Future of Kelvin Hall (Ward 10) – Options appraisal and funding approved.

4 Councillor Graham, Executive Member for the Commonwealth Games, presented a report regarding the progress made on the options appraisal for the re- development of Kelvin Hall (Ward 10), advising

(1) that since 1987 Kelvin Hall had been the venue for athletics training, international indoor athletics and a community sports centre and the Museum of Transport, which was also located at Kelvin Hall, was a popular visitor attraction;

(2) that the indoor athletics track would become redundant when the National Indoor Sports Arena opened in 2012 and the Museum of Transport would close to the public in Spring 2010 and be vacated by Spring 2011 when the opened;

(3) that Kelvin Hall had been identified in the city’s winning bid submission to the Commonwealth Games Federation as the Boxing venue for the 2014 Games however the organising company, 2014 Ltd, was currently re- examining this position as part of a Games-wide feasibility venues assessment exercise and was assessing whether it would be more cost effective to stage the Boxing at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre;

(4) of various options for the future use of Kelvin Hall, including a Museum Store to replace the Maryhill Stores, the continuation of the Service Level Agreement with the for its sports programme and the possible use of space as a store for the University of Glasgow’s Hunterian Museum;

(5) that Ernst & Young had been commissioned to carry out a financial options appraisal for the redevelopment of Kelvin Hall and had hosted a workshop with representatives of the Council, Culture and Sport Glasgow (CSG) and Glasgow 2014 Ltd to establish the strategic objectives for the appraisal process and to identify options;

(6) of the strategic objectives identified by the Council, CSG and Ernst & Young and the 5 options for the re-development of Kelvin Hall;

(7) that it was proposed that CSG engage with Development and Regeneration Services’ Project Management and Design Team to examine Options 3 and 4 in more detail, namely minimum work to meet all essential objectives or a strategic partnership with the University of Glasgow; and

(8) that the cost of developing Options 3 and 4 to a more detailed feasibility stage would be £95,000 and the cost of preparing a Stage 1 Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) application would be £35,000 however the University of Glasgow had agreed to contribute £45,000 to these costs leaving the Council a commitment of £85,000 to take these proposals to the next stage.

Glasgow City Council, City Chambers, Glasgow G2 1DU After consideration, the committee

(a) approved funding of £85,000 as detailed in the report to take the 2 preferred options to a more detailed stage, to complete a master planning exercise and to support a Stage 1 HLF application; and

(b) noted

(i) the progress made on the options appraisal for the redevelopment of Kelvin Hall; and

(ii) that a further report would be submitted to this committee in the Autumn regarding the outcome of this work.

Glasgow City Council, City Chambers, Glasgow G2 1DU