The Corporate Director Environment submitted a report seeking approval to deliver the first of two phases of the refurbishment of the playground on Memorial Park Fleetwood using monies from the council’s 2020/2021 Capital Programme for unallocated playground refurbishment as well as grant funding secured and money raised by the Friends of Memorial Park.
Decision
The Street Scene, Parks and Open Spaces agreed that
· the Council’s 2020/21 Capital Programme be amended to include improvements to the playground on Memorial Park using a donation of £4,212 from the Friends of Memorial Park and a grant of £29,500 secured by the group from the Lancashire Environment Fund.
· the council will act as project lead and accountable body for the grant awarded by the Lancashire Environment Fund.
· the council allocate £2,788 of the unallocated playground refurbishment budget in the 2020/21 Capital Programme to the project.