Issue - meetings

Report of the Strategic Director of Place

Presented by the Community Services Portfolio Holder

The Community Services Portfolio Holder presented the report to Members.

She thanked the Members of the working party for their continuous hard work. She informed Cabinet that preparations were ongoing for the Council’s major events specifically Music and Picnic in the Park which was due to be held later in the month and that improvement works at Coalville Forest Adventure Park had commenced.

She was pleased to see that progress was being made on the commemorative artwork in Memorial Square and she urged Members to support the request for £8,000 to be allocated to the project from balances should the funding application to Bardon Hill Quarry Community Fund was unsuccessful. She also asked Members to support the request £3,000 to be allocated to improvement works in the Coalville Park in order to gain the Green Flag accreditation, adding that, again, it would only be required if the funding application to Bardon Hill Quarry Community Fund was unsuccessful.

Councillor A V Smith highlighted to Members that the working party had requested that the name of Coalville Park be changed to Coalville Centenary Park should the application to put the area into trust through Centenary Fields programme is successful, however it was understood that the working party believed that it would enhance the chances although officers had now identified that it would not actually be the case. Cabinet Members were asked to refer that request back to the working party for further consideration.

She was extremely pleased to note that the ongoing issues with Lillehammer Drive as the removal of the MUGA would possibly take place prior to the end of June and that £50,000 of S106 money would be added to the reserves of the Special Expenses.

It was moved by Councillor A V Smith, seconded by R Blunt and

RESOLVED THAT:

The recommendations made by the Coalville Special Expenses Working Party as detailed within the minutes be noted and the recommendations as summarised at 3.0 be approved.

Reason for decision: To progress Coalville Special Expenses projects and programmes.