Issue - meetings

Community and Leisure

To consider securing contributions for on-site public art at Picket Piece and Picket Twenty through Section 106 agreements.

Recommended:

1.  That £27,000 be added to the Capital Programme for on-site public art in respect of the public art commission for Picket Piece in Andover, to be fully funded by Section 106 developer contributions.

2.  To award the contract for Picket Piece to Svetlana Kondakova.

3.  That £69,000 be added to the Capital Programme for on-site public art in respect of the public art commission for Picket Twenty in Andover, to be fully funded by Section 106 developer contributions.

4.  To award the contract for Picket Twenty to Tim Ward of Circling the Square.

5.  That £50,000 be allocated from Section 106 contributions for off-site public art in respect of the public art programme for Andover Town Centre.

Test Valley Borough Council secured contributions for on-site public art at Picket Piece and Picket Twenty through Section 106 agreements.

The report of the Community and Leisure Portfolio Holder set out the procurement procedure that had been undertaken to select an artist to carry out the commission for each project, and requested authority to release sufficient funds to deliver the projects and award the contracts to the selected artists.

Contributions for off-site public art were also secured through section 106

agreements for East Anton. The report set out the proposals for the project this would support in Andover town centre and requested authority to release sufficient funds to deliver the projects in this financial year.

Having considered the options and for the reasons set out in the report, Cabinet agreed to the following:

Recommended:

1.  That £27,000 be added to the Capital Programme for on-site public art in respect of the public art commission for Picket Piece in Andover, to be fully funded by Section 106 developer contributions.

2.  To award the contract for Picket Piece to Svetlana Kondakova.

3.  That £69,000 be added to the Capital Programme for on-site public art in respect of the public art commission for Picket Twenty in Andover, to be fully funded by Section 106 developer contributions.

4.  To award the contract for Picket Twenty to Tim Ward of Circling the Square.

5.  That £50,000 be allocated from Section 106 contributions for off-site public art in respect of the public art programme for Andover Town Centre.