Approval, pursuant to CSO 17.3 and 9.07.1(c),
to enter into a Funding and Works Agreement (FWA) with the managing
trustees (Rev. Stephen Poxon and Mr. Charles Agyemang-Duah) of St
Mark’s Methodist Church, New River Circuit (SMMC) in relation
to the SMMC Public Realm works. The FWA will enable a grant of
£466,550.12 to be given to SMCC;
Noting that under the FWA, SMMC will make a nil contribution to the
Public Realm works but will grant a licence to the Council to carry
out the works; and,
Noting also that SMMC will then make a substantial contribution
(about 20%) to the costs of the works to the SMMC building, which
will be the subject of a separate FWA, the approval of which will
be the subject of a report to Cabinet in February 2024.