Agenda

(a)  To agree the minutes of the meeting held on 15^th April 2025.

(b)  Any matters arising

Report of the Interim Director of City Services

Note: In accordance with the Constitution, Councillor G Lloyd, Chair of the Scrutiny Co-ordination Committee, has been invited to attend the meeting for this item of business to agree the need for urgency such that call-in arrangements will not apply. The reason for urgency is that, in order to meet the construction programme and complete the new development before peak season ends in Autumn 2026 the advertisement of the opportunity needs to go out early October to allow for evaluation of proposals and legal commitment to be secured prior to the end of 2025 calendar year. Ensuring the facility can open during high season will improve the council’s return on this development and advertising the opportunity as soon as possible is the most sensible commercial decision as it will ensure we will have the widest range of bidders before they have the opportunity to build a competing facility which may not bring the same benefits to the residents of Coventry.

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