To approve the proposed programme of arts activities for 2017 onwards and agree the allocation of funding.

(a)       That a members Arts Advisory Panel be established, in accordance with the terms of reference set out in Appendix A

(b)       That for proportionality, the Arts Advisory Panel consist of 7 members and that membership is to include the brief holders for Tourism, Culture and Harbour, Economic Development and Social Inclusion.

(c)        That a once-off grant of £20,000 be awarded to the Portland Sculpture & Quarry Trust (register charity no.1086659) for phase 2 of its Memory Stones project on condition that all match funding is secured from other sources including the Arts Council.

(d)       That authority be delegated to the Strategic Director (Martin Hamilton), in consultation with the Brief holder for Tourism, Culture and Harbour, to agree the terms of the grant agreement with the Portland Stone & Quarry Trust with regard to the grant proposed in (c) above.

(e)       That recommendations (b), (c) and (d) of the report be deferred and considered by the informal workshop of the Management Committee due to be held in May 2017.