(30 minutes allocated)
To consider a report of the Trust and Charities Committee.
Councillor Akhlaq Ahmed to move the following Recommendations
“That Full Council sitting as ‘Council as Trustee’:
A. Bilberry Hill Centre – application for powers of disposal
i) authorises that applications be made to the Charity Commission to obtain either an Order or Scheme for the better management of the trust assets including a power of disposal and, if appropriate, an Order to permit a disposal to a ‘connected person’.
B. Bartley Green Library – application for powers of disposal
i) authorises that applications be made to the Charity Commission to obtain either an Order or Scheme for the better management of the trust assets including a power of disposal including the disposal by way of a lease for up to 30 years.
ii) from an early date to be agreed, the grant of a tenancy of up to three years to the ‘Bartley Green Library Hub’, a local community organisation, who will assist in the operation of the Library.
NB THE ABOVE ITEM WAS DEALT WITH ON 15 SEPTEMBER 2020
C. Stirchley Library – application for powers of disposal
i) authorises that applications be made to the Charity Commission to obtain either an Order or Scheme for the better management of the trust assets including a power of disposal including the disposal by way of a lease for up to 30 years.
ii) from an early date to be agreed, the grant of a tenancy of up to three years to the Stirchley Art Room CIC, a local community organisation, who will assist in the operation of the Library.
D. Calthorpe Park – application for powers of disposal
i) authorises that applications be made to the Charity Commission to obtain either an Order or Scheme for the better management of the trust assets including a power of disposal and if appropriate an Order to permit a disposal to a ‘connected person’
ii) authorises the disposal by way of a lease for up to 30 years from an early date to be agreed, of the land currently allocated to the Service being granted to a suitable community organisation.
E. Sarehole Mill Recreation Ground - lease of Sarehole Mill to Birmingham Museum Trust
i) authorises that applications be made to the Charity Commission to obtain either an Order or Scheme for the better management of the trust assets including a power of disposal to enable the agreement to the terms for the completion of an Agreement for Lease and subsequently the grant of a lease for 25 years of the Mill premises to Birmingham Museums Trust.
and
that the Assistant Director of Property be authorised to secure appropriate valuation and marketing advice in line with statutory requirements of the Charities Act 2011 for the disposal of property and to negotiate and agree the terms of all agreements on behalf of the Trusts provided that appropriate restrictions are included in the disposal terms to properly safeguard the individual Trust
and
that the City Solicitor and Monitoring Officer be authorised to prepare, negotiate, execute, seal and complete all necessary documentation, including the making of applications to the Charity Commission for any purposes required to give effect to the above decisions and also to place any formal advertisements required under either s123 of the Local Government Act 1972 or the various statutes as may relate to the charitable status of the land, manage any appropriate consultation stages and to appraise the Trusts and Charities Committee of the results of that consultation.”