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The total time permitted for this item will be 15 minutes.

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This report concerns the letting of the second floor of Ramsay House, St Ebbe’s Street.  It recommends approval of the letting on certain terms and seeks a delegation of authority to the Head of Corporate Assets to finalise terms and conditions.

The Head of Corporate Assets submitted a report (previously circulated, now appended).

Resolved to:-

(1)   Agree to the proposed letting of the second floor of Ramsay House, 10 St Ebbe’s Street to The Gym Limited on the terms contained in the not for publication appendix of the report and otherwise on terms and conditions to be approved by the Head of Corporate Assets;

(2)Grant approval to the Head of Corporate Assets to vary the proposed rent as mentioned in the not for publication appendix provided the transaction continues to represent best consideration.

If the Board member wishes to exclude the press and the public from the meeting during consideration of any of the items on the exempt from publication part of the agenda, it will be necessary for the Board member to pass a resolution in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 21(1)(b) of the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2000 on the grounds that their presence could involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as described in specific paragraphs of Schedule I2A of the Local Government Act 1972.

The Board member may maintain the exemption if and so long as, in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

Resolved, in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 21(1)(b) of the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2000 to exclude the press and the public from the meeting during consideration of the item on the exempt from publication part of the agenda on the grounds that their presence could involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as described in Paragraph 3 of Schedule I2A of the Local Government Act 1972 and that in all the circumstances the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information.

Summary of business transacted after passing the resolution set out above

The Board Member considered a not for publication appendix to the report considered at minute 32.  The Board Member released the name of the proposed tenant – The Gym Limited – of Ramsay House, 10 St Ebbe’s Street but not any of the terms of the tenancy.