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Proposed Petworth Skate park

 

 

Meeting: 05/03/2019 - Cabinet (Item 675)

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The Cabinet is requested to consider the agenda report and make the following resolutions:

 

1.     That the update relating to the proposed change of location of the skatepark in Petworth be considered and the financial support to the project be reconfirmed to Petworth Town Council.

 

2.     That delegated authority be given to the Director of Growth and Place to release £70,000 previously allocated to the Petworth skatepark project to Petworth Town Council, subject to receiving evidence of spend and due diligence in accordance with our existing governance arrangements. 

Decision:

RESOLVED BY THE CABINET

 

1.     Cabinet considered the update relating to the proposed change of location of the skatepark in Petworth and reconfirmed the financial support to the project to Petworth Town Council.

 

2.     That delegated authority be given to the Director of Growth and Place to release £70,000 previously allocated to the Petworth skatepark project to Petworth Town Council, subject to receiving evidence of spend and due diligence in accordance with our existing governance arrangements.

Minutes:

Mr Dignum introduced the report. Mrs Murphy was also present. Mr Dignum explained that a number of sites had been discussed for the Petworth Skatepark. He wished to reassure Petworth Town Council that the financial support remained in place for the project.

 

Mrs Murphy added that additional space had been created in the Sylvia Beaufoy car park. She also confirmed that the net loss of parking spaces in Pound Street from a skatepark would have been greater than originally set as a maximum by Cabinet.

 

Mrs Lintill wished to note her support for an alternative site.

 

Decision

 

The Cabinet then voted unanimously to make the resolutions below.

 

RESOLVED BY THE CABINET

 

1.     Cabinet considered the update relating to the proposed change of location of the skatepark in Petworth and reconfirmed the financial support to the project to Petworth Town Council.

 

2.     That delegated authority be given to the Director of Growth and Place to release £70,000 previously allocated to the Petworth skatepark project to Petworth Town Council, subject to receiving evidence of spend and due diligence in accordance with our existing governance arrangements.