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8.1

The Committee considered a report of the
Executive Director of Neighbourhood Services and was asked to
consider the contents of this and previous reports and make a
decision as to whether the proposed disposal was on balance in the
best interests of the charitable trusts/parks.
 
The decisions that the Charity Trustee
Sub-Committee were asked to make on the basis of this report
related to charitable and non-charitable land. These decisions fall
to the Charity Trustee Sub-Committee because the decisions in
relation to the charitable and non-charitable sites are
indivisible. A decision could not, for example, be taken by another
Committee not to proceed and by this Sub-Committee to proceed as
the contractual arrangement was proposed to apply to all of the
sites. For the avoidance of doubt an amendment to the Constitution
was agreed by Full Council on Wednesday 6th September 2023 to
specifically reserve such decisions to this Sub-Committee.
 

8.2

RESOLVED: That the Charity Trustees
Sub-Committee:-
 

 

Having:

noted and endorsed the contents of
the report;
noted that the Cooperative Executive
Decision of 22nd April 2022 approved;

o  
the proposed City Council funding contribution of up to
£180,000 (of prudential borrowing) towards the development of
the Activity Hub at Hillsborough Park; and
o  
the allocation of Section 106 funds of up to £183,000 for the
development of the facilities at Hillsborough Park, as described in
the report; and

reviewed and considered the
objections and supportive comments received and, in particular, if
the same affected the decision as to whether the proposals were in
the best interests of each charity and park

 
the Charity Trustee Sub-Committee confirmed
their approval of:

1.   
the award of the contract to the preferred supplier Courtside CIC;
and

2.   
the grant of leases of the properties referred to in the body of
the report to the preferred supplier, Courtside CIC, on the terms
set out in the previous reports, being satisfied that the proposed
terms are the best that can be reasonably obtained in the
circumstances.
 
The Charity Trustee Sub-Committee also
requested that monitoring of the performance of the supplier take
place in accordance with Appendix 1 and Appendix 2 of the report at
item 8 of the meeting of the Charity Trustee Sub-Committee,
5th June, 2023, and a report be brought back to the
committee at its meeting in September 2024.
 
(NOTE: The result of the vote was FOR –
4 Members; AGAINST – 1 Members; ABSTENTIONS – 0
Members.
 
Councillor Douglas Johnson requested that his
vote against the recommendations be noted)

 

 

8.3

Reasons for Decision

 

 

 

Whilst the Committee
were grateful to those who had taken the time to respond to the
notices and raise objections they noted that there was both support
for as well as opposition to the proposals and, on balance,
they did not feel that the objections raised substantial new
issues, they did still feel that the proposals were in the best
interests of each charity and park and they did feel that the
proposed terms were the best that could be reasonably obtained in
the circumstances.

 

 

8.4

Alternatives Considered and Rejected

 

 

 

The Committee considered not
approving the contract and leases but felt that would not be in the
best interests of the charities/parks.