Agenda item

Culture Mile Look and Feel Experiments

Report of the Director of the Built Environment

Minutes:

The Sub-Committee considered a report of the Director of the Built Environment seeking approval for a programme of Culture Mile Look and Feel Experiments in support of Culture Mile Look and Feel for summer 2019 and beyond. The Director of the Built Environment introduced the report and gave a short presentation, setting out each installation and key observations on each item. Elements of the programme included a Rotunda Garden installation, Sound Installations in Salters’ garden and across the Culture Mile, City Parklets, branding in the public realm, Culture Mile North-South connections, and Culture Spine Meanwhile Projects. Officers wanted to work with local communities to deliver the programme and would continue stakeholder engagements. There would also be Key Performance Indicators for the programme which would be monitored through surveys and with partners. The Chairman praised officers for their work on the programme, which was imaginative and carefully considered.

 

In response to a query from a Member, the Director of the Built Environment said that any underspend could roll over to the next stages of the Culture Mile Look and Feel programme in Autumn/Winter 2019/20. A Member asked whether officers had considered reuse and sustainability in designing the installations, and the Director of the Built Environment confirmed that legacy had been an important consideration. Officers were looking at ways to reuse structures and gave the example of a past structure that was reinstalled in a local school. The digital legacy of the programme was also being taken into account.

 

A Member asked for more detail on the North-South connections element of the programme. The Director of the Built Environment responded that this would be an experiment to improve the connection between the Millennium Bridge Approach in the South and Culture Mile to the North. Visitors would be guided through this route. A Member suggested that officers record the traffic impacts around the City Parklets and Meanwhile spaces, so that the data could be used if a decision was taken later on whether to make the installations permanent.

 

RESOLVED – That the Streets & Walkways Sub-Committee:

 

a)    Approve the programme of installations for the next phase of Culture Mile Look and Feel Experiments in 2019, and the release of funds of £409,000 to implement the programme; and

 

b)    Authorise delegation of budget adjustments between staff costs, works and fees, to the Chief Officer in consultation with the Chamberlain Department.

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