Leisure, Arts And Communities Committee - 07/12/2009

At a MEETING of the LEISURE, ARTS AND COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 7th December, 2009.

Present:-

Lord Provost John R LETFORD

Depute Lord Provost Ian BORTHWICK

BAILIES

Willie SAWERS

Roderick A J WALLACE

Derek J SCOTT

COUNCILLORS

Ken GUILD	Elizabeth F FORDYCE	Laurie BIDWELL
Jim BARRIE	Stewart HUNTER	Tom FERGUSON
Jimmy BLACK	Ken LYNN	Brian GORDON
David BOWES	Craig MELVILLE	Richard McCREADY
Andrew DAWSON	Christina ROBERTS	Donald HAY
Will DAWSON	Alan G ROSS	Fraser MACPHERSON
Bob DUNCAN	Kevin KEENAN	Helen DICK
	Mohammed ASIF

Councillor Bob DUNCAN, Convener, in the Chair.

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 23rd November, 2009 was held as read.

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

I OUTDOOR PLAY AND YOUTH AREA STRATEGY 2009/2014

There was submitted Report No 573-2009 by the Director of Leisure and Communities, seeking the Committee's approval for the Dundee Partnership Outdoor Play and Youth Area Strategy 2009/2014.

The Committee approved the adoption of the Strategy to provide a framework for the management of Dundee's outdoor play and youth area provision over the period 2009/2014.

II DUNDEE MUSICIANS AWARD

There was submitted Report No 577-2009 by the Director of Leisure and Communities, making recommendations for financial support under the auspices of the Dundee Musician's Award 2009/2010.

The Committee approved the following award to:-

Christina Lawrie: 1,000 contribution to the production of her debut CD.

III CRAFTMAKERS AWARD - DUNDEE ALLOCATION

There was submitted Report No 600-2009 by the Director of Leisure and Communities, making a recommendation for grant awards from the Craftmaker's Award: Dundee Scheme from the pilot round of applications this year.

The Committee approved the following awards to:-

Nicola Morrison	500 towards the creation of new works for a solo exhibition at the Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh.

Joanna Basford	1,000 towards "Twitter Toile", an interactive textiles project linking new technology and textile design.

Victoria Hale	1,000 towards "as cute as a button ...", a research project exploring garments for children.

Lianne McCurroch	250 towards research and development of her jewellery business.

Garry Brown	250 towards equipment to enable larger scale furniture production.

These awards would be made on return of a letter of agreement from the recipients.

IV DUNDEE VISUAL ARTISTS AWARD ALLOCATION - 2ND ROUND

There was submitted Report No 599-2009 by the Director of Leisure and Communities, making a recommendation for grant awards from the Dundee Visual Artists Award Scheme from the second round of applications this year. The first round was approved by Committee on 1st July, 2009 (Report No 319-2009).

The Committee approved the following awards to:-

Euan Taylor	100 towards a website for "Gallery" a project space in Duncan of Jordanstone College.

Kenneth Whyte and Kenneth Trainer	500 for the research and development of a series of works exploring the idea of utopia.

Clare Brennan	180 to research and develop a body of work for exhibition at University of Abertay.

Jon Gill	500 towards SuperFly - an art exhibition utilising the legal street flyposting system present in Dundee.

Fraser Gray	350 towards production of new works produced in spray-paint, emulsion and metal.

Lauren Gault	400 towards the production of a solo exhibition in Glasgow at the Duchy Gallery in March 2010.

Jonathan Baxter	110 towards research into an artistic mapping project in Dundee.

Jennifer Robson	500 towards a new body of work with horses as a subject matter.

Paul Harrison and Gavin Renwick	580 towards Transformations - a print folio that celebrates the D'Arcy Thompson archive and 150 year anniversary.

Jamie Fitzpatrick	250 towards new work for the "RSA New Contemporaries" exhibition.

Scott Hudson and Derek Lodge	1,000 towards an ambitious project of performance and visual art exploring the 300th anniversary of the first Elephant dissection in Dundee.

Jessica Ramm	500 towards the production of a kinetic installation for the RSA new contemporaries Show in March.

Andy McVicar	500 towards material costs to scale up small studio sculptures into large scale resin sculptures.

Lara Scouller	500 towards participation in a group exhibition "Works on paper" in Stirling next May.

These awards would be made on return of a letter of agreement from the recipients.

V OLYMPIA LEISURE CENTRE - REFURBISHMENT OF WATER SLIDES

The Convener and Councillors Ross, Hunter, McCready and Bailie Wallace declared a non-financial interest in this item by virtue of their appointments to Dundee Leisure Board.

There was submitted Agenda Note AN241-2009 advising the Committee that, following a detailed inspection, a number of works were identified as part of a general refurbishment of the water slides at the Olympia. A quote had been received from a specialist contractor Universal Glass Fibre Products Limited, Dundee for 14,000. The works entailed the resealing of the joints and re-gelling of the slide paths and this would ensure the lifespan of the water slides was extended up until the projected closure of the Olympia.

The works would take place during the annual maintenance closure of the Olympia and would ensure that there was no disruption to customers.

The Committee agreed that the quotation be accepted, having noted that there was allowance for the work within the Leisure and Communities Capital Budget 2009/2010.

VI CAIRD HALL - SUPPLY, DELIVERY AND INSTALLATION OF GALLERY SEATING AND REMOVAL OF OLD SEATING

There was submitted Report No 597-2009 by Director of Leisure and Communities detailing the tenders received for the supply, delivery and installation of gallery seating and the removal of the old seating in the Caird Hall and seeking approval to accept the lowest tender.

The Committee approved the acceptance of the tender submitted by a company called Audience Seating at a cost of 48,450.

Bob DUNCAN, Convener.

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