The Head of Community Services has submitted a report to agree three community leases and delegate the authority to agree further community leases with a market value below £50,000 per annum to the Regeneration and Major Projects Service Manager.

Recommendations: That Cabinet resolves to:

1.    Approve terms for new leases for the Trustees of the Oxfordshire Chinese Community and Advice Centre at Princes Street, the Leys Community Development Initiative at Blackbird Leys Community Centre and The Trustees of The  Parasol Project at Plowmans Tower; and

2.    Delegate authority to the Regeneration and Major Projects Service  Manager in consultation with the Head of Community Services to make such amendments as are required in order to complete the above three leases.

The Head of Community Services had submitted a report to agree three community leases and delegate the authority to agree further community leases with a market value below £50,000 per annum to the Regeneration and Major Projects Service Manager.

The Committee Clerk drew attention to the need to make two corrections to the report. “Purpose of the report” on the first page of the report should simply read “To agree three community leases.” the rest of that sentence to be deleted. The second sentence  of paragraph 3 of the report beginning “This report requests …” should be deleted.

Cabinet Members were unequivocal about the value of the three organisations for which these leases were to be prepared and pleased to be able to support the recommendations.

Cabinet resolved to:

1.    Approve terms for new leases for the Trustees of the Oxfordshire Chinese Community and Advice Centre at Princes Street, the Leys Community Development Initiative at Blackbird Leys Community Centre and The Trustees of The  Parasol Project at Plowmans Tower; and

2.    Delegate authority to the Regeneration and Major Projects Service  Manager in consultation with the Head of Community Services to make such amendments as are required in order to complete the above three leases.