Issue - meetings

Through the Council’s Community Asset Transfer (CAT) policy, the Sports Club at the Gladstone Youth and Community Centre was the subject of an Expression of Interest (EOI) by Kilburn Cosmos, (KCRFC). This EOI has been evaluated and has passed the relevant tests as outlined in the CAT policy. The next step of the decision making process is for Cabinet to grant authority to market the asset as a CAT opportunity.

(i)         that approval be given to the marketing of the Sports Club at the Gladstone Youth and Community Centre as a CAT opportunity for a seven year lease, as per 3.9 of the report;

(ii)        that it be noted that, following marketing through a non binding informal tender process, the final decision to let the asset on the agreed terms will be placed before Cabinet for approval;

(iii)       that officers advertise in the local newspaper in accordance with Section 123 of the Local Government Act 1972, the Sports Club as shown on the Site Plan Appendix II and in the event of objections they be considered by the Strategic Director of Resources unless in the opinion of the Strategic Director of Resources significant objections are received in which case this should be reported back to the Cabinet for it to consider.

The report from the Director of Performance, Policy and Partnerships advised that through the Council’s Community Asset Transfer (CAT) policy, the Sports Club at the Gladstone Youth and Community Centre was the subject of an Expression of Interest (EOI) by Kilburn Cosmos, (KCRFC). This EOI has been evaluated and has passed the relevant tests as outlined in the CAT policy. Cabinet was now requested to authorise the marketing of the asset as a CAT opportunity.

The Mayor, Councillor Jones, was present to express her support for the work of Kilburn Cosmos and members welcomed the work that was taking place in the area.

The Cabinet also had before them an appendix to the report which was not for publication as it contained the following category of exempt information as specified in Schedule 12 of the Local Government (Access to Information Act) 1972: 

Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).

RESOLVED:

(i)         that approval be given to the marketing of the Sports Club at the Gladstone Youth and Community Centre as a CAT opportunity for a seven year lease, as per 3.9 of the report from Performance, Policy and Partnership;

(ii)        that it be noted that, following marketing through a non binding informal tender process, the final decision to let the asset on the agreed terms will be placed before Cabinet for approval;

(iii)       that officers advertise in the local newspaper in accordance with Section 123 of the Local Government Act 1972, the Sports Club as shown on the Site Plan Appendix II and in the event of objections they be considered by the Strategic Director of Resources unless in the opinion of the Strategic Director of Resources significant objections are received in which case this should be reported back to the Cabinet for it to consider.