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Agenda and Document 17 July 2019 Agenda Meeting: Programmes and Investment Committee Date: Wednesday 17 July 2019 Time: 10.15am Place: Conference Rooms 1 and 2, Ground Floor, Palestra, 197 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8NJ Members Prof Greg Clark CBE (Chair) Mark Phillips Dr Nelson Ogunshakin OBE (Vice-Chair) Dr Nina Skorupska CBE Heidi Alexander Dr Lynn Sloman Ron Kalifa OBE Ben Story Dr Alice Maynard CBE Copies of the papers and any attachments are available on tfl.gov.uk How We Are Governed. This meeting will be open to the public, except for where exempt information is being discussed as noted on the agenda. There is access for disabled people and induction loops are available. A guide for the press and public on attending and reporting meetings of local government bodies, including the use of film, photography, social media and other means is available on www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Openness-in-Meetings.pdf. Further Information If you have questions, would like further information about the meeting or require special facilities please contact: Jamie Mordue, Senior Committee Officer; Tel: 020 7983 5537; email: [email protected]. For media enquiries please contact the TfL Press Office; telephone: 0845 604 4141; email: [email protected] Howard Carter, General Counsel Tuesday 9 July 2019 Agenda Programmes and Investment Committee Wednesday 17 July 2019 1 Apologies for Absence and Chair's Announcements 2 Declarations of Interests General Counsel Members are reminded that any interests in a matter under discussion must be declared at the start of the meeting, or at the commencement of the item of business. Members must not take part in any discussion or decision on such a matter and, depending on the nature of the interest, may be asked to leave the room during the discussion. 3 Minutes of the Meeting of the Committee held on 15 May 2019 (Pages 1 - 10) General Counsel The Committee is asked to approve the minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 15 May 2019 and authorise the Chair to sign them. 4 Matters Arising and Actions List (Pages 11 - 16) General Counsel The Committee is asked to note the updated actions list. 5 Crossrail Update (Pages 17 - 20) Chief Operating Officer - Elizabeth line and Investment Delivery Planning Director The Committee is asked to note the paper and exempt supplemental information on Part 2 of the agenda. 2 6 Crossrail - Project Delivery Partner Incentive Scheme (Pages 21 - 22) Investment Delivery Planning Director The Committee is asked to note the paper and exempt supplemental information on Part 2 of the agenda and approve in principle the changes proposed by Crossrail limited to the current Final Incentive Scheme and authorise the Chief Finance officer to approve the final form of such changes. 7 Investment Programme Report - Quarter 4 2018/19 (Pages 23 - 116) Director Major Projects and Managing Directors London Underground and Surface Transport The Committee is asked to note the report. 8 Independent Investment Programme Advisory Group Quarterly Report (Pages 117 - 122) Director of Risk and Assurance The Committee is asked to note the Independent Investment Programme Advisory Group’s Quarterly Report and the Management Responses. 9 Project Assurance Update (Pages 123 - 128) General Counsel The Committee is asked to note the paper. 10 Use of Delegated Authority (Pages 129 - 140) General Counsel The Committee is asked to note the paper. 11 Crossrail 2 (Pages 141 - 142) Managing Director Crossrail 2 The Committee is asked to note the submission of the 2019 Strategic Outline Business Case and exempt supplementary information on Part 2 of the agenda. 3 12 Silvertown Tunnel Update (Pages 143 - 144) Managing Director Surface Transport The Committee is asked to note the paper and the supplemental paper included on Part 2 of the agenda. 13 Healthy Streets Programme 2019/20 and 2020/21 (Pages 145 - 192) Managing Director Surface Transport The Committee is asked to note the paper and approve additional Programme and Project Authority. 14 London Underground Renewals and Enhancements Track Programme (Pages 193 - 204) Managing Director London Underground The Committee is asked to note the paper and approve additional Programme and Project Authority. 15 Member suggestions for future agenda discussions (Pages 205 - 210) The Committee is asked to note the forward programme and is invited to raise any suggestions for future discussion items for the forward programme and for informal briefings. 16 Any Other Business the Chair Considers Urgent The Chair will state the reason for urgency of any item taken. 17 Date of Next Meeting Wednesday 23 October 2019 at 10.15am. 18 Exclusion of the Press and Public The Committee is recommended to agree to exclude the press and public from the meeting, in accordance with paragraph 3 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended), in order to consider the following items of business. 