Issue - meetings

Report of the Strategic Director - Communities

Further to Minute No. 15 of the meeting of the Cabinet Urgent Business Committee held on 21 January 2010, the Cabinet considered the report of the Strategic Director - Communities which sought approval to the award of the Second Stage tender for the construction of the Southport Cultural Centre and provided an update on the progress of the project.

This was a Key Decision and was included in the Council’s Forward Plan of Key Decisions.

RESOLVED:            That

(1)            approval be given to the underwriting of a further £400k of funding to the project from the Capital Programme.  This funding contribution to be reduced by the amount of any further funding offered to the project from either the North West Development Agency or Sea Change or value engineering reductions;

(2)       on the basis of the two stage tendering exercise completed, a contract be entered into with Bovis Lend Lease of Preston for the delivery of the Southport Cultural Centre project for a Target Cost of £11,366,801;

(3)       based upon the Officers’ advice, approval be given to the waiving of the requirement for a Performance Bond for Bovis Lend Lease and reliance be placed upon the parent company guarantee; and

(4)       that the Interim Head of Corporate Legal Services be given authority to negotiate new leases with the owners of Cambridge Walks as part of the process of securing consent to the proposed works.