Agendas, reports and minutes

A Special Meeting of the City of Inverness Area Committee will take place in the Council Chamber, Headquarters, Glenurquhart Road, Inverness on Tuesday, 20 August 2019 at 2.00pm.

(Please note the location and start time for this meeting).

Webcast Notice: This meeting will be filmed and broadcast over the Internet on the Highland Council website and will be archived and available for viewing for 12 months thereafter.

You are invited to attend the meeting and a note of the business to be considered is attached.

Yours faithfully

Stewart Fraser
Head of Corporate Governance

Business

1. Apologies for Absence    
Leisgeulan

2. Declarations of Interest
Foillseachaidhean Com-pàirt

Members are asked to consider whether they have an interest to declare in relation to any item on the agenda for this meeting.  Any Member making a declaration of interest should indicate whether it is a financial or non-financial interest and include some information on the nature of the interest.  Advice may be sought from officers prior to the meeting taking place.

3. Inverness River Arts Project                                                                   
Pròiseact Ealain Abhainn Inbhir Nis

Inverness City Arts – River Ness Flood Alleviation Scheme
Public Art Project – Progress Report  
Pròiseact Ealain Abhainn Inbhir Nis

There is circulated Report No. CIA/34/19 dated 14 August 2019 by the Chief Executive.

Members are invited to:-

(i)     note that the enhanced governance arrangements that were agreed to by the City of Inverness Area Committee for the delivery of the arts programme have been adhered to throughout;
(ii)    note the update on Inverness City Arts Projects;
(iii)   note the next steps for the ICArts Working Group as set out at Section 11;
(iv)    note the considerable financial and reputational implications of any decision not to progress any or all of the remaining arts programme set out at Sections 3 and 10;
(v)     agree to continue the River Arts Programme under the governance of the ICArts Working Group and as agreed by the City of Inverness Area Committee; and
(vi)    note that any decision not to progress the remaining arts programme will require to be remitted to a meeting of the full Council to determine how any additional costs are met.