Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the Acting Director of City Development seeking Executive Board agreement to transfer the Chapeltown Enterprise Centre on a 99 year peppercorn lease basis to Unity Enterprise and extend the management agreement for Leeds Media Centre to Unity Enterprise as part of the Chapeltown Enterprise Network project.

The Director of City Development submitted a report on the proposed transfer of the Chapeltown Enterprise Centre, on a 99 year peppercorn lease basis to Unity Enterprise, and the extension of the management agreement for Leeds Media Centre to Unity Enterprise, as part of the Chapeltown Enterprise Network project.

The report provided details of the equality impact assessment which had been undertaken in respect of the proposals.

RESOLVED –

(a)  That the proposal from Unity Enterprise be noted.

(b)  That a 99 year full repairing and insuring lease be provided for the Chapeltown Enterprise Centre to Unity Enterprise on a peppercorn basis, subject to:-

i)  no revenue grant support being payable;

ii)  that the agreed refurbishment works are successfully completed.

(c)  That a 10 year service level agreement be provided to Unity Enterprise to manage Leeds Media Centre, subject to:-

i)  no revenue grant support being payable;

ii)  that the rent payable by Unity Enterprise is nil;

iii)  that the targets and outputs as part of the service level agreement are in line with those contained within the existing service level agreement for 2011/12.