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Issue - meetings
Welcome Back Fund
Meeting: 14/06/2021 - Charity Committee (Item 95)
95 Welcome Back Fund PDF 444 KB
(Kevin Boorman, Marketing and Major Projects Manager)
Minutes:
The Marketing and Major Projects Managerpresented to advise the Charity Committee on details of the Welcome Back Funding (WBF) and interventions
proposed on Foreshore Trust assets. Welcome Back Funding will support the Council to safely welcome back visitors and residents to the town.
An update was given to the committee that the report was written whilst still waiting Government confirmation. Apart from some minor detail variations this funding has now been agreed by Government.
Sea front welcome marshals will be on a seven-day working pattern to help direct visitors to parking spaces. There will also be sea front welcome marshals directing traffic to less busy town centre car parks, keeping the beach clean and ensuring public toilets are working, etc. The marshals will be able to deal with issues on a Saturday which sometimes would wait until the following week.
The Public Wi-Fi network will receive funding for servicing and maintenance so the visitors and business along the sea front will be able to continue to use the free Wi-Fi service.
Funding will also be spent on the ‘Beautification’ of the high street and sea front. This will include removing graffiti, and temporary planting.
The chair and committee gave thanks to Marketing and Major Projects Manager and officers for the report.
The councillors discussed how the sea front marshals will make a positive difference to locals and visitors experience of the town.
The committee noted the details of the report.
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