4 19 Crossrail Update (Pages 211 - 318) Exempt supplemental information relating to the item on Part 1 of the agenda. 20 Crossrail - Project Delivery Partner Incentive Scheme (Pages 319 - 348) Exempt supplemental information relating to the item on Part 1 of the agenda. 21 Crossrail 2 (Pages 349 - 376) Exempt supplemental information relating to the item on Part 1 of the agenda. 22 Silvertown Tunnel Update (Pages 377 - 382) Exempt supplemental information relating to the item on Part 1 of the agenda. 5 [page left intentionally blank] Agenda Item 3 Transport for London Minutes of the Programmes and Investment Committee Committee Room 2, Palestra, 197 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8NJ 10.15am, Wednesday 15 May 2019 Members Present Prof Greg Clark CBE (Chair) Heidi Alexander Dr Alice Maynard CBE Mark Phillips Dr Nina Skorupska CBE Dr Lynn Sloman In Attendance Executive Committee Mike Brown MVO Commissioner Howard Carter General Counsel Stuart Harvey Director of Major Projects Simon Kilonback Chief Finance Officer Gareth Powell Managing Director, Surface Transport Other Staff Alexandra Batey Head of Public Transport Sponsorship, Surface Transport (for minute 31/05/19) Patrick Doig Finance Director, Surface Transport David Hughes Investment Delivery Planning Director Lorraine Humphrey Head of TfL Project Assurance Craige Keogh Lead Commercial Manager, Commercial - Capital Delivery (for minute 32/05/19) Antony King Finance Director, Major Projects Directorate David Rowe Head of Major Projects Sponsorship, Surface Transport (for minute 32/05/19) Stephen Dadwell Head of Corporate Finance (Project Finance) (for minute 32/05/19) Jamie Mordue Secretariat Officer Crossrail Limited Mark Wild Chief Executive, Crossrail Limited Independent Investment Programme Advisory Group (IIPAG) Attendance Alison Munro Chair, IIPAG KPMG Gordon Shearer UK Head, Infrastructure Advisory Group Page 1 22/05/19 Apologies for Absence and Chair's Announcements Apologies for absence were received from Dr Nelson Ogunshakin OBE (Vice Chair), Ron Kalifa OBE and Ben Story. The Chair informed the Committee that he had agreed to accept an additional late item relating to the Silvertown Tunnel on the agenda for this meeting. To reflect TfL‟s focus on safety, the Chair advised that Members should raise any safety issues in relation to items on the agenda or within the remit of the Programmes and Investment Committee at the start of the item or under Matters Arising. If there were any other safety issues then these could be discussed with General Counsel or an appropriate member of the Executive Committee after the meeting. 23/05/19 Declarations of Interests Members confirmed that their declarations of interests, as published on tfl.gov.uk, were up to date and there were no other interests to declare that related specifically to items on the agenda. Howard Carter informed the Committee that the Chair‟s biography and declarations of interest had been updated to reflect his new role as advisor to HSBC from 1 April 2019. 24/05/19 Minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 6 March 2019 It was agreed that minute 14/03/19 be amended to state that Members asked that stakeholder engagement be carried out to determine whether step-free access “could” be delivered to the Central line at Bank station, rather than “should”. The amended minutes of the meeting held on 6 March 2019 were approved as a correct record and signed by the Chair. 25/05/19 Matters Arising and Actions List Howard Carter introduced the paper. The action relating to minute 76/12/18 would remain open as the paper on the agenda related primarily to the Ultra Low Emission Zone Expansion. An update on how TfL was reducing emissions across the business and work towards the Mayor‟s Transport Strategy 2050 Zero Carbon target would be provided to a future meeting. The Committee noted the Actions List. Page 2 26/05/19 Crossrail Update David Hughes introduced the item, which updated the Committee on the Crossrail project. Under the terms of the Crossrail Project Development Agreement, Crossrail Limited (CRL) had issued Sponsors (Department for Transport and TfL) with a Change Notice to update the Stage 3 opening date within the Sponsors Requirements. A date range for Stage 3 opening had been identified as September 2020 to March 2021. TfL was close to finishing work to implement recommendations in the independent KMPG reports and an update would be submitted to the Audit and Assurance Committee. The Chair invited Mark Wild, Chief Executive Officer, CRL, to update the Committee. Mark Wild told the Committee that safety remained a high priority and that, whilst there had been some concern over an increase in high potential near misses, as the project moved towards testing, management actions had ensured that these had begun to reduce. A „Stepping Up Week‟ would be held in June 2019, with a focus on reducing risks and positively influencing a strong health and safety culture.
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