Transport for London
Agenda 

Meeting:	Board 	
Date:	Wednesday 4 February 2015	
Time:	10.00am	
Place:	Committee Rooms 4 and 5, City Hall, The Queen’s Walk, London, SE1 2AA 	
Members

Boris Johnson, Chairman
Isabel Dedring, Deputy Chair
Peter Anderson
Sir John Armitt CBE
Sir Brendan Barber
Richard Barnes
Charles Belcher
Roger Burnley
Brian Cooke
Baroness Grey-Thompson DBE
Angela Knight
Michael Liebreich 
Eva Lindholm
Daniel Moylan
Bob Oddy
Keith Williams
Steve Wright

Further Information

The papers and any attachments are available on www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/publications-and-reports/board-papers

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Howard Carter, General Counsel
27 January 2015
Board 
Wednesday 4 February 2015

Agenda Part 1

1.	Apologies for Absence and Chairman'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 held on 10 December 2014	
	General Counsel

The Board is asked to approve the minutes of the meeting held on 10 December 2014.
	
4.	Matters Arising, Actions List and Use of Delegated Authority	
	General Counsel

The Board is asked to note the updated actions list and any use of authority delegated by the Board.
	
5.	Commissioner’s Report 	
	Commissioner

The Board is asked to note the Commissioner’s Report, which provides an overview of major issues and developments since the report to the meeting on 10 December 2014 and updates Members on significant projects and initiatives.
	
6.	Health, Safety and Environment Report 2013/14	
	Commissioner

The Board is asked to note the Report, as recommended by the Safety, Accessibility and Sustainability Panel.
	
7.	Proposed Cycle Superhighway Schemes
[Provided in a separate pack]	
	Managing Director, Surface Transport
The Board is asked to note the paper and to approve the Procurement and Project Authority for the proposed Cycle Superhighways.
	
8.	Taxi and Private Hire Licence Fees	
	Managing Director, Surface Transport

The Board is asked to note the proposed changes to taxi licence fees effective from 1 April 2015, as noted by the Finance and Policy Committee. There are no proposed changes to private hire fees.
	
9.	Taxi Fares and Tariffs Review 2015	
	Managing Director, Surface Transport

The Board is asked to note the paper, which provides an update on the provisional outcome of the annual review of taxi fares and tariffs. It is asked to approve a freeze in taxi fares and tariffs, based on the cost index for financial year 2015/16 and defer a decrease of 0.1 per cent to 2016/17 and approve the extension of the fuel charge extra, as recommended by the Finance and Policy Committee. 
	
10.	Structures and Tunnels Investment Portfolio – Hammersmith Flyover 	
	Managing Director, Surface Transport
The Board is asked to note the paper and the related paper on Part 2 of the agenda and approve an increase in Financial Authority of £8.1m and Project Authority of £24.33m (of which £8.1m is unbudgeted) for the Structures and Tunnels Investment Portfolio – Work Package 3, to be funded by a draw down of centrally held management contingency, as recommended by the Finance and Policy Committee.	

11.	iBus Contract Extension 	
	Managing Director, Surface Transport
The Board is asked to note the paper and the related paper on Part 2 of the agenda and to approve an extension to the iBus Contract for a further period of up to seven years with a value up to £98.2m giving total procurement authority of £260.6m, as recommended by the Finance and Policy Committee.	

12.	Report of the meeting of the Audit and Assurance Committee held on 17 December 2014	
	Committee Chairman, Keith Williams

The Board is asked to note the summary report. 
	
13.	Report of the meeting of the Safety, Accessibility and Sustainability Panel held on 18 December 2014	
	Panel Chairman, Charles Belcher

The Board is asked to note the summary report. 
	
14.	Report of the meeting of the Finance and Policy Committee held on 22 January 2015	
	Committee Chairman, Peter Anderson

The Board is asked to note the summary report. 
	
15.	Any Other Business the Chairman Considers Urgent 	
	The Chairman will state the reason for urgency of any item taken.	
		
16.	Date of Next Meeting 	
	Thursday 26 March 2015 at 10.00am	

17.	Exclusion of Press and Public	
	The Board 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.	

Agenda Part 2
Supplemental information relating to items on Part 1 of the agenda that is confidential or exempt from publication.

18.	Structures and Tunnels Investment Portfolio – Hammersmith Flyover 	

Managing Director, Surface Transport
Exempt supplemental information relating to the item on Part 1.

19.	iBus Contract Extension 	

Managing Director, Surface Transport
Exempt supplemental information relating to the item on Part 1.