Issue - meetings

(i)       approve the progression of Phase 1 of the Denis Law Legacy Trail;

(ii)      instruct the Chief Officer – City Growth to develop a business case for Phase 2 delivery of the murals, including identifying external funding opportunities, and report back to Finance and Resources Committee 22 November 2023; and

(iii)      agree to instruct the Chief Officer – City Growth to obtain the necessary agreements from the Denis Law Legacy Trust as noted at 5.1 of the report before proceeding to spend public money on this project to include confirmation that appropriate intellectual property rights/licences for design of the trail and images licence have been agreed for phase 2 delivery of the murals, and including identifying external funding opportunities, and report back to the Finance and Resources Committee on 22 November 2023.

The Committee had before it a report by the Director of Commissioning, which provided an update on Phase 1 of the Denis Law Legacy Trail and sought instruction to develop Phase 2.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)      approve the progression of Phase 1 of the Denis Law Legacy Trail; and

(b)      instruct the Chief Officer – City Growth to develop a business case for Phase 2 delivery of the murals, including identifying external funding opportunities, and report back to Finance and Resources Committee 22 November 2023.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)       to approve the recommendations; and

(ii)      to agree to instruct the Chief Officer – City Growth to obtain the necessary agreements from the Denis Law Legacy Trust as noted at 5.1 of the report before proceeding to spend public money on this project to include confirmation that appropriate intellectual property rights/licences for design of the trail and images licence have been agreed for phase 2 delivery of the murals, and including identifying external funding opportunities, and report back to the Finance and Resources Committee on 22 November 2023.