(a)        To receive announcements from the Lord Mayor, Chief Executive, Service Director for Finance or Head of Legal Services;

(b)        To receive announcements from the Leader, Cabinet Members or Committee Chairs.

Councillor Tuohy (Lord Mayor) made the following announcements:

a)    Plymouth City Council had been shortlisted for several prestigious Local Government Chronicle awards in the following categories:

                      I.        Diversity and Inclusion – the Supported Internships project, led by David Haley (Director of Children’s Services), Lisa Linscott (Service Director for Education, Participation and Skills), and Tina Brinkworth (Head of Skills and Post 16);

                    II.        Environmental Services - Plymouth's Habitat Bank, led by Karime Hassan (Interim Strategic Director for Growth) and Philip Robinson (Service Director for Street Services);

                   III.        Housing - The Stirling Veterans' Self Build Project, led by Paul Barnard (Service Director for Strategic Planning and Infrastructure) and Liz Dunster (Housing Delivery Officer);

                   IV.        Innovation - Delivering better outcomes through Skills Launchpad Plymouth, led by Lisa Linscott (Service Director for Education, Participation and Skills) and Emma Hewitt (Skills Lead).

b)    Rosie Grant (Professional Assistant) had been awarded the Advanced Business Apprentice of the Year award at the City College Plymouth Awards, whilst also being awarded the special Governor’s Award.

Councillor Evans OBE (Leader of the Council) made the following announcements:

c)    The Box had welcomed its one millionth visitor;

                      I.        During February half-term alone, 11,737 people had visited;

                    II.        78,000 Visitors had been received within the previous year;

                   III.        The first Saturday of each month, coined ‘Super Saturdays’ had seen special events taking places with the following visitor numbers: 01 February, 1,420 for the Poetry of John Lyons. 01 March, 1,141 for the workshops of Osman Yousefzada;

d)    A meeting between the Council, local business leaders and Darren Jones, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, had yielded an opportunity to discuss growth and development options with the City;

e)    Growth and Investment continued within the City including an investment pipeline of close to £6 billion and 8,000 jobs comprised of, amongst others:

                      I.        £25 Million free port seed capital;

                    II.        Levelling up funding of £20 million;

                   III.        £26 million of National lottery funding;

                   IV.        £280 million of capital investment;

                    V.        £32.5 million into a new diagnostics centre at Colin Campbell Court;

                   VI.        Continued investment into Millbay Port facilities;

                 VII.        The National Marine Parks Waterfront regeneration;

                VIII.        Mount Batten Watersports Centre;

                  IX.        Investment into the new Foulston Park facilities;

f)     Three important plans had been adopted by Cabinet including the new 10-Year economic plan;

g)    The UK Reefs exhibition was to take place in the next few weeks with both Councillor Evans OBE (Leader of the Council) and Tracey Lee (Chief Executive) pledging to attend and work the “Great Southwest” stand;

h)    The 200^th Anniversary of the National Gallery was happening in 2025, Plymouth was one of only four cities in the UK designated to undertake the celebration.

Councillor Haydon (Cabinet Member for Community Safety, Libraries, Events, Cemeteries and Crematoria) made the following announcements;

i)     The Community Safety team had been shortlisted for two “Resolve UK” awards in recognition of making Plymouth a safer place to live.

j)     The Evening Nighttime Predatory Behaviours Disruption Partnership was also shortlisted for Project of the Year.  ...  view the full minutes text for item 74