Issue - meetings

Councillor Holden submits a report updating the Cabinet on the current position with the replacement leisure facility at Hinckley Road, Braunstone, on the Wycliffe site and seeking approval to actions to progress the scheme.

Councillor Holden submitted a report updating the Cabinet on the current position with the replacement leisure facility at Hinckley Road, Braunstone on the former Wycliffe site and seeking approval to actions to progress the scheme.  The report detailed the consultations that had taken place, the proposed timetable and the funding position.

RESOLVED:

(1)that the timetable for and the demolition of Wycliffe proposed to take place between July and November 2001, including use of the existing provision in the Capital Programme 2001/2002 to meet the demolition costs, be approved;

(2)that approval be given for expenditure of £130,000 to be used from the provision within the Capital Programme 2001/2002 for project management support to fund in-house management and source external assistance where appropriate, in consultation with the Cabinet Lead Member;

(3)that the capital receipts from the sale of St. Margaret's Baths and Granby Halls Leisure Centre sites be ringfenced for the replacement project;

(4)that the Capital Programme funding implications as detailed in the report, be noted and that these and Revenue Budget funding implications for the City Council would be firmed up when the project details were finalised;

(5)that approval be given to exploring any shortfall on the overall funding package with other partners;

(6)that the current indicative project timetable as detailed in the report as at February 2001, be approved; and

(7)that further reports be submitted to the Cabinet at appropriate key stages throughout the project process as indicated in Appendix 2 to the report.