Decision

RESOLVED
that Cabinet:-
 

1.   
Approves the inclusion of the Yorkshire Rose
sculptures to form part of the new urban park, as part of the phase
1 Seam Future High Street project; and
 

2.   
Approves the capital funding requests described in
Section 4 of the report to:
 
·      
Provide a capital contribution of up to £2.5m
to fund the public art installations and associated works, noting
that this figure is based on latest available cost estimates and
includes design fees, infrastructure upgrades, fabrication,
installation and contingency amounts.

 
·      
Set aside £1m from the capital programme to
provide for any variations occurring as costs are refined, to offer
extra headroom to accommodate uncontrollable cost increases and to
help mitigate any cost issues related to environmental factors such
as issues arising from ground conditions.
 
·      
The release of the funding described above from the
capital programme to be conditional on the satisfaction of the
Council’s Section 151 Officer in liaison with the Executive
Director (Growth & Sustainability) and the Service Director Law
and Governance & Monitoring Officer (Core Services) on
‘affordability’ and ‘value for money’;
and
 

3.   
Notes that work remains ongoing to identify/refine
the longer-term revenue implications associated with the delivery
of the proposed capital works at the Seam. A separate ‘task
and finish’ group had been established to undertake this
work.