To endorse the proposed scope for the arts development strategy and the a draft consultation document is presented for approval.

Decision

(a)          That the principles and themes set out in paragraphs 19, 21 and 22 of the report to Management Committee of 16 August 2016, be endorsed and instruct officers to allocate available resources accordingly and in consultation with the briefholder;

(b)          That the allocation of more significant resources to the development of an ambitious programme of arts activities in the borough be agreed and officers be instructed to come forward with costed proposals before the end of 2016;

(c)          That the use by officers of part of the council’s current arts budget to assist with the drafting of a costed programme of arts activities as set out (b) above be approved.