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Queen's Jubilee project

Meeting: 14/04/2022 - Cobtree Manor Estate Charity Committee (Item 89)

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Minutes:

The Leisure Manager introduced his report setting out details of a proposal to install an interactive sundial at Cobtree Manor Park to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.  It was noted that:

 

·  The proposal had been developed in discussion with Members and Officers.  The sundial would be made from a series of stones sunk into the ground following a set pattern and decorated with a rose bed.  People would be able to use their own shadows to tell the time.  It was anticipated that the installation would attract new visitors to the Cobtree Manor Park.

 

·  Some of the operational surplus generated during the 2021/22 financial year could be used to meet the cost of the installation.

 

Wishing to discuss the funding required to deliver the project in private so as not to prejudice the Council’s position in the procurement process, the Committee:

 

RESOLVED:  That the public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business because of the likely disclosure of exempt information for the reason specified, having applied the Public Interest Test:

 

 

Head of Schedule 12A and Brief Description

Queen’s Jubilee Project – Funding

3 – Financial /Business Affairs

 

Having discussed this matter in private, the Committee agreed that the funding identified in the Minutes (Part II) be allocated for the installation of an interactive sundial at the Cobtree Manor Park to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.  The Committee then agreed that the public be re-admitted to the meeting.

 

During the ensuing discussion, reference was made to the connection between Sir Garrard Tyrwhitt-Drake, the former owner of the Cobtree Manor Estate and founder of the Cobtree Charity Trust, and the Carriage Museum (the Tyrwhitt-Drake Museum of Carriages) which contains vehicles on loan from the Royal Household, and it was agreed to ask the Economic Regeneration and Leisure Committee to consider opening the Carriage Museum over the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee bank holiday weekend and publicising the special opening arrangements.  It was also agreed to ask the Member of the Executive responsible for the Carriage Museum under the new governance arrangements going forward to review the opening hours of the Museum to ensure that it is accessible to the public.

 

RESOLVED: 

 

1.  That delegated authority be given to the Leisure Manager and the Mote Park and Cobtree Manor Park Manager to complete the installation of an interactive sundial to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

 

2.  That the funding identified in the Minutes (Part II) be allocated for the completion of this project.

 

3.  That the Economic Regeneration and Leisure Committee be asked to consider opening the Carriage Museum over the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee bank holiday weekend and publicising the special opening arrangements.

 

4.  That the Member of the Executive responsible for the Carriage Museum under the new governance arrangements going forward be asked to review the opening hours of the Museum to ensure that it is accessible to the public.