To seek committee approval for the detailed design for a public art project in Weymouth (funding for which has already been agreed by the Committee ) prior to officers procuring the services of an artist/specialist to execute the design and implement the project.

(a)       That the consultation results as summarised in Appendix A of the report be noted;

(b)       That the project implementation brief as set out in Appendix B of the report be approved subject to the following optional variations to the project:

(i)   that the project is undertaken by commissioning different artists to each produce one artistic installation and that will collectively form the trail;

(ii)   that the project attempts to integrate water refill stations in to some of the artistic installations and to do so in partnership with Wessex Water.