
what
other
money
they
can
draw
in
from
elsewhere.
B
We
had
originally
talked
about
30
000
over
three
years,
but
perhaps
we
need
to
recognize
that
that
money
might
need
to
be
focused
a
bit
sooner
than
over
a
three
year
period.
I
can't
give
you
the
precise
detail
for
what
will
be
delivered
within
that
it's
still
being
developed,
but
hopefully
you
get
a
sense
of
of
what
of
what,
where
we
feel
we
need
to
go
and
what's
possible
within
that.
B
It
may
well
be
that
we
need
to
make
more
resourcing
as
well
available
to
support
that
unemployment
issue,
and
you
know
if
we
were
looking
for
where
one
might
reallocate
some
of
that
50
000.
I
think
that
would
be.
Certainly,
my
recommendation
would
be
that
we
that
would
be
top
of
the
list
as
far
as
you're
concerned,
we're
concerned
there.
B
The
other
projects,
the
independent
retail
growth
fund,
we're
already
looking
at
how
we
can
work
with
traders
to
support
them
to
come
together
and
and
do
more
to
to
get
links
with
their
local
communities.
We'll
need
to
to
to
to
to
to
carefully
monitor
where
york
is
in
terms
of
tears
and
what's
allowed
to
be
open
and
things.
B
B
In
this
meeting,
there
was
25
000
pounds
identified
within
the
fund
to
support
our
work
on
inclusive
engagement
around
that
it's
still
very
important.
But
again
it's
something
we'll
need
to
think
about
doing,
perhaps
in
slightly
different
ways,
as
we
go
through
the
next
few
months
to
establish
the
to
get
the
strategy
together,
and
indeed
the
restrictions
in
terms
of
social
contact
and
access
mean
that
we
might
need
to
do
some
of
the
research
for
that
strategy
in
a
slightly
different
way
as
well.
B
So
we
we
think
we
will
need
to
to
rejig
some
of
the
the
funding
proposals
within
that
strand,
but
still
clearly
an
important
strand
and
making
sure
that
we
do
the
work.
That's
needed
to
make
sure
that
our
economic
strategy
is
truly
inclusive,
is
really
important
part
of
our
approach
to
that
work.
So
hopefully
that
gives
you
a
sense
of
where
we
are
with
those
projects.
A
A
A
I
appreciate
that,
since
we
had
the
decision
session
march
16th,
which
seems
an
eternity
ago
just
in
the
run-up
to
lockdown,
we
set
out
some
objectives
there.
So
I
appreciate
that
a
large
amount
of
the
activity
has
been
through
the
hubs
and
I'd
like
to
pay
tribute
to
those
members
of
staff
who
were
seconded
from
a
variety
of
different
departments
to
get
that
support
delivered
on
the
ground.
A
I
think
it
was
very
much
appreciated
by
many
residents
and
those
continue
to
take
place
and
I'd
like
to
thank
the
volunteers
who
keep
those
going
and
augment
the
support.
That's
provided
by
the
council
and
there's
quite
separate
supports
there.
So
I
think
it's
demonstrating
how
we
have
pulled
together
as
a
city
with,
sadly
quite
a
lot
of
months
ahead
of
us
with
the
with
the
current
situation.
A
But
there
is
someone
to
listen
and
to
give
them
initial
support
and
guidance,
even
if
they
refer
them
on
to
more
specialist
services,
but
that's
an
important
feature
and
I'm
glad
that
we've
been
able
to
make
that
happen
in
terms
of
greening
our
commercial
estate.
This
has
been
a
long-term
objective.
A
A
I
think
we
recognize
that
there
have
been
some
measures
that
chain
stores
have
hit
the
buffers
and
decisions
made
by
billionaires
outside
of
the
country
and
landlords.
Distant
from
from
us
have
not
helped
the
city
and
therefore
local
decision
making
is
really
going
to
be
the
way
forward,
and
I
think
anything
that
we
can
invest
to
make
that
happen
is
is
something
that
we
should
channel
money.
The
resources
that
we
have
appreciating,
that
these
are
all
relatively
tight
budgets,
the
jobs
fairs
and
and
the
like.
A
I'm
grateful
for
the
work.
That's
been
done
to
continue
the
vocational
training
for
pupils.
It
was
a
particular
issue
that
I
felt
important.
So
it's
is
helpful.
That's
continued
and
also
there
is
a
project
with
the
local
area
teams
to
help
initially
a
small
cohort
of
people
who
might
become
neat
not
in
not
in
education,
but
I
think
recognizing
that
there's
connections
that
can
be
made
with
york
college
and
the
conversations
I've
had
with
them
that
they
are
very
much
switched
on
to
this
support
that
can
provide
the
community.
B
Get
that
I
responded
to
them.
They
they
put
out
some,
as
you
know,
they're
frequently
releasing
some
of
their
research,
and
there
was
a
very
interesting
piece
they
put
out
about
a
month
ago
around
particularly
the
the
equalities
aspects
of
of
the
impacts
of
clovid
and
looking
at
issues
like
gender
and
age
and
and
ethnicity,
which
have
made
some
very
pertinent
points
for
york.
