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ITEM ACTION

He added that an expression of interest would be submitted in the
required two weeks’ time and that Further Education and Higher
Education Partners would be involved in outlining what the aims
would be and how it would operate.

Julie Mennell commented that it would be useful for Andrew to report
back at a future meeting of this Board regarding the progress of the
expression of interest; looking to connect expertise and resources.
The Chair agreed that it would be appropriate to include a specific Steve
agenda item at the April meeting regarding this. Cole/Andrew
Wren
Thanks to Stakeholders

The Chair thanked Stakeholders for taking the time to meet with him
on a one to one basis. This had been a useful exercise involving
deep conversations regarding individuals’ expectations.

Transport Electrification

The Chair advised that there would be potential to obtain funding for
electrification of transport and asked if the Board intended to pursue
that. Alison Hatcher advised that there was £50M of funding
available nationally with a bid submission deadline of 30 April. She
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added that BBC and CCC were already working on carbon initiatives
and that clarity was required in respect of the criteria for bid
submissions in respect of air quality.

The meeting closed at 12.07pm.

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