Issue - meetings

This paper requests Cabinet approval to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with Partners of the Northwick Park One Public Estate Project.

RESOLVED:

8.1Cabinet noted the contents, intentions and obligations of the Memorandum of Understanding and agreed authority to execute.

Councillor Butt (Leader of the Council) introduced the Norwick Park – Memorandum of Understanding report. He explained that it had been related to approval of the One Council Public Estate Programme in Brent in January as Northwick Park had been part of it. He said that, if approved, the proposed Memorandum of Understanding would include four parties - The London Borough of Brent, The London North West Healthcare NHS Trust, The University of Westminster and Network Homes Limited, with The London Borough of Brent being the lead Partner. Councillor Butt emphasised that a Memorandum of Understanding was required to set out the key objectives of the project, the principles of collaboration, the governance structures that partners would put in place and the respective roles and responsibilities that partners would have during the project. He also mentioned that funding had been allocated to The London Borough of Brent to appoint consultants of behalf of the partnership. Councillor Butt outlined the specific aims of the project which included generation of capital receipts, reduction of running costs, creation of jobs and homes and integration of services which aligned with Brent’s Corporate Plan 2015/16 and The Strategic Property Plan 2015-2018. 

RESOLVED:

10.1    The contents, intentions and obligations of the Memorandum of Understanding be noted; and

10.2    Authority to execute the Memorandum of Understanding be agreed.