Issue - meetings

Re-mediation of Contaminated land at Bent Lane

 

 

Meeting: 21/07/2021 - Council (Item 28)

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To receive and consider the report of the Director of Customer and Digital.

Decision:

1.         To recognise the decision taken by Cabinet in June 2021 to develop a new Play area on Strawberry Valley Park (Bent Lane) and to carry out the necessary remediation of Contaminated land on the site so that the Play area can be built.

2.         To approve a budget uplift of £139,000 on an original budget of £61k   providing a total budget of £200,000 in line with the estimated cost of carrying out the decontamination work.

3.         To note that the Deputy Leader of the Council, Cabinet Member (Health and Wellbeing) in liaison with the Director of Customer and Digital  will approve the award the contract for the remediation of Strawberry Valley Park following the completion of the procurement process in line with the standing orders of the Council up to a value of £200k.

 

Minutes:

The Cabinet Member (Finance, Property and Assets), Councillor Matthew Tomlinson, presented a report of the Director of Communities to put in place a budget and agree a way forward for the remediation of land at Strawberry Valley Park, Bent Lane, Leyland to allow works to refurbish the playground and improve the park’s landscape to be progressed.

 

It was proposed by Councillor Matthew Tomlinson, Cabinet Member (Finance, Property and Assets), seconded by Councillor Foster, Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member (Strategy and Reform) and

 

Resolved (unanimously)

 

1.         To recognise the decision taken by Cabinet in June 2021 to develop a new Play area on Strawberry Valley Park (Bent Lane) and to carry out the necessary re-mediation of Contaminated land on the site so that the Play area can be built.

2.         To approve a budget uplift of £139,000 on an original budget of £61k   providing a total budget of £200,000 in line with the estimated cost of carrying out the decontamination work.

3.         To note that the Cabinet Member (Finance, Property and Assets) in liaison with the Director of Customer and Digital  will approve the award the contract for the remediation of Strawberry Valley Park following the completion of the procurement process in line with the standing orders of the Council up to a value of £200k.