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Economy & Culture Scrutiny Committee. Scrutiny committees question decisions and can recommend changes. They don't make the decision.
International Sports Village plans before Cabinet
The Committee agreed that the Chairperson will write to the Cabinet Member with the Committee's observations on the way forward. Members welcomed the proposed disposals strategy, the focus on green energy and the inclusive programming work, and asked for more information on several points before they return.
Cabinet. The Cabinet makes most of the council's decisions.
International Sports Village: land, operators and business cases
The Cabinet approved a disposal strategy for the land, in line with independent advice in a confidential appendix. It delegated authority to the Director of Economic Development, with the Cabinet Member, the Section 151 Officer and the Legal Officer, to develop detailed heads of terms for a future meeting. It approved the preferred operator for the new Velodrome and asked for a Full Business Case for the whole leisure destination. It also gave authority to identify an operator for the Closed Loop Circuit. It approved the preferred operator for the Ice Arena, including a family attraction, and delegated authority to conclude legal and commercial terms. It noted the Strategic Outline Case for the Energy Strategy and approved work on an Outline Business Case. It approved in principle a single management organisation for the leisure destination, and work on an Outline Business Case for it. It approved an Outline Business Case on delivery options for a proposed multi-storey car park, with agreement in principle to a charging regime. It approved budget spending for the business cases and any planning applications.
Cabinet. The Cabinet makes most of the council's decisions.
International Sports Village: full business case and land disposals
Cabinet approved the disposal (sale) of the residential and commercial plots set out in the report, in line with the legal report, the independent valuers' advice and the proposals in the confidential appendix. It delegated authority to the Director of Economic Development, after consulting the Cabinet Member for Investment & Development, the Section 151 Officer and the Legal Officer, to conclude the legal agreements. Cabinet noted the 'lift and shift' obligation in the confidential appendix, and that a Full Business Case for long-term car parking will return to Cabinet before the developer takes the first piece of land. It authorised soft market testing (informal early sounding of the market) to inform an Outline Business Case for the energy strategy, to come back to a future Cabinet meeting.
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