Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the Director of City Development providing an update of the progress made to date on the proposal for a City Centre Park.

The Director of City Development submitted a report advising of the progress which had been made on the proposals for a City Centre Park, specifically with regard to the medium and long term objectives identified which could be developed further through feasibility work, in order to enable more specific proposals to be submitted to a future meeting of the Board.

RESOLVED –

(i)  That the contents of the report be noted;

(ii)  That the implementation of the feasibility works required to explore the development of a new green space at Sovereign Street, which will require the allocation of £50,000 from the Council’s revenue contingency be agreed;

(iii)  That the preparation of a Planning and Development Brief for the Sovereign Street site be agreed;

(iv)  That officers be authorised to undertake consultation with key stakeholders in the city centre in order to inform any further proposals which are brought back to Executive Board for consideration;

(v)  That officers report back to Executive Board following the outcome of the feasibility work and the consultations undertaken, including the outcome of any work undertaken in parallel on the provision of a new bus station;

(vi)  That work be undertaken on the land assembly and land use planning issues associated with the development of a new green space to the south of the River Aire, and that officers report back on the outcome of this work to the Board;

(vii)  That the provision for a major city centre park to the south of the city centre be included within the City Centre Action Plan;

(viii)  That a Supplementary Planning Document regarding contributions toward City Centre public realm be prepared;

(ix)  That a further report outlining potential options for funding be presented to a future meeting of the Board.