Issue details

The purpose of this report is to present a Project Proposal for the restoration of an approximate one-mile section of the Chesterfield Canal at Renishaw.
The Cabinet Member is recommended to:

a)Approve the delivery of the Project Proposal to restore the one-mile section of the Chesterfield Canal at Renishaw in compliance with The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015, and subject to the revised cost estimate to be identified by the Principal Designer being affordable against the project’s overall budget of £0.433m.

b)Approve the appointment of the Chesterfield Canal Trust as the Principal Contractor in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding executed between the Council and the Trust on 14 September 2015.

c)Approve the allocation of a (previously approved) Council budget of £0.233m for the project’s delivery.

d)Approve in principle the Council agreeing a revised partnership Memorandum of Understanding with the Chesterfield Canal Trust to include a commitment from the CCT to contribute £0.200m towards the overall budget for the Project Proposal’s delivery.

e)Delegates authority to the Director of Legal and Democratic Services, in consultation with Executive Director – Place, to agree the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding on behalf of the Council and then to enter into the agreement.