Agenda item

a)      To receive the minutes of the Corn Exchange Working Party held on 4^th November 2019 (to follow);

b)     Corn Exchange Phase Two Priorities -  To receive the report of the Office Manager (to follow).

a) Corn Exchange Working Party Minutes – 4 November 2019

The Committee received and considered the minutes of the Corn Exchange Working Party held on 4 November 2019.

b) Corn Exchange Phase 2 Priorities

The Committee received and considered the report of the Office Manager, further to a working party meeting and meetings with various consultants.  A quick fix would be to enable the doors to open wide enough to allow more people to leave the building in a short space of time which would enable the capacity to be increased in terms of fire regulations.  Members agreed that this should be done by the works staff.

Members were more cautious about committing to lighting and audio systems as they did not want to have to rectify something that may not work for the building when the vision had been developed further.  It was agreed that it would be better for a consultant to look at these items as part of an overall plan for the building and to employ the services of Oxford Art Consultants above others to undertake this work due to their previous experience of the building. 

RESOLVED:

a) that the minutes of the Corn Exchange Working Party held on 4 November 2019 be noted and the recommendations contained therein approved;

b) that in terms of phase two priorities, the fire exit doors be adjusted to allow more people to exit the building and therefore increase the capacity; and that Oxford Arts Consultants be employed to develop a plan for the Corn Exchange.