Issue - meetings
Art Gallery Redevelopment Fundraising
Meeting: 07/12/2016 - Finance, Policy and Resources Committee (Item 5)
Art Gallery Redevelopment Fundraising - ECS/16/078
Minutes:
With reference to article 27 of the minute of meeting of 7 June 2016, the Committee had before it a report by the Director of Education and Children’s Services which provided information on the fundraising campaign for the redevelopment of Aberdeen Art Gallery and Cowdray Hall.
The report recommended:-
that the Committee –
(a) note the level of public donations and grants received to date;
(b) note that officers continue to work with the appointed Trustees on the public fundraising campaign;
(c) note that a further progress report on fundraising will be presented to this Committee in June 2017; and
(d) otherwise note the contents of the report.
The Committee resolved:-
(i) to note the contents of the report;
(ii) to acknowledge the £1.5m contribution from the UK Government towards the Art Gallery Project;
(iii) to instruct the Chief Executive to write to the First Minister providing details of the £1.5m contribution received from the UK Government towards the Remembrance Hall inviting the First Minister to confirm if it is the Scottish Government’s intention to match fund this significant £1.5m contribution from the UK Government; and
(iv) to instruct the Director to express Aberdeen City Council’s interest in being a host City for the 14-18 NOW poppies wave and Weeping Window 2018 and for a report to come back to the appropriate Finance, Policy and Resources Committee on our success or otherwise.