Agenda item

8.1

To provide an update on the progress made by the Rose Garden Café Partnership on the following recommendations approved by the Charity Trustee Sub-Committee on 18 October 2023:

1.     The proposal for Sheffield City Council, in partnership with stakeholders, to develop a strategy for the restoration of the Rose Garden Café building (options 2A and 2B), pausing work on a replacement building approach (design options 3 and 4) and a limited works approach (design options 1 and 5).

2.     That the Rose Garden Café Partnership, once established, creates an action plan to develop the strategy for restoration, which will include defining the following:

·       A framework for a proportionate public consultation on the Rose Garden Café.

·       Establish funding sources to meet the structural remediation and building refurbishment works.

·       Agree a strategy for public communication

and then proceeding to carry out the agreed consultation and implement the agreed public communication strategy in order to inform the strategy for restoration that will be brought back to the Committee in due course.

This is the third progress report provided since October 2023 committee approval and provides an update on progress made from 16 February 2024 to 5 July 2024.

8.2

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY: That the Charity Trustee Sub-Committee:

1.     notes the progress made towards the actions agreed in the October 2023 report;

2.     agrees to receive a further report in September 2024 on progress towards the recommendations agreed in the October 2023 report; and

3.     notes that further updates and decisions will be taken to the appropriate Committee as required.

8.3

Reasons for Decision

8.3.1

To ensure Members are informed of the progress made by the Rose Garden Café Partnership.

8.4

Alternatives Considered and Rejected

8.4.1

This report was produced to provide an update on progress made towards the recommendations made in the Rose Garden Café (18 October 2023) report. The only alternative option would have been to not produce an update report in July and wait for the next committee meeting, which was discounted by Officers.

14.1

The Project Manager, together with Gertie Whitfield from the Friends of Graves Park, presented the report which provided an update on the progress made by the Rose Garden Café Partnership on the following recommendations approved by the Charity Trustee Sub-Committee on 18 October 2023:

1.     The proposal for Sheffield City Council, in partnership with stakeholders, to develop a strategy for the restoration of the Rose Garden Café building (options 2A and 2B), pausing work on a replacement building approach (design options 3 and 4) and a limited works approach (design options 1 and 5).

2.     That the Rose Garden Café Partnership, once established, creates an action plan to develop the strategy for restoration, which would include defining the following:

·       a framework for a proportionate public consultation on the Rose Garden Café;

·       establish funding sources to meet the structural remediation and building refurbishment works; and

·       agree a strategy for public communication,

and then proceed to carry out the agreed consultation and implement the agreed public communication strategy in order to inform the strategy for restoration that would be brought back to the Sub-Committee in due course.

This was the third progress report since October 2023 and provided an update on progress made from 16 February 2024 to 5 July 2024.

14.2

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY: That the Charity Trustee Sub-Committee:

1.     notes the progress made towards the actions agreed in the October 2023 report;

2.     agrees to receive a further report in September 2024 on progress towards the recommendations agreed in the October 2023 report; and

3.     notes that further updates and decisions will be taken to the appropriate Committee as required.

14.3

Reasons for Decision

14.3.1

To ensure Members are informed of the progress made by the Rose Garden Café Partnership.

14.4

Alternatives Considered and Rejected

14.4.1

This report was produced to provide an update on progress made towards the recommendations made in the Rose Garden Café (18 October 2023) report. The only alternative option would have been to not produce an update report in July and wait for the next committee meeting, which was discounted by Officers.