Issue - meetings

To provide information on the proposed enhancements to Wisbech Park Splash Pad. This is the first project in Wisbech to be brought forward for delivery as part of the £30m+ Fenland Inspire! programme which seeks to enhance the leisure and cultural legacy to be left by Fenland District Council after Local Government Reorganisation.

AGREED:

·         To note the contents of the report and approve further work to be carried out to deliver enhancements to the Wisbech Park Splash Pad, and to authorise the Section 151 Officer to add £60,000 to the Capital Programme to fund the enhancements and delegate to the Portfolio Holder for Open Spaces and the Corporate Director to enter into all necessary arrangements to deliver the project.

·         This is a staged plan. This year the project will include canopy, picnic benches and landscaping added to existing infrastructure. Next year a larger scheme will be implemented. A further paper on next year’s scheme with rough costs will return to Cabinet in 3 months’ time.

Members considered the Fenland Inspire! Enhancements to the Wisbech Park Splash Pad report presented by Councillor Murphy. 

Councillor Hoy proposed an amendment to the recommendations, seconded by Councillor Murphy, and approved by members to add a second recommendation to read: ‘This is a staged plan, this year the project will include canopy, picnic benches and landscaping added to existing infrastructure and next year a larger scheme will be implemented. A further paper with next year’s scheme with rough cost will return to Cabinet in three months’ time’. 

Councillor Hoy said for the record she would like to recognise the work of partners. Tivoli work Monday to Friday so for the Splash Pad to be opened at weekends for the benefit of young people, Wisbech Town Council pay to have someone come and open it. Therefore, she would like to recognise the work that partners are doing because it is a joint project.

Proposed by Councillor Murphy, seconded by Councillor Hoy and AGREED:

·         To note the contents of the report and approve further work to be carried out to deliver enhancements to the Wisbech Park Splash Pad, and to authorise the Section 151 Officer to add £60,000 to the Capital Programme to fund the enhancements and delegate to the Portfolio Holder for Open Spaces and the Corporate Director to enter into all necessary arrangements to deliver the project.

·         This is a staged plan. This year the project will include canopy, picnic benches and landscaping added to existing infrastructure. Next year a larger scheme will be implemented. A further paper on next year’s scheme with rough costs will return to Cabinet in 3 months’ time.