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BABERGH DISTRICT COUNCIL
HADLEIGH AND DISTRICT SWIMMING POOL TRUST COMMITTEE
MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE HADLEIGH AND DISTRICT SWIMMING POOL TRUST COMMITTEE HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, COUNCIL OFFICES, CORKS LANE, HADLEIGH ON MONDAY 22 JANUARY 2007
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PRESENT: Mr D H Keane – Chairman
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Mr J C Brand |
Miss J J Chapman |
Miss J J Chapman declared a personal interest in respect of the item referred to in Minute No. 6 below by virtue of being a Member of Hadleigh Town Council.
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RESOLVED
That the Minutes of the meeting held on 29 March 2006 be confirmed and signed as a correct record.
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None received.
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None received.
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RESOLVED
That pursuant to Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the business specified below, on the grounds that if the public were present during this item, it is likely that there would be the disclosure to them of exempt information as indicated against the item.
The Committee was also satisfied that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information.
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The Head of Corporate Services submitted a report (Paper F159) advising the Committee that a decision had already been taken that it is in the best interests of the Hadleigh and District Swimming Pool Trust for the pool to be run by the South Suffolk Leisure Trust. Accordingly since April 2006 South Suffolk Leisure has been granted a series of temporary licences to occupy the facility, to enable it to manage the pool pending negotiations as to the form of the surrender and new lease.
The Committee were requested to consider the final forms of the surrender and the agreement for surrender and lease (Appendices A and B to Paper F159) and determine whether entry into such agreements in those terms is in the best interests of the Charity.
The Head of Corporate Services also circulated a confidential advice note (Paper F174) updating the Committee on discussions which have taken place since the Agenda had been circulated.
The Committee discussed their resolution of July 2005 and confirmed that the decision to conditionally surrender the existing lease to the Council included both the car park and pool areas. The Head of Corporate Services advised that the current forms of surrender and lease were subject to an Order from the Charity Commission being obtained by 31 March 2007 and that this date would need to be extended, due to the Committee’s decision in favour of further negotiations.
RESOLVED
(1) That there be further negotiations with the Council as Landlord for a conditional surrender of both the main and the supplemental lease.
(2) That none of the land (neither the main pool site or the car park land) be surrendered unless the Council covenants that the car park land will be available for use in conjunction with the pool for a period of 10 years or the life of the existing facility (whichever is the shorter), subject to the proviso that the Covenant may be ended if either (a) the Council wishes to sell the car park land provided that a proportion (to be determined by the Committee) of the proceeds from the sale are put towards the construction costs of a new pool or (b) the Council wishes to use the car park land for construction of a new pool.
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The business of the meeting was concluded at 3.05 pm
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Chairman
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