B
A
Well,
it's
actually
paragraph
two
as
well.
So
what
I'll
do
is
one
note?
The
progress
that's
been
made
with
the
agreed
projects
to
thank
staff
involved
and
volunteers.
Who've
responded
to
the
kerby
crisis
and
on
item
two
to
relate
to
paragraph
52
options
for
the
executive
member
to
consider
to
take
option
c
continue
the
program
and
to
insert
where
external
funding
can
be
brought
in
to
achieve
the
original
objective.
A
A
That's
why
I
dealt
with
it
first,
because
I
thought
you
might
slip
from
my
mind
by
the
due
to
the
scale
of
issues
that
were
covering
there.
So
I
think
that
would
be
helpful
to
get
some
figures
and
to
demonstrate
the
achievements
of
of
that
funding.
Okay,
that's
that's
helpful
and
thank
you
for
the
graphs
relating
to
the
information
that
we
need.
So
thank
you
for
that
simon.
That
concludes
item
four
brings
us
on
to
item
five.
C
This
report
is,
is
going
to
present
the
work
that
we're
we're
where
we're
at
with
the
delivery,
the
development
of
the
economic
strategy
and
the
partnerships
for
the
city.
But
even
since
we
started
writing
this
report,
we've
gone
from
five
alert
levels
to
three
tiers.
We've
gone
from
tier
one
to
tier
two
and
the
the
position
is
changing
extremely
rapidly
and
becomes
ever
more
difficult
to
keep
up
with
that.
C
But
what
we
can
say
about
our
understanding
of
the
impact
of
tier
two
on
the
city,
since
we
went
into
that
entity
or
two
on
saturday.
Having
done
investigations
and
intelligence
gathering
from
from
our
businesses
is
that
it's
already
had
a
very
notable
impact
on
hospitality,
industry
and
retail
across
the
city
centre
for
sure.
C
Even
within
the
first
few
days,
I
I
think
everybody's
keeping
their
paradise
to
see
how
that
evolves,
because
there
may
be
a
certain
kind
of
cooling
factor
that
the
announcement
brings
with
it.
But
statistics
indicating
a
drop
in
bookings
in
hotels
and
revenue
turnover
for
retailers
somewhere
around
20
to
25
percent.
The
city
has
had
been
faring
pretty
well
up
to
this
point.
C
We
knew
that,
as
we
went
into
the
autumn,
it
was
going
to
slow
down,
but
this
coming
at
this
particular
time
has
had
a
much
more
profound
impact
and,
I
think,
underlines
the
particular
importance
of
the
change
in
tears
and
the
focus
that
that
brings
on
hospitality,
close
downs
on
the
economy
of
york
and
particularly
on
the
city
centre.
It's
not
on
the
whole
of
the
economy,
but
it's
it's.
C
The
hospitality
industry
performs
a
more
fundamental
part
of
our
economy
that
it
might
do
in
many
of
the
other
metropolitan
cities
that
have
gone
into
tier,
two
or
tier
three.
Therefore,
thinking
how
we
might
need
to
to
look
at
tailoring
our
approach
to
to
to
remedying
some
of
those
impacts
for
for
those
sectors
which
are
particularly
influenced
by
the
changes
in
tear.
A
D
Yes,
thanks
council
waller
and
thank
you
tracy
for
your
earlier
comments.
So
the
report
in
front
of
you,
council
waller,
provides
an
update
on
the
council's
work
towards
a
new
economic
strategy
and
partnership
for
the
city.
Work
had
paused
over
the
spring
and
summer
when
the
focus
of
the
economic
growth
team
and
the
council
had
switched
to
supporting
the
immediate
kobit
19
response,
as
discussed
in
the
quarterly
economic
update
report
that
we
presented
to
your
decision
session
last
month.
D
Now
we
recognize,
as
we
plan
for
the
future,
clearly
notwithstanding
the
impact
of
further
lockdown
measures
and
the
resulting
economic
upheaval,
but
it
does
need
to
be
commenced.
On
the
council's
economic
strategy
for
the
city,
we
recognize
that
the
existing
economic
evidence
base
that
was
produced
before
the
pandemic
needs
to
be
refreshed
and
also
updated
to
take
account
of
newly
available
data
and
also
the
impact
of
cobie
19.,
further
gap.
D
D
These
two
priorities
will
be
underpinned
by
two
cross-cutting
themes
through
our
economic
strategy.
Firstly,
a
focus
on
21st
century
jobs,
so
ensuring
that
skilled
skills
development
is
available
for
all
ages,
but
also
working
with
employers
to
help
them
think
differently
about
the
nature
of
their
jobs.
So
hopefully
they
can
benefit
from
recruiting
from
a
wider
and
more
diverse
workforce,
and
then
the
second
cross-cutting
theme
is
driving
forward.
A
green
economic
recovery
and
we've
seen
widespread
societal
support
for
this.
D
Moving
on
to
the
engagement
side
of
the
strategy-
and
this
begins
from
paragraph
24,
we
recognize
the
desire
for
councillors
across
the
council
to
influence
the
development
of
the
economic
strategy
and
therefore
we
we
propose
the
early
involvement
of
the
economy
and
place
scrutiny
committee
within
this.
One
of
the
recommendations
from
this
report
is
that
you
refer
the
report
onto
that
committee.
D
D
In
the
report
on
the
inclusive
growth
fund,
it
was
outlined
that
we
do
have
a
budget
available
to
enable
effective
engagement
on
the
on
the
economic
strategy.
We
propose
to
retain
this
budget
to
undertake
additional
pieces
of
research,
undertake
stakeholder
surveys
and
further
detail
engagement
for
the
use
of
focus
groups.
Consultation
on
the
strategy
is
planned
for
february
and
march
2021,
with
executive
sign-off
scheduled
for
may
2021
and
there's
a
timeline
for
the
development
of
the
strategy
that
accompanies
this
report
and
then
finally,
just
moving
into
the
partnership
element
of
the
report.
A
Right,
thank
you
very
much
likes,
I
think,
just
looking
at
the
the
paper,
and
I
think
it
is
important
that
I
am
referring
this
on
to
the
economy,
place
policy
scrutiny
committee
for
review.
I
think
it's
important
that
all
sectors
of
the
council
are
in
involved
in
the
cross-party
way,
just
to
pick
up
on
some
of
the
aspects
of
green
jobs.
A
There's
a
lot
of
talk
about
this
and
we
did
used
to
have
the
green
jobs
task
group
and
therefore,
what
I
would
like
to
see
is
a
subsequent
report
bringing
together
the
work,
that's
being
done,
the
potential
for
employment
within
the
city.
There
was
an
lga
report
which
had
around
about
5
000
jobs
for
the
city
and
there's.
A
Therefore,
it
is
important
that
york
gets
its
fair
share
of
the
employment
that
is
being
created
in
this
field
and
again
there's
a
number
of
major
companies
that
are
looking
at
how
the
decentralization
of
energy
generation
can
can
help,
and
so
I
would
appreciate
that
early
next
year,
if
we
said
march,
but
if
you
can
do
it
sooner
than
that
would
be
all
the
better,
because
I
think
it's
important
that
we
understand
the
range
of
jobs
that
can
be
created.
I
appreciate
the
bioscience
cluster.
A
A
And
circular
secular
employment
circular
economy,
I
think
that's
a
a
good
role
and
there's
been
lots
of
work
on
decarbonizing
our
schools,
which
would
be
a
very
good
step.
I
appreciate
that
events
keep
happening
even
after
you've
finished
writing
this
report,
but
I
think
we
need
to
keep
going
and
recognizing
that,
even
though
we
don't
have
the
details
rather
soon,
the
uk
is
anticipated
to
leave
the
european
union
completely,
which
is
creating
many
concerns
within
local
businesses,
and
I
think
the
lack
of
clarity.
A
However,
whichever
side
you
voted
for
in
the
actual
referendum
all
those
years
ago,
I
think
to
put
even
more
pressure
on
an
economy
in
the
middle
of
a
pandemic
is
is
not
what
we
wish
to
see
and
therefore
we
hope
that
there
can
be
clarity
on
that,
but
it
is
getting
very
close
and
people
are
making
decisions,
not
all
of
which
will
help
employment
in
in
york
york.
Businessweek.
On
a
more
positive
note,
that's
an
opportunity
to
really
sell
what
what
is
the
good
news
within
the
city?
A
A
There
it
was
in
the
very
helpful
annex
on
the
sector
round
tables
and
I've
participated
in
a
few
myself.
It's
been
really
interesting
to
hear
firsthand
from
businesses
the
problems
that
they
face.
They're
not
always
immediately
obvious,
and
it's
been
very
helpful
to
have
the
breadth
of
business
information.
A
So
what
I'd
like
to
see
is
some
steps
taken
to
draw
that
work
out
that
we
do
need
to
have
greater
engagement,
greater
awareness
of
what
support
is
is
coming
that
were
announcements
centrally
by
government
about
opportunities,
but
whether
they've
been
translated
into
investment.
I
think
we
need
to
see
conscious
that
there
are
bank
branch
closures
happening
continuously,
and
I
think
that
we
need
to
make
sure
that
we're
not
left
bereft
of
that
facility
so
alex.
A
A
Group
is:
is
a
good
one.
I'm
happy
to
support
that
so
with
the
therefore,
with
the
recommendations
with
the
addition
of
a
report
by
no
later
than
march,
on
strategy
for
green
jobs
for
the
city
and
a
scheme
to
work
with
banks
within
the
city
to
show
the
steps
that
they
are
taking
to
support
the
economy,
I'm
happy
to
agree
the
recommendations
from
paragraph
4,
page
27,
so
that
concludes.
A
Everything
seems
to
be
urgent
at
the
moment,
but
there
aren't
any
specific
reports
to
take
and
therefore
I'd
like
to
thank
everyone
for
their
attendance
today,
and
I
appreciate
the
messages
that
I'm
getting
from
businesses
directly.
It
is
helpful
and
we're
doing
what
we
can.
So.
Thank
you
all
for
your
your
help
brings
the
meeting
to
a
close.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.