Decisions

RESOLVED that the report be noted.

RESOLVED:

(1)       That The Community Infrastructure Levy Proposed Statement of Modifications at Appendix 1 be approved for public consultation.

(2)       That Cabinet delegates authority to the Corporate Director/Head of Planning, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Housing and Planning to amend the Proposed Statement of Modifications at Appendix 1 and prepare any further statements of modification that may be required following the Joint Core Strategy hearings and/or any further viability assessments undertaken.

(3)       That the Corporate Director/Head of Planning be authorised to agree the date of public consultation(s) with Cheltenham Borough and Tewkesbury Borough Councils.

(4)       The Corporate Director/Head of Planning, following the conclusion of the public consultation(s), be authorised to compile and submit responses received to the Community Infrastructure Levy Examiner for examination.

To update Members on the award of the Great Places Scheme grant and outline future work.

RESOLVED that the report be welcomed and noted.

RESOLVED:

(1)       That the Review into the City’s Museums Service be received and welcomed and that Jill Shonk be thanked for her work in undertaking the review

(2)       That agreement in principle be given to the transfer of the Gloucester Life Museum site and subject to contract and  delegated authority be given to the Corporate Director, after consultation with the Cabinet Member for Culture and Leisure, the Head of Policy and Resources and the Council Solicitor to agree the terms and details of the transfer and  complete the transaction; and

(3)       The Head of Cultural and Trading Services be authorised to pursue proposals for a bid for Heritage Lottery Fund Resilience Funding and other funding options and actions necessary to implement the findings of the review and in particular those matters set out in paragraph 3.4 to this report.

RESOLVED:

(1)       The performance of the new recycling service be noted and

(2)       To endorse the ongoing and proposed work that aims to further reduce the amount of household waste sent to landfill within Gloucester City.

To highlight the planned commemorative events marking the 1100th anniversary of Aethelflaed's death and the 375^th anniversary of the Siege of Gloucester.

RESOLVED:

(1)       That the proposals received from Marketing Gloucester Limited for events and activities to mark the two anniversaries in 2018 are welcomed and endorsed.

(2)       That Gloucester Culture Trust be invited to consider what they could add to the proposals as part of a wider consideration of how the events could fit within a broader programme of activity in 2018 which would optimise the availability of Great Place funding, deliver key cultural strategy objectives and make a significant contribution towards Gloucester’s ambition to be City of Culture in 2025.

(3)       To work with a 2018 Anniversary Steering Group comprising representatives from Gloucester Culture Trust, Marketing Gloucester Ltd, the History Festival, the Heritage Forum, the Civic Trust and the City Council to coordinate activity to celebrate the anniversaries.

1.  Authority is granted to the Head of Place in consultation with the Council Solicitor and Chief Finance Officer to negotiate the terms of and to enter into an agreement or agreements with White City Community, Community Interest Company and/or The ‘Venture: White City Limited for use of the sum of £200,000 (two hundred thousand pounds) received from the development of the St Aldates Church site for the provision of a community facility within the White City area.

2. Such agreement(s) shall include provision for the release of a total of £23,700 of the said sum to the White City Community CIC and/or The ‘Venture: White City Limited to fund the first year’s work relating to the provision of the Community Facility.