Issue - meetings

To seek approval to proceed with the appointment of consultants and approval of the budget for the next steps.

Wards affected: Newsome

Contact: David Glover, Senior Responsible Officer, Cultural Heart

RESOLVED –

1)    That approval be given to proceed with an accelerated programme so that the Cultural Heart master plan and Outline Business Case can be completed as soon as is practical.

2)    That approval is given to use Public Sector Body frameworks for all external appointments to achieve the acceleration and to delegate authority to the Strategic Director for Growth and Regeneration in liaison with the Service Director – Legal Governance and Commissioning and the Service Director – Finance to make all necessary appointments in compliance with the Contract Procedure Rules and the Financial Procedure Rules.

3)    That authority be delegated to the Strategic Director for Growth and Regeneration in liaison with the Service Director – Legal Governance and Commissioning and the Service Director – Finance to appoint a Strategic Development Partner/Project Manager by direct award from the SCAPE, Place Shaping Framework in compliance with the Contract Procedure Rules and the Financial Procedure Rules.

4)    That approval be given to allocate the necessary Council staff and resources to support the programme and to note that in the absence of sufficient internal resources that additional resources will be sourced from existing / future framework agreements.

5)    That approval is given to the recommended stage break at Gateway 1 and the budget of £6.55m to deliver the Cultural Heart programme up to Gateway 2.

6)    That authority be delegated to the Strategic Director for Growth and Regeneration to deliver the programme to Gateway 2, subject to further Cabinet approval at the conclusion of Gateway 1.