Issue - meetings

Members were asked to consider the contents of a report by the Senior Development Officer, advising them of the response to the request from Friends of Hermitage Park Assocation that the Council submits a bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund ‘Parks for People’ programme for the 31 August deadline and to note that the proposal is unachievable within the proposed timeframe.

Decision

1. Agreed to note the contents of the submitted report and acknowledged that a further report which should recognise timelines for funding submission dates, should be submitted to next scheduled meeting of Helensburgh and Lomond Area Committee Business day and to invite representatives from Friends of Hermitage Park Association and relevant Council Officers to that meeting for the purpose of discussing the matter.

2. Noted that the Area Committee support this project in principle and expect that sufficient officer time is provided to the group to ensure a robusst bid for HLF funding can be submitted in advance of the next submission deadline of 28^th February 2013, and asked that the Executive Director of Development and Infrastructure attend and provide a timescale and programme of support to the August Business Meeting in order that this can be achieved.

(Ref: Report by Social Enterprise Snr Development Officer, dated 12 June 2012, submitted)