Issue - decisions

That the Director of Culture and Environment:-

(i) Approves the acceptance of £84,684 grant funding from the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) for refurbishments at Graves Park and Millhouses Park and also to provide the partnership funding detailed within the report;

(ii) approves the acceptance of further funding from the LTA, up to a limit of £200k for investment in additional sites, subject to approval from the Executive Director of Resources;

(iii) approves the acceptance of the Offer Letter and the Terms and Conditions (the ‘Funding Agreement’) from the LTA grant funding, as detailed within the report;

(iv) approves that work is commissioned to deliver the Parks Tennis refurbishment work;

(v) approves a tendering exercise to commission a provider for Parks Tennis Programme from April 2017 onwards (subject to appropriate Procurement Strategy sign off); and

(vi) gives approval to take such steps as they deem appropriate to achieve the outcomes set out in this report.