Agenda and minutes

1  To highlight reports or appendices which officers have identified as containing exempt information, and where officers consider that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information, for the reasons outlined in the report.

2  To consider whether or not to accept the officers recommendation in respect of the above information.

3  If so, to formally pass the following resolution:-

  RESOLVED –  That the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of those parts of the agenda designated as exempt information on the grounds that it is likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the press and public were present there would be disclosure to them of exempt information.

RESOLVED –  That the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following parts of the agenda designated as exempt information on the grounds that it is likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the press and public were present there would be disclosure to them of exempt information as follows:-

Appendix 1 to the report referred to in minute  under the terms of Access to Information Procedure Rule 10.4(3) and on the grounds that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosure as it contains information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information) which if disclosed to the public would, or would be likely to prejudice the commercial interests of that person or of the Council.

To identify items which have been admitted to the agenda by the Chair for consideration

(The special circumstances shall be specified in the minutes)

The Chair had agreed that the meeting be called at short notice in order to consider the one item of business considered to be urgent because the Administrator had advised the Council that the offers it had received needed to be determined in the next few days otherwise one or more of them may be withdrawn.  On this basis the Council’s stance whether to support any of the offers or not could not wait until the next scheduled Executive Board (19 May 2010)

To declare any personal/prejudicial interests for the purpose of Section 81(3) of the Local Government Act 2000 and paragraphs 8 to 12 of the Members Code of Conduct

Councillor Wakefield declared a personal and prejudicial interest as a consequence of a close personal association connected to Farsley Celtic. Having declared his interest Councillor Wakefield left the meeting.

To consider the report of the Director of City Development on the potential acquisition of the site of Farsley Celtic Football Club from the Administrator to ensure the continued use of the site for football for the benefit of the West Leeds area.

The report is submitted for consideration at short notice for the reasons given in paragraphs 1.2 and 1.3 thereof

Appendix 1 to the report is designated as exempt under Access to information Procedure Rule 10.4 (3).

The Director of City Development submitted a report on the potential acquisition of the site of Farsley Celtic Football Club from the Administrator to ensure the continued use of the site for football for the benefit of the West Leeds area.

The report presented the options of supporting a third party offer to purchase the site, of taking no action or of the Council acquiring the site. 

Following consideration of Appendix 1 to the report designated as exempt under Access to information Procedure Rule 10.4 (3) and considered in private at the conclusion of the meeting it was

RESOLVED –

(a)  That the acquisition of the Throstle Nest site identified on Plan 1 attached to the report from the Administrator (at the value identified in the report and on final terms approved by the Chief Asset Management Officer) be approved.

(b)  That approval be given to the immediate sub-sale of the main football ground identified on Plan 2 as circulated at the meeting and as set out in the report with the conditions outlined in Option 3 imposed to restrict future use with final terms delegated to the Chief Asset Management Officer.

(c)  That the Council land shown in Plan 2 be provided to facilitate the Chartford Homes S106 Agreement through the provision of a lease for twenty five years at less than best consideration (Members being satisfied that to do so would promote/improve the social, economic or environmental wellbeing of the area/local residents).

(d)  That approval be given to the provision of the sports hall and associated car park through the provision of a lease for 25 years at less than best consideration on the basis that the tenant meets the community use obligations of the Council (Members being satisfied that to do so would promote/improve the social, economic or environmental wellbeing of the area/local residents).

(e)  That approval be given to the injection of the amount identified in the report into the Capital Programme and that Authority to Spend in the same amount be given to finance the above transactions, of which an amount as identified in the report is unfunded and will be addressed during the Quarter 1 Review of the Capital Programme in July 2010.

(f)  That the Board notes that reference to the report was not included in the Forward Plan of Key Decisions and agrees that the decision be exempt from Call In.