Decision details

To seek approval and authority to spend for the strategic acquisition of Unit 6 Waterside Road to allow the relocation of one of the Council’s key services, Assisted Living Leeds, from Clarence Road.

The Director of City Development and the Director of Adults and Health submitted a joint report seeking approval in principle to the acquisition of Unit 6, Waterside Road, Stourton, and authority to spend the funding necessary to deliver the relocation of Assisted Living Leeds from their current location at 81 Clarence Road to Waterside Road. The report also sought authority to inject and to spend a further £1.4m into the Capital Programme, on an invest-to-save basis, to deliver the expansion of the Assisted Living Service in line with Adults & Health priorities.

The report detailed how acquisition of the property will allow the Council to progress with the release of its assets at Clarence Road which will support the regeneration and growth of the Hunslet Riverside area of the city and outlined the importance of concluding the acquisition as quickly as possible.

In discussing the report, the Board and officers acknowledged a comment emphasising the importance of retaining Changing Places provision within that area of the city centre.

Following consideration of Appendix 2 to the submitted report designated as exempt from publication under the provisions of Access to Information Procedure Rule 10.4(3), which were considered in private at the conclusion of the meeting, it was

RESOLVED -

a)  That approval be given to the acquisition of Unit 6, Waterside Road, on the terms identified in the confidential appendix 2, including the financial business case, as set out in the submitted report;

b)  That authority be delegated to the Director of City Development to agree the final detailed terms and complete the acquisition;

c)  That approval be given for authority to spend the £5.6m injected into the Capital Programme in February 2019 to support the relocation of Assisted Living Leeds;

d)  That authority be delegated to the Director of City Development and Chief Financial Officer to agree the fit out and refurbishment works to the building once acquired;

e)  That approval be given to the injection and authority to spend a further £1.4m into the capital programme to enable the undertaking of the expansion of the Assisted Living Leeds Service in line with the Directorate’s priorities;

f)  That authority to spend the additional £1.4m be delegated to the Director of Adults & Health;

g)  That it be noted that the Head of Asset Management is responsible for the proposed acquisition;

h)  That approval be given to exempt the resolutions arising from this matter from the ‘Call-In’ process, on the grounds of urgency, as detailed within section 4.5.5 of the submitted report.

(The Council’s Executive and Decision Making Procedure Rules state that a decision may be declared as being exempt from the Call In process if it is considered that any delay would seriously prejudice the Council’s, or the public’s interests. In line with this, the resolutions contained within this minute were exempted from the Call In process, as per resolution (h) above, and for the reasons as detailed within sections 4.5.5 of the submitted report)

Briefing sessions

Assisted Living Service

Executive Member for Regeneration, Transport and Planning

Executive Member for Health, Wellbeing and Adults