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A decision made 19 April 2010 regarding: George II statue, Royal Square, - restoration funded from 'percentage for art' scheme.

Decision Reference: MD-PE-2010-0053
Decision Summary Title:	Percent for Art funding for the restoration of George II statue, Royal Square – Amendment of funding level agreed under Decision MD-PE-2010-0196		Date of Decision Summary:	16 April 2010
Decision Summary Author:	Acting Assistant Director Performance and Operations		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:
Written Report Title:	% For Art – Contribution towards the restoration of George II Statue in Royal Square Amendment of funding		Date of Written Report:	16 April 2010
Written Report Author:	Acting Assistant Director Performance and Operations		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: % For Art – Contribution towards the restoration of George II Statue in Royal Square
Decision(s): The Minister confirmed that funds secured by virtue of the Percent for Art programme that have been provided by developers in lieu of a specific public art project would be utilised to facilitate the restoration of the statue of George II in the Royal Square. The funds were to total no more than £25,000
Reason(s) for Decision: The previous Ministerial Decision (MD-PE-2010-0196) specified that funding should not exceed £20,948. However that figure failed to accommodate other legitimate costs associated with the exercise. As such a limit of no more than £25,000 is to be sourced from the Percent for Art budget and will allow any other costs to be met.
Resource Implications: The funding is available through payments made by developers in lieu of providing public art directly in respect of their development.
Action required: Ensure that any additional costs generated by the restoration works are met from the Percent for Art Budget
Signature:		Position: Minister
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

George II statue, Royal Square, - restoration funded from 'percentage for art' scheme

PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT

% For Art – Contribution towards the restoration of Statue of George II in Royal Square

Purpose of the Report

This purpose of this report is to set out the reasons why the previously identified sum identified to facilitate the restoration of the statue of George II in Royal Square needs to be slightly increased.

Background

The Percent for Art programme was established to enable developers to make a contribution to the provision of public art in Jersey. Public Art is widely recognised as being beneficial to the cultural and artistic well being of any place and the continued provision of art that can stimulate debate and enhance the environment is something that should be encouraged.

The Percent for Art Policy allows for the contributions to provide for “sculpture, monuments, memorials, fountains (including the restoration of existing statuary)”.

In light of the above the Minister approved the sum o£20,948.00 in connection with the works (MD-PE-2010-0196). A copy of the decision and accompanying report are attached for information.

However additional costs have been identified – namely the cost of the survey of the statue to the value of £615.00 – which were not included in the original decision. So as to meet these costs and to provide a contingency for any other unforeseen costs the level of support for the project should be amended to allow for no more than £25,000.00 to be made available for the restoration works.

Discussion and recommendation

As previously identified, the works to the statue are of public benefit and accord with the Percent for Art Policy. Amending the sum available for those works will allow proper support to be made available for the project.

Reason(s) for Decision

The status of the statue, the presence of funds in the Percent for Art budget and the Policy which allows for the budget to be used for the maintenance of statuary authorisation of providing the funding is appropriate.

Legal and resource implications

The funding is available through payments made by developers in lieu of providing public art directly in respect of their development (ref Business Account IB00 Object Account 202156 Subsidiary IA3).

Action Required

Ensure that any additional costs generated by the restoration works are met from the Percent for Art Budget

Written by:	Richard Glover, Assistant Director
Endorsed by:	Peter Thorne, Director